Miracle of the week!

        We have a new Mission President! President Schmitt. He is from Texas, a lawyer, and only in his 40's. He is very young but very wise! He brought his family, he has a 15 yrs old son (David) ,12 yrs old son (Tyler) ,9 yrs old daughter (Elli) , and 6 yrs old son (Clayton). Clayton reminds me of Kael, so I love him already! His wife is a doctor and speaks Spanish! She wants to come out with us! Talk about intimidating! They are a great family with great testimonies. I'm excited to serve with them! WE had a "meet the President" meeting and my companion and I and some other Elders were asked to sing! I almost died, very nerve wracking,  I never want to to do that again. 
      President Schmitt taught us about our callings as missionaries. We have been set apart to do this work. In order to do that we must have a different mentality or different perspective. What I've seen while on my mission is that is what makes a missionary a consecrated missionary. Once we lose the worldly perspective (what people think of us, how we look, thinking too much about family, or anything that distracts us from the mission and our purpose) and we gain an eternal perspective (the fact that we present our message is more important than how we present our message) we are better instruments in the Lords work.
       "He that is ordained of God and sent forth, the same is appointed to be the greatest,                                   notwithstanding he is the least and the servant of all."     D&C 50:26
        We are called to serve others, putting ourselves last and others first. That is very hard for some missionaries but it is key in order to do this work. President Schmitt made this comment that is really simple but mind blowing for me. He said "Jesus Christ submitted his will to the father. In order to follow him, we must do that as well." Our goal is to try to be like Jesus, keep his commandments, and live what he taught. The only way we can do that is submitting to his will. It all boils down to having a desire. Without a desire there is no motivation no action taking place. A desire comes from an understanding, specifically understand our purpose here on earth.  Here is our purpose 
       "And thus we see, that there was a time granted unto man to repent, yea, a                                                    probationary time, a time to repent and serve God." Alma 42:4
       The Lord expects an increase. An increase of faith, repentance, service, love, obedience, diligence, humility, patience, and the list can go on! What increase will you give this week? 
       Miracle of the week!  Last night (Monday) we had no set appointments and no idea what to do. We decided to visit a family that just moved into our branch, the Goza Family. When we arrived the Mom was just about to head out to the gym so we had caught her just in time. The Dad earlier that day was hoping that they would be able to do Family Home Evening, but they weren't planning on it because his wife was leaving, So when we arrived he took advantage of that and made her stay. As we were about to begin she had a thought that she would invite her neighbor who was going through some hard times right now. She went to go get her and she came. We had no lesson planned but we decided to read Alma 37:36 
      "Yea, and cry unto God for all thy support; yea, let all thy doings be unto the Lord, and whithersoever thou goest let it be in the Lord; yea, let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord; yea, let the affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever."
          We each shared out thoughts about it, when we turned to her friend and asked her about it she began to cry and expressed her want and need to come closer to God. We taught a little bit about the Restoration, gave her a Book of Mormon and promised her blessings if she would read and pray to God. She accepted the invitation and we scheduled a return appointment. So that night we had a member referral, and member present lesson and added a new investigator! It was the best day to end the night! 
love you all! 
-Hermana Recinos