August 3, 2020 - The mosquitos have awoken

Hola! 
Mosquitos are literally eating me alive. It's not pleasant. Other than that, last week was good. We have been trying to find new people to teach but people rarely reply to our texts or calls. It's hard. We have one guy that we've been teaching since I first got here and he has SO many questions so it's been interesting to teach him. Other than him, we don't really have anyone.

We had interviews with our mission president (Jeremy Guthrie). I can now officially say that I've thrown a baseball to a famous MLB player. I asked him if he played any other positions besides pitcher and he said that he played 3rd base sometimes but other than that, no because he's afraid of the ball. I thought that was pretty funny. 

I've started reading the Book of Mormon again and oh my goodness I love it. Before my mission, I was  t e r r i b l e  at reading my scriptures. I would start reading it over and over because I just couldn't continuously read it for some reason. Because of that, I've never really fully understood or paid attention to what happens to Nephi and his family and all the trials they went through and blessings they recieved. I am so thankful that I have the Book of Mormon in my life. I know that it's true and that it helps us grow closer to our loving Heavenly Father. 

One last thing- there's this song that me and my companion listen to called "If we only knew" by Unspoken and it talks about the sacrifice of our Savior and His love for us. I love when it says "if we only knew, how deep the ocean of your love, how powerful every drop of blood, how much it cost to rescue us". I know that Christ provides the only way back to our Heavenly Father through His Atonement. 

Love y'all! Que tengan una buena semana!




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