Hermana Emily Barlow: Jesus Loves You!

Hermana Call and Hermana Barlow

This past Sunday was fast & testimony meeting, so we got to share our testimonies! Even though we had to share them in Spanish, it was one of the best testimony meetings I have been to! The Spirit was so strong, just being with so many missionaries who were speaking broken Spanish but who all have powerful testimonies.

Also, Sunday's are kinda long cause we listen to a lot of devotionals, but I always learn so much from them. My favorite one from this past Sunday was about family history and temple work (of course ;)) those who have known me for a while know that this is my absolute favorite church topic! So yeah, my invitation for y'all this week is to do your family history and take your ancestors names to the temple! There's always more work to be done! And it seriously makes temple trips a lot more personal & special when you are doing work for people you are related to. It's so cool :)

So our zone leaders and STL's left this week, which I'm so sad about because they are all amazing and such cool people. But since our STL's are leaving, Hermana Call and I got called to be the new Sister Training Leaders! So basically our job is to watch over all the hermanas in our zone, but we are joining with our new zone leaders to visit all the districts every few days cause we want to get to know all the districts better, and our new zone leaders are awesome! I love working with them :) sooo slightly nervous for this new responsibility, but I am so excited for this opportunity to serve the Hermanas in our zone! :)

Yesterday was our district's first day being paired up with Latino companions for lessons! It was definitely very interesting, cause I have realized that my Spanish is SO BAD. But my companion is super sweet and we did okay on our first lesson together :)

Also last night, we had a broadcasted devotional from the Provo MTC, so we got to hear from Elder Christofferson! Before the broadcast started, the CCM President invited 2 Elders to come up and share their conversion stories (they have only been members for 14 months!) And it just brought me to tears. Cause earlier in the day I was feeling so discouraged from not knowing enough Spanish. After Presidente finished the Q&A's with the 2 Elder's, he turned to the audience and said "This is why you are going on missions. To find people like these 2 Elder's who accept the gospel and even go on to serve their own missions and change the world." So yeah it was super powerful and something that I definitely needed to hear :)

I love this gospel with all of my heart! I know that this gospel brings so many blessings. I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and loves us all so much. He wants us to come unto Him and partake of the goodness His Gospel brings. I came across Alma 5:60 this week and it is SO GOOD. Please know that you have a loving Savior who wants to help you in your times of need. Turn to Him. He is always there by your side and HE LOVES YOU.

Con amor,

Hermana Barlow