VIVAA MEXICOOO

 Hola amigos, ¿que tal como están? 

This week was a MIX of emotions. Really high highs, and you know how that goes sometimes... some low lows too. The highs were awesome though so it's all good! 

This week we celebrated independence day here in Mexico and it was awesome! Everyoneee and everywhere was decked out in red white and green (no, not for Christmas;) and it was so fun. I ate SO much good Mexican food this week and spent a lot of time with some good members and investigators! It was great! We spent the 15th and part of the 16th with the family of our bishop (because we had a super early curfew unless w were w members) so with them we got to eat good food, play games, and do the Mexican shout w the president on tv and watch fireworks! It was fun! I also figure out this week that I can eat spicier food than my Mexican comp which made me pretty proud!

Bad of this week- We were tested in our patience and love a lot this week with some people that were super mean to us lol... be careful what you pray for because I've been praying for more love and patience and God is definitely helping me learn it haha. I was also super emotional because the day that everything happened w people shutting us down (including some members sadly) we got news that Ernesto  (our investigator in the hospital) his health is really declining and things aren't looking good. He's on oxygen and basically unconscious all the time and it's really hard on his family, and it was/is pretty hard on me too. It brought back a lot of memories of losing my grandpa and grandma because of some similar situations and it just made me really sad but grateful for the plan of salvation and my opportunity to share this message with their family and share my personal experiences to help them! I talked to my "mom on the Mish" hermana Stapley (my mission presidents wife) because I just needed a mom in that moment haha and she really comforted me and also invited us over for dinner at her house the next day w president! I felt like a VIP eating in the nicest house I've see on my mission a nice steak dinner w potatoes, salad, asparagus, fresh lemonade with PEBBLED ICE,  then strawberry shortcake and just got to chill and talk w the presidents. It was super rad and I love them so much!

The week ended up being really good overall, even with some hiccups, and I feel so grateful to be a missionary! I got the opportunity to give a last minute talk in church and at first I was kind of bugged with everything already going on that I had to give a talk, but I'm actually really grateful for the chance I got to ponder and share a message. It ended up being exactly what I needed to take a few minutes and re set. 

Guys God loves you so much! This week I was thinking a lot about that and thinking about what I can do to show my love for him better. I was listening to a talk called "¿que más me falta?" Or "what lack I yet" and elder Lawrence invites us to really reflect and ask in humble oración the things we are lacking as a disciple of Jesus christ and how the holy ghost can help us know, if we ask with humility, what we need to change. But not only do we need to ask and recieve an answer, but we need to have the faith to really act and change the things that the spirit indicates. I want to invite you all to take a minute tonight to reflect and ask God in humble prayer what you can change or do a little better. Maybe reading this right now something already comes to mind, but I invite you all to council with the lord and make a goal to do a little better with something! 

I love you all so much and I hope you have the best week!!