Christmas in July

EL CLIMA SE HA VUELTO LOCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wut happened..... I feel like I am in Potosi again. So the climate freaked out and decided make my fourth of july verrrryyyyyy cold. It rained all day! The next morning, we woke up and the mountains were COVERED in snow! It was so pretty! They say that they have never had this type of climate before. So I felt like it was Christmas all week. CHRISTMAS IN JULY! We decided to sing Christmas hymns all July. So I passed my fourth of July with a nice hot chocolate while I studied. It was a weird fourth, but I loved it.

 What else is new????? Hm.......

I wanted to tell you about the cool investigator that we have been teaching. Her name is Alejandra and she is so intelligent! She came to church with us for the first time this Sunday (in the freezing cold!). She really seemed interested in each lesson, and even made comments during the classes! That night, we watched the Joseph Smith movie with her, and I think she was really impacted by it. I am looking forward to see her progress. She is reading the Book of Mormon and has a true desire to really know the truth, but she still has a lot of doubts. We are working to help her recognize when the Spirit talks to her, but I really think we made a breakthrough finally getting her to come to church.

While watching the Joseph Smith video, I was impressed by a quote that it had. Joseph was talking to Brigham Young about being an apostle. Brigham doubted himself, but Joseph said something to him like how God doesnt see us how we are right now, but who we can become. He sees the form, and molds us into who we will become. I really loved this. This week, I saw A LOT of my faults. I make stupid mistakes every single day. It is hard to not get down on yourself. But I know that Heavenly Father has an image in His head of who He wants me to become. He sees who I will be someday, and He shapes me every day. He is slowly molding me into the person that i need to become. It hurts. It is not fun to see your faults every day. But I know that He wants me to become better, so he helps me to see my weaknesses. The Lord chastens who He loves. I know that He sent me on my mission to mold me. He sent me on my mission to save me. I dont even want to think about the type of person that I would have become if I had chose not to come on a mission. He loved me so much that He had me come on a mission to learn a nd to grow and to really have a strong testimony. I will forever be indebted to Him for the time that He has given to me in bolivia.

Okay, enough of that. So we are doing good here. I hope that you are all doing good there too! Tell the Clark family that I say hi! I am sad that I missed the firework war!

I really cannot remember what else happened this week..... but it was a great week! I love you all and I hope that you make it safe home! And i hope that you all go drink those awesome malts at that cool maltshop!

Love

Hermana Routsong