October 7 - A Little Difficult, but Good

Hola Familia,

 

This week has been good, a little difficult but good. I'm glad everyone is doing good and catching up on stuff. I loved conference but it was a little frustrating as well because I knew what y'all were doing too.  It's always a little difficult on the days that you know what your family is doing. My favorite talk of Conference was President Uchdorf's talk and a couple others. 

I will get the chance to go to the temple again next August. Some of the personal revelation that I received from conference is that the family definitely needs to be a whole lot stronger. It was emphasizing time and time again that we need to hold weekly Family Home Evenings, have family prayer and scripture study daily. Also the youth can't rely on their parents for a testimony they need to grow it themselves. We watched Conference at the church. Our Ward Mission Leader is great.  He only speaks Spanish.   When we report on our investigators for the week, I talk to him.  We don't have any progressing investigators yet, but we will have some soon if we pray with faith. 

I am absolutely loving my Spanish!!  I am definitely still learning but from where I was to where I am now is a miracle!!  I am comfortable with speaking and understanding. All three hours of church is in Spanish and I can now participate in Gospel Principles class and add comments.   Before, I wasn't able to or could. 

I am sending a box home full of mission stuff just keep it for now until I get home and decide what to do with it. The other things in the box are that a bunch of my skirts from the missionary store haven't lasted the pencils only 3, the zipper broke, so if there is anyway you or someone could fix it, if not, totally ok. I am sending back the book I got for my b-day because it isn't approved.  I'll be able to read it when I get home. 

I didn't get a package yet. I am fine for skirts and everything right now. I will tell you what kind of jacket or coat I need in my snail mail. 

I want to tell anyone that can hear or read my words the best thing to do is go on a mission. I have never had a stronger relationship with my Heavenly Father and elder brother Jesus Christ or needed to exercise the atonement like I spoke of in my fairewell talk.  Sometime the mission is difficult, and other times the mission is joyous. But the thing that keeps me going is becoming the missionary/person that Heavenly Father wants me to be. When it's rough, I just work some more and I continue working until those feeling pass.  Because I know that the feelings of inadequacy, fear, anger,and frustration are not from God. I have learned to love to work and to love the people that we teach.   Even the people that slam the door in our faces. It's hard, too, because you know how the gospel of Jesus Christ can bless everyone and you want to bring them into the fold.   But their free agency is the thing that is standing between them and their salvation.  

I really loved the quote that was given from President Monson during Conference, "Now is the time for members and missionaries to come together, to work together, to labor in the lord's vineyard, and to bring souls unto him." I love the Chapter in the Book of Mormon found in Jacob chapter 5, because it is the last time the vineyard is going to be gathered. We are his servants and he labors with us. During this chapter, also the Lord asks what more could I have done for my vineyard? Three times. NOW IS THE TIME! Members and missionaries need to work together. I love everything about the mission. I know that although I am not having baptisms I am planting seeds. I hope that y'all are doing great. I love ya!

 

Te Quiero,

 

Kenzer Lou/ Hermana Fitzpatrick