Maple Syrup from Canada 9/2/24

Hola everybody! I hope you are all doing well!

This week was a little less crazy than the last one, i finally put my sheets on my bed and got a little bit settled in
I'm learning tons everyday, and the spanish is coming pretty fast so that's a miracle and I've come to know the gift of tongues is REAL. 

I got to give a blessing in Spanish this week! It was my first blessing too. An amiga we were teaching was having problems walking and wanted a blessing, and for some reason asked me to do it. The crazy thing is I wasn't even very nervous and it went well, because the spirit was guiding and comforting me. Isn't the spirit amazing!

We had lunch with a member and at the end they gave us maple syrup from Canada because they have family from Canada or something. But you can't find syrup anywhere here and my comp Elder Cook was so excited! I also love Canada and syrup so hurrah for the motherland


Sometimes I'm a bit hard on myself and get sad because I don't know how to speak spanish or teach a lesson, and then I realize that that's why I'm in training, and I'm not expected to come out of the MTC knowing speaking perfect spanish, or even knowing how to be a missionary. I've learned a lot about the grace of God and how we aren't expected to be perfect, because Christ already made everything right, we just need to do our best and the rest will come through His power and mercy.

Moroni 10:32: "Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God."

I invite you all to give yourself some grace this week, and find something you are struggling with and put it in the hands of the Lord. It's ok to have trials! Your mistakes are not who you are, they are what God is giving you to help you learn and grow. Rejoice in his power and mercy and move forward with faith, because the grace of Jesus Christ and His atonement is amazing and "sufficient for you", no matter what. 

Love you all! 

I forgot to link it last week (oops) but heres my google photos album!

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