Week Sixty-six: Change & Accents

We were so busy this week that we realized that
we didn´t have a picture together once we got here in the cyber. 

Hola mi familia!

Another week has flown by and it has been great! To let you all in about my new companion. First off, she's awesome. Hermana Valdebenito is from Buenos Aires Argentina, she has about 8 months on the mission, and she still has a SUPER thick accent. Believe me that before the mission when I heard someone speaking spanish, I wouldn't be able to tell you what country they were from. I didn't realize that there are SO MANY different accents. But just today I realized how much I can pick out different accents now. We were walking through a park and I found a bunch of people from Venezuela and Cuba. It was pretty fun haha. But anyways, my comp is the sixth of seven children. Whenever we present ourselves to the people in a lesson its pretty funny because we have the same interests. Volleyball, singing, and patacones. It's the best. haha. 

Well this week I have been reflecting a lot about change. Changes happen every day in our lives, and more often than not changes are interpreted as challenges or obstacles. But here on the mission I have learned and relearned and relearned that change is such a good thing. When some challenges came up this week, I realized that I reacted much differently than if I would have reacted at the beginning of the mission to the same exact challenge. A wave of gratitude for the Atonement came over me as I realized that this week. I then reflected on our zone conference that we had this past week when President talked about what true conversion is. And its CHANGE! Is it the most comfortable thing? No. Is it easy? Not really. But are we blessed for putting in our efforts to be more Christ-like? YES! 100% 

I am so grateful for the role that the Atonement has played in my life. I love change. CHANGE IS THE BEST!

We saw a huge change in an investigator that we found this week named Rosa. Rosa can't read or write, has four children, is without work, and is recently seperated from her husband. We contacted her in the street and she led us to her house to share our message with her. We taught about prayer and how she could speak directly with her Heavenly Father about all of the things she has gone through. She struggled for about ten minutes at the end trying to get the words to come out. We realized that she didn't recognize a single blessing that she had seen in her life to thank God for. We knew that it was going to be a little hard for Rosa to understand the Gospel and truly apply it in her life. And that's when we saw the change. We visited Rosa again and met her children but once again we didn't feel like she understood much of the simple message we shared. Come Sunday morning and we are sitting down after the sacrament was passed out when Rosa walks in! It was such a surprise! She stayed for all of the classes and we weren't sure if she was going to understand much but that evening when we went to visit her she said she had really enjoyed church and started to share the things she had learned. The truth is that it wasn't exactly what the teachers had taught, but she definitely learned from the spirit that day because she mentioned things that were specifically going to help her in her life. But the best part was when Rosa offered to give the opening prayer to start the lesson! It was such a sweet moment. I know that Heavenly Father loves His children and He is willing to help them everyday to have small changes in their lives so that one day they can become converted.

I invite you all to embrace the changes that WILL come this week. Embrace them with a spirit of prayer and preparation to take the sacrament this coming Sunday. I promise that you will become even more converted in your lives. 

I LOVE THE GOSPEL! I am so grateful for my Savior Jesus Christ! 

I love you all and hope you have a fantastic change filled week!

con mucho amor,

Hermana Beutler

ps. this week my companion and I are going to study 1 Corinthians 13 (if thats how you spell it)

Making this lunch was one of the most exciting things this week.
YES I STILL LOVE VERDE

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