I hit my 6-month mark this week, which about scared me half to death so I think I won't count anymore. Oh dear. Time is crazy. I LOVE being a missionary. Love every second of it :) Man am I blessed to be out here in Maryland.
I have some awesome news! President asked for eight Spanish-speaking hermanas to come to the mission permanently! Can you believe it? How amazing is that?
They have been praying soooo long for hermanas in this area and it finally got approved this week. I am very excited for them. My branch president is especially excited. He gave me a special thank you for being the "pioneer" for the hermanas here in Maryland. "Not a problem at all president, I love it here!"
It is so weird to think that 5 months ago me and Hermana Brown started off as the first Spanish sisters and now things are going awesome and we are getting eight more! Blessings, blessings. Hermana Crotzer and I are super happy.
Anyway, another great week here in Columbia. :) Drum roll please....
One of our investigators has a baptismal date: November
30th!
Bahhhhh! I am sooooo excited and just cannot stop smiling. She has been
prepared by the Lord and definitely needs and wants this change in her life.
What a great blessing this will be for her and our little branch. We have a few
kinks to work out before then, but I have faith it’s going to happen. She is
solid. Some prayers wouldn’t hurt at all either ;) thanks.
Another great thing that went on this week was Sisters Conference. We had a conference for all sisters on Wednesday. There were a ton
of us! 60+ and by the start of the year, we will be 90+. There is a lot of
work to do! Bring out the missionaries :)
We had the opportunity to go to the Washington DC Temple Visitors Center again this week. They were having a Hispanic cultural celebration. We
invited lots and lots of people, but only three investigators, one less active and one
recent convert said they could come. We got rides figured out and everything and decided to meet up at the
visitors center an hour before the event started. Well, we were there an hour
before and could not find our investigators. Time passed, and then only 30 mins
till the show started.. 20.. 10 ... 5 mins.
The show started... still nobody
showed up.
I have to be honest: I
was starting to feel a little impatient and stressed that they weren’t there.
Another companionship of sisters had the same problem. The one was freaking out
a little bit and I overheard her companion say, "It's okay, breathe and it
will all work out. Just take it as it comes."
It was a good reminder for
me: take it as it comes. Only worry about the things that you can control.
People always have their agency! It made me think of another thing, though, too.
Me sitting there waiting and waiting and waiting reminded me of how it must
be for Heavenly Father watching us sometimes. He is waiting for us to arrive at
the big event (to return back to him) but He has to be patient and watch us go through life. He has to watch
us struggle, go through hard times, etc. Sometimes we don’t listen and we are "running late". But,
there He waits for us patiently to make right decisions, be happy, grow and be
strong and eventually get to the big event.
We have a tool similar to a cell
phone that we can call him and ask for help anytime we want it- very similar to
prayer, no? Moral of the story: our Heavenly Father is patiently waiting for us.
He wants us to return and He wants to help us. He loves us and wants us to be
happy. Make sure you are using that "cell phone" and checking in
daily with our Heavenly Father. He will help you make it to our goal... the big
event... the big celebration!
Time is up; I hope you have a fabulous week! As always I
love you and miss you like crazy. I have the best family there is, hands down!
Smile big, laugh lots for me, and enjoy life! Have a great week and in the
words of President, "Tear it up!"
-Hermana Newman :)
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