First week with the new comp!

What we do when it starts raining and we're not prepared...

Hola Todos!

This week went well! I'm a bit worried because we just started the first week of February, and I'm already starting to sweat...keep me in your prayers por favor! I may burn to a crisp when summer hits (I'm already getting sunburned too...and yes, mom, I'm using sunscreen), but I have faith that with His help I'll be able to survive it! 

This week I got to meet and start working with my new companion, and she's awesome! Her name is Hermana Sanchez, and she is from the capital of Honduras. She has been on her mission for 9 months and was previously in Casas Grandes. I was pretty scared to get a new companion, after being with Hermana Hernandez for 4.5 months, but despite my fears that she wouldn't like me, we get along well! She is goofy and likes to sing, and is willing to exercise with me! I'm looking forward to losing the weight I've put on, haha.

The beginning of the week was hard. I have come to realize how much I relied on Hermana Hernandez before, knowing where to go, who to look for, how to find new people to teach...she was expert at it all. Now that I'm the one who knows the area, I'm having to lead and make decisions (something that has always been a struggle for me), but I am now learning how (slowly, and with many mistakes, but learning nonetheless!)  At the beginning of the week we experienced more rejection than I had previously experienced, but it helped me recognize and appreciate the miracles when we saw them! We were struggling a lot to find new people to teach as almost everyone was rejecting us, but on Sunday we were able to find three new people to teach! All of whom are very interested and have a lot of potential! 

Message of the week: Trust in the Lord. I spent a lot of my first 5 months in my mission trusting in others, trusting that the Lord could help them, but doubting (though I didn't want to admit it) that He could help me become a powerful and effective missionary. But I have come to see in this week that He does indeed have the power. Through my own lack of faith and confidence I was limiting His blessings. But that is not what He wants for us. If we are willing to give up who we are, our own fears and desires, to do His will, He will bless us with the ability to do all things. Trust in Him. Turn to Him. Humble yourself before Him, and He will guide your path. However dark it may appear in this moment, however far you may feel from Him, He will light your way.

Love and miss you all! Have a great week!

Hermana Naatjes