miss[ionary] in mexico : 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