Hellooooooo
Today is my 17TH MONTH MARK!! I cannot believe that I only have one month left out here in the mission field. I am so excited for what is to come in these next 30 days :))
This week we found out COVID is spreading through the mission again, meaning, more restrictions :(( We will no longer be allowed to see or be with other missionaries, which was pretty much the only thing that had been opened back up to us, hahaha. Kind of sad, but we're pro's at handling covid restrictions by now :))
We had lots of member lessons this week. It's always fun getting to meet more members from our wards. We also got to meet a baby cow and she was so cute :') Her name is "Baby Chonk" hahaha, beautiful.
WE FOUND A NEW PERSON TO TEACH THIS WEEK!! His name is Lucian and he is the 11 year old grandson of one of our bishops. We just had our first lesson with him last night and it went GREAT! He already knew a LOT, you can tell Grandpa Bishop has been workin hard teachin him everything. We are super excited to continue teaching him!!
I want to share a little bit about how Heavenly Father answers prayers, not always in the way we are expecting or wanting. When I had first gotten to Ontario, nearly 6 months ago, I was serving in a Young Single Adult ward and a Spanish branch that had about 6 attending members. I liked my wards, but I was so discouraged because I felt I had so much more influence in family wards, teaching families and their children. It made me so bitter about being here in Ontario. I prayed and prayed to Heavenly Father that I would get transferred to a different area in the mission, one where I would be able to be around families and teach little kids again. Instead, He kept me in Ontario, and inspired my Mission President give me an English companion (by mistake), resulting in our wards being switched around. I was no longer serving Spanish, but I now had a family ward to cover. Since that time, I've been in Ontario for about 6 months, and have been teaching 10 LITTLE GIRLS from different families, and now adding Lucian to make 11 KIDS TOTAL, 3 of which have gotten baptized since :') The solution I wanted to my problem was to be moved somewhere else. I couldn't see it happening any other way. Heavenly Father heard and new of my desires, but He had a different plan, and a different way of answering. I am grateful for a loving Heavenly Father, who hears and answers our prayers in His own timing, the way He needs things to be done, but with our deepest desires in His mind and His heart. I promise He knows you and He hears you. Look and see how His hand is working in your life.
Love you all
Hermana Rawlins
