First Week in San Fernando

Wow, I am just overwhelmed by all that has happened to me in this past week. I still can´t believe I am a real missionary. Life in the CCM and in el campo are completeley different! My companions name is Hermana Clawson, and she is great! She has been in the field for eight months! 

One thing that I have learned since I have been out in the mission field, is that missions are not easy, and people have their agency and sometimes things don´t work out the way you want them to. But something else that I have learned in the mission field is that miracles happen everyday. I know that God is leading this work and that the days work out the way they do because the people we talk to in a day are the people that need to hear from us. So far, out of the time that I have been out in the field, only probably 3 or 4 of our set appointments actually happened. The rest fell. By the end of the day we have just been so tired, but everyday we have found someone who for sure needed our help and our message at the end of the day. 

On friday, we seriously had one appointment at three and the rest of the day we were just knocking on doors and no one let us in. It was so cold that day too and there was lots of wind and it was for sure going to rain on us. It was around 8:15 and we had an appointment at 8:30 and the person called and said because it was going to rain they didn´t want to meet with us. It was heart breaking. We didn´t know what to do, we had almost two hours left and no one to meet with and it was dark and no one wanted to open their doors. We decided to say a prayer and just ask for guidance. Right after we said the prayer, the wind stopped and it warmed up a little bit. We knocked on a door and it was a non acitve member who for sure needed to hear from us that night. He was the only one there so we just talked on the porch, but it was super great. Afterwards when we returned to the house, no more then ten minutes later, it started pouring down rain. It was a testimony to me that God answers prayers and looks out for his servants. 

I love you all and hope you have a great week!