How 'Bout That 2015?

Well, folks, another year has come and gone. What is time? I don't know. But it's ok, I'll probably still date my journal as 2014 anyways. My subconscious is quite nostalgic sometimes. 

As I've pondered over the past year and the coming year I have realized how much I have changed, and the opportunity for so much more change in the future. It's kinda insane. I love it. That's one of the things that I realized after skyping home for Christmas: nothing at home has hardly changed. But I have changed so much as a person. It's pretty wicked cool. You always hear about how much people change from their missions, but it's weird when you see it in yourself. 

So yeah, that was my conscious nostalgic rant. 

This week: wowy-zowy. It was a great week! One of my New Years Resolutions is to ditch my comfort zone and talk to EVERYBODY. Just as a warning to those who try this out: you talk to all sorts of people, and I've already garnered all sorts of great stories. I talked to a lot of people who were "all set" and even some people who were mildly interested. My favorite was yesterday: a 55 year-old Honduranian man from the looney bin proposed to me in Spanish. That was good times. Haha, just so you can all rest assured, I told him "no gracias." :)

On Saturday we went on exchanges with the Spanish Sisters in our zone (one of our responsibilities as STLs) and I got to go with Hermana Turner to the Spanish program! It was so great! The best part was that I was able to pick right up where I left off and teach lessons and talk to the people without too much trouble. It gave me a lot more confidence that I won't lose my Spanish before I go back to a Spanish area. 

Something that I have studied a lot about lately is making sure that we aren't missing the mark: Jesus Christ. As I have read "Jesus the Christ" it has struck me multiple times that the Pharisees and all those people had completely lost the mark in their strict adherence to the Mosaic Law. So when he came they couldn't recognize him! We also need to beware of that. Are we studying things that are of little import or don't relate at all to our Savior? Also, we need to remember why we do the things we do. Why do we keep the commandments? Why do we read the Book of Mormon? Why do we attend church? Because of Jesus Christ. 

Anyways, I love you all! I know that Christ is my Savior and that it is through Him that I have been able to change in 2014 and will continue to change in 2015. Happy New Year! 

Que Dios les bendiga!

Con amor,

Hermana Frei