It is always so good to hear from all of
you. Alyse and Chad- Thank you for the letter and all the pictures.
Everything looks really good, I am glad that you guys had mom and dad
there to help you out! Luke and Kenna sound like you are having quite
the adventures starting new schools and trying to figure out your new
lives! That is just so fun.
This week has been the BEST. We have had so many
opportunities to share the gospel and teach people who are just so
prepared. In the beginning of the week we has sisters meeting. It was
so fun, I got to see my friends from the MTC, and sister Rosen, and
Sister Olsen, so there is nothing better than that. They had all these
mini classes on strength for women, in all the different ways we can
have it, spiritual, physical, communication, even make-up. Always gotta
throw that last one in there for kicks. Also they fed us 100 different
kinds of salad for lunch, it was the best.
We also had the sister training leaders come and
stay this week, which was all sorts of interesting. For some reason our
sister training leaders got switched to english ones, so it was pretty
much just me pretending to speak spanish all day. Also it was car fast,
so we rode the bus. Quite the adventure. It was good though, it showed
me how much I could really do with my spanish! I did a million
contacts, taught 2 lessons, and also chatted with everyone. We have
some Cuban investigators, and they are super hard to understand. We
just passed by, but I ended up talking to her for a whole 30 mins, and
understood the whole conversation, it was the best!
We have this cute older couple from the Dominican
Republic who ride the scooter, Maria and Ramon, and we got to teach them
a couple of times this week, and they came to church again! Also we
passed by for daily contact, and Ramon said I looked really "elegant"
in my skirt, too funny. We love them!
We also started teaching two men this week,
different occasions, but we found them both just walking down the
street, who both are set with baptismal dates. Juan is this happy
little guy from Puerto Rico, and as soon as we got finished teaching
authority, he asked when and how he could be baptized with it. Carlos
is from the Dominican Republic, and when we first met him he was cutting
hair in his apartment and yelled for us to come it. He told us that in
his country he had a lot of "friends" who were mormon...these friends
just happened to be little guys in white shirts and ties that ride
bikes. Yes, it was the missionaries. He told us that he just moved
here and he knows that our church is the right one, he has been
experimenting with others, but they are "empty". They both came to
church on sunday! It was the best.
This week I have been thinking a lot about a simple
way to be happy. It keeps coming back to doing what Jesus would do,
always. Which can be hard at times. But for whatever reason all week I
just kept coming back to "what would Jesus Do?". I have been able to
be involved in people's lives, who are really struggling. These people
have trials that I never even knew existed, sometimes I get sad when I
try and think about how I really don't have any material ways to help
them. And in the moment it seems like material things are what they
need. But in reality I have the best present in the world, I have the
gospel, and all I can do, and all I need to do is share it with them. I
know how they can be happy, I know the answer! Heavenly Father really
loves every single one of his children, he wants them all to have the
blessings that they deserve, I just have to open my mouth! I feel so
lucky to be here, to be able to do that every day!
I love you all very much!
xoxo Hermana Myer
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