Week 3:

Im not doing as well as I thought, spanish wise ( in my opinion ). But we need to have patience with ourselves and recognize what we have- our knowledge, our talents, and our gifts. We dont need to worry about what we dont have. God gave us the gifts necessary to spread the gospel and help those around us. I know that god gave me the gifts i have- and even when i dont recognize them, they are there. I have more talent with spanish than i thought- i am now the language leader for my district. My district thinks that i am one of the best in the class and that was whaf i needed to hear. No matter how well we are doing, we need to have diligence. In preach my gospel, it says something along the lines of work until your done and not till you are tired. 

The mission that i am serving is not for me- so i shouldnt be worried about myself and how i am doing. I am serving this mission for other people- for those in dallas and for those at home. 

Another thing that i learned that is important to remember is that conversion is a lifelong process. When people are converted it isnt a moment- when they are baptized they commit to a life of conversion and trying to be more christlike. 

We did a christlike attribute activity where we took a stickynote and passed it around the circle- each person in the district wrote down one christlike attribute or a spiritual gift that that person had. It was really nice to experience.

Today my companion was having a hard time: being homesick and having a hard time with spanish. One of the spanish speaking hermanas during the relief society lesson and said that she was learning english and its super hard but spanish is a hard language to learn and said that we were doing better than we would think. It was what my companion needed and it made her feel a little better. She also wanted a priesthood blessing so we asked our district leader and he said he would but to make it allowed we had to find a senior couple to sit in. He gave her the blessing and it was once again exactly what she needed. Throughout the blessing, i kept thinking that those words were exactly what she needed. And even though the blessing wasnt for me, it strenghtened my testimony of priesthood blessings and the power of those who hold the melchizedek priesthood.

The last thought i have was about temples. Ask youself- are temples beautiful? The answer is obvious- they are gorgeous modern day castles that bring peace, joy, and eternal blessings. Our bodies are temples too- so why do we look at ourselves and judge us- we dont judge temples. So lets try to remember ourselves like the temples we are. 

My question for this week is: Do you feel Jesus Christ knows you? Why do you feel that?