Vestel, Lauren P

Buenos Días todos! Espero que tengan un buen dia!  Spanish is going well! My trainer is really Helping me get out of my comfort zone by staying silent when we knock on the door or when we call someone. The meeting people for the first time is getting there but I was able to speak an entire phone conversation! Baby steps Anuncio!! Madain got baptized this week! It was my first baptism on the mission so far and I definitely teared up with how much joy that I have that he is making that choice to follow God and be an example for the rest of his family. I am grateful to see those moments where I knew that this was what I was meant to do my entire life and that I am fulfilling that purpose. Madain is like the prodigal son.  He canceled his baptism and left for 5 weeks but decided he needed to repent and come back. And he made it! He made it back to the arms of his father in heaven.  Me and my companion gave a 4 minute restoration talk at the baptism and 2 native speakers asked...

Good morning guys! I took a Spanish test and I am now at an intermediate level! The gift of tounges is real and is a gift from God! Now I just gotta learn how to tell stories and share promised blessings. For all language missionaries ir those that are trying to learn the language of the gospel, it will come! I promise  Latino food is so good! I might have to make a cookbook of all of the things I have tried so far. Here's a list: Tacos (not hard shell tacos, like actual tacos) Mazapan Choco flan Arroz con leche Pupilas Agua de Jamaica Mil Hojas Ecuadorian food Tenga Posoles  Before my mission the only food rhat was remotely similar to Mexico was taco Bell. So, my new foods list is way better than where I started We knocked on an inactive family's home and the reason why the father stopped going to church was because another family had an emotional support animal and it came to church with them. He didn't understand that the dog needed to be with the owner (plus this dog wa...

Hello my fellow friends! How are you?  Gosh I feel so blessed to be in the area that I am in right now! Sometimes I don't though.Tomorrow and Wednesday it's going to be 101 degrees and we're walking all of it. Not to mention, we were walking last week, there was a man on a motorcycle with a woman on the back holding a string to a guy on a bicycle behind them... just going down the street like a typical Tuesday. Missionary work is never boring because something random and crazy happens every day. This grandpa came up to me and said that he was trying to tell a story about how he rode his bike across the country to one of his Spanish speaking neighbors (who he assumed was my dad somehow) but then he stopped mid-sentence and asked me if I spoke English. I love Utah! But all stories aside, my favorite part is that every time we walk to church, we see the Ogden temple and it reminds me of my missionary purpose. We are inviting others to make steps of faith so that they can take ...