Week 4 - God is So Strong!

Week 4

Hey y’all! So today I’m going to the temple again, so I’m going to be on for a little bit, and then I’m gonna do my cleaning and all that, then I’ll be back on at 10:30 until 11:30 so email me!

I cant believe its my 5th week already, I only have one full week and a little left, and then I go to Chile!  THAT’S SO INSANE!!!  It doesn’t feel like I should be leaving yet, but I honestly feel ready. I’m nervous for the Chilean Spanish, but I feel like I have a pretty good grasp on Mexican spanish so hopefully that will help!

Can I just say that Satan is so real. But so is God! And I can honestly say that God is SOOO much stronger than Satan!  Here’s 2 of my journal entries, one one night and the next the next morning. "February 3rd. I legit have been on the verge of crying all day. I don’t know why, but its kinda a lot of things. My conpanera refuses to study with me (she doesnt, I was just really emotional and took it that way) and that makes me feel really stupid.  Spanish gave me a headache today, making me feel even stupider, I know all things are possible through Christ, but this is really hard and I don’t know if I can do it.  I don’t know how to keep pushing myself like this, because I feel like it’s tearing me apart.  I honestly feel so stupid right now because nobody else is feeling this. Everyone else is so good and so much farther ahead than me, and Im trying but I can’t keep up. Lord, please help me."

Then the next day was testimony meeting and this is what I wrote in my journal...

"February 4th, I am here for a reason and I am here to serve God. I can only do this through God. I am here to serve God’s people.  God has blessed me so much, and this is one way I can share those blessings with others.  The atonement is special and is a privilege to use.  Most people don’t have that knowledge that they can use it for everything.  Literally everything!  If you’re feeling sad or lonely or forgotten, Christ knows how you’re feeling and how to comfort you.  If you’re so happy that you want to scream, Christ has felt that and will scream right along with you! If you’re struggling with the language and don’t feel worthy to be there with everyone because you can’t keep up with them, Christ has felt that and he is there with his arms wrapped around you.  I’ve felt Christ’s love so so so much and I’ve also felt it through others.  One of the girls in my room noticed that I wasn’t feeling so hot, and she prayed that I would have patience with myself and that I would feel my Fathers and my districts love for me.  I know she said that because Heavenly Father knew I needed to hear that. I know that because of the Holy Ghost and the power that we have with us, we are able to see others how Christ sees them. I can honestly say that I love every single person here and if you want, I can tell you how Christ sees them too. I know that Jesus Christ is my Redeemer.  My Savior.  My strength.  I know this to be true with all of my heart."

So yes, I can say that Satan is real and is powerful, and can get inside your mind. BUT GOD IS MORE POWERFUL THAN WE CAN EVER IMAGINE!  God is good, all the time, and all the time.  God is good!

I love you all and I’ll write more later, I’ll be on for 5 more minutes then I’ll be back on around 10:30!

Love you all!

Dios nos ama,

Hermana Williams

Also, One of the girls in my district associate people with animals and I’m a penguin... and a quote I love is "A person is never standing taller than when he is on his knees.

Question.. Do you run toe heel or heel toe? Cause I’ve been told that I run wrong and I wanted to see if anyone else runs toe heel!

Also.. in Chile now, because of the Haitians (dk how to spell it) but there’s a lot of them in Chile now so a lot of the missionaries there are speaking French also, so this girl is probably going to learn French and Spanish!!!  I’m so excited!!!

I’m honestly doing so much better, theres what they call the 5 week slump here, and so they showed some motivational videos the other day and it honestly helped so much!  I want to finish my time here at the CCM strong, and I want to learn so much more while here!

I feel like I have a decent grasp on the words, but the conjugations are what’s hard now! But the gift of tongues and such is so incredibly strong!  I literally knew next to nothing when I came out here, and Now I can totally understand a native, as long as they aren’t talking super fast.. and I can usually think of how to respond!

I want to ask Jason, I’ve heard running toe heel is better for your ankle but I don’t know, either way, I don’t run a whole lot but I am better now then when I was home!

I’m literally so excited to learn Spanish and French! Im hoping that I can speak both fluently by the time I come home!

Hey! Have you been able to send my glasses back in yet?

Also, when you send the package to chile, could you include oils? I’m almost out of lavender, and I forgot lemon... and any other oils cause I realized I only have like one of the basics and they are being used practically daily... Thanks! Love you!

I’ll probably get that list to you next time cause I would need to take an inventory!  The traffic here is horrible and I get car sick (as you know) so I put digestzen on my tummy before ever leaving the CCM.  

I’m always defusing something, I’ve put Lavender and peppermint in my shampoo and conditioner and my hair is so healthy!  One of the hermanas here is a cosmetologist and she always comments on my hair!  My hair has grown an inch since I last cut and dyed it so my roots are showing but it isn’t too bad! But the oils are helping so much!

Oh! And there was a lice outbreak here the first week so we weren’t allowed to hug any hermanas and I put the Terrashield on my sheets and pillows and I didn’t get any!

One bad story is I put lavender and peppermint on my brush so that the oils could help my hair while brushing too, and the peppermint cracked my brush, so don’t put peppermint on plastic!

Love you all!!!

Hermana Williams