HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Shoes burn for a long time...

Hola  Todos!!!!

So yeah, guess what, I´VE BEEN ON MY MISSION A YEAR!!!!

It's strange to think that a year ago I was just barely starting my time in the CCM in Mexico City. I spoke no Spanish, I had no idea how to teach someone the gospel, I was 19 years old...etc.

Now I live in Mexico. I speak more Spanish than English (I don´t know if you can tell in my letters but I don´t remember grammar or vocabulary or how to English...), I now hardly know how to talk about things that aren´t gospel related, and I am almost 21... life passes fast. 

Happy new year should be celebrated with donuts and fire

This week was good, we played some sports, had a zone conference, taught some lessons, walked a lot (like 10k a day I think, but we don't have a way to measure it), burned the shoes that I wore out (it´s tradition to burn something when you hit the year mark), and continued trying to work harder and be better.

Marking one year, missionary style

This week a sister gave a talk in sacrament meeting talking about spiritual alarms. She invited us all to ponder what we do when our spiritual alarm goes off.  Do we act immediately, or do we hit snooze, and tell ourselves that we need a little bit more time. I invite you all to reflect on that same question. All too often we waste our lives away hitting snooze. We know what we have to do, but we say we´ll do it later, saying "some day I´ll..." which I feel we´ve all come to learn that day will never arrive. If there is something you need to do, do it. If you´re not the person you want to be, change. If you feel lost or without direction, pray. We are here to learn, to change, and to become. We have very little time in this life. There is no time to waste. Get up, get going, and get to work.

Conferencia de Zona #1 con Presidente Henke

Love you all and hope you have a great week!

Hermana Naatjes

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