Amo A Mi Padre

Hey everyone!!! Feliz lunes!

Last Monday was probably one of the happiest and most heartbreaking days of my mission. Not dramatic at all lol. Lindsay, my old comp, came to visit with her parents and I just love that girl! Her parents are also the best and Iloved getting to meet them. They all came to our fhe activity that night and a whole bunch of people from the branch showed up to say hi. We shoved cake in each other's faces just like old times and then it started pouring rain which felt soooo good! So we were covered in frosting and whipped cream and absolutely soaked and just so happy :). Me and lindsay just talked and sung songs at the top of our lungs, ahhh I miss her so much! Saying goodbye again was the absolute worst, I really hate goodbyes, probably cause Neil goodbyes take forever and make me so sad lol.

On a happier note, we had a little miracle this week during exchanges! I did English work with Sister Saxton which was so fun, I hadn't really gotten to know her until then and she taught me so much! She's just got this confidence in her testimony, what she believes she believes with all her heart, and it makes her such a powerful missionary. The miracle came about because she was willing to be bold and share her testimony. We had driven to the house of this guy who hadn't been contacted in a while, but when we got there and actually looked through his history, we noticed that people had gotten bashed by him which kinda freaked us out. We said a prayer and both felt like we needed to be there. As we got out of the car, we saw an older man sitting on his porch across the street. Sister Saxton called out to him and they started having a conversation of yelling to each other lol. Finally we decided to go over there and actually talk to him, his name was Ed and he told us his wife had just passed away a week ago. We were able to testify of the Resurrection and Atonement of Jesus Christ and it was so cool to just see how God was able to put us exactly where we needed to be. Ed said he'd been lonely and we got to just talk to him for a while and help him know he was loved and that one day he would see his wife again. Really powerful spiritual experience!

My spiritual thought today comes from something President McGinn taught me in my interview with him. I told him how I struggled with obedience and finding the balance between focusing on the standards and focusing on preaching the gospel. He said we may not always love or understand the rules, but we love the rule-giver. I'm a missionary because I love God, thats what it all comes down to. I love Him with all my heart, and even though I don't understand some of the things I'm asked to do, I know that it comes from God, and that's all that matters. I love this scripture: 1 Nephi 11:17 "And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things."

I know God loves me, and I love Him. Those two simple truths are the foundation for everything I believe in. When I have doubts or questions, I always go back to that truth, that I have a Heavenly Father who loves me and each of you without limit.

I love you all, have a great week!

- Hermana Neil

Photos!!!

- we matched by accident of course

- hoko together again

- my lil bestie

- moe's!!!

- cutie sister saxton

- cutie sister Saxton x2

- soccer night, my favorite day of the week