Take that fish why don't ya! 🐟💥

HOLAAAAAAAAAA

I would like to just throw it out there that it's officially been a year since I've graduated high school! Wow, I'm so old now!

Anyways, let's get into this:

Ser Remolcado (getting towed)

Yeah, my week did NOT start out the best. Every Monday night we have a lesson with our awesome new members, the Contino Family. About a month ago they moved into a new apartment complex, and we've been parking right outside of their house every week. 

This last Monday, we merrily hopped out of their apartment and made our way to the car, only to find our precious vehicle attached to a horrendous tow truck. The guy said that you had to have a permit to park here and that we should read the signs, which we went back and checked later. THERE WERE NO SIGNS. 

But anyways, he said that to stop our car from being towed, we had to pay $160. Now if y'all know anything about missionary money, our MSF does NOT pay for that. Not even close.

Luckily, the lovely Contino Family came out and paid for it. I feel so bad, but I'm so thankful for them 🙏🙏🙏 

Conferencia de Zona final 

And now what is truly the saddest of it all was that we had our final Zone Conference with our mission Presidents (The Mcginns)😭😭

They ended their Zone Conference with a little Q&A, and one of the answers touched me greatly.

Someone asked the Mcginns, "What is the best advice you have ever gotten from a modern prophet?"

And President Mcginn said, "That Jesucristo es nuestro Salvador y Redentor."

And then basically bore his testimony in Spanish. Seeing the surprised look on all of our faces, (because Mcginn doesn't speak spanish and never went on spanish-speaking mission), he explained,

"Before we became mission Presidents, Prophet Russel M. Nelson told us 2 things: use your own car and, since your serving in the states, LEARN SPANISH!"

He finished telling us that ever since, he's been trying to learn spanish, and although he's far from fluent, it gave him a whole new view of empathy for language-speaking missionaries and for immigrants in the US. 

It all was just amazing and I really didn't know that he knew that much spanish! 

La venta de garaje (Garage Sale)

Saturday, we noticed while visiting people that there were a TON of garage sales happening, so during our lunch hour, me and Hermana Gray went to EVERY SINGLE Garage Sale we found! (Which was like, 5). We got some good stuff from it, including the title of this email. 

One of the Garage sale vendors was the wild and funny haggle-price lady. We found some cool jewelry at her yard shop and we asked her how much all of it would be. She said "$25, and I'll add in this fish for free." Then chucked in a random funky fish pearl thing in with our pile.

Hermana Gray and I talked, and decided to put some things back. Then we returned, and the Lady said, "Ok, that'll be $20."

And I was like, "Mmmmmmm, how bout $15?"

And she was like, "ooo! Haggling the price now? I like yo style!"

Anyways, we price haggled some more and left with a good 10 bucks worth of items. As we headed to the car, she said, "Wait! Take the fish why don't ya!" And chucked the weird pearl fish thing at us. It is now a prized treasure. 🪙🐟

Pensamiento Espiritual

"Now ye see that this is the true faith of God; yea, ye see that God will support, and keep, and preserve us, so long as we are faithful unto him, and unto our faith, and our religion; and never will the Lord suffer that we shall be destroyed except we should fall into transgression and deny our faith."(Alma 44:4)

I've noticed something a little interesting while reading this verse. It mentions the faith that God has for us. 

We often talk about how we need to have faith in God, but we forget that it's mutual. God hasn't seen yet what we will become, but he has faith and hope that we will become heirs like unto christ. 

God will continue his faith in us as long as we keep our faith in him. Sometimes that's hard. It's so hard to see that God is really there. But he is. And sometimes I'm sure it's hard for God to see that we can eventually be perfect, but we can be. 

Keep growing your faith, because I know he's growing his faith in you.

Les Quiero!!

Hermana Perkins