Hola! Somos las hermanas misioneras en esta área! Misioneras de la Iglesia de Jesucristo de Los Santos de Los Ultimos Dias! ¿Ha hablado con los misioneros antes? ( Hi! We are the Sister Missionaries in this area. Missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Have you talked with missionaries before?) These are probably the most used words and phrases of my mission so far.
Hermana Whitmer and I changed our P-day to Tuesday this week so that we could go to the Temple today. I will make sure to send lots of pictures of us at the temple next week. Fun fact: In the October General Conference of 1997, the year I was born, the Houston Texas Temple was announced.
On Thursday, we had a special training on the Atonement of Jesus Christ. It was so amazing. It was a great reminder of the message that we share and why we should work so diligently to share it because it is centered on Jesus Christ and his ministry on the earth. I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior and Redeemer and that he suffered and died for us so that we can return to live with our Heavenly Father once more. I know that after three days, he did rise from the dead and he lives today. I invite you to go and watch the amazing video produced by the Church titled, He Lives. You can find it on Youtube. It is powerful!
We found three new people to teach this week! Fortunado, Norma, and Joel. We found Fortunado and Norma by contacting people that were referred to us. They are a very sweet couple who want to find the truth. They have attended many different churches but haven't felt that any of them contain the full truth found in the Bible. We had a lesson with them last night and we brought with us the Rodriguez family. They are one of my favorite families in our ward. They love to go and teach with us and they have such strong testimonies of the gospel that they want to share with everyone. Hermana Rodriguez is like a second mom right now for me and she and her husband actually remind me a lot of my parents. I will make sure to send a picture of them next week.
On Friday, when Hermana Whitmer was at MLC a special missionary meeting for Sister Trainer Leaders, District Leaders, Zone Leaders, etc., I had the opportunity to take over our area! AHHHH! Let's just say that I was a little scared, especially because my companion for the day was Sister Gilespie, and she isn't a Spanish speaking missionary. In other words, the Spanish was all up to me and my limited language skills. I learned or rather, was reminded that when we act in faith, trusting that the things we are doing are the will of God and we follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost, everything will work out. As it says in Moroni 7:33, "If ye will have faith in me ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me." This is so true. When one of our appointments fell through, we decided to go street contacting with the plan to also try contacting the potential investigators that lived on that street. My Spanish was broken and there weren't a lot of people outside but amazingly these things didn't matter. We met a man named Joel who was very surprised when I told him that I had only been learning Spanish for 9 weeks. Surprisingly in addition to speaking Spanish natively he speaks very good English. So Hermana Gilespie could contribute to the conversation and help me to teach him. We taught him a little about Christ's ministry on the earth and we gave him a Restoration pamphlet and set up a return appointment. I know that we receive blessings and see miracles when we act in faith.
I got to Skype with my family this Sunday which was absolutely amazing! It was a great reminder of why I am here on my mission, sharing the gospel and helping others to come unto Christ. Because I have seen how much this gospel has blessed my life and my family and I want to bring that same happiness to others.
Have a good week!
Love,
Hermana Yungfleisch
Pic 1: Map of my area
Pic 2: Street sign that we pass each day as we drive to our area! I think it's perfect since we are trying to be a light to the world. (3 Nephi 12:14-16 and 3 Nephi 15:12)
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Hermana Yungfleisch
Texas Houston South Mission
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