This week is the start of my 7th transfer. As sisters we get 12 transfers. It is crazy how fast time goes by I still feel like I just got here! I am sad to say that I will be transferred from La Mesa, I don't know where I am going yet or who will be my next companion but I will find out tomorrow! I guess I have mixed emotions, La Mesa is a hard area, there aren't a lot of Spanish people but the members are GREAT! There are so many people that I have grown to love as I served them. I am sad that sister Milla will no longer be my companion, she is great, but the good thing is that I will be at the visitor center so we will see each other often :)
This week was great! Last Tuesday we went out to find an Investigator that we hadn't seen in about 3 weeks, and we finally found her! We didn't have much time to teach her a lot but we committed her to read Alma 5 which is known for asking questions of the soul. We also set up a return appointment. As we were leaving her apartment complex we see a guy across the street. We said Hi to him and asked him if we could share something with him. Usually the responses we get are "I don't have time" or "I am atheist" or some people ignore us completely, but miraculously this guy didn't, he said "yeah, why not!" We were both shocked for a minute and I was tongue tied for a second because this never happens! Haha after a few awkward seconds as he was crossing the street, we introduced ourselves. He introduced himself as Franky. We asked him about his family, he has 2 adorable twin girls that are 9 months. We asked him about his religious view, he's christian but hasn't gone to church but really wants to go, then he asked us what church we go to. We told him we went to church right down the street, he said he would try to make it on Sunday, we didn't have to invite him! We started talking about the Natural man and shared with him Mosiah 3:19 He loved that scrpture, then he asked how he could get a copy of that book. Coincidentally we were standing right next to our car, we opened our trunk and gave him a Book of Mormon. He doesn't live in La Mesa, but he is always there visiting family, maybe we can teach his family! It was a great miracle!
Thursday we had an end of summer BBQ and Farewell for Sister Romero. All the senior couples and sisters serving at the battalion got together and had a good time
On Saturday we had zone meeting and it was great! All the missionaries in our zone had a meeting and we talked about how we can be consecrated missionaries, how we need to act and not be acted upon and what are the differences. How sometimes we have to go through difficult things in order to grow and be better. We compared 2 scriptures Matthew 5:48 "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect", and 3 Nephi 12:48 "Therefore I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or your Father who is in heaven is perfect." Christ gave this counsel at 2 different times. In Matthew 5 he gave this counsel before his prayer in Gethsemane, before he died on the cross. In 3 Nephi he gave it after his resurrection when he came to the Americas. The difference is that one says be prefect like our father in heaven and the other says be perfect as I or our father in heaven. Even Christ had to be better, and had to go through afflictions to grow. He had to go through the Atonement and suffer for our sins in order to be like our Father. The same must be for us. We have to go through our trials, suffer through them patiently, in order to be more like the Father and his son. I am grateful for the trials I've gone through, even though at the moment it didn't seem like something positive. I know that as I go through the hard times I am refined, I am better, stronger, I am more like Chirst. He is the Example I want to follow.
Yesterday was a great day! We went on a special exchange. We were in a trio for a day. Sister Stephens, Sister Milla and I. We covered both areas, La Mesa and Sweetwater. Sweetwater was my last area so I was excited to go back for the day. We went to go see the Lee Family! I taught them earlier this year and they were baptized in March. My heart was beating fast, I was so excited to see them! It had been about 5 months since the last time I saw them! We didn't get to teach them much but we sang and prayed with them. They are doing good. I was really sad having to say bye again but I know that I will see them again. I love them.
I love my mission, I am learning a lot. I know that what I am doing is the best thing for me. I know this is the Church of Christ in which he is well pleased with.
Love you all!
-Hermana Recinos
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