Week 43

Paulina!! 

Paulina got baptized this week! It was so special to see her dressed in white and smiling! She's such an example to her family being the only member and she's only 12 years old! Her older sister now wants to start coming to church with her too! I just felt so so happy and filled with joy seeing her walk out of the baptismal font! Really these moments in my mission help me realize how special it is that we have the blessing to participate in Jesus’ true church. And to help others come to know it. I am so grateful to be a missionary right now, forgetting about myself and trying to help other people. I felt so proud for Paulina and I can’t even imagine how proud God and Jesus feel for her. I bet it's similar to how parents feel when they see their kids grow up and make good decisions, but this is the closest experience I can relate to. 
This Sunday, fast and testimony meeting, I felt so much love. I felt like I could physically see the testimony of every person that got up and bore their testimony. I just felt light and love. I love being able to make connections with the people here in Quillota. Even though I’ve only been here a few weeks, I really feel like they are a part of my family. That we really are siblings

We had leadership counsel this week, it's where all the leaders get together and counsel on how we can improve as a mission. And a very loved hermana, Hermana Tomala, told me something that I’ll never forget. And it's something that I really needed to hear. She told me to be myself. God wants me here for a reason, He needs my personality. The sisters in our zone need my personality. I shouldn’t change who I am, I need to be myself. This was exactly what I needed to hear. Sometimes out here it's easy to see other missionaries that have lots of success and try to follow in their footsteps because honestly, I’m not gonna lie, I don’t know what I’m doing. But Hermana Tomala is right. Sometimes, or maybe all the time, we feel like we have no idea what we’re doing or how to do what we should do. And we look to other people and try to copy what they are doing or be them. And it’s not a bad thing to have role models, but God made our personality perfectly just how he wanted us to be. And he trusts us to grow and develop beside our Savior. I know that my Savior, Jesus Chrsit lives. I know he loves me and he loves you. And all he wants us for us is to follow him 100%. I know that he will return to the earth in all his glory and we need to be ready for it! I’m genuinely excited for everyday to be a little better and prepare a little more! I can’t wait to see him! 

I love you! God loves you too!

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