WEEK 10 - Ay ay ay

Ay ay ay.

That's one of my new favorite things to say in Spanish now. Mostly because my vocabulary is still limited, and when I don't know what to say and things are kind of crazy, that's what I say. It's pretty applicable to most situations and a pretty accurate description of this week.

Ay ay ay! Where do I even begin? I find myself in this position every p-day because I feel like I'm looking back on a whole year! It's going by SO fast but at the same time, I look back and so much has happened and I feel like it was forever ago!

But anyway, one of our cute investigators, Evelia, is slowly but surely progressing!!! She always agrees with what we teach her, and she reads the chapters we give her, and feels good about it all, but every time we talk about baptism, she's still not quite sure. Which is totally fine, it's just hard because I know she's feeling the Spirit and I've already seen her change- she's always so happy now! So anyway, we had a lesson with her this week, and she asked us how we do baptisms. My companion and me were so excited because she was the one who brought it up! We invited her to be baptized on April 16th and she's still not sure- she wants to be really sure before she makes a decision. But she seemed a little more willing to work towards it thinking of it as a goal than she has been in the past so that was awesome! The closing prayer she gave at the end of the lesson was so sweet- she thanked Heavenly Father for us and how she knew He existed before, but now she's learning more about Him and His word. It was so sweet. 

She loves feeding us, she's so cute. She made really good taquitos and then a few nights ago she made this soup with crab in it. Not like little pieces of cut up crab but like whole parts of a crab!! It was crazy. I just couldn't bring myself to try it. I pushed myself and ate salmon this week but crab was just too much!!! It was so cute though, because she made me a quesadilla instead.

With another one of our investigators, Jacky, we made food! She taught us how to make tortillas and she made salmon and pico and served it with Honduran crema. I love her- I can't wait until she comes to church! Cool story about her- after one of our lessons with her this week, we gave her Alma 32 to read. And she was like, "I've heard of Alma before!" And we were like "uh what? Where?" And she said her dad told her about him, and how we was "a defender of the poor" or something like that. It was so cool!!! I can't wait to teach her about how she probably knows that because the people in the Book of Mormon are her ancestors! That was so cool.

Conference was AMAZING. I was looking forward to it all week. Ah, conference is just one of the best things ever. I loved the themes of humility, the temple, strengthening families, and making choices. Usually in conference when they talk about children and families, I don't always think it applies to me, but this time, I was prompted to think of my investigators as my "children". It was so cool with that mindset!! I also loved how bold and fearless the speakers were. Some of the things they talked about were not popular or politically correct, but that just strengthened my testimony even more of how this is Heavenly Father's church, not a church of the world. 

I read 1Thessalonians 2:4-6 this morning and it reminded me of what was said at conference. I'm so, so, so grateful for the leaders in the church and for our Prophet, and I know that what they teach us is what Heavenly Father wants us to know. Yes, it's very different from what the world tells us, but it is still right and true and it is still Heavenly Father's will for us! Elder Hallstrom's talk explained the concept of our identity that is not of this world so beautifully.

Also, after the last session of conference I felt prompted to ask the Bishop for a Priesthood blessing. I kept ignoring it and ignoring it and then I finally listened. The blessing gave me much needed comfort and guidance. I'm so grateful that Heavenly Father is so patient with me even though I'm so stubborn!!

Well, that's about all I have time for. I hope everyone has a wonderful, wonderful week.

I love my Savior, Heavenly Father, and I love being a missionary!!!!

Hermana Eddington

Crab soup.