let me explain. i have never had an emergency change in my WHOLE mission cause i have been able to get a long with all of my comps. i have been very blessed. however this was a more challenging relationship that i had with this companionship. i have never prayed to be so humble in my life. i have never prayed to have more charity and compassion so much in my life. i learned A LOT with this one and god heard my prayers.
my companion, has been moved UP on the totum pole of the mission and is working in the office. (kind of). she is now the Sister training leader TRAINER. so she is making a packet for all the sister leaders on how to be on top of things and keep things happy and healthy with all the sisters in the zone, how to do work visits, etc etc etc.. and she will be traveling around the mission visiting all the sister leaders and training htem. so she is living in the mission home and traveling and her companion is hermana marler. WOW. GO PAIVA!
and i am still here.... happy and helthy , working in this part of the vinyard with my new companion hermana BILLS from UTAH who is also an AGGIE!!! GO USU! and she is WONDERFUL!!!!! she too went through a lot of the similar challenges with her previous companion and she too is happy to be with me. we really understand each other. whats wierd is that she was in a trio with the other sisters in our apartment. i already lived with her but she prosolyted in the other area. so the change wasnt too gerastic, but very awkward. she had to move all her stuff from one room to the other while her old companions were watching, sad, and bitterly. and i kinda looked like the bad guy and hermana bills felt bad.... sups tots awk. but we are ok now. she is all moved we have been prosolyting a few days and getting into a new groove. so hermana bills and i are still the sister leaders for this zone. and we are so super happy to be working together and with the other sisters in the zone. what a blessong.-
that is the latest and greatest.
also this week we had a leadership meeting where we went to the temple to see the progress. and took pix by it. and i made a new covenant with the savior to, for the rest of my life, focus on RETENTION!!!! WE RELy so much on the members to help us in RETENTION. we need to keep the sheep inside the pasture so when the shepheard comes "they will know him as he knows them." and i will be an ACTIVE member the rest of my life.
we had some good sacred experiences this week. i wish i could say them all. ill tell you when i get home.
i love you all.
the church is true. our savior is real. he LIVES. when we have FAITH in HIM, things happen. miracles come about. but heres the thing, its not faith in ourselves, not faith in our companion, not faith in the knowledge we have gained, but literally faith in JESUS CHRIST. and nothing else. we are perfected in HIM and no other way. HE is perfect. he makes me perfect. he covers everything i lack. and i lack a lot. therefore, i KNOW he loves me A LOT. he MUST cause i have seen His hand so many times and the blessings and the tendermercies that i KNOW i dont deserve. The power is real. he is real. he is my savior.
i love you all. i love this work
the mission truly is so sacred.
con amor
hermana gonzales
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