Hello You Lovely People!
First of all, I love all of you. Thank you for being a part of my life. Everything is great. I couldn't hope for things to be going any better. I love everything about serving my Heavenly Father. I have so many stories to tell but I'll just have to save them for after the mission. I'm sure my mom can think of something to tell you from my letters if you ask.
So, I have now, officially, heard from 6 apostles here at the MTC. That's pretty good. I came at the best time. I love my little family here on West and I love the spirit that is always here. So many missionaries, so many people standing up for what they know is right. It's inspiring, every day. Serving a mission is the best decision I have ever made. I know that the experiences I have here will help me be a better person throughout the rest of my life.
I leave for Mexico on Monday. I head to the travel office at 5:30in the morning and I should get to Oaxaca by about 8:30 that night. I get to fly with all of my sisters. I am beyond excited. It's going to be a crazy adventure. Lately we've all been thinking a lot about who our trainers will be. I had a dream last night that it was a short asian that didn't speak a word of English or Spanish and had no desire to work.... That was a nightmare. Pray that doesn't happen! Good grief!
I just got done playing 2 hours of volleyball. The last 10 minutes we were all so deliriously tired that we were just laughing and playing the worst that we ever have. It was a party had by all, let me tell ya!
Tonight we have class again, and we still have some work to do for tomorrow as well. We are going to be very busy tonight. We have our investigator Gerardo again tonight. Last time I asked him if he would be baptized if Heavenly Father told him the things we were teaching him were true. He said, yes, absolutely. I will pray. One of the best things an investigator could say. Because you don't want somebody to get baptized for you. You want them to get baptized because they know the truth for themselves. And it is the truth. Everything about this gospel is true. I know that it is. Just have faith. Please. Have faith, and ask God for His help. He IS ALWAYS there. Entonces, I'm pretty sure Gerardo will be setting a baptismal date tonight! BOOM BABY.
Something I have really been learning for myself these last couple of weeks is the importance of faith. The validity and the amazing power that faith can bring our lives. When you really have faith in the Lord and turn to Him and put all of your trust in Him, things work out. Faith is the first step of everything... You have to work really hard and you have to put all that you've got into making the best of everything, but behind all of that, there is hope, there is a belief, there is faith.
I had a really rough day on Monday. It felt like everything was just happening at once and I was stressing out and not putting my faith in the Lord. By the end of the day I finally figured out that something was wrong. Took me long enough. I started to cry and I went out to the Elders and asked for a priesthood blessing. the priesthood is there for our benefit. Don't write it off, use it. I promise it will make everything work out. Entonces, I was in one of the rooms with my companion and our three elders and they wouldn't just give me the blessing, they said, " I think you need to talk about it first." Ugh. (JUST BLESS ME) haha. But after a while, I realized that I didn't know what was even bothering me really. So I thought about it and finally figured out why. I talked to the elders and they gave me some of the best advice I've ever received. They are such a blessing to me. They know me well enough to see that I had to figure something out. My district is such a blessing in my life. I don't know how I could have grown the way I have with anybody else.
I will really be sad when I have to leave them. We're already planning a Lake Powell trip for when we get back though! We have so many things that we want to do when we get home! Like punch each other in the face. haha long story. (stories.) I am having fun out here :) I'm making some memories that I will cherish forever.
There are so many things to say, it feels like there is nothing left to say.
BUT I will say this. In choir Yesterday, we sang, Where Can I Turn for Peace. It was beautiful. but we were talking about the time when Jesus was walking out water and Peter just decided, whoa, I wanna try and Christ said, "come" When Peter's faith faultered, He cried for help and Jesus reached down, pulled him up and said, oh ye of little faith. We then talked about Aladdin. Love it. The part in Aladdin when he's sinking to the bottom of the ocean. Genie pops out, mad, but then realizes the situation. He says, you have to say something, you have to want it Al! When Aladdin's head bobs, by accident, Genie says, "That's good enough" and he helps him, and saves his life. We then talked about D&C where it says that Jesus Christ descended below everything so that He would have the ability to help us out. Christ is so ready and willing to help us. He has already paid the price. When somebody buys you a really expensive dinner, you don't get it put in front of you just to say, "ya know I'm really not hungry." Why would we hold on to our mistakes, the things that we're most ashamed of when we could get out of it with a little bit of humility and faith.
I hope you all have a good week. I love you to the end of the earth and back again.
Amor siempre, Hermana Womack
Sisters Alexys Womack and Kimberly Bowman
These two became almost instant friends and are planning to live together while they finish school after their missions.
Alexys' District on the West MTC Campus.
