Amy En Argentina: There is no Comfort in Growth

Hey guys!

June 12, 2017

Sorry I didn't send a letter last week, from now on we only have 1 hour to write so I lost track of time answering personally to other letters last week. I am trying to manage better time so I will have time to write everyone in my weekly letter from now on

(I had no idea I could send emojis yay)

So last week we had interviews with President. He asked me if I was stressed now that I am the one with the most experience in the Capillas Abiertas. I told him I was. Then he told me it was normal and that I am doing a good job so it's fine and keep on stressing! Not sure how but it was comforting to me to hear that ha!

Also with every interview with Pres, he always tells me something mind blowing and life changing. Here is what he told me... Legui and I are both staying in the capilla abiertas until we go home! And on her last transfer, we will likely be in a trio so the new sister will have two transfers to be trained in the assignment. (Legui goes home 1 before me) I didn't really think much about it until I got home and while I was doing my workouts I kind of started tearing up because I realized just how finalized the rest of my mission is now and how fast it is coming to an end. I know 5 months is a long time, but I know from experience that it will go by way too fast.

Ander here is something that will make it go by even faster... WE ARE GETTING AN AREA. Sort of haha! From what I can understand right now, we are going to be helping our zone leaders out in their area if we happen to have some time to go proselyte. So it looks like we might be sharing investigators (and baptisms *cough, cough*) I am still kind of confused on how everything is going to work but Legui and I are super stoked to start teaching again. Hopefully her foot will heal up so we can go help a little more in the field. Capillas Abiertas are still our number 1 priority.

Legui and I have had a lot of bonding moments this week. I have always said that I have gotten my companions when I needed them the most and I can testify to that even stronger now. I am such a worry wart but she makes me laugh and relax about things. Last week out of nowhere I had a weird dream about home that left me feeling the most homesick I had ever felt during my mission and last night I really felt it affecting me along with the stress of our last capilla abierta (it was pretty much a circus) and I broke down and started crying for the first time in front of my companion. She immediately made me feel better by being her crazy self and making me laugh and she was telling me that I am stressed because I am working hard and soon that hard work will pay off. We sat down and put President's philosophy of "being your own agent" and made a list of the things that went wrong in the capilla abiertas, set goals of how we want the capilla abiertas in the future, and made plans to reach them. I felt soooo much better after like I had a much better grip on my life. Companions are such a great blessing!

After listening to Legui share her studies about hope during companionship study this week, I decided to dedicate my personal studies to studying it as well. To me, hope had always sounded like a concept like if you hope enough, something you want might happen if you get lucky enough. Bunt in "True to the faith," it says that "in the language of the gospel, the word hope is sure, unwavering, and active" Or as I like to think of it now as the spanish translation of the verb "to hope" which is "esperar." Funny enough, the spanish translations for "to expect" and "to wait" are still "esperar." So when you say you are hoiping for something, you are pretty much saying you are waiting and expecting for something too. This gave me a whole different perspecting on reading the scriptres. How many times is the word "hope" used in the scriptures? For everytime the word hope is used, replace it with the words "expect" or "wait" and it gives it a whole new meaning. "Faith is to Expect/Wait for things not seen nor heard." This was something that I loved learning a little more about and thought I would share!