miss[ionary] in mexico : February 2015

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Oh How Great The Plan of Our God

Family.

Let me tell you about A. Finding A was a miracle in itself. My companion and I wanted to be very specific in asking God to help us new people to teach and so we fasted specifically to find someone who lived in a Privada (gated community). Days after we had cambios and Hermana Guevara came, we recieved una referencia:Familia Correa Reyes. When we went to visit them we discovered that they live in a Privada.

Friday in the mornin we went to teach A. We taught her the Plan of Salvation. Little did we know, it had been 8 years to the day that her baby boy had passed away. A continually asked us in the lesson how we knew what she was going through. We told her that we didn't know anything but because we are on the Lord's errand and she was recieving God's message that he had prepared for her.

Our first visit with her she told us that she couldn't put another appointment until March 4th and that it would be almost impossible to come to church with us. We saw a change in her that no man can make in himself without the hand of the Lord.

My testimony grew a little bit stronger and taller as we heard A accept an appointment this upcoming week and to come to church with us, even if she could only make it to the first hour. I know that God works with his servants in his vineyard (Jacob 5:72) with his hands in the soil, preparing and givingthe nutrients that every one of his trees needs. He never gives too much or not enough, but just right and in the very moment of need.

The Plan of God is REAL. Not only is it real but it is perfect. God created a plan perfectly perfect for his children who in their imperfections are perfectly striving to become like Him and the end result is absolutely perfect. Our happily ever after isn't impossible but perfectly reachable.

Oh how great is the plan of our God (2 Nephi 9:13)

With love,

Hermana Beardall

Friday, February 20, 2015

A Week of Love

Dear Family,

First things first, BAPTISM.

It went pretty well. I had to play the piano because nobody knew how to sing the songs that E. chose for her baptism. Hehe I didn't know how to play them either :) She also asked me to give a talk on the Holy Ghost.

We had a few problems my companion and I to fill the baptismal font but in the end there was water. The boiler didn't work and so the water was FREEEEEZING!!!!! I felt so bad :) In the end it was a beautiful experience for her and for her family that aren't members. Her brother, M. is even more excited to be baptized!!! What a beautiful family!!

This Thursday was my companions birthday so I asked the Hermana Perez that gave us the Comida if we could sing the mañanitas (spanish happy birthday). B and K sang and gave her a pinguino too (chocolate twinkie thing...)

This week I have had many opportunities to learn about weaknesses and finding hope to overcome them and become stronger. I was reminded of a quote from Pres. Utchdorf:

"The adversary uses despair to bind hearts and minds in suffocating darkness. Despair drains from us all that is vibrant and joyful and leaves behind the empty remnants of what life was meant to be. Despair kills ambition, advances sickness, pollutes the soul, and deadens the heart. Despair can seem like a staircase that leads only and forever downward.

Hope, on the other hand, is like the beam of sunlight rising up and above the horizon of our present circumstances. It pierces the darkness with a brilliant dawn. It encourages and inspires us to place our trust in the loving care of an eternal Heavenly Father, who has prepared a way for those who seek for eternal truth in a world of relativism, confusion, and of fear."

When you pass a trial in your life, don't forget to look for the hope that helps you out, living and happy. My companion taught me that maybe it is a weakness now but God is strengthening us right now so that we can make is a strength when we really need it. This is a life of preparation and you can't loose hope in any part of the path.

I HOPE you have a great week,

Hermana Beardall

^^^IT CAME THANK YOU!!!!!!^^^

^^^Let Spring begin in Mexico...^^^

^^^Zona Celaya Norte^^^

^^^Celebrating her first of two birthdays in the mission!!!^^^

^^^My companion made me valentine breakfast :) I love her!!^^^

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

WEEK ONE

Ok so this week has been a little crazy. I have a new compa Hna Guevara from El Salvador and she has 3 months in the mission.

We had a miracle. Hna Plata and I had been praying and fasting a lot so that we could find new investigators and start to bapitze every week. Guess what? Almost every day this week (minus 2 days) we found one or more new investigators. GOD ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS and I hope you never forget that.

We have been preparing E for her baptism that will be this upcoming Saturday! She is more than excited and is taking the opportunity to be a missionary with all that she is doing to prepare for the covenant she is going to make. Her sister R decicded si or si she will be baptized 7 Marzo even if her parents can't come. We also started teaching their brother (11 yrs old) M and he wants to be baptized too. Even though she lives far away, their mom is reading the book of mormon and is trying to get in contact with the missionaries. It is amazing how the gospel changes and unifies a family!! I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!!!!!

Whelp, pics and stories about the baptism later!! Thanks for all of your prayers especially those where you asked that we could find people to teach. Your blessings will be grand and glorious.

I love you tons,

Happy day of love or like it is here in mexico, day of friendship,

Hermana Beardall