Brand New Bikes😎

 Hey everyone!! Hope you had an amazing week!

Ok exciting newssss... we got new bikes!!! The mission got us these two matching bikes that are literally brand new so that's excitinggg! Haha I'm way more excited about this than I should probably be. My bike won't be breaking down twice a week now haha.. hopefully..

We put one of our friends, Alejandro, on date! He's super cool and has come to a few lessons at the church and then had a few over video call. Sadly he's had struggles getting to church on Sundays so we're trying to figure that out, but keep praying for him and his progression!

I had two exchanges this week, both with Hermana Nelson! They were super fun and the day we were in her area, I was assigned as the driver, so I drove for the first time literally in 5 months! Haha I was worried I forgot how but don't worry we survived. I'll probably be having a lot more exchanges with Hermana Nelson because both our comps are the STLs and they have to go on exchanges with a bunch of other companionships.

On the day that Hermana Nelson and I were in her area, we went to a little city called Guadalupe and it's literally the cutest I love it! It was fun to go finding there and there are so many pretty fields where a lot of the hispanics work. We did some finding in a Lavanderia and this cute mexican store. It was fun becuse everyone's really nice there and not a lot of missionaries have been in that area to do finding, so each time we contacted someone in spanish, they'd look at us with wide eyes and be like, "You speak spanish?" Learning new languages is so cool.

Our entire mission, and specifically zone, had a really high goal for number of people found this week, and there were so many miracles!!! Our entire mission found more this last week than we've found in a month before! It's amazing to hear the success stories from everyone and how Heavenly Father truly is hastening the work!

Mixteco has been going well!! I still have so much to learn but I'm memorizing the basic phrases for teaching right now and I can say prayers in mixteco so that's good! Hermana Van Brocklin has amazing spanish and mixteco so she's a great example to be around!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT:

This week I want to share a part of a scripture I read in my personal study that I love!! It's in Ether 12:37, and it says,

"And because thou hast seen thy weakness thou shalt be made strong."

To me, this scripture really emphasized the importance of humility! We aren't going to stretch and grow if we aren't willing to take the time to reflect on ourselves and find ways we could improve. This doesn't ever mean we should be beating ourselves up for our imperfections, but instead having the confidence in ourselves, and more importantly in the Lord, to recognize our imperfections and ask Him how we can be strengthened.

Humility does not equal weakness. It actually brings greater strength! Not just worldly strength, but godly strength!

My invitation for you all this week is to find a "weakness" and ask the Lord how you can turn it into a strength! He sees the potential in us!

I love you all!

Hermana DeMordaunt