Hello!!! Wowza!! The coolest week and a half of my life. Totally cant believe I've only been here for this short amount of time. I feel like I've been here for forever. The CCM is incredible!! The food is delicious, the people are so nice and the spirit is so strong. I am so grateful to be here to learn. I know this gospel is true and I am so grateful for what the Lord has given us.
The first night I got here, around 7 pm, we had a devotional that just blew my little socks off. I could feel the spirit so strongly just arriving. When I put on my placa/badge on for the first time, I still felt like me, but I no joke felt like I could take on the world. After the devotional, I met my companion for the first time, Hermana Walmer. She is from California and the sweetest girl here that I know. I just love her to pieces. We have already helped each other so much and the Spirit is always so strong when we teach. It's so incredible!!! Just last night we taught a lesson on the law of chastity, and before all of you start feeling uncomfortable, it was the most powerful lesson we've taught while being here. Our little investigator (who is really a teacher here at the CCM), Ramona, is just the sweetest and it is always so incredible getting to teach her. The first night we taught her, I was so stressed about not knowing Spanish that I had a hard time letting the Holy Ghost work through me. But last night, when we taught her -just a weeks difference- it was like the Holy Ghost was teaching, and me and my companion were just there to testify that what he was saying was true. It was just incredible. My testimony of this gospel has grown so much and I am so grateful for what I have already learned. During class, when we're learning doctrine and how to teach in Spanish, we get to teach each other lessons, and it has been amazing to me to see how closely we all listen to the Spirit. We all have had personal struggles, and we address each others without knowing about them. Heavenly Father knows his children. He knows us and he loves us so much. He knows what we need, and he knows the desires of our hearts. I had an Elder share his testimony with me about God's love, and that he knows us and our problems, and he and I have both been sick for the past couple of days, but he opened my eyes to the idea that maybe God needs us to be sick to gain a new perspective on doing hard things even when we feel gross. It's incredible. It was incredible. Haha, after he shared that with me, it was the first time I cried here. and since then, I just haven't cared what people think. Hahah, tip for all of you: don't care what people think, because that's something unnecessary to stress over haha!
So on Tuesdays, we have devotionals. the coolest thing ever. Totally boss. I love it. The devotional this last Tuesday was awesome, but after the devotional, we had a little initiation thing which kind of ruined the spirit, but then, right before we retired to our casas for the night, we got together as a zone and sang, "Yo Sé Que Vive Mi Señor"/"I Know That My Redeemer Lives". And I made it about halfway through the first verse when I just had to stop singing. The Spirit testified to me so strongly about the words I was singing... I know that my Redeemer lives. I know it without a doubt in my mind. I know He lives, and He loves me, and He has comforted me when I have needed it. I know He hears the prayers I offer. I know He cares about what I'm feeling, and what I'm going through. And I know that He knows the same about you. He knows your struggles, your pains, your tears, your thoughts, your desires. He knows and He cares. Because you are a child of God, and He created you. He gave you things to overcome so you can grow, so that you can become like Him. I promise, that if you do your best, and you follow the commandments and pray and have faith in him, and never give up, you can live with Him again. But it's going to take effort on your part. And I know you can do it.
I am so grateful for all of you, and for your love. I miss all of you oodles, but this is where I'm supposed to be.
Take care, and be safe. Pray daily and pray with your whole heart. I love you all!
Hermana Brinton
The first night I got here, around 7 pm, we had a devotional that just blew my little socks off. I could feel the spirit so strongly just arriving. When I put on my placa/badge on for the first time, I still felt like me, but I no joke felt like I could take on the world. After the devotional, I met my companion for the first time, Hermana Walmer. She is from California and the sweetest girl here that I know. I just love her to pieces. We have already helped each other so much and the Spirit is always so strong when we teach. It's so incredible!!! Just last night we taught a lesson on the law of chastity, and before all of you start feeling uncomfortable, it was the most powerful lesson we've taught while being here. Our little investigator (who is really a teacher here at the CCM), Ramona, is just the sweetest and it is always so incredible getting to teach her. The first night we taught her, I was so stressed about not knowing Spanish that I had a hard time letting the Holy Ghost work through me. But last night, when we taught her -just a weeks difference- it was like the Holy Ghost was teaching, and me and my companion were just there to testify that what he was saying was true. It was just incredible. My testimony of this gospel has grown so much and I am so grateful for what I have already learned. During class, when we're learning doctrine and how to teach in Spanish, we get to teach each other lessons, and it has been amazing to me to see how closely we all listen to the Spirit. We all have had personal struggles, and we address each others without knowing about them. Heavenly Father knows his children. He knows us and he loves us so much. He knows what we need, and he knows the desires of our hearts. I had an Elder share his testimony with me about God's love, and that he knows us and our problems, and he and I have both been sick for the past couple of days, but he opened my eyes to the idea that maybe God needs us to be sick to gain a new perspective on doing hard things even when we feel gross. It's incredible. It was incredible. Haha, after he shared that with me, it was the first time I cried here. and since then, I just haven't cared what people think. Hahah, tip for all of you: don't care what people think, because that's something unnecessary to stress over haha!
So on Tuesdays, we have devotionals. the coolest thing ever. Totally boss. I love it. The devotional this last Tuesday was awesome, but after the devotional, we had a little initiation thing which kind of ruined the spirit, but then, right before we retired to our casas for the night, we got together as a zone and sang, "Yo Sé Que Vive Mi Señor"/"I Know That My Redeemer Lives". And I made it about halfway through the first verse when I just had to stop singing. The Spirit testified to me so strongly about the words I was singing... I know that my Redeemer lives. I know it without a doubt in my mind. I know He lives, and He loves me, and He has comforted me when I have needed it. I know He hears the prayers I offer. I know He cares about what I'm feeling, and what I'm going through. And I know that He knows the same about you. He knows your struggles, your pains, your tears, your thoughts, your desires. He knows and He cares. Because you are a child of God, and He created you. He gave you things to overcome so you can grow, so that you can become like Him. I promise, that if you do your best, and you follow the commandments and pray and have faith in him, and never give up, you can live with Him again. But it's going to take effort on your part. And I know you can do it.
I am so grateful for all of you, and for your love. I miss all of you oodles, but this is where I'm supposed to be.
Take care, and be safe. Pray daily and pray with your whole heart. I love you all!
Hermana Brinton
The view: It's so beautiful here!
I met Miranda Sings at the airport in LA.
Totally the coolest thing ever! :)
Me and my companion, Hermana Walmer.
Comments
Post a Comment