The Most Amazing Lesson Yet!

Greetings from Jobo! I tiny city on top of a mountain where you walk down the street and there is literally no one around haha. Its pretty sweet here though. 

General Conference was amazing huh?! Ohhh myyyy. I'm so glad that you made questions and received answers! The coolest no?! 

First off...we don't have many investigators and we're trying to find more. This week we've reeeally felt that there is something missing in the ward. We sat down as a companionship and thought about it. We received some awesome revelation and set up activities the way we felt we could help our ward. Those activities will be happening this week! Super excited. I think in this ward I might not be getting a lot of baptisms. I think Ill be strengthening the members more than anything. 

No obstante! (but) we contacted two little girls in the street about 2 weeks ago...15 and 12 years old. They are sisters. We have met with them 3 times. (they have dates for the 15th of Nov to be baptized) Yesterday was the 4th, we went to their house to teach them a lesson and their Dad walked in when we sat down and he started talking to us. We had talked to him the last time too. Not lesson wise, just talking. Anyways, we got to talking again and then a little time passed and he told the wife to come and sit down. So, there was a little family of 4 and we started our lesson. It was so awesome because first it was just the 2, then it was the Dad and then the Mom and we had the whole family. Our goal is to find families. Anyways, after we sang a song the Grandpa came in and started listening. Then a cousin came in and started listening! So now we were talking to a family of 6! And it turns out that the cousin's wife, we had contacted her in the street and set up an appointment with her! Woooow...it was super cool. But sooo nerve wracking. Just having 6 people stare at you when you are teaching them haha. Wow! so scary. I was praying my GUTS out....

That was the most incredible lesson I've had on my mission. They stared at us as each one of us took turns speaking. They stared as if we touched to the center of their hearts and were just soaking up every little word we had to say. It was the coolest experience. We had no idea what to teach and we sure didn't plan for it to happen. But, the words just came to our minds. I always wanted that to happen and I think I just never quite believed that it could...but it did. I don't know what words I said nor my companion that touched their hearts but I know that it was the Spirit. It was such a beautiful and sacred experience that I will never forget. After the lesson, yet we still had to say a prayer...2 MORE family members came in!! The brother of the Mom and his wife! Then we started talking to them and it turns out that the wife's sister is my bishop's wife in my first area chiapa de corzo! wooooow! We set up an appointment to meet with them as well. WOW! Talk about the coolest thing ever. 8 people in an hour and a half.

So that was my week. :) hope yours was great! We only have two weeks left and then transfers! Already! I'm almost at my 8 month mark! Yikes! 

Hope you all have a great week!! Love you all so much and miss you always! 

Hermana Grover

Your Questions can be Answered by Listening to General Conference

So Women's General Conference just happened and we were able to go and listen in the stake center. Wooooow it was great! I didn't understand all of it but from the things I understood it was incredible! But, the coolest thing was that I thought of 5 questions like 6 minutes before it started...5 questions that I really wanted answered, personally. I was a little nervous that I wasn't going to get answers because it was all in Spanish...But wow...the questions I asked were inspired, I couldn't even believe it! Because my questions went right along with each talk..it was the coolest most spiritual experience I have had on my mission. 

I know that if you go to General Conference this week with a personal question...like why are temples important to me? Or how can I receive revelation? Or what should I do in my life..where should I go?..Anything! I promise you, if you listen carefully you will receive an answer. Its not going to be like shouting your name but I know...without a doubt that you will receive your answer. You might receive multiple answers too...But you will receive it. Also, have faith and believe that you will. 

I hope you all enjoy your week and have a great experience listening to Conference this weekend! My favorite scripture about prophets and if we listen to them, what the blessing is...read Jacob 4:6...its about your faith...read the whole chapter to be honest. Its beautiful!

Love you all,

Hermana Grover

A Little Town in the Mountains and Language Improvement

Ok!

So I am in 2 areas. They are named Jobo and Capoya. Its up in a mountain and its totally sweet because its a little town. Even though its a big area, but the views are gorgeous!!! Its like exactly how I pictured Chiapas, Mexico to be! these 6 weeks will be grand.

My Spanish is getting better. On Saturday they told me I was going to give a talk the next morning...joy haha. No, but it went well. I'm actually not nervous at all to talk in front of huge groups anymore but I get nervous because of the Spanish. The work is going good. We don't have a lot of investigators but we´re finding which is good! Everything is going well. Lots of stories but I never have time to write them... :( sorry! Love my new companion. Shes awesome and has helped me sooo much with the language. We might be going to the Temple this Friday with some recent converts and do a session...How lucky am I? 2 visits in 1 month on your mission...its a dream! 

This week is going to be awesome and we should have some dates for baptisms coming up these next few weeks! So excited for General Conference this next Saturday! Yay! But I think I´ll be listening to it in Spanish again. But that's okay. It'll only be better for me right. 

Well this is about all I have to say for this week. There's so much that happens I just don't ever have time to write. I'm sorry. When I get home you'll be listening to me for days so don't worry haha. Oh and by the way...on the 19th I hit my 7 month mark. Wow..can you believe Ive been gone for 7 months?! Crazy huh? I'm almost at my half way mark and then its downhill from there. My companion, on the 21st just completed 13 months.. poor girl shes almost done haha. Anyways I hope everything is going well with everyone in their lives! Just know I love everyone of your letters and I'm sorry that sometimes I cant reply :( But I will always get back to you! Don't worry! 

Love you all!

Hermana Grover

Transferred to Jobo

Okay well this is going to be super short because I don't have any time. But in short, I got transferred to a little town up in a mountain called Jobo. Its still in Tuxtla, but its the outskirts of Tuxtla. So yeah...that means there are 3 stakes in Tuxtla that the missionaries are in and I have been in each one of them. I know all of the city of Tuxtla. I want to get out. haha no, but its cool and this transfer will be great. My comps name is hna Cevantes. She is Mexican and super nice! It'll be good. But yeah I was in stake Grijalva, Mexico, and now Moctumatza. Hna Knight went to Tapachula... :( Ill miss her sooo so much but shell do great things in Tapachula. It was her 1st area. The average temperature in Tapachula is 120...like everyday. haha that totally stinks. I`ll probably be going there my next transfer I'm sure..But anyways all is well and talk to you next week!

Hermana Grover

The Temple

A couple days ago I woke up at like 4 in the morning and couldn't stop thinking about a family that Hna Knight and I found. We've been teaching them for a little bit and I don´t know they have a lot of potential. We want them to be baptized sooo badly but the dad is a little slower progressing. The mom wants it badly though. Anyways I just could not stop thinking about them and I was wide awake. So I was thinking about all the lessons we've given them and how we've been focusing a lot on families. Then a thought came to my mind: teach about Temples and then take them for a tour in the Temple. About a few minutes after that thought I fell asleep.

So I'm close by the Temple but the area of the Temple is the Sister Training Leaders. They give tours of the Temple to their investigators. So in the morning I told my comp about everything and it turns out that you don´t just have to be in the area of the Temple to give a tour. So we can go give a tour for them sometime this week. She agreed that's what we needed to do. So in personal study that morning I studied about Temples and wow. I think that whole waking up thing wasn't just an accident. It has been super hard in our area lately and we've just been feeling really...incapable because all of our dates keep falling and couldn't find anyone and it was just hard. Anyways so for a couple weeks we were just feeling like we weren't receiving any guidance. We just had no idea what to do anymore and every personal study seemed like we were studying the same thing and worrying about the same thing and it was getting very discouraging.

Anyways, when I studied about the Temple, I don´t know how to explain my feelings but it was so incredible. I felt so at peace and that finally my personal study was effective. My comp studied the same thing and then we shared the things we learned and felt and she felt the same as me. But something that I love that she shared with me was: When everything seems so lost and your mind is foggy and you just don't know what to do. Go to the Temple and those things will clear and you will receive guidance or strength.

It seemed like that was just perfect. Exactly what we needed to hear. So we talked to the President and he said we can actually do a session! He wants to go with us so we have a session for tomorrow at 7pm with the Pres and his wife. We´re sooo excited and just feel like that is what we need to do. Finally its like we received guidance and we were just so at peace. It was awesome.

I've learned that the 2 most important things we need to learn about in this life are the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the Temples.

So really if you ever feel lost or just don't know where to go or what to do. Go to the Temple. That should always be our goal. Go to the Temple. Even if it just means to be on the Temple grounds. Just go :)

Love you all and hope you have a great week!

Hermana Grover

ps transfers are this next Monday!