Go On a Mission!

Hello Fam and Amigos!

Okay, first off, I want to answer a question many people ask themselves:

Why should I go on a mission?

Let me answer that:

You should go because it will strengthen your testimony and knowledge of the church. And lift you spiritually all the time. But 2 points that are not spiritual reasons are:

You learn how to cook.

You learn how to be a mom.

Yep. It's all true. I have learned way more than in college life skills I'll use until I die. I have to pack lunches on-the-go all the time, so I've begun to make salads (I cut up all my vegetables, put in apples, cut up chicken or turkey, cheese, etc. I feel like a mom making lunches for her kids). I cook meals (breakfast and dinner when we don't eat at a members house) all the time as well! Instead of using the school cafeteria, like I did in college, I'm actually thinking about what I buy at the store in order to make it at home.

Mom skills: Learning how to be patient with others. Some days, the people we visit talk for an hour straight about their problems and lives. The only words we can manage to get in are "Wow" "Uh-huh" or "Oh no!"

Sometimes I just think "we aren't really here to just let you blab to us for hours! We have places to be! We just want to share a spiritual thought with you and ask you to come back to church!" or something like that. But, then I've realized, they need people to listen to them and when I actually listen, their stories are amazing. It's been really neat to have a different perspective and be more patient and loving towards those people we visit.

That's just one example of how I've learned some mom skills-thanks to the mission! I wouldn't have learned these elsewhere (besides what my mother's taught me from home :) )!

Alright, so for April Fool's we totally forgot to pull pranks on people. But, when we came home and went into our rooms, everything was completely covered in tin foil! The English sisters did it and tt was great. I was happy someone didn't forget about April Fools Day! (pic 1)

Well, another question people ask me: how often do I speak Spanish? It's hard being in a state-side mission because everyone besides our members and investigators speaks english. So we try to book our days with appointments so we can speak Spanish to the people as much as possible. Then, my companion, who's been out a year, knows Spanish about as well as I do so we try to speak it as much as possible. We speak it as much as we want to, so somedays more English than others-but I get better in the language each day!

That's it for this week! Here's a fun picture of my companion and I.

Love you all! Don't forget to send letters my way! I love them :) You are all great!

Hermana Suth