The temple last week was absolutely amazing and so refreshing. The spirit truly does speak all languages! Getting out of the walls of the MTC was quite the reality check, but made me all the more excited for the field!
Me and my district (6 hermanas, 6 elders) had a 24 hour fast and it was one of the most amazing experiences ever:) One thing i learned during my fast is that the spirit spaks quietly through your feelings and the thoughts in your mind. Many voices in the world compete for your attention and they can easily drown out spiritual impressions if you are not careful.
I dont know if i mentioned my roomates in my last email but i know for a fact that they will be life long friends! (Hermana Eliason & Hermana Vakapuna) They make me laugh and are so supportive when i am down on myself (because im a perfectionist) (turns out there is no such thing as a perfect day because we are all imperfect people) what needs to be perfect are our desires and our efforts!!
Everyone here calls me Hermana McQuellen hahaha Also a group of latinos came up to me yesterday and literally each of them wanted to take a picture with me and i was like ????? didnt understand anything they were saying cuz they were saying it in spanish and then this elder was like, didnt you know, youre famous here because of your skin hahaha thanks mom!! I get at least 10 questions a day about it haha
2nd week here and i was already asked to speak in church! We are asked to write a talk every saturday night incase they call on us to talk on sunday. None of my district wrote talks on saturday because usually they dont call up people that have only been here for a little while. I had thee weirdest feeling that they were gonna call on me so i wrote one (on how the gospel blesses families because i love my family im obsessed with them) and sure enough they chose me! haha I was so nervous but my branch president came up to me after and told me im going to be fluent in no time haha so im hoping he didnt just say that to be nice..
The spanish is coming day by day, slowly but surely:) This week they really focused on recognizing the spirit in our lives. We have become so used to feeling the spirit, so we need to learn to recognize it! We need to live in a way that we dont think/worry about who the impression is from, we just know. I have also come to accept that my mission is not an event of learning the language, but a journey of loving the people. I am in the process of learning to teach simply:) "it is true intelligence for a man to take a subject that is mysterious and great in itself and to unfold it and simplify it so a child can understand it" The savior taught simply, so can i!
We have to believe in miracles in this work. God, is a god of miracles and they have not ceased! The only thing that stands between my investigators and their salvation, is a missionary that believes in miracles. It is not our circumstances that determine our destiny, it is a determined faith in christ that determines our destiny. I had come to a point this week where i was really struggling, wondering if heavenly father hears my prayers. Once i remembered the importance of faith, i noticed miracle after miracle. I read an amazing chapter in the BOM (Moroni 7) that made me feel a tremendous amount of peace."I rejoice exceedingly that your lord jesus christ hath been mindful of you, and hath called you to his ministry and to his holy work" "i am mindful of you always in my prayers" "he through his infinite goodness and grace will keep you through the endurance of faith on his name to the end." Every butterfly i see, i consider a miracle. I know my butterfly-loving, sweet baby cousin sarah is with me. She is my angel and is yearning for my success! We cant have big miracles happen unless we notice the small ones:)
I am desperate to become the person that i want to be. I know that if i stay the course i will have what i yearn for! I have grown such a deep love for this gospel already. This gospel is a voice of gladness and i am so incredibly grateful for this opportunity i have to share his voice!
Until next semana;)
-Hermana McQuellen
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