well this is it. last email from the ccm in mexico. can you believe it? i cant... but i am so excited to get to work in the field. life is crazy. its a little bittersweet. i am excited to meet my trainer. i am excited to work in the mission field and teach real people…instead of my teachers haha. i am excited to eat american food. (i never in my life thought i would ever say that i want mcdonalds.. but i think it is safe to say today... i miss mcdonalds. who even likes mcdonalds?) i can't wait to meet my mission president. i can't wait to change lives. and i can't wait to ride a bike all day and go to bed so dead tired. i am sooooo ready to get to work. the mtc is awesome because you are on a spiritual high all the time, but its difficult because you are sitting in one room the entire day. i think its safe to say.. i am excited to get to florida.
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| Goodbye CCM! |
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| Pday Kickball Champs |
tuesday we had an amazing devotional given to us by elder villalobos, an area seventy. he talked about our purpose, and how our purpose must match the purpose of the Saviors and The Lords. we need to be prepared. we need to be obedient, we need to be in tune with the Spirit, and we need to act in faith. those are four things that we as missionaries, and members can do to be converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ. missionary work is not just for missionaries that have a call from God. we all promised that we would stand as a witness at all times and in all things and in all places. what better time than now? the last week in the mtc we have really been focusing on and learning so much about the importance of members in missionary work. honestly... its make it or break it. i want to challenge each of you to look at your life and ask, "am i living in accordance to the principles of the gospel? am i helping The Lord spread His gospel? what kind of example am i setting?" I also want to challenge you all to think of someone that could use the gospel in their life.. and how can you share that message with them? don't be scared. the gospel is such a great message, who wouldn't want it in their life?
We also got our graduation present. THANKS DAD AND MOM. my district has decided that when they get back they want to kick it with "Kev and Tara" haha... they said.. they are pretty sure my parents love them more than their own parents. they have all adopted you. What can I say? I DO have the best parents and family in the world. ha NO ARGUMENTS.
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| Too Much Sugar? |
tuesday was also kind of rough because i found out that one of my little hermanas in my zone that i took as my own had her flight plans home. she was really sick here and lost 16 pounds. :( it made me so sad. i was so surprised how much it made me hurt inside when i found out she was leaving, and it also made me so sad to know how much she was struggling and hurting.. but i did get an email from her today saying she is coming back in 3 MONTHS. Keep her in your prayers please! She needs it!
wednesday. best day ever. ok.. not really.. but so many mini miracles that i had been praying for. first off.. i wanted to talk to my family for a few minutes at the airport. came home from class.. this cute little note was sitting on my bed from my roommate that said. "mom says yes. called mission president and he said you may call at the airport." yes, i cried. prayer answered. silly. but it still mattered. then.... NIC ANDERSON arrived at the MTC. I love seeing familiar faces. missions and missionaries are the best. i love this wonderful amazing opportunity to share the gospel. what more could we want in our life? NOTHING.
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| Sister Snow and Elder Anderson |
thursday i had the temple stuck in my head all day. everything that i read, everything that i studied, everything that i thought about was somehow related to the temple. i had the strongest prompting come to me to teach the importance of the temple to the investigators that i teach, and i got the confirmation that i will be able to attend the temple with my investigators. i just read julia's email and she GOT TO GO TO THE TEMPLE WITH NEW MEMBERS. that is the reason we are on missions. i just started to cry when i read her email. every time i hear of a temple experience, the Spirit just touches my heart and confirms to me the truthfulness of the gospel and message that i am sharing. what a great experience and what a great opportunity. i am the luckiest girl in the world. our goal as missionaries is to invite others to come to Christ through faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism, receiving the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. most of us just focus on the first four.. but essentially.. the fifth one is an important one. without enduring to the end... what is the point?
friday. was the second longest day at the CCM. a day full of in field orientation meetings.. but it was wonderful! we learned so many great and wonderful things about the field and how to apply everything that we learned in the CCM. yes. we finally got our dork dot. :) we wore them proudly. again. the importance of the temple was so strong in my heart. i know that i will be able to attend the temple with my investigators. I have faith that it will happen.. and essentially i want that goal for every single one of you. eternal life. eternal families. eternal happiness. eternity is a long time.. and we have the chance to have everything that makes us happiest in this life... with us for eternity. if. we accept the gospel. become fully converted to The Lord. and endure to the end. what a special, special promise. what a glorious thing the gospel and Jesus Christ are. HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE IT? i just have so much love for this gospel. and my Savior. i have honestly never felt true happiness until i learned to love and become converted to my Savior.
saturday i had a crazy experience. our teacher hermano castellanos was teaching our class and then just stopped. he told us that someone in the very building we were in needed each one of us. we looked around a little confused. he challenged us to go out and find that person. we decided to say a district prayer and see if we could find the person that needed us... we prayed. then went to dinner. we all talked about it and felt very strongly that we needed to find our person that night. we practiced our musical number for sacrament meeting then went back to our classroom for personal study. i had this prompting to go talk to the hermanas in our zone and tell them that we were going to have a meeting the next day during priesthood. i walked in to one of the classrooms and one of the hermanas walked up to me. i was just talking to her and had the prompting to ask her if everything was ok. so... i asked her. she looked at me.. and then just started bawling. we walked outside and i talked her for 25 minutes. every single thing that i had felt my first few weeks here was exactly how she was feeling that day. i was so glad that i could share my experiences with her to help her grow stronger. she has so much potential to be the best missionary in the world. i can see it in her. i hardly know her and love her so much. these hermanas in the ccm are my sisters. it breaks my heart to think i have to leave them tomorrow. i wish i could just bring them with me.
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| Hermano Castellanos and Hermana Snow |
sunday. was amazing. when is sunday not amazing? we had a wonderful lesson in relief society about our posterity and how important it is to stay strong in the gospel and share our knowledge and joy with those we come in contact with and those that come after us. of course i got emotional. i mean.. i am my father's daughter. just kidding dad. love ya. we had our special musical number in sacrament. Mas Cerca Dios De Ti. the only hymn that we actually sound pretty decent while singing.. haha (Nearer My God To Thee for those of you that don't speak the españols). and... yes. i got called on to speak in sacrament. lucky, lucky me. i have a cold first off.. so i sound stuffed up and a little nasally. and i got up there to speak and realized that my skirt is halfway unzipped... yes. embarrassing.. but embraced it. then while i was up there i realized i was sweating really badly. and yes. i had terrible sweat marks on my shirt. so i said my talk with my hands in my armpits so you couldn't see them. my district was just laughing at me. joke of the CCM. It was rough.. but i am still alive to talk about it. ha we also learned about specific prayers and how asking God for the things He wants to give you is important. i felt strongly this week to ask God in a specific prayer for a family of four my first week in the field. so.. if you would like to join me in my specific prayer.. i would appreciate that. i have faith that God answers prayers. He knows us. He knows our desires and our capabilities.
i am so excited and grateful for the opportunity i have to be a missionary for the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints. how lucky am i? i get to wear his name on my heart for 16 and half more months. there is nothing more that i would want right now. this is the greatest thing i have ever done in my life. i am so happy to be a representative. what a great opportunity. i love this gospel. and know. that I KNOW THIS CHURCH IS TRUE. I know it. I love it. and I will forever be indebted to my Savior for His sacrifice. salvation was never easy.. and the mission is never easy.. but its worth it.
I love you all. Keep in touch... and I AM GOING TO FLORIDA TOMORROW... SO I CAN GET MAIL! I LOVE MAIL! :)
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| Package#6 |
I love you all!
Con Amor-
Hermana Snow
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