Letter #48 - Week 50: The Manhattan Skyline Looks Very Pretty At 4:30 am In Case You Were Wondering

September 2, 2019

Hola Everyone!

This week started off with an alarm! The fire alarms went off at 4:30 this morning, and I would have totally slept through it if it hadn't been for Hermana Gonzalez waking me up. One of the firemen told us he was pretty sure that someone had been smoking on the top floor and that's what set the alarms off for the whole building. It was quite the adventure, and it was a lot of fun to see all of the lights and the river at night.

We figured out the whole two area balancing act more and didn't spend so much time driving around crazy. I feel like every missionary skill I've developed left me when I came to Yonkers and I've just been running around a little bit with my head cut off, but it's slowly all coming back together. This week should be even better! It's hard to believe that it's already the third week of the transfer, and already the FIFTIETH WEEK of the mission. That's bastante weeks. I've yet to hit my 'slow part' of the mission, which in some ways I'm grateful for and other ways scares me.

We had a lot of cool little miracles this week. We met a really cute family just as they were getting back home, a less active family we've been working with came to church. We got appointment with quite a few people we've been having a hard time getting into contact with. Estamos luchando para las almas de Dios, y vamos a ganar #1nefi3:7

We had Zone Conference on Thursday, and it was the place to be. For the past year we've been focusing a lot on proselytizing skills, but we're shifting the focus now more on personal conversion and interconnecting skills and spirituality. I've been very blessed to be able to find peace, comfort, and direction through meeting with other missionaries and President Teuscher. It helps me to be energized and focus on the things that matter most.

Mosiah 3:2-13

2 And the things which I shall tell you are made known unto me by an angel from God. And he said unto me: Awake; and I awoke, and behold he stood before me.

3 And he said unto me: Awake, and hear the words which I shall tell thee; for behold, I am come to declare unto you the glad tidings of great joy.

4 For the Lord hath heard thy prayers, and hath judged of thy righteousness, and hath sent me to declare unto thee that thou mayest rejoice; and that thou mayest declare unto thy people, that they may also be filled with joy.

5 For behold, the time cometh, and is not far distant, that with power, the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all eternity to all eternity, shall come down from heaven among the children of men, and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay, and shall go forth amongst men, working mighty miracles, such as healing the sick, raising the dead, causing the lame to walk, the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear, and curing all manner of diseases.

6 And he shall cast out devils, or the evil spirits which dwell in the hearts of the children of men.

7 And lo, he shall suffer temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it be unto death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people.

8 And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary.

9 And lo, he cometh unto his own, that salvation might come unto the children of men even through faith on his name; and even after all this they shall consider him a man, and say that he hath a devil, and shall scourge him, and shall crucify him.

10 And he shall rise the third day from the dead; and behold, he standeth to judge the world; and behold, all these things are done that a righteous judgment might come upon the children of men.

11 For behold, and also his blood atoneth for the sins of those who have fallen by the transgression of Adam, who have died not knowing the will of God concerning them, or who have ignorantly sinned.

12 But wo, wo unto him who knoweth that he rebelleth against God! For salvation cometh to none such except it be through repentance and faith on the Lord Jesus Christ.

13 And the Lord God hath sent his holy prophets among all the children of men, to declare these things to every kindred, nation, and tongue, that thereby whosoever should believe that Christ should come, the same might receive remission of their sins, and rejoice with exceedingly great joy, even as though he had already come among them.

¡Os Amo!

-Hermana Prue