Hola my wonderful family and friends :)

 

So basically I'm still trying to figure out the whole emailing group thing and what not, so bear with me! But HEY! I'm doing so great. Today I found out that I get to spend another week at the MTC, because they haven't done my reassingment yet. So who knows how long I will be cooped up here. But I'm loving it. Loving the people, my teachers, the food, the gospel, the language sometimes.. Just a great thing. Just wanting to know where on earth I will be going after this. It's a little nerve racking, but I'm good with going with the flow. And on the bright side, I can go to the temple on my next pday finally! Because the Provo temple has been closed the whole time we have been here. Today we got to go help clean the temple, and us hermanas cleaned each and every crystal on one of the chandeliers... It´s crazy how much work is put into the beautifying of the house of the Lord.

Mom, about the whole Ryan Reynold's brother thing, there's not much to it. I was talking to one of my new friends and he was like "oh and this kid is Ryan Reynold's brother".  I started freaking out and had to force myself to lower my voice and calmly ask him where he is going, and not draw attention to the fact that his brother is my favorite human being on earrth to look at. Haha but yeah he looks like him, just not as attractive and is pretty short and stuff. He is going to Taiwan or something.  Oh and I saw my buddies Emmdog Mendenhall and Matt Easton this week, and it was wonderful. But anyways!!

 

This week has gone by so dang fast. I feel like I was just emailing yesterday. It's so true that the days feel like weeks and the weeks feel like days. I am learning lots every day, continually, never ending. And I've never learned this fast in such a short amount of time. It's so wonderful. I have had several aha! moments this week from devotionals, and my personal study. I'm personally learning how to descern the spirit, and know when it is trying to tell me something. It's still a work in progress, and definitely takes practice. I'll just share with you my favorite parts of this week. So Sunday night we had a devotional and had the pleasure of hearing Jenny Oaks Baker, the most talented violinist like ever (sorry mom). She spoke and played for us, and I just didn't want it to ever end. She talked a lot about her dad, Dallin H. Oaks, and spiritual gifts. Elder Oaks said that for him to acheive his spiritual gifts he had to desire, pray, hope and WORK for his spiritual gifts. It is our DUTY to ask for the gifts we don't have. When we misuse our gifts, and try to build up ourselves, rather than the kingdom, it will bite us in the butt. (These are put into my own words.. haha). Charity is necessary for when we use our gifts.

I loved this, and realized that if I want a certain trait, I need to ask for it, and work for it! After this devotional, we watched the Joseph Smith Resoration movie.. Holy cow.. Definitely strengthened my testimony of our profet Joseph Smith. He was so charitable. In EVERY thing he did. When others were being completely crude and evil, he says "every soul is great in the sight of God" and still treated them with love. If I even become a fraction as great as that man, I would be so happy. Yo se que Jose Smith fue un verdadero profeta de Dios. Se que Jose Smith oró a Dios, y recibió una respuesta. El es un ejemplo a mi, y estoy muy agradecido por el.

 

As far as teaching goes, it´s getting better each time. Before, I would break out in red rashish hiveish things on my neck and chest whenever I would go in and teach or something. Now, it only happens a few times, and not terribly. That is one thing i am overcoming and I´m so glad for that. I´m so glad that I´m getting more confident with teaching. My companion´s and my problem has been inviting to baptism. We do it sometimes, but other times when it is the perfect time, where the investigator is showing faith, signs of repentence and willingness to change and follow Christ, we fail to do so. Baptism is the next step! It is the great big goal we are helping them prepare to reach. It´s crucial that they know what path they are on, why we are there, and why they are doing the things they are doing. This work is so wonderful, and I cant wait to get out there and learn even more. I know it´s going to be so hard, but it is the most important thing in the world right now. The Lord loves us all so much!! I love you all so much too, and keep CTRing and keep on keeping on!! I´ll let you know in a week if i know where I´m going to be reassigned.. :)

 

Hermana Wilde