San Jose North - Week 5

Dear Family,

This week was good, it was hard but good. Sister Spencer is really doing well, I hope that I'm as much of help to her as she is to me. she's really a great missionary.

Yesterday we only got two people to come to church and both of them won't commit to a baptism yet.  We had other people promise that they would come to church and we really believed them; we believed that they wanted to, but then none of them came. It really bummed me out.

Then after church Sister Spencer told me that I looked kinda tired so if I wanted to rest for a minute upstairs while she made lunch that I could, so I went upstairs and it was really hot, and my fan wasn't working the night before.  I have to fix it every time I use it but yesterday I wasn't doing it right or something. I got to thinking about how we're doing the best we can to be obedient, and I'm aware of other missionaries who aren't being as obedient but their areas are thriving, and we're praying and trying to get creative on how we can get people to want to come to church, and we are being lead to a lot of people.  We find so many people, but they just don't care, and I was thinking about how my fan always breaks too. So then I knelt down and put my head on the ground and just prayed and cried for a minute.  I just wanted to know what to do.  I really want to help these people but sometimes it feels like they don't even want to help themselves, and i just wanted to fix my fan too. I remembered Enos, and I decided I would pray until I felt better. It took a minute but I eventually got up. I got my propeller working for the fan, enough to get a steady breeze, and then I climbed onto my bed and laid still for about 5 or 6 minutes. Heavenly Father gives peace to those that ask. We still have problems.  We still have people that aren't willing to commit, but Heavenly Father spoke to my heart and mind for a little bit.  He told me what I needed to do and what He wants me to know about my problems.  I know He loves me. I know He cares. I know He would do this for any of His children. We're still working on our things but I'm grateful that He is helping us.

I'm doing a lot better today, I feel more peace and in control of these situations. Thank you for all that you do!

Sister Fuell

My rice just broke through my bag and spilled!

Me screaming that my rice is gone and I'm hungry.

Me laughing about it...anyways, who cry's over spilled rice.

The front of our entrance to our apartment

There is beauty all around!

Sister Fuell and Sister Spencer (companions)

Sister Nai, Sister Spencer, Sister Fuell, Sister Pay

Missionary activity

San Jose North - Week 3

Dear Family,

This week was really really good, I really like being with Sister Spencer. She works so hard and I want to be like her. My mind is changing about missionary work and I like that. Our days go by so fast, its kind of crazy. The area we are in has a lot of hills so we basically get to hike all day, every day, which is fun because I didn't like hiking too much before the mission but its changing now. The landscape here is really beautiful, I feel lucky to be here. Yesterday they told us missionaries we could go to the birthday devotional for President Nelson, and so we got to watch it.  It was just kinda weird to just watch something and just sit for a while. It was really beautiful, I was thinking about how lucky we are to have a living prophet.  The spirit was giving me a lot of different revelations yesterday. Here are a two that I would like to take into my week:

1) In Relief Society we read a talk about the nature of Heavenly Father, and in the talk it said something about how he is grateful for our imperfect efforts in completing his work here on Earth. I'm not gonna lie, I got choked up reading that because as missionaries we just want to make sure we're doing our part, and that its making some sort of a difference and its cool that our Father in Heaven is proud of us in our efforts.
2) In the devotional we were being spiritually fed and relaxing and enjoying the devotional, and its different because as missionaries you are doing things for people all day and so you don't get a lot of time to do something that's just for you other than for our studies, and I like that that's how it is. It's kind of like how you enjoy Christmas as a kid but as you get older Christmas becomes stressful because you're trying to do things for other people, but you're happy because you want other people to have a good Christmas. If that makes any sense. I just like how we get to focus on other people every day. I want to keep this up after the mission too.

Anyways, thanks family for the support,

Love

-Sister Fuell  

Hanging up the Christmas tree!!  They start here in September

Sister Spencer and Sister Fuell

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Sister Fuell and Sister Spencer

Can you see the wild pig?!

The cows are skinny

San Jose North - Week 2

Things are good here! I have a new companion! Since I was with Sister Pay and Sister Nai, another missionary needed a companion and the President let me know my new companion is Sister Spencer.  She is my 4th companion and I've only been here for 7 weeks in the field haha, so I'm getting the aftermath of all the changes here in the mission. It's cool though!   I really like her :) 

I learned a lot about self mastery this week, I know for everyone its hard to master negative thoughts and self-pity and all the garbo, but I know that Heavenly Father always gives us an out. And he truly cares, He wants us to be happy. 

This week I saw a lot of tender mercies!! A man told us how his family was brought to know about the gospel of Jesus Christ because of some sisters a while ago!!  He said he was grateful for the spirit the sisters bring, and that he now has an eternal family, and hope. I'm happy for him and his family, I know it wasn't us but I'm happy he's happy.

I also saw a kid wearing an umbrella hat the other day, he was cool. 

Have a good week! love u all :)))

Pictures of the last week - 

Sister Fuell, Sister Nai, and Sister Pay

Sister Pay, Sister Fuell, and Sister Nai

Hi!!

Sister Fuell and Sister Pay

Philippine family

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