¿Qué Tal, Bolivia?: "There is no change in the comfort zone and no comfort in the growth zone"

That was my phrase for this week..... change for me has never been easy. In fact, this was actually a really hard week, but I learned so much. I learned to be more humble, more faithful, more hopeful, and more willing to serve. Being a capacitadora is not easy. I have learned that Heavenly Father really does pull us out of our comfort zone to help us grow and learn. I have learned so much this week, and I really am so grateful.... even though it was hard....

My new comp is AMAZING. Hermana Rossi from Argentina. She is going home in 5 weeks. I am going to miss her so much. She has helped me so much this week.

This was one of the hardest weeks of my mission. Hermana Rossi and I dont really know what happened, but this week just kind of fell apart in our area. They had people progressing and we had appointments, but this week, literally NO ONE was home. NO ONE wanted to talk to us. NO ONE was interested. It was hard. I felt so bad for Hermana Rossi, because I couldnt help her because I just recently got here, so I couldnt give suggestions on who we could visit. We had one day where our numbers were all zeros. That has never happened in my whole mission. I knew that this area would be different, but I didnt think it would be this hard. I dont know why we had such a hard week. We were being so obedient and trying so hard.... and we dont really know Heavenly Father`s plan yet. Maybe He wanted us to learn patience. Maybe He wanted us to learn perseverance, or hope, or faith. We are still praying to know.

I learned something from my first intercambio as a capacitadora. So at the beginning of this week, I was really questioning why I was placed as capacitadora. I have no real experience in leading people! But I found out why this past Friday with Hermana Hullinger. Heavenly Father gave me this calling so that I can learn from these sisters. I learned so much when I was with Hermana Hullinger. I realized then that this was why I was called to this calling. I am so excited to see what else these other sisters will teach me.

So yeah, it is another week. I have two intercambios, so I will be with two new sisters tomorrow and Friday. I will go to their area because I dont know my area well enough yet. But I am excited to get to know these sisters more and learn from them.

Other things....

My pension is great. She is like our mom. She takes out the trash for us. She makes us breakfast, she even helped me wash my clothes this morning. I love her already.

I found a new favorite scripture. Look up Psalm 118:24. This should be everyone´s goal.

I hope everyone has a great week. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RHIANNON AND KAYLA AND HERMANA FERWEDA! YOU ARE ALL SO AMAZING AND I HOPE YOU EAT LOTS OF CHOCOLAT ICECREAM ON YOUR BIRTHDAYS.

LOVE YOU ALL!

Hermana Rockstar (I started to tell people that that was how you pronouce my name because they cannot pronounce Routsong hehehehehe)