Sevilla, Ashlee

Hola hola  Something fun we did this week was celebrate a mini Christmas as a house. We all love Christmas so we decided to celebrate it on Sunday as house because we wouldn't all be together for the real Christmas! We did a fun little gift exchange and of course reflected the greatest gift to ever exist, Jesus Christ. We watched videos of the birth of Christ, and reflected on how amazing He is. I'm so thankful for our Savior!! We also had yummy treats! I love the Hermanas I live with!! Met some cool people this week! Nothing too crazy happened this week. We're just trying to filter through everyone to find those who have a desire to progress!  Spiritual Thought Some super comforting scriptures in Isaiah this week!! Please read some chapters if you get the chance!! Here's some verses I liked:   Isaiah 41: 10, 13    10 ¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphol...

Hi!!!! This week was better than last week!! We really tried to up our member lessons and saw a lot of success with that. A lot of really good lessons with them, I'm super thankful for the members in our ward being willing to come help us and meet our friends!! I don't really know what else happened this week it was kinda just a blur uhhh we have some cool friends that are progressing really well!! it's super special to see people act on their faith and see the joy that awaits them. we also had to unfortunately stop teaching some people which was really sad for me but i know that God has a plan for them and as Isaiah says, The Lord will gather one by one.  also uh a hurricane is passing by rn - hey hurricane season! Spiritual Thought I've really come to love Isaiah this past week. I like chapter 28! Read verse 8. Gross. What can I say Isaiah is a visual guy. Butttttt, when we focus on the world this is literally what our spirituality looks like. Avoid the tables of vomi...

Hey!!!! This week was so great. We had the mission tour which was actually the best thing ever and taught me that God knows me so well. The counselor from the area presidency, Elder Villanueva, and his wife, Hermana Villanueva, came and it was sooooo good. We got to go to the mission office 3 days in a row!! The past couple weeks I've just felt so bummed and inadequate because we have a lot of great friends that have so much potential but aren't keeping their commitments. And then I just kinda took a whirlwind in my brain and was just beating myself up and I just really did not feel like a good missionary. The mission tour was literally an answer to my prayers!! The first day we talked about commitments, how we can help our friends keep them, and what to do when they aren't keeping them. The next day we talked about the members and how we can work together with them to bring about this great work! And then the last day Elder Villanueva talked about how a lot of times we fee...

Hello hello hello! Another great week here in Villa Esfuerzo!!  Found a lot of new people, taught some cool people, and got fed a lot of food, yummy! We had the baptism of our friend Yulissa and that was so great! She's super cool and I'm really excited for her to keep on this path. She's been coming to church for a long time so the ward was super excited for her and gave her a lot of support! Also we were talking to Yereidy this week and she said that she's already noticed a change in her life this past week since being baptized !! How special is that??  Idk what else hmmmmm this next week we have a mission tour with someone from the area 70 presidency! I don't really know what a mission tour is but the name is deceiving because I've been told we actually don't get to tour anything at all. But I'm excited!!! oh yeah something kinda cool idk I can contact and teach a principle in Creole now so uh yeah. Bondye renmen tout moun !!!  Spiritual Thought Prove...