Am I having a seizure?

 Whattupp fam (y amigos) 

   Now that I have your attention, I'll tell you all I'm doing great! This week was honestly so good! I guess I changed my mindset this week because not much changed in what we've been doing (our numbers have not been great because people don't like to answer us haha), BUT my happiness has improved SO much by finding the good little moments throughout every day! 

   This week I had divisions w hermana Chico and honestly it gave me the confidence I needed. She helped me realize so many things I'm doing great at and gave me some really good advice too! I was scared to be leading my area and also start learning how to street contact (because our mission opened up more now - blessings), but our divisions went really great! She helped me see I'm not a failure for being imperfect (not that I'm everrrr hard on myself or anything for those of you who know me ;) but it went great and I'm SO grateful! 

The food here is so good so I feel blessed, BUT this week a member brought us minudo... and lets just say I will never ever eat that haha. Its "sooo" good you all need to try it! ;)

 Another great thing this week was I got to hangout w my president and his wife for a bit because they came to our ward and surprised us Sunday! I felt their love so strong for me, which made me feel Gods love too!! 

   For people we are teaching- we have Diego (again) and Mario! Diego didnt talk to us for a long time and i was scared haha but he told us this week he's just been traveling all over for work and wants to be baptized the second week of December! To say i was happy is an understatement and i'm so happy to be working w him and his girlfriend again! Hopefully I stay in this area bc he's honestly become our good friend! I feel God's love for him so strongly and I want him to have the blessings of the gospel!! Mario is our other friend we're teaching! I met him at a burger restaurant and right away he knew i'm not from here lol (idk what gives it away the bad spanish or the white skin?) So he started practicing his English with me. Next thing I know I've taught him a little lesson and gave him a book of mormon (in spanish and english to "practice his english haha) and we showed him the gospel library app and he told us he started listening to talks! 

   Mario this week has made me feel so much love for God's children and he grew my testimony of God's timing! He started out talking to us saying he wasn't super religious and his life was just too busy for God right now. I got to testify to him about God and his love for him and teach him how to pray. Hearing people pray for the first time is honestly so special! In our other visits this week he told us that he felt peaceful when he prayed and like he had more business. He told me he wants to feel this peace all the time. I was able to promise him that if he moved things around this week and made it to church, and kept praying, God would bless him with peace and more success. I think it's so cool as missionaries we can make promises to people from the spirit bc we are representatives of Jesus Christ. I know I'll never have the priesthood like all worthy men, but it's so cool to have power and authority to work in the name of Jesus Christ as a missionary!! I hope he comes to church this week!!

   This week (and the last couple weeks) I've gotten to help 2 kids learn english, get inactive members to church, do some service, help with ward activities, and work a lot w recent converts and it has been so cool to be feeling like a missionary- not just from baptisms (bc we dont have many) but true christlike service! It was also great this week bc there was a ward activity w the greatest showman, and we got to watch! All the songs were in english so i got to just sit back, sing, and enjoy the music! It was awesome! 

   Bc theres always opposition lol I'll share. This week I thought was perfect. I was looking back at the week and was like wow a good week... Yes it was still a good week don't get me wrong, but I woke up this morning (at 1) with a 104 fever and was shaking like a chihuahua... I literally thought "am i having a seizure?" Lol, no i wasn't but i ended up being miserable all night and it made me wish my dad was there to give me a priesthood blessing and that my mom was there to comfort me. I sat there shaking w my head pounding for a solid 3 hrs and i said a little prayer to have the pain go away. After my prayer I half expected to just stop shaking and be able to sleep, but I surprised myself bc the first thing i thought was "Jesus Christ felt this pain for me, because he loves me. I don't have to feel alone in this moment. He shook in pain for ME, felt exactly what I'm feeling right now so I don't have to go through it alone." It was a powerful moment! He really knows how to succor our pains perfectly. It really changed my mindset on the atonement and instead of being mad to start my pday off so bad, I felt so blessed that Jesus Christ died for me and I dont ever have to feel alone. Also im feeling so great now thanks to meds and a full 3 hrs of sleep wahoo!

Everyone, I don't know what your little chihuahua shakes are in your life right now, but I promise you that Jesus Christ has felt exactly what you're feeling and knows exactly how to help you. You just need to turn to him! You can get through this!! Please go read Alma 5 (in the Book of Mormon) verses 11-13! It's the scripture I thought of in this time of chihuahua shaking, and it's always one of my favs!!

Love you all so much and I hope this week is fantastic!!

-your fav hna piedra