First of all.. got like 3 or 4 emails saying I put the wrong address out last week. My bad. i've updated it now and it should work hahaha. it's down at the bottom.
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| Had to spend like 6 hours at the live Nativity this Saturday.. we were tired, and we mostly just stood around. |
This week was a good one! We FINALLY got moved into the new Apartment on Wednesday, but it threw off the entire week. We had to stay up ALL night Tuesday trying to clean the house because of the truly awful and disgusting state previous missionaries left the house--and we still might get fined for its condition. President Richardson loves me though, so I'm gonna talk to him about it and I'm pretty positive we can get it resolved.
Despite the week being a little thrown off balance, we were able to see a huge Miracle this week! Her name is Aura. She's this sweet old lady from Colombia, that used to be... are you ready... a nun! but then she got married hahaha. But she met a member from the branch who works at her bank and they became really good friends. She's been coming to church and she LOVES everything. She's just the sweetest lady.. she feels the spirit so strong and wants to learn everything! She always tells us how "hungry" she is to learn everything about the Gospel and The Book of Mormon. She's a baller!
She was definitely a much needed Miracle, because all the hard work Elder Riggs and I have put in hasn't really received any direct results. But I've definitely learned throughout my mission that when you just DO and do ALL that you can, God blesses you. It may not be what you want or what you planned for, but his plan of Happiness always outranks and exceeds our own.
Right now, I'm really growing to love being a District Leader. All this responsibility and expectations from leading such a young district has required a lot from me and the best of me, and I love it. I'm learning a lot about myself, and about other people. I can also really feel my capacity to love grow. If anything, I'm just coming back further and further to Gospel Basics. I just love helping people succeed, and Change, and become better. And, through a secondhand nature without even intending to, you become better yourself. I think that's how the Atonement really works, through Charity of others. That's how Christ changed lives, it should be how we change ourselves more.
Hope everyone is doing great! sorry to anyone who sent stuff to the wrong address... deep regrets on my end.
Elder Juanes
Elder Jace Johns
23162 Post Gardens Way
Apt #709
Boca Raton, FL 33433
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