"A Perfect Brightness of Hope"

                                                                                                                              June 17, 2013
Hola mi familia maravillosa!!! Como esta? Gracias por sus cartas. Estoy muy agradecida por vosotros y por todos los bendiciones de nuestro Padre Celestial y nuestro Salvador! i am glad to hear that everyone is doing so well! 

Well this week we did not have much success in numbers, but I learned a ton! We are so happy that Sis. L. was baptized. She is doing well and received a calling yesterday as a Relief Society teacher. She is going to be so wonderful!!! We are working with many new investigators and are trying to find those that are prepared to hear the gospel. We are going to try to do 30 minutes of service each day. Just small stuff, and work with the members to help them share the gospel with their friends. This next week looks very bright and promising! Especially because I have learned so much that i want to implement from last week.  Now a quick review: 

This last week was hard as we felt very discouraged and could not figure out why. We were praying to learn what we were doing wrong, and our prayer was answered. We haven´t been using all of our time and every opportunity to share the gospel. In lessons sometimes we talk too long about other things, or dont fulfill our plans with exactness. But i also learned that I have been relying on Hna. Call too much to do all of the talking, and then only add in my  thoughts sometimes. I am in training, but i should have been progressing and getting better so we could teach in unity. But I would get scared sometimes and not talk, and she was having to carry the lessons. But NO MORE!!!!!!!!!!! I have been taught what I need to do, and I will do it! I know as I open my mouth more with courage and faith and perfect hope, the Lord will help me know what to say, I can be the kind of missionary that the Lord needs, the kind of missionary that the people need, the kind of missionary that my companion needs, and the person and missionary that I want to be. i have been focused on myself and my fears and my feeling inadequate for far too long! i have been called to do this work by our Heavenly Father. I have been set apart as a representative of Jesus Christ. This means talking to everyone, serving everyone, standing confidently in the knowledge of who I am and what I am capable of just like the Savior did. He never doubted who He was, not even when the adversary did everthing he could to tempt Him to doubt. Well i am done doubting, and I am done fearing! The Lord is with me and I can do anything with His help. As I focus more on the people and what they need, my doubts and my fears will go away and I will become waht the Lord wants me to be. Today we sang i will go where you want me to go, and the last sentence says I will be what you want me to be! This is what we are here on this earth to learn. We are here to become like the Savior and submit to the Father´s will and trust in Him in everything, so that we can become what He wants us to be. I am so grateful for everything that I have learned, but i am even more grateful for the opportunity to help others come unto the Savior and our Heavenly Father, recognize their divine nature, and become what our Heavenly Father and Savior want them to become. I know that they live, that their plan for us is real and amazing, and that we can learn and grow and progress in this life so that we can return, but we can only do this with their help! We must be humble enough to be what they want us to be. I love you all and I hope you have an amazing week! Thank you for being who the Savior wants you to be!