"I'm not here for ladies, I'm here for Jesus" (Feb. 5, 2025)

Hola hola! Only 2 weeks left till i get to Peru! Ahhh. So so excited to go but not so excited to leave my companion, my district, and my teachers. They have helped me so much..so special shoutout to all of them. 

It has been sooo warm this week! Hermana Lambson and I have set a goal to run every morning...don't ask us why cause we are questioning it ourselves. But Heavenly Father is giving us warm weather to make it a little easier cause He's cool like that. We also were called to be Sister Training Leaders this week. Definitely getting me out of my comfort zone, but the sisters in my zone make it easy. 

Elder Quentin L. Cook came and spoke to us last night. He was amazing! He spoke about the "4 Loves of Being a Missionary" 

1. Love your Companion

2. Love the People you Serve 

3. Love your Mission President and his wife

4. Love Jesus Christ 

His talk was so powerful. Even though I don't know the language, I can still love with all my heart, might, mind, and strength. As I was thinking about this talk I thought that number 5 should be...Love Yourself. One of the two great commandments is to love your neighbor as you love yourself. You can't give Christlike love to other people if you don't have that Christlike love for yourself. We aren't perfect, and we make mistakes, but through Jesus Christ we can always improve. So give yourself some grace. 

It's so hard to know what to say in these emails because I learn and experience so much every day. So I'll just give you a small summary...

God gives us hard things because He knows how strong we can become. Love God more than ANYTHING, and you'll be able to love ANYONE. Jesus is the best. 

Love you all!! Love hearing from you and I'm always praying for you💗

-Hermana Micheli