HEY HEY HEY!!!
Greetings from Baltimore! This week was lllooonnnggg... I don't know if it felt like that for you guys, but for me it was!!!
We had a miracle lesson with H this week. It was so so so so so good :) We brought over Naye, our go-to member, and we talked about the plan of salvation. I have never liked sharing about the pre-mortal life. Not only because I have to use past tense in Spanish, jaja, but because I have never really understood why that would be important or stick out to somebody. When we were talking about it with H she couldn't even contain her joy. She told us how good it felt to hear that she lived with God, that he KNOWS her, that he LOVES her, that she is not just here, but that He had a plan set apart from the very beginning! Then, when we started talking about life after death she told us that she cant wait to go and be baptized for her grandma in the temple. It was a cool experience and a humbling one as well. I kind of realized all of the blessings that I take for granted and it made me wonder "How would it feel to not know that you lived with your Heavenly Father before?" H is so amazing!!!
We had investigators that came to church yesterday! It was quite the hassle trying to get them there, but we did it! I had to translate during sacrament meeting and it was my first time ever doing it all! dang. It was hard! Trying to translate what they just said, and listen to what they are going to say next! During one story, I just said in the microphone, "I am sorry.... we are just gonna skip that part". I am sure I will get better as I practice more and more. After church, we were talking with one of our investigators and we asked how she liked it. She said "Un Poquito" WHAT!? I didn't know how to react. She used to go to a Pentecostal church and I think she was just surprised by the reverence and the difference. She told us this week that she know everything is true, but I guess the actual church service wasn't her favorite. Her daughter on the other hand, LOVED IT :)
I was a little sad this week. Here are the reasons why...
1. I went through an identity crisis! haha! Everybody here will not believe me when I say I am from Utah. They tell me that I am from a different country or try to guess where my accent is from. I thought it was funny at first but it has really started to bother me. Apparently I have a European accent when I speak Spanish, I have a European accent when I speak English and a Spanish accent as well. I don't look American, I don't speak like an American, etc. Are you guys sure that I am not adopted because NOBODY believes me and EVERYBODY comments about my "accent".
2. This city is just depressing and it has finally started to take its toll on me. The people, the trash, the weather, the sadness! It is really hard to describe. Here is an example: this week Hermana Orton and I were driving down the street. She says to me "What is that lady doing?" We look over and she is looking through the trashcan. We watch as she leans in, picks out a to-go box, opens it up, and starts to eat whatever was inside. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It made me physically sick and we both started to cry. The light turned and we drove off. We couldn't get the experience and the sight out of our minds so we turned around, found her, and gave her a box of cereal that was in the car. There are also all these stuffed animals tied around lamp posts and street lights here. It means that somebody died in that location and it is so hard to look at them. Makes me really sad!
This week I heard story after story, from members and people on the street about their problems with money. Seeing all of it just took its toll on me and it made it a long week.I was trying to think of how I can make this city happier, the people happier, and then it hit me! I AM A MISSIONARY! I am here, in the saddest city ever, Baltimore MD, sharing the HAPPIEST message ever! I have the chance to serve and to share and to help others see and accept the gospel of Jesus Christ!
We have heard from people on the street that the Seahawks lost and that "The Ravens offensive coach NEVER would have called a play like that!". hahaha!
Thank you so much for your note and your prayers and fasting for my jaw. It is still locked, I am taking Aleve and have called the mission doctor. He told me to call and set something up with a jaw specialist. I have called, we don't have an appointment set up yet but I am working on it. He said that I am going to need to get an Xray taken. I am doing good! Thanks!
LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!
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