Week 58 pics

Week 58

HOLA HERMOSOS!!! COMO ESTAN???? My week was absolutely "Wicked". Sister Pelo is teaching me all sorts of London words!! Wicked being one of them, and also Posh, and Dodgy, and Cheers. We have an agreement that by the end of training, she will be fluent in Spanish and I will have a perfected British accent. Sadly i think that she will become fluent in Spanish, it is a lot more likely than me perfecting my accent! hahah, she keeps on laughing at me because no matter what language I speak I always try and speak Spanish! Its okay, it always makes things interesting!! This was an amazing week, mostly because we had a great week of work and serving others!! 

  I know that I truly am called to SERVE, And I am so thankful that we were able to help others this week. We had an amazing opportunity to help a lady named Sharron move. She is a nonmember that called the Lakewood elders and needed help to move, and she was moving into our area. So on Saturday we set up with the Elders Quorum and High Priests to come help her unload this U haul. The funny thing was that Sharron had to change the time, because they weren't going to be there until 1 and they were behind schedule. So we texted the Bishop to let the ward know that the time had changed, but what we didn't know is that he didn't have cell reception. So we showed up at 1 and realized that it was just us.... And so we started moving boxes while calling ward members, and we were so afraid that we would have to unload this Huge U haul by ourselves until like 8 pm. ajajajaja! But luckily, Heavenly Father was looking out for us and we got some reinforcements. But it was an amazing experience I am completely convinced that one of the best sights, is a group of members showing Christ like love to a complete stranger!! IT WAS AMAZING! And this cute lady was so completely thankful and amazed! We invited her to church and we are going to start teaching her!! One of my favorite quotes is that "People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care!"

     Then on Saturday as well there was the Woman's Broadcast, and before the Relief Society as a stake did a service project for girls in Haiti! It was so amazing to help and see all of the members coming together, we also had a nonmember there and it was amazing that she could be a part of it all! Me and my companion truly love this area, and the members and nonmembers here! Everyone we have met is so amazing!! And i absolutely loved the General Woman's Broadcast, I loved the contrast of the 3 sisters who were Sad, Mad and Glad! I love the quote that the happiest people don't have the best of everything but they make the best of everything!! Life is what we make it, and a mission is what we make it! I loved all of the amazing talks on self worth and Divine nature. I truly do know that we are all daughters and sons of God, and that he loves us, we are always of worth to him! But our mortal responsibility is to strive to be WORTHY! It is a constant battle to put off the natural man, but i am so thankful for the Atonement and for the opportunity to recognize that In the Saviors eyes I had worth when he suffered for me in the Garden of Gethsemane, and now my job and all of our jobs, is to use that Atonement to become Worthy! I love this Gospel, I love my savior, and I am so thankful for the infinite love that Our Heavenly Father and Our Savior have for each one of us! 

I love you all so much, and i am thankful for your prayers and your examples and your love, PLEASE Prepare for Zone Conference, it is going to be absolutely amazing! And I know that when we are ready to learn the spirit will tell us exactly what we need to hear! So I want to invite all of you to prayerfully think about and write down three questions that you need answered this General Conference, i promise that If you are ready the answers will come! I am having a blast, and all is well in ZIon!! LES QUIERO Con todo mi corazon!! 

CON AMOR, Hermana Tamales!!☔󾓩

FOTOS:

1. Its been a rainy week, so I had to get the signature rainbow picture for my momma!

2 and 3. me and my companion in the rain

Week 57 pics

Week 57

HOWDY!!! This week has been amazing!!! We have seen so many miracles it is insane!!! I love being a missionary, and I know that I say that every single week and everyone is probably sick of it, BUT ITS TRUE!! This week was great, at the beginning of the week we had exchanges. And I got to work with Sister Brown, she is from West Jordan Utah, and she is adorable. We saw so many miracles during exchanges, and we found a new investigator, and we worked our little tails off! HAHA, Then on Wednesday we had Zone Conference! it was amazing!! We all had to get flu shots at the beginning though hahah! Sister Gifford was laughing so hard because me and my companion were the biggest babies, she held my hand though and distracted me haahh!  I didn't pass out though so all is well. Then we had Zone Conference and we focused on The Plan of Salvation and Finding and following the spirit! It was amazing! My training was on finding and it went off without a hitch!! I was still super scared but not as much as last time! While I was studying for my training I really loved the scripture in D and C 36:6 "Look unto me in every though doubt not fear not." 

    I LOVE THIS SCRIPTURE!! I know that the opposite of Faith is Doubt and fear! But when we Look unto HIM in every thought there is no need to fear, because perfect love casteth out all fear! So sometimes I am not going to lie missionary work is scary as we all know! But Jesus Christ turns that fear into Faith! Also this week we had amazing miracles! We got a return Lesson with Amy (the one that we prayed to find her chihuahua and did) And it was amazing! She said that right before we had knocked her door that she had opened up and read the Bible for the first time in a long time! We told her that wasn't a coincidence and we testified of the Atonement, she has truly had so many trials and she is so humble and ready to accept the gospel!! Then this week we had an appointment with Abby ( the one that we had found when we fasted to find a family of 4 and found her family of 6) but her and her family all got a bug, so they had to cancel! So we dropped off soup and invited her to the Primary program at our church this Last Sunday! And her and Sharron Young our other investigator both came! She was grinning from ear to ear!! It was so amazing to see the testimonies that the little children of our church have! THEIR TESTIMONIES ARE POWERFUL! 

     We also had an amazing week of miracles with people just coming out of the woodwork!! We are so excited about this area!! And we both know that we are here for a reason. Even though it is hard to be in an English area, i know that Heavenly Father is aware of me and he is using me as an instrument in his hands, because we found 2 less active families that speak Spanish, and we picked up a whole family of Hispanics this week! I LOVE MIRACLES!! And I know that Heavenly Father is in the details of missionary work, he knows who is ready and he knows where they are and he knows who's time it is to accept the gospel! It has been an amazing week! Mi encanta la obra misional!!! Y estoy agradecida por cada persona que encontramos esta semana! Yo se que si tengo fe, y si estoy obidiente y diligente que milagros van a pasar! LES AMO!!! Gracias por todo!! ANd please get to the temple and get studying so that we can all be prepared for General Conference!!! 

CON AMOR, La Hermana Tams!❤

FOTOS:

1.Just the trees hahah!

2.Some peoples reactions when we knock there doors! hahah

3.the front of our apartment, sorry mom apartment video on its way! 

Week 56 pics

Week 56

Wow it has been quite crazy these last couple of weeks! I am sorry that I haven't had a ton of time to email, I am going to try and make up for that and send a good email this week! Well It has been amazing these last couple of weeks, I truly do love Columbine and Sister Pelo! She truly does have GREENIE FIRE!! It is so great to train a new missionary because they have such amazing faith! They think that everyone that they meet wants to hear our message and be baptized!! WHICH IS AMAZING! I think that the rest of us missionaries that have been out in the field for a while we have Faith and we talk to everyone, but we are a little cynical! We know that Heavenly Father is preparing people to receive us and the restored gospel, but we start talking to someone and we are like, no I don't think that they are the ELECT. But Greenies just came on a mission with that pure hope and faith! AND I LOVE IT! President told us that our job as trainers is to keep that flame alive! SO THAT IS THE PLAN!

    This week we also got to go to the temple on Wednesday! It had been a year since I had gone to the temple and it was amazing to feel that peace in the temple! I know that the temple truly reminds us of our true purpose in life, and it gives us eternal perspective! I loved going inside the temple and having questions answered and just feeling ready to take on the world. As I was studying in the temple I came across Ether 6 in the Book of Mormon! I LOVE this chapter. It is talking about the Jaredites and their journey across the sea to the Americas. It says....

5 And it came to pass that the Lord God caused that there should be a furious wind blow upon the face of the waters,towards the promised land; and thus they were tossed upon the waves of the sea before the wind. 6 And it came to pass that they were many times buried in the depths of the sea, because of the mountain waves which broke upon them, and also the great and terrible tempests which were caused by the fierceness of the wind. 7 And it came to pass that when they were buried in the deep there was no water that could hurt them, their vessels being tight like unto a dish, and also they were tight like unto the ark of Noah; therefore when they were encompassed about by many waters they did cry unto the Lord, and he did bring them forth again upon the top of the waters.8 And it came to pass that the wind did never cease to blow towards the promised land while they were upon the waters; 

I love these verses! And it made me think of my whole mission experience. I know that I have been tossed from the winds and buried under the sea at times, but the amazing thing is that Heavenly Father continues to guide me towards the promised land. He loves all of us, and even though we may have trials and tribulations and times where we just fill like we are being tossed about on the waters, we have to remember that if we STAY ON THE WATERS the wind will continue to blow us towards the promised land. But we cant give up and jump ship, THAT IS TOTAL LAMAN AND LEMUEL! When things get hard we have to work harder and pray more and be more obedient and have more faith!!! 

  This week has also been amazing because we got the chance to go to Train the Trainers, and I finally got some inspiration and direction to know how in the world i train someone!! HAHH! But one of my favorite quotes that they shared id by Donald L. Staheli, and he said when Obedience ceases to be an irritant, and becomes our quest, in that moment god will endow us with power! I know that we truly need to have that desire in our hearts to be obedient and to change to want to become better. And I know that that desire comes from our love for Jesus Christ and his Atonement. I have been working my hardest to have Obedience become my quest! Every missionary obeys the mission rules but we need to convert to the mission rules and not just conform as my wise Brother told me!  I have seen so many amazing miracles on my mission but every single one of them has happened because of my Faith Obedience and Diligence. Heavenly Father is waiting to bless us and give us miracles, but it all depends on our individual exertion! 

I wanted to finish my Email with a few miracles that we have seen this week because I know that sharing miracles increases FAITH!! And that is the goal to have more FAITH! This week we have found some amazing people in simple ways! I have found the importance of service!!! WE met a lady who was weeding and we offered to help and she was finished but was automatically more receptive, and more open to listening! We got a return appointment with her to share the Restoration!! And then we were knocking doors down this street and we met a girl named Amy who was searching everywhere for her dog, so me and my companion said a prayer that we could find her Chihuahua! Which by the way I hate  now!!! Chihuahua, I think that the Hispanic peritos have ruined it for me! But anyways we finish this prayer and we are kind of pointlessly walking around this neighborhood and a  Chihuahua pops out and starts barking at us! It came like 5 minutes after our prayer. So we told Amy That we found her dog and we got talking to her and she said that half of her family was Mormon!! I know that God puts certain people in our lives for a certain reason!!! I LOVE THE TENDER MERCIES FROM GOD!!! I am so thankful that he is in the tiny details of missionary work!! I love this area and I love my companion, and most of all I LOVE THIS WORK!! It is the best thing that I have ever done! I love you all, I hope that you have a great week and notice the miracles in your lives... AND SHARE THEM!!!

LES QUIERO!!

Hermana Tamales!!!  💜❤💜💚🌸