No es Necesario que Busquen Pandilleros para Enseñar -Presidente Hensley

Holaaaa!

Wow!! So much happened this week and now its Monday again?! What the heck! Craziness.

This week we had SO many meetings and councils its not even funny jaja! Zone council, Central América Conference with Elder Gong, our Zoom Mañana de Hogar with the whole mission (by the way Hermana Saggeth and I got to give the 40 min training ohmyheck i was stressin for a real one ohmyheck but it went well), then we had the "just for missionaries" zoom call with Elder Gong (which was as awesome as it sounds :)), and then we had our Saturday session of Stake Conference and our Sunday session of Stake Conference.

If that was tiring to read just imagine how it would be to live that jaja my brain hurts xD but all is well! It was a good, crazy, busy week. 

Luckily with all the trainings and meetings we did get in some awesome lessons with our friends!! We are working hard with our friends Abi (who lives up the hill and is going to get married the same day as her baptism) and Edgardo (FYI not the future spouse of Abi lol). Please pray for them. Their baptisms are scheduled for this Saturday!!

Something super cool, (an 'Ah ha! Moment' in the words of my mamá) that my district leader said. In a phone call he asked me why Christ always went to the sickest, and the weakest, and the poorest? I thought about it for a minute and then he told me, "It's because there was no way that they could ever pay Him back". It was the best example of Christ-like service-- what it really is. Not looking for compensation. Not looking for recognition or a reward. That is the Savior's perfect example for us. 

When we serve like the Savior served we receive our reward in much greater glory in heaven than what we could possible receive on Earth. But as our very character changes and we become more like Him I believe that we become much less concerned about the reward and much more concerned about the children of God around us. We aren't in it for the reward, and our eyes will be opened and our hearts filled with love as we serve God by serving those around us. The sickest, the weakest, and the poorest. These are those who Christ repeatedly served and as His disciples we do the same.

Espero que busquemos a los que nos necesitan y que podamos seguir el ejemplo de Jesucristo cada día.

Les amo!!

xoxo

Hermana Wags

¡Dele Chele!

I completed 17 months in the mission this past week!! Some awesome highlights:

- We went and talked to people in the cemetery for Día de los Muertos and it was so pretty with all the graves flowered :)

- I had lots of awesome opportunities to share my testimony of the reality of the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ!

- We went to a birthday party and there was a cake with a diameter longer than the distance from my fingertips to my elbow jaja

- We helped clear and then level the dirt to build a house. I now have 9 blisters on my left hand and I haven't been able to walk right for 3 days but 100% worth it. (Pictures included).

This week was awesome! We worked hard, and I know I talk about it all the time, but one of the coolest things was that we got to be eyewitnesses to the growth of so many testimonies!

Lately I've been thinking a lot about a scripture in Mosíah that I read this week. At this point the people of Mosiah are divided into two groups, much like today. The people who didn't believe in Christ were persecuting the members of the church. I think we see these things in the world today. The standards of the world are always changing, and sometimes that's hard for us as believers of Jesus Christ to be in the world and not of the world. However the scripture in chapter 27:7 brought me a lot comfort. During their trials, while the non-believers were persecuting them the scriptures say that "the Lord did visit them and prosper them".

I thought it was so profound how the Lord visits us in our hard times. I thought of two questions while I was studying. 1) How has the Lord 'visited' me in my life? And 2) What was I doing that allowed Him to get to me?

I invite you to answer these questions for yourself, and I promise that the Lord will show you His hand and will teach you how you can encounter Him more in your life.

Les amoooooo, espero que todos encuentren bendiciones y comida deliciosa esta semana!! <333

xoxo

Hermana Wags

Welcome Back to My Channel...

¿Qué onda gente?

Lo bueno: we had una fiesta de Halloween!! I had intercambios and got to spend the day with Hermana Barrientos, her original call is to Jamaica (whoot whoot!!)

Lo malo: i got a little sick this week :/ SUPER tired and bloated. Would not recommend if you have to walk everywhere... no es broma. I now have calves of steel. 

Lo feo: we're home wreakers.

The home wreaking story: so... we called thing random guy because we had his number... he answers, we chat. It goes well so we ask if we can call him back, he says yes. This is where the story gets interesting. When it comes times to call he doesn't answer (honestly a common occurance... but then a day later we get a voice memo in our WhatsApp from this guy. And this is what he said: his wife saw he called us and FLIPPED. She broke his phone and turns out our one little phone call trying to share the gospel ruined their marriage. By the time he had let us know he had already moved out and bought a replacement phone. He asked us to please stop calling. We're pretty sure we saw him the other day giving us a dirty look on his moto as we walked to church.

Definitely
one of the wilder things I've experienced on my mission.

Anyway... spiritually. I was reading in the Book of Mormon and I read this verse this week. In Mosiah 5:15 it says:

"Therefore, I would that ye should be steadfast and immovable, always abounding in good works, that Christ, the Lord God Omnipotent, may seal you his, that you may be brought to heaven, that ye may have everlasting salvation and eternal life, through the wisdom, and power, and justice, and mercy of him who created all things, in heaven and in earth, who is God above all. Amen."

This scripture helped me through this week man. With the Savior's perfect wisdom, power, justice, and mercy we can be saved. As we are steadfast, immovable, and always abounding in good works, He will "seal us as His". What does it mean to be sealed to the Lord? Or yoked to the Lord? It means we have access to His power. His power doesn't always change the circumstances of our lives but it can change US and our perspective. He is there to heal us and to carry us. I have felt His healing power as He carried me through this week.

It's okay to have weeks like that. I firmly believe that we need the hard times in order to strengthen our relationships with our Heavenly Father and our Savior. They love us. Their plan is perfect.

Les amo, querio que tengan una buena semana y que puedan comer más saludable que yo comí estos días XD jaja

xoxo

Hermana Wags