Last Week!

 

Elder Lacey's Niece Hazel

Celebrating Elder Crandall's birthday

Hey everyone! I hope you’re all doing well!!

I’ve got one more week until I ship out to Oaxaca! Isn’t that crazy!? Time has flown by so quickly!! 

 

These last couple weeks have been awesome! I’ve learned a lot and had a ton of fun doing it!! And you’d be surprised how much you can feel the Spirit through a computer screen! I learn something new about the gospel everyday and it is so cool. I love hearing the comments and testimonies of the super awesome people in my district and my teachers. Learning Spanish has been hard but good! I don’t quite feel like I know enough yet, but I know if I keep working hard then the Lord will help me out! 

I’ve had some really cool experiences in the past couple of weeks where I really know the Lord was making up the difference, especially when it comes to my Spanish. I’ve been teaching a lot of lessons, and I have noticed that in the lessons that I am really trying to teach with the Spirit and not just read notes off a page, I am able to say all that I want to say in Spanish.(even if it is really rough and not grammatically correct at all) I feel the Spirit so strongly in those lessons in particular, and I can tell the spirit is putting thoughts and words in my mind that I could have never come up with myself. Isn’t that so cool!?!? The gift of tongues rocks!

Now I’ve definitely made lots of embarrassing mistakes that have led to lots of good laughs, but that just comes with learning! I love laughing at myself and I'm convinced that the Lord has a sense of humor too

 

I have loved my district and my companion so much! They are truly some of the best people I have ever met. We’ve gotten along great and had some really fun times. They’ve become some of my best friends in these few short weeks. I have just loved my teachers so much too. They do such a great job of inviting the Spirit into our Zoom meetings. They are both from Mexico so it has been great listening to them talk and learning from them!

 

Over these past few weeks I have really noticed the hand of the Lord in my life! I can look back and can see all the ways that I have been prepared for this time. I can see it through experiences that I’ve had and people that I have met. I know that the Lord has a plan for each of us! Specific to our talents and needs!

I’m super excited to see what the Lord has waiting for me in Oaxaca!

I love you all and I know the Savior loves you too!

 

Con amor,

Elder Lacey:)