What a week it has been. This week has been a blast and has completely flown by. I also love how just when you seem to get comfortable, the Lord decides to shake things up a bit. So, this past week just as I was getting into my groove as a District Leader, and finally really figuring out what to do and growing close to my district, my companion and I were called to be the Zone Leaders of Branch 3. It has been a little stressful this week, but this way I get to meet more missionaries and share the love of Christ with even more people. Being a Zone leader really isn´t that hard, I just have more meetings to attend to.
So this week has had so many experiences jammed packed that I thought I would just give a Highlight reel from the week!
Thursday- So Thursday night, there was a Hermana in our district who suggested that we read a talk by Henry B Eyring from the October 2002 General Conference entitled ¨Rise to Your Call¨. It is so amazing, everyone should go read it right now! Favorite Line from the Talk, ¨If I only think of my own performance, my sadness deepens. But when I remember that the Lord promised that His power would go with me, I begin to look for evidence of what He has done in the lives of the people I am to serve. I pray to see with spiritual eyes the effects of His power.¨ I absolutely loved this talk! Also after we were done reading the talk, a Hermana in my district turned to me and asked if I had any council for them, and she really put me on the spot. But as I sat and thought for a moment words just came flowing into my mind, and they weren´t mine, but the Lord´s. I am grateful for the opportunity I had to be a District Leader and the revelation I was able to receive for my lovely district.
Saturday- So this past week everyone in my district has been sick, except for me (knock on wood)! It has been crazy, and It hasn´t been the little coughs or sneezes, it´s been the hacking things up and bed rest kinda sickness. So it´s been really really bad. But on Saturday I was able to participate in 2 blessings for people in my District. I was able to anoint and Elder in my District and give a blessing to my companion. It was a very very spiritual experience para mí. Right after the blessing was given to the other Elder in our district he felt immediately better and I had a really cool experience while I gave a blessing to my companion. As I was talking, I had an immediate love for him come into my heart and mind, and It was so so so strong that I couldn´t put how I felt into words. I probably told my companion, his Heavenly Father loves him so much like 5 times in a row, because I couldn´t say anything else. I truly felt how the Nephites did when Jesus came and prayed for them. They couldn´t utter or write down the words of the prayer, because the feeling and words were so powerful. Definitely an experience I will always remember.
Sunday- So this was the day I was called to be a zone leader, and It was a lot of fun. I was also given the opportunity to call the next district leader. Didn´t really know I could do this, but my branch president, Presidente Torres told me there are a lot of leaders in my district and I was to pick the next District leader. Immediately felt and overwhelming sense of stress, but I did receive a clear answer and Elder Waldron, my sweat shop friend, is our next district leader. What is really funny is 5 minutes before he was issued the call, he told another Elder in the District if he gets called to be a District Leader, he might say no, because he didn´t think he could handle it. But he´s doing great and The lord is definitely magnifying his efforts. We also were able to watch President Nelson´s 95 spectacular as our Sunday night devotional. It was so awesome. and let me tell you the Bonner Family made me feel like I was back in Alabama singing hymns in Ensley. So much fun, I just wish Gladys Night would´ve made a cameo. Because that would´ve just sent me over the edge. Love love love soulful gospel music.
Tuesday- We started trying to learn imperfect versus preterit this week and it has been absolutely terrible. Still don´t understand it, but it´ll come along. If you don´t understand how hard it is hopefully this will put it into perspective. We were doing some practices on the computer, and I look over and see an Elder in my District violently smashing his head with a plastic water bottle. I was completely shocked because I thought something really bad had happened, but he just said, I really really hate this stuff. I about died!
Today- I was able to go to the temple and the Mexico City Temple is absolutely massive, it is the biggest temple outside the United States and it is one of 5 temples in the world were Angel Moroni is holding the Plates. So so cool and a very spiritual experience indeed. It was fun to get outside the walls and see the city a bit, but ohh man is it crazy. They have people doing anything the can to earn money. Someone was even juggling like 5 or 6 balls in the middle to traffic. Crazy crazy crazy
We´ve also been teaching a lot this week, and I can truly say I envy the English speakers, because preaching the gospel in English would be so so so easy! But we had a devotional this past week were we broadcasted a talk by Gary E. Stevenson were he said, My call was divinely inpsired and the Lord has faith in me and trusts me and knows that I will eventually learn Spanish, even the Preterit vs imperfect!
I love all of you and I hope your weeks were just as good as mine, Keep going, you got this
Love,
Elder Jorgensen
Mexico City Temple
Hermana Lechuga
Elder Waldron
