Querida Familia y Amigos,
It was officially my first week not as a Greenie. Definitely was a learning curve. I was immediately promoted to Sr. comp. That means I am in charge of making decisions and I get to take the brunt of it when we make a bad one. No pressure! Actually, it's going better than I thought so far. Hermana Wrubell (Yes, her dad is Greg Wrubell you BYU nuts!) has been out for 5 months and I have been out for 4. I can't believe that Lord trusts His work to two 19 year old girls who, lets be honest, barely speak the language. We have been seeing many miracles though. Especially the miracle of the gift of tongues. We can communicate with everyone that is put in our path (except we still have struggles with our ward mission leader Temo who speaks fast and uses a lot of slang!). We can teach lessons and do everything we need to. It's truly amazing (and mysterious) how the Lord works. I am learning Spanish quicker right now because of it. I am more motivated to become fluent. Especially because we met this girl from China who became fluent in English and Spanish. Dang over achievers.
So something cool...the sun starts setting around 3:45. We have super long nights. It's hard to stay motivated to work hard when 6:00 feels like 10:00. We do the best wecan though. One thing is for sure, I will not be living in Seattle after my mission haha.
Good news: Virgilio is back on date!!!!! He is more active than a lot of our members. We fasted with him yesterday and he feels like he is getting answers to his prayers. I can feel a baptism coming on....
I really like Hermana Wrubell, it's just always hard adjusting to the different ways people operate, how they do their routine, how they teach, how they live. It's always been a harder adjustment for me, but so far we are seeing a lot more success. I think it's because she is a lot bolder than Hna. Boley was.
Something fun that we did this week was go to a diner for dinner.
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We had so much fun looking at all the things they hang up in those places. We talked more about home and our families. I just love the homie feelings at diners. We also went to the farewell party for a girl in our branch going to Honduras. She has only been a convert for a little over a year and she is going on a mission for 18 months! So incredible.
This week I learned more about agency. I love it, but I hate it! It's frustrating trying to make people choose the right. I am learning more about how parents feel, especially about how our Heavenly Father feels. He is so excited when we do the right and devastated when we chose to go against Him. Being a parent is missionary work. You are commanded to teach your kids right from wrong, how to walk in God's light. It's their choice whether they will or not. I also learned that God isn't going to do for you what you can do for yourself. He will give you strength and encouragement, but in the end,we will learn more if we grow up and do it for ourselves. I love this gospel and I love this hard, but rewarding opportunity to preach it. I love all of you and have an amazing week!
Con Amor,
Hermana Stoddard
PS: Pictures have been added to weeks 16, 17 and 18.
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