XIOMARA AND CHRISTIAN ARE GETTING MARRIED!!! So their date was May 8th, and then when we passed by this week they told us that they are now going to get married in 2 weeks! So awesome! I still don't know why they changed the date. But that was the highlight of the week. The Acosta Family has also introduced us to a new family that we are now working will. The son really wants to be baptized and the Mom says that she will be baptized if she knows it's true. I will keep you updated on them.
Well, this week we have concilio again, but I'm not stressing this time because we have sufficient amounts of materials now. We were supposed to have a Conference with Elder Montoya of the 70 yesterday, but we found out last minute that he couldn't get his visa, so we had to postpone it again. (this is the second time). So that was a bummer. I got a little sick this week which wasn't fun, haha. But nothing too bad and I kept working. I still am amazed sometimes by the calls I receive by missionaries. I guess I still have to work on the whole patience thing, ha ha.
These past weeks have honestly been pretty hard. There were some times where I just didn't have any desire to talk to anyone nor do anything. It was so annoying and I couldn't shake it off. So, when I finally realized that I couldn't change by myself, I prayed for the help to loose the feelings of stress, sadness, anger, and disinterest in everything. Can I just say that prayer is just so amazing! I immediately felt peace, but I knew that I still had to do my part to start feeling back to normal and happy again. Through reading my scriptures and more prayer I found the help I needed and a few days later I felt back to normal and wanted to share the gospel with everyone again. I love the mission and I am very grateful for the hard times, because I know that they are just preparing me for more hard times down the road. I mean, I don't like feeling sad and down, but I know those moments are where I will learn more and I know that thanks to the Atonement of Jesus Christ I can trust in the Lord and He will help me find peace and happiness again. Thank you all so much for your support! Talk to you guys next week!
Elder Richmond
Well, this week we have concilio again, but I'm not stressing this time because we have sufficient amounts of materials now. We were supposed to have a Conference with Elder Montoya of the 70 yesterday, but we found out last minute that he couldn't get his visa, so we had to postpone it again. (this is the second time). So that was a bummer. I got a little sick this week which wasn't fun, haha. But nothing too bad and I kept working. I still am amazed sometimes by the calls I receive by missionaries. I guess I still have to work on the whole patience thing, ha ha.
These past weeks have honestly been pretty hard. There were some times where I just didn't have any desire to talk to anyone nor do anything. It was so annoying and I couldn't shake it off. So, when I finally realized that I couldn't change by myself, I prayed for the help to loose the feelings of stress, sadness, anger, and disinterest in everything. Can I just say that prayer is just so amazing! I immediately felt peace, but I knew that I still had to do my part to start feeling back to normal and happy again. Through reading my scriptures and more prayer I found the help I needed and a few days later I felt back to normal and wanted to share the gospel with everyone again. I love the mission and I am very grateful for the hard times, because I know that they are just preparing me for more hard times down the road. I mean, I don't like feeling sad and down, but I know those moments are where I will learn more and I know that thanks to the Atonement of Jesus Christ I can trust in the Lord and He will help me find peace and happiness again. Thank you all so much for your support! Talk to you guys next week!
Elder Richmond