This week was amaaaazing because we saw even more miracles!! Basically we were super down because all of the potente investigators seemed to be hiding from us. But we had a great conference and hermana Reynoso taught us the importance of exact obedience!! It has truly made a difference to evaluate in what we were failing, repent, and get to work! Even though the people that we tried to bring to church slept in and didn´t want to go, we showed up and the members had invited a ton of non member friends! It was so cool to see how the Lord gave us that mini recompensa (I don´t remember the english word.....sorry!) and blessed us with new investigators!
It is super fun being with Hermana Aguilar, she is great! She teaches me lots of words from Honduras and you would not believe how different Spanish is in different countries! We also have a diabolical game where everytime we see a slug bug we (gently!) hit eachother. It is for fuuuun. But I have never realized how many slug bugs people drive in Mexico! It´s crazy.
Oh, another funny story! I almost forgot about the perros!! There is an investigator here that doesn´t want to be baptized, but we thought maybe we could win her over with service (spoiler alert: it didn´t work. But it was fun!) So we volunteered to help her bathe her three little chihuahua mixes. One of them is slightly cute...but they other 2 are pretty weird looking. And they were absolutely FULL of fleas! Ew. It was pretty ridiculous because our district leaders were teaching the lesson while we combed and picked out the little critters. At the end, she said no, but at least those poor perros have less fleas. Haha! We were very careful to wash our hands and shake out our clothes and everything afterwards, as well. don´t worry, I don´t have fleas. ;)
Anyway, another thing I learned this week was the importance of the family!!! I was reading and studying in the Ensign and in Jacob 4, which teaches about the importance of the law of chastity and it was just so clear that living the gospel principles in our homes makes a huge difference. If you want to change the world, it starts in your own home! I´m grateful for a gospel centered family and for the ability to learn correct principles and decide to live a virtuous life! Service in the family also contributes and makes a difference.
The scriptures are beatiful, they are true, and their teachings make us happy! If you want to experiment true joy, share a scripture with someone about something that will help them!
I love you all! have a wonderful week, hopefully it is free from slug bugs, fleas, and cancun heat! :)
Love,
Hermana Schwartz
Pics.
Someone that has a scripture about MISSIONARY WORK on their porch!
selfieeee with my compa
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