Walking the path that Jesus walked

Dear friends! This week was honestly a very very hard week! As we talk to people in the street, as we ask for referrals, as we try our very best to have the spirit always with us... we receive blessings! But, not always when we want or think we need them. This week, everyone we talked to rejected us. The only person who gave us information aside from just their name, was a less active member. So that in and of itself is a miracle! 

But as i was talking to my companion, trying to express how i feel, It came to mind the path that our Savior walked. He always did the fathers will.. he always helped others. he always did miracles, he always was perfect!! And still, people rejected him. people despised him. people spit on him. people crucified him. And he, being perfect, didn't say anything. (Mosiah 14) He suffered it. And still, in the end, he died and was resurrected FOR THESE VERY PEOPLE. He gave his life so that the very people who rejected him, the very people who betrayed him, the very people who spit upon him and crucified him.. He gave his life so that THEY can have eternal life.

As missionaries, we only serve for a short time. We only have to suffer a small part of what He suffered. It is our only chance to catch a small glimpse of the path that Jesus walked. All day. Every day. Until he died and rose from the dead, a perfected being, a glorified being. Our Savior. His atonement makes the sting of being rejected just a little bit less bitter. Makes the difficulty of overcoming it a little bit less difficult. He makes it all possible. 

I am eternally grateful for the sacrifice he made. I've heard may people say the mission has changed their life, and as I sat pondering this this week, I realized that the mission is great, and it changes many things in our lives.... But it is the Atonement of Jesus Christ that has changed, and will continue to change my life.

This week, I was able to finish the Book of Mormon AGAIN on my dad´s birthday! two years in a row! haha My dad´s birthday was yesterday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD! 

I am so blessed to have the Restored Gospel in my life. I KNOW this gospel is true. I know it with all my heart and soul, and I feel it every day of my life! I know our Savior lives! 

I love being a missionary. 

I hope you all have a great week! 

Love, Hermana Arave

Ladies and Gents, I present.. Juanita! :) I love this woman! 

Also, this was part of our lunch! We picked them straight off the rod! :) 

(pictures to come)