Buenas Tardes. Well, it sure has been an interesting week. From Baptisms to Weddings...there were times I just thought how did this happen. Hna Gomez and I are staying together another transfer here. We are excited all of a sudden tons of potentials and referrals are coming our way. Heavenly Father sure is giving us lots of work to do. I feel a bit like i've been running around the past two weeks like a chicken with its head cut off...but somehow everything worked out. Sometimes I wish there was just a little bit more time in the day.
Maricela was BAPTIZED on Friday! I am so happy for her. She seems so happy. (even though she wouldn't smile in the pictures :)) She is the cutest little single Mom and I feel like she has this whole new direction for her life. New opportunities and a whole bunch to still learn. That is the beauty of the Gospel. We never stop learning. I learned a good lesson this week. One i've probably learned over and over again. First, I worry too much. Second, everyone learns and progresses at different rates. Maricela is not one to open up about her feelings. But, every time we asked her how she felt about everything she would say, I just feel at peace. Her Baptism was beautiful. Her neighbor Margarita (in one of the photos) was a big part in everything. She referred us to her and we taught most of her lessons in Margaritas little trailor. The past two weeks I have learned some important lessons about the Holy Ghost sitting in Margarita's living room. As I was thinking back to the many lessons we had with Maricela there were a few defining moments when I could just so clearly define the presence of the Holy Ghost. We were trying to decide when to have her baptism this week or the next. We were reading Mosiah 18 about what we promise when we are baptized and if we have a desire...we should go for it... and for some reason I was just like...Maricela would you like to be baptized this Friday. And I was the one all worried she wasn't quite ready. She said yes. The whole week I questioned myself...Is Maricela really ready. She wants to be baptized but does she understand everything well enough. Does she understand the promises she is making. Has she had that change of heart. I learned an important lesson from Heavenly Father. We all learn at different rates. And once you've received a witness from the Holy Ghost don't let fear override that witness you've already received. Its all there in D&C 6:22-23. Many times we seek an answer in a certain way. But the thing is Heavenly Father always answers in his own way. His will is what matters. Sometimes the hard part is just figuring out what His will is and then doing it no matter how hard it is. I feel like that is a cycle I will follow throughout my life. The hard part is not going into the questioning mode...is it me? Am I just freaking out?...as Elder Bednar says, Just stop worrying about it. Be a good girl or boy and keep the promises you've made to your Heavenly Father. Choose the Right. You will look back and see it all worked out. I also realized the importance of going to our Heavenly Father in prayer with a clean mind. Without those reservations. He knows what we want and he also knows what is best for us. And he also knows what we worry about...in short he knows everything.
We had a little miracle today on the way to do our laundry. Hna Gomez needed some change so we stopped at this little Mexican Market to see if they had an ATM. She didn't see a sign so she was like...aw I thought they had one. I was like well lets just go see if you can get some cash. So we went in and sure enough there was an ATM. This man came up to me and asked if I spoke Spanish. I said yes and then he asked where our Church was. He went on to explain that he recently moved here is a member but hasn't been to church in about 4 years. So we told him the information got his and asked if we could come visit this week. Then his wife came up and said, oh we also have 4 children that need to be baptized. WOW. A mi me encanta momentos asi. All I can say is thank you so much Heavenly Father for putting people in our path. Miracles happen.
Random moment this week...somehow I found myself singing to the Ukealele as a bridal party walked down the aisle in the Relief Society Room. I was on exchanges in another part of El paso and Hna Gomez called me and said Hna paz wants us to sing at her daughters wedding at 3. WHATTT...okay so we rushed over there ran in and had to stall as things were running late. We sang songs we'd never sang together before and somehow it all came out great. Another miracle :) The Ukaelele is becoming quite the hit. I am trying to learn :)
Oh and remember my trainer Hna Cope...she is getting married soon. I guess I am not that surprised. But that was weird news.
I read something I really liked this morning, " When we focus on negative thoughts and feelings we give satan power over us. If we begin to fear our faith begins to disappear." Fear is nasty. So I'm working on getting rid of it. I always think of how fear and faith can't exist in the same heart at the same time. So DON'T BE AFRAID. Easier said than done. I also come to realize more and more how the answer to all our problems truly is found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. "The Gospel plan is the plan by which men are brought to a fullness of joy." You won't find the FULLNESS of joy in anything else.
Se que el espiritu santo es nuestro guia. Puede ser dificil aveces para interpretar. Pero si batallamos es para nuestro beneficio. Siempre hay una leccion para aprender. Estoy agradecida por todas las lecciones que vienen del evangelio de jesucristo. Por el hecho que hay una solucion por todo...en nuestro Salvador Jesucristo. El puede sanar todo entonces la decision es nuestra.
Les quiero familia.
I love you all so much,
Have a great week!
Hermana Holland
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