como estan? I want to thank you all for your kindness! I have received so much support and love from letters, "DearElders", packages, and prayers. I will never forget the outpouring of charity that I witness in all of you.
So, just so you all know because it seems there has been some confusion....:) my p-days are on wednesdays. My first week here at the MTC they were on thursdays but that changed since the entire MTC had re-scheduling. So, always expect to get a lovely little email from me on miercoles... or wednesday for you english speakers out there. Anyways, I'm doing pretty well today...but that could change in a few hours or heck, seconds! Emotions here are like riding on a bipolar rollercoaster. There are moments when you are on top of the world and filled with the spirit then there are times when you want to give up and go home because you feel as though you don't have it in you. No matter the circumstances you have to look forward and continue pressing on.
So, yesterday we went to this workshop about coming unto Jesus Christ and Brother Peter Black taught the lesson (he's my favorite workshop instructor). Well, during this workshop we watched a clip of a Jeffrey R. Holland talk given here at the MTC like 3 years ago. I was so impressed by this french story/poem he shared. So, I want to share it with you all...forgive me for paraphrasing but it goes something like this:
There we stood several feet from the edge of a cliff
"Come to the edge," He said
"No, we'll fall"
"Come to the edge," He said.
"No, we'll fall!"
"COME TO THE EDGE!" He said.
So we went to the edge.
He pushed us...
WE FLEW!!
There was just something so powerful about that simple short piece. I put myself in that situation. I have a "spiritual" phobia of heights. I need to not be afraid to come to the edge when the Lord calls me but to jump of my free accord off this terrifying cliff. After we watched that clip Hermano Negro had us write "Invitation" at the top of our page and then write a message that we felt as though Elder Holland, the Lord, and Heavenly Father was trying to tell us. This is what I wrote:
Invitation
We invite you, Hermana Kimberly Jones, to have faith in the Lord your God and come unto Christ with all your heart. Only then will you be the missionary that your Father in Heaven wants you to be.
Become who the Lords wants you to be.
After writing this sincere though Hermano Black promised that through the spirit this message was divinely received, and thus a true invitation from the Lord. So, I wrote it in my journal the cover of my scriptures, and now I'm sharing it with you. My faith has increased and continues to grow. I just need to be more willing to be receptive to it and "JUMP" when the Lord calls me, not be pushed.
Early this week we also went to the TRC lab (Training Resource Center) where we taught members in espanol. It was a really good experience. My companion and I weren't as prepared as we would have liked since we didn't know what to expect being our first time we had been there but we still pulled it off. We chose to ask the members what their favorite part of their testimony was. Both said that Christ was so we then found scriptures that we wanted to share about the Savior and bore our testimonies. It was very spiritual when we taught the second member, Hermano Fairbourn. Afterwards I asked both of them to write in their journals that night about their experience with the spirit (if they felt it). When we were done our amazing teacher, Hermano Gillon read our "assessment" out loud to the entire class. The first assessment was okay, not much feedback. But Hermano Fairbourn left a sweet note I will always cherish. He said, "Thank you for your wonderful testimonies and the spririt that you've shared with me. I'll do my best to remember to write in my journal tonight (You hit the nail on the head with that goal, Sister Jones, because I seldom write as I know I should). Keep up the great work! Thanks again, Santiago Fairbourn." I was so happy that finally something I did meant something in someones life while I have been here. Even though these experiences are just practice the spirit that is felt is far from fake.
Well, my 30 minutes are up and I will soon be kicked off. I love you all!
Love,
Hermana Kimma Jean
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