I'm Halfway There

Oooo i'm halfway there

Woa oh! Living on a prayer!!

You guys I am halfway through my mission!! Time is going to go by so fast. 

There's a bit of a joke on the mission about what time is like. So the first 6 monrhs are the worrrrrst. So slow, so terrible. Then 6 to 9 months is a bit faster, especially because you can carry a good conversation now with anyone (well that's the speed I went because Spanish is very difficult to learn and keep when you are surrounded by only english) and then 9 to 18 months goes wooosh done with your mission. I'll be home before you guys even blink.

Wow. So many miracles happened. We got our first reference from the ward and we went to them the first day, met the grandparents and Alisha. We talked to her and her mom about Baptism and we got permission to set a date for March 18th!! It was sooo cool. We had also later in the week had the prompting to start in the back in the apartments of one apartment complex and on the third door we knocked and they opened and immediately I recognized his face. They were formers I taught (well not really I saw them only once) and they were being prepared for us to come meet them again. They are so ready to hear the gospel and the word of God this time. Because before, the son and the Mom couldn't communicate with each other (one didn't really know spanish and the other didn't know english) and he was suuuper into some deep depression and the mom was feleing it tooo and would go snd stop by every dau just to make sure that he wouldn't do anything stupid. But they are so different now. The mom started to open up about God, they moved to better apartments, and the spirit was actually innher home. Juan realized that every person that has had a positive light around him in his life was people that talked about God, and he wanted it. 

> Main things I am learning on my mission 

- "Do not run faster than you are able"

You think I should have learned the misisons of times before or after my mossion, but nope. And I will still probably keep learning. I can't do everything, my comp can't do everything, neither the ward or the stakes. But Jesus Can. And this work will not collapse or dissapear because in the end, his power is great and he will give everyone an opportunity to hear and accept his plan for us. 

- I can let my nets go, I can take control of my life. I don't have to let fear and anxiety control my actions. The atonement is real. Jesus Christ has blessed me with his healing power. 

- a misison in the best thing that I could have ever done for my life now and in my life ahead. I firmly believe that in the coming days people will not have the opportunity to serve missons. On this misison I realized (and still learning) patience for things that I do, or that happens to us that's out of our control. I feel that I am learning important principles and learning how to teach it for my future family and callings. I can see how important being strong spiritually is for both partners in the family. I can see how I can best help with bringing others to christ on and off of my misison. 

>  how to change my mindset on things especially on perfectionism and how to really rely on the lord more and the spirit more than relying on my negative thought process to nitpick everying that I do or say.

More things I have learned:

> "where are you from" especially in utah is still the hardest question ever

> You have to cut latinos off in mid sentence and they don’t get offended by it

> Utah snow makes the funniest noises ever when you walk on it

> stisters wearing pants is nice, but not when you have to wear 2-4 layers like me underneath it

Oh also we finally had the talk with the STL!! There was another thing being brought up that we had to have a fellowship contacted before we announced our friend into the zone chat, because it was somthing that helped her in the companionship and therefore, without talking to the zone leaders before telling us that it was required for us hermanas to do it. And he said "because I am your STL" and to be honest, I say that I was upset, but I did not really speak out about it. But Hermana Groves did again and after the call they started privately messaging each other and worked it out. I'll attatch a picture of what I wrote about it.

Have a fantastic week guys! I will be home before you know it.

Hermana Vestel 

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Best dog name: veggie