well as for me,
things are going GREAT! seriously. So i am in my new area, its called
Hermitage, and its a little bit on the outskirts of Nashville. its so
awesome and guess what? i am in a spanish branch! The Buena Vista
spanish branch. its awesome. i love this area so much and all the people
and i have only been here for 6 days. its awesome. my new companion,
her name is Hermana Dansie. She is so cute and we have so much fun
together! she is from herriman Utah and has been out only a transfer
longer than me.
This place is seriously so
golden! there are so many Hispanics. its like my dream i think! haha its
awesome. and we have so many investigators. yesterday we had 9
investigators at church! i haven't had that many since Columbia! wahhh
its so much fun! we also set 2 baptismal dates the first night i was
here. literally what a miracle! Thats for Mari and Enrique. They are a
cute couple that just moved here from San Antonio, and they went to
church a couple of times there and moved here and called the missionary
to know where the church is at! how crazy is that?? well now they both
have baptismal dates for August 15! keep them in your prayers!
Next
i want to tell yall about our investigator of TEN YEARS! hermano Mario
cardinal. he is like the nicest guy ever. all of his family is baptized
except for him. His daughter also just left on her mission about 2
months ago. he comes to church every week and everything and he
participates all the time and reads the book of Mormon too! well, i have
to tell you, he reminds me SO much of my own father. But like a
Hispanic version. Well, after meeting him, and realizing how much he
reminded me of my own dad, it made me think of how important it is for
me to help him and teach him with all my heart to help him understand
the gospel so that he can be baptized, go to the temple and sealed with
his family for all time and eternity. please also pray for him! he has
been "investigating" the church for 10 years, i think its about time for
him to join his family and be baptized!
seriously
i could go on and on about all the amazing people here. I am so happy
and i feel so blessed to be here and serving here, especially in this
rama! we are going to see some big things here, i just know it :) i just
love being a missionary. seriously. i think i say that about every
week, and everyday, but its so true. I am so happy to be here and
sharing this wonderful message, that the gospel has been restored and
that families can be together forever!
There
was a really cool talk I read today, by Elder Neal A. Maxwell called
"Swallowed Up in the Will of the Father" i love this talk. its all about
why we need to give our will to Heavenly Father, how we do it, and the
results of doing so. There is a really awesome part that i want to share
with yall. it says:
"So many of us are kept
from eventual consecration because we mistakenly think that, somehow, by
letting our will be swallowed up in the will of God. we lose our
individuality. What we are really worried about, of course, is no giving
up self, but selfish things - like our roles, our time, our
preeminence, and our possessions. No wonder we are instructed by the
Savior to lose ourselves. He is only asking us to lose the old self in
order to fin the new self. It isn't a question of one losing identity
but of finding his true identity!"
I just love
that so much because its sooooo true! like seriously. When we give our
will to Heavenly Father, we are allowing him to help us become who we
really are, and by doing that we are able to over come the natural man
and truly be a good and faithful servant to the Lord.
I
hope you all have a great week! and have so much fun in Cali! Please be
safe safe safe! thanks for all your prayers and support and everything
yall do for me! i love you all so much!!
XO
Hermana Lizzy Brown
ps get a nice Epic Burrito and a good glass of SWAG juice for me :)
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