Como estan?!
I am very well! This week has been an adventure. That is for sure! Sunday is a magical day here at the CCM (MTC). We had an amazing devotional and also Mission Conference because it was fast Sunday! I loved it. You can feel the Spirit so strongly here is is amazing! I love it! Monday can you guess what I did?! hahaha my companions and I had to make a little trip to the ER. Don't worry, everything is fine! Hermana Seaborn had a little scare with a panic attack and some chest pains so they sent us to the Hospital just in case. We were there for a few hours where we as a companionship just got better acquainted with each other. First off, so amazing to be out in the "real world" with your plaques Especially since we are here in Provo, When we first got there, a lady greeted us by saying, "Hello Sisters! We love you." And all of us were confused to how she new we were missionaries besides the fact that we were dressed up haha Thankfully there is nothing wrong with my companion and we just had to stop by the health clinic for her to get evaluated and we also had to go to the Provo Health Center to pick up a prescription for her. Twice in not even a week I had gotten out of the CCM. Now that is an accomplishment.
Today is p-day (Preparation Day) so we are working on laundry right now! Thankfully. I didn't have any more clean clothes left! Later today we get to go to the Temple! I am so excited! I haven't been since August and def cannot wait to go back. Mom, I hope you can go soon! We also get to WRITE LETTERS!! Probably one of my most favorites! The letters we receive during the week, we are allowed to read but we are only allowed to write back on p=days so it can be difficult. Hopefully I will be able to respond back to everyone! I really love getting the dearelders! Even if is just a few words, don't hesitate to write They really help me fall asleep faster because I get all happy and excited hearing from you all.
So last Friday was my first experience with an investigator teaching in Spanish. His name was Benjamin. Last night was our last night because he has finals the end of this week and he gets to go home and visit family in Chile! How cool! I have struggled with the language in the sense that I just want to be able to be fluent but I know that I need to take baby steps in order to learn everything but it is so difficult when you are with and an investigator because the love you have for them is so strong and you have a desire for them to receive baptism because you know how much it will bless their lives! It is so hard not knowing how to say all those thing. I am improving my knowledge of the language though and that is amazing to me! The gift of tongues is real! I feel it every day. In the lesson last night my companion couldn't thing of the word for body and before I even realized what I was saying the word "cuerpo" came out of my mouth. I am not exactly sure how to spell it in Spanish though. It was amazing.
In our lesson we were also challenged not to bring our notebooks with us to teach. Which is very scary and hard to do since that is what we were relying on in order to teach correct principles of the Gospel. But we committed ourselves to only using the scriptures in the lesson and it was so powerful. Benjamin is catholic and it is very hard for him to pray out loud and he has also had hard times in his life to the point that he feels that God doesn't listen to him and won't hear him if he prays. Two nights ago we were able to teach him the four steps of prayer and HE PRAYED!!! He followed the example of Hermana Hendrickson and prayed for us. How powerful to see in him the hand of the Lord working. Then last night we asked him to pray to know for himself if this church is true and to pray to know if he should be baptized, following the example of Jesus Christ, and the only concern he had was a worry he would lose a connection with his mom. She passed away 7 months ago and she was a devout catholic but we asked him to pray with a sincere heart and he said he would. How magnificent that felt. It was a major step towards progressing and we could feel the Spirit. When I asked him how he felt after I shared my testimony, I asked him how he felt and he said, "I feel at peace." WOW!!! I almost started jumping for joy right there!!! We taught him how to recognize the Spirit and it was truly and effective lesson.
I am running out of time but I want to end with my testimony. I know that I have been called to do this work for a reason. When I told my companions that I am a pretty shy person, none of them believed me. The Spirit has worked great confidence into my heart. If I rely on the Spirit of the Lord, all things will fall into place. I know this is true for me and I also testify that it can be true for you all as well. This Gospel is a Gospel of love and how grateful I am to geel the love of the Savior. He died so that I may once again live in the kingdom of my Heavenly Father. The Savior feels my frustrations but He also feels my joy and happiness which far outnumber the difficult times in the CCM. I love this Gospel. I love all of you and I love the changes I have experienced as being a full time missionary of the Lord. It is powerful.
Con amor,
Hermana Jarvis
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