"Bata"? Spanish or Puerto Rican?

If anyone was wondering.... The church is still true. Jesus Christ is still the son of God. God still answers prayers. And miracles still happen. Crazy things happen on missions and you can be blessed in the weirdest ways but I will say that I have seen the tender mercies of the Lord in my life everyday here. I encourage people to read Alma 5 and notice the word "invitation" and Alma's testimony. He says so much but testifies that He knows of it through the power of the Holy Spirit which is the spirit of revelation that is in I'm. I know that what I preach is the word of God through that same spirit and I know that I am supposed to be here in Puerto Rico learning a weird form of Spanish. 

A little update on one of the people that we are teaching. His name is Herb. He is from New York, New York and is such a special guy. He stood at the base of the twin towers when the first plane flew into the building. While teaching him about the Holy Ghost and how it talks to us he shared a beautiful testimony about how grateful he was for the protection God gives his children. He stood at the base of the twin towers the morning of 9/11 and right before he was about to open the doors he heard a voice tell him to stop, turn around, and go home. 10 minutes later the plane hit. Ever since that day he has been searching for a way to understand and hear that voice again. While the spirit rarely speaks to someone in an audible voice we should always be striving to live our lives in a way to hear and understand the voice of God better. He speaks to us all individually and specifically. Just like any other muscle in the body our spiritual receptivity muscle needs to be strengthened everyday. This is done through prayer, scripture study, and actively listening to the voice of God. These three things take effort and time and are hard to do sometimes. But never feel like it impossible to do. 

I love each one of you so much and please pray for an opportunity to help move the missionary work forward in your area. Feeding the missionaries is great but also ask if you can come to a lesson or help a person of interest get to church!

Here are some fun pictures next to a colorful wall that we found

and some funny pictures of Hermana Boston (Not my comp but fun girl in our Casa) reading before bead, eating soup, and playing in the rain with me in our Batas!  :)

Earthquake, smoothies, kickball.

I am constantly sunburned. I always wear a giant hat and no one can say my last name because "worth" isn't something that the Spanish language has sounds for. But one thing that I know for sure is that the people here in Puerto Rico are amazing. They always let us in to talk to them and they love Jesus Christ a lot. I love to listen (have my trainer translate for me) to their stories about how they have used faith in their life. There are some amazing people here and we are having success in contacting and teaching.  People have liked to stop me and take my picture with red hair and blue eyes and I'm pretty sure I am on like 4 different snapchat stories of some 11 year old girls. 

I wanted to share the story in Alma 5. This chapter talks about how Alma the younger has gained his testimony. He knows for himself because of fasting many days and praying for an answer. He knows through the power of the Holy Ghost that manifest the truth of all things. The very last verse he says that he speaks to those not of the church by way of invitation. Invitation to come unto Christ, be baptized, and to partake of the fruit of life. Go and extend that invitation. Crazy things happen when you open your mouth and speak of the great things that the Lord has revealed. 

Also it is a thing here to have people invite you share their message and just give you a whole bunch of fruit at the end of the lesson. So every morning I have been putting all the fruit into a smoothie. I have concluded that banana, strawberry, papaya, and starfruit smoothies are the best things in the world. 

Also funny thing happened but there was an earthquake here. The members keep saying it is a 4.6. If someone could confirm that that would be great. But I was in the middle of praying for my hiccups to go away when the earthquake hit. My hiccups went away. Tender mercies I guess.... Thank you. 

By the way I don't think I have said this yet but I am in Guayama in Puerto Rico and there have been some issues with mail here and all mail must go to the mission office first :) thanks :) I love you all and I hope that you are doing well! Thanks for the replies about Captain Marvel :) LOOVE YYYOOUUU

PUERTO RICO!!! (not Costa Rica... please learn that)

Hello my dearly beloved! I have made it safely to Puerto Rico! I am excited to share the gospel and this first week has been an exciting one. I had to say goodbye to an amazing district in the CCM. I am so grateful for the things I learned there and the friends I made. 

We got into Puerto Rico on Tuesday after flying to Panama. My trainers name is Hermana Nelson and she is amazing! She is from California/Mississippi. I am so excited to work with her.

We have seen so many miracles this past week. We have a 11 new investigators and we have one who has committed to baptism. I have experience so much about what it means to be a servant of the Lord. The Lord has a huge hand in the work here in Puerto Rico and I am so grateful for the opportunity to work here. 

Some of the best things that happened this week is when my trainer and I were driving and when we stopped we had an overwhelming feeling to leave. We left and found a new area to go in and immediately found a young family who was interested in the Gospel. I know that this is the true church and that he guides us to where we need to be. 

Also I have no idea what people are saying here. They do not speak Spanish in Puerto Rico. This is not the same language that I learned in the ccm!!! HELLLPP but it is still amazing! Everyday I am learning more! On Sunday I understood this one member and I got really excited! I later found out that was because he was from Mexico or somewhere that did not have the Puerto Rican accent! But it is all good! I have hope of learning the language and I can already feel myself understanding more day by day!

Also you all should watch the new safety videos from the church they are SOO very funny!!

I HAVE SO MUCH LOVE FOR EVERYONE ON THIS LIST! I HOPE EVERYONE IS ALL GOOD!

If anyone has seen Captain Marvel please reply with your movie reviews because NATALIE wonts tell me what happened!!!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!