Week 48

Hello my lovely people!

I hope you've been doing super well! This week was another roller coaster - including cambio news! More on that in a sec, but first let's start with a scripture!

Scripture of the Week  

"Hearken ye to these words. Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. Treasure these things up in your hearts, and let the solemnities of eternity rest upon your minds." DyC 43:34

And now, for cambio news!!

Surprise, surprise....

I'M STAYING IN SANTA CRUZ!!! I'm actually genuinely so excited. I really feel like there's more that I have to offer the people in this sector and I feel like I am using my gifts and talents to my maximum capacity here, especially with the mujeres jovenes.

Hermana Liendo will sadly be leaving, and is going to serve as an STL over there in Talca! Hna Jeppson is going to come to serve as Hermana Líder here with me, and I COULD NOT BE MORE PUMPED!!!!

SANTA CRUZ IS COMING TO TOWN, BABY!!!

Anyways, now for my week!

INTERCAMBIOS!!! With the lovely Hermana Humpherys y Hermana Will!

Shoutout to my Argentinian comp who sewed my ️FLORES AMARILLAS️ onto my bag

Ultimo consejo de distrito del cambio

We did a funeral for Elder Silva I can't believe he's already finished, the mission is not going to be the same without him. 

RIP

See my Google fotos for the video

We were walking to a lesson the other day and invited these random people to church. Long story short...now they both have a baptism date for this month! Pray for Angie, Liliana, and Ruby!

We did an activity for 18 as a rama, and we had a TON of friends show up! It was awesome! 

Gave a talk in sacrament meeting today! I was SO nervous beforehand, but after I took the Santa Cena, I just felt so at peace and the Spirit spoke through me to touch the hearts of a lot of people

With the end of the cambio this week, there's been a lot of goodbyes. The mission is full of goodbyes and I'm still so bad with it, it makes me so sad to have to see these wonderful friends leave! Truly, I have found my people here in Chile

Still trying to learn how to best work with the members here Trying my best to stay humble and also up for the challenge!

Had a few rough nights with little to no sleep recently...here's me taking a power nap in the street to prove it! 

(My comp loves me I swear but she also loves to bully me jajaja)

But anyways, I ended up asking for a blessing from the elders! And OHHHHH my goodness, that blessing literally changed my life. It was so powerful, and it literally just answered so many prayers and talked about things that nobody else knew but God! The priesthood is REAL, and the church is true, and most importantly, God knows us perfectly.

For lunch one day this week, we decided to buy completos and bring them back to the house. We were really hungry so we decided to buy two each...and as we were walking back, a man in the street shouted at us and said, "VAN A ENGORDAR!" 

("You're going to get fat")

He's not wrong...

My mom and I have matching cow onesies  

Today we bought stuff from líder, but I forgot to bring a bag so I had to buy a cheap paper one (can you tell I don't have money?). Well, while we were still a world's away from our house on the walk home, it started pouring down rain The bag ripped open and the ink rubbed off onto my shirt, but hey...hakuna matata

️ Pensamiento Espiritual ️

"My brothers and sisters, is the gospel still wonderful to you? Can you yet see, hear, feel, and marvel? Or have your spiritual sensors gone into standby mode?" 

Yesterday, while Hermana Liendo was saying her goodbyes, we visited a faithful member family, who have been strong and enduring in the faith for decades, ever since they got baptized. In the short visit, my companion asked that simple question that ended up bringing us all to tears - "El evangelio sigue siendo maravilloso para nosotros?" ("Is the Gospel still wonderful to you?")

As a missionary, all our days look very similar. Every day, we wake up at the same time, to do the same routine, to walk the same streets, and to often face some of the same challenges. 

But I just cannot seem to describe just how wonderful it all is. I just don't think I will ever be able to understand how in the world the gospel stays so tenderly sweet to me. I will never be able to comprehend why tears well up in my eyes every time we teach the same eternal principles. For 18 months, I teach the same truths over and over and over again, and yet...every single time I see the look on the face of the person I am teaching, who is hearing about this for the very first time in their life...I just can't help but sob at the beauty of it all. It is just SO wonderful to me.

So that's my question for you all today! 

Is the Gospel of Jesus Christ still wonderful to you? When did it begin to be wonderful, and how long will you let it stay that way? 

How long will you treasure up His truth in your hearts? Will you let your testimony last for a moment and later dwindle with time...or will you bring it with you into eternity?

I testify to you that Jesus Christ lives. He loves us deeply and individually and ETERNALLY, and we can learn love Him in the same way. I promise that as you take that next step to further nourish your seed of faith, you will find it easy to follow Him, simply because of your growing love for Him.

And that's why these 18 months as the Lord's representative, though a great sacrifice, is PURELY a privilege for me. Because it is just so wonderful.

In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

I love you all so much! Thank you for reaching out to me! Message me when you can!

All my heart,

Hermana Geary