Week 8 Christ Will Guide You Home...

BUENO,

Soooo another week has absolutely flown by. ITS INSANE to think it´s already been two months in the field. It has been a crazy week. BUT all of your scriptures, prayers, and advice have been a BLESSING to me this week. I truly needed it. First three weeks are the hardest, so everyone here tells me. SO I´M THROUGH THE DEEP PART. SALEEEEEE. (slang word here meaning cool)

MONDAY: So right after emails, we went to an appointment but they weren´t home. I turned to my right and saw two little girls playing with some stray kittens and felt inclined to talk to them a little bit. After speaking, they looked at me so confused. DANG IT. I felt so dumb but for the complete wrong reason and Hna. Salcedo recognized it way faster than I did. They´re american and only speak English.... HAHA literally the most hilarious and miraculous thing ever. TOTAL Best Two Years moment. The girls brightened immediately knowing I could speak English and hugged begging me to stay. Turns out they live with their Mom and other sister and brother right down the street. I was immediately introduced to her. Anna, Alana, Alex, Amelia, and James. Have lived here for a year. They have so lovingly welcomed us to come over whenever we would like. SHE IS A ANSWER TO PRAYERS. And it´s going to be great practice for Hna Salcedo to learn English. Then had a really sketchy experience but through the Holy Ghost we were saved. THEN THE BIGGEST THUNDERSTORM CAME and we had three power outages. Candles and scriptures and music. So peaceful (minus the giant thunder claps)

TUESDAY: We had zone capacitación all morning! And guess who got asked to give the five minute devotional at the beginning.... Yupp Me. Wahoo. Turns out it was great! I just feel like I´m still missing the connection from putting the Spirit I can testify with in English to Spanish... but poco a poco! After we visited Santa Lucia and the Romero family who took us out to their flower garden and gave us chocolate cake and mango helado.... wowwww so great. It was beautiful really helped me stand still and see the salvation of God. WHICH is exactly what my ponderizing scripture was for the week. TUrns out this is the scripture referenced in the Work and the Glory. The scene I absolutely loveeee. And oh how it has brought so much more meaning to me this past week. D&C 123:17. GREAT one.

WEDNESDAY: Rough morning dealing with anxiety and homesickness BUT just kept reflecting on the scriptures and they truly are a healing power. Then had a great lesson with Alejandrina who is so close to committing to baptism. Then, we went and visited Anna and her family! She was so open to talk about her background and her family. It was awesome! This week I´m gonna ask if she would be ¨willing to help me learn spanish through the scriptures and church¨so still teaching the gospel to her secretly. Hah. Sneaky. Then had more great lessons and the work is pushing forward!

THURSDAY: Soooo this was the biggest breakdown I´ve had yet. During weekly planning, it´s just hard for me I guess haha. But Hna. Salcedo asked me something that really hit me, ¨What changes have you seen in your mission thus far?¨ First, God and Jesus Christ live. Oh they are so real and they are SO there for us when we are alone. Secondly, I love my family more than anything. I miss them so much. But a scripture that has really helped me that our district leaders shared with us has helped me MUCHOOO. Matthew 19: 29 LOVE YOU GUYS. Then we had lunch with the Trujillo family and they immediately saw right through my smile and the father said, ¨You miss your family dont you?¨And they just immediately comforted me with words saying make it through the first three weeks and by three months you´ll be competely lost in this work. Their daughter is on her mission as well and they completely understand. It was so comforting. Then we had great lessons with some investigators and then our Dl´s ordered me a candy bar to cheer me up. I LOVE EVERYONE HERE SO MUCH.

FRIDAY:So I wish I could have some cool stuff to say about today BUT nope. We walked everywhere, all of our appointments were cancelled. AND i got really sick. Dizzy and vision was failing. Terrifying haha but only lasted today.

SATURDAY: So had my last break down I think, but Hna. Salcedo just knows exactly what to say and do to help me out. We watched a video from The District that is just full of the spirit and helped a ton and she just hugged me and didn´t let go. She is so sweet. Ugh Then we went to have lunch with the Romero-Reyes family who are recent converts. Their daughter loves me and we had a precious moment on a swingset that Hna. Salcedo so lovingly captured. IT was a tender mercy. She is so cute. Then we had our first lesson with Criselda and she is a GOLDEN INVESTIGATOR. Holy cow, she has the light of Christ in her eyes. Oh I´m excited for her. Then celebrated the great lesson with free ice cream from the bishopric.

SUNDAY: So healing power to homesickness is envisioning Christ. Wow it helps. And because i did this all day I have felt so much peace and comfort. Christ will literally guide us through hard times and fire us up to get through it and WILL ALWAYS fix us.It´s incredible. I finally found my way to serve our ward. I HAVE BEEN CALLED AS THE WARD PIANIST. Because in all honesty noone here really knows how to play. All the little girls gathered around the piano crying out Que Bonita!! and just being lulled to my piano playing. Renata will never leave my side now. Haha but for fun, I started playing Let it Go and all their eyes sparkled! They were soooo happy. Now I´ve really nailed the name Hermana Elsa. Then I actually understood a ton of the lessons and talks which was a blessing. Met with the Neri family for dinner and met again with Alejandrina Monica and Katia and just really bonded with them.

It´s getting easier and easier to love and feel Christ´s love for these people. Ugh I love being a missionary. Yes it´s hard, but the blessings and love I´ve gained for the important things in life has increased more than I thought was possible and it´s only been two months. Excited to see what this week brings. Praying for you all every moment. Still love hearing from your blessed lives. God be with you till next week.

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Con mi amor infinito,

Hermana Abigail Creer

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