My first transfer

So, I had my first transfer! It wasn't scheduled, but now I´m with Hermana Lopez from  Peru! She is 24 and wonderful!

I had an experience before my mission that was really special to me. We went sledding in the mountains at night as a family, and at the top of the hill, I just happened to look out at the valley. Everything was so beautiful. The only light was that of the stars and moon, and it illuminated every inch of snow as far as I could see. In this moment, All I felt was love. Love from my Father in Heaven, and the spirit testified to me that indeed I am a daughter of God. He was mindful of me and what I was struggling with, and all I needed at that moment was to just hold on. I felt so much love! Sadly, I had forgotten the significance of that moment until I was in a lesson this week, and we talked about the Holy Ghost. I felt the need to share that experience, and as I did I could feel exactly how I felt that night in the mountains. I finished, and one of the sons of the family said "I like that. I had an experience the other day when I woke up to see the sunrise, and I felt the same. That I am a child of God and that He is mindful of me. I didn't know that was the spirit testifying to me.... But now I know, and now that I know, I am remembering many other moments where I have felt the spirit and didn't recognize it. Now I know it was the spirit. Now I know what it feels like for me.." It was suuuuch an amazing experience. It was so great to be able to help him recognize the spirit, so that in his life he will be able to recognize it and follow it more fully. I thanked My Father that night for the experience I had in the mountains. If I hadn't have had that experience, who knows... would I have been able to help him realize and recognize the spirit?

This week was pretty crazy, and due to the transfers, I spent some time in the other area of the other hermanas, which was a cool experience to be able to know their investigators on a better level, and to be able to hardly know them at all and testify to them! I love being a missionary. there are moments where all I want to do is sit down, but there are more moments when all I want to do it get up on my feet and run! SO I run! And these stumbling blocks in my way don't make me stop, they just make me jump higher, even if it isn't comfortable!
I hope you all have an amazing week! I hope you all feel the Love of your savior this week!! Love you all!
Hermana Arave