Hermana Jessica Thompson - Mexico Cuidad Juarez Mission

Hola Todos!!!! This week has been a hot one. It's definitely not something I'm used to or something I like but I mean we do it for the Lord :)  This week we found several people that have huge potential to be baptized! We have also found other people to begin teaching that also seem very receptive! Karen is a wonderful young lady that we started teaching these last week. She has gone to several church activities and we are starting to see a testimony take hold in her heart. We are super excited to keep the work going here in Del Sol.  This week we also took a little adventure to el Parque Central here in Juarez. I think it's probably the only green part of the city! For some reason, they have an ostrich and a giraffe there but it served for a good, relaxing afternoon. ;) My companion bought me this little purple devil telling me it reminded her of me... we're working on that ;) I have also dev...

To clarify things, the title of my email only comes from the fact that I've been cooking a lot recently ;) This week was full of ups and downs. We've been learning a lot (especially how to cook and improvise) and have had to leave a lot of people we are teaching. It's always hard to leave people that aren't progressing but that opens the way to find the Lord's elect. But all is well :) Recently I was reading in a Liahona and I found a painting that caught my attention along with the paragraph that described it.  This image was inspired by Matthew 4:1 as clarified by Joseph Smith: “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be with God” (Joseph Smith Translation, Matthew 4:1). As the Savior prepared Himself for His ministry by fasting for 40 days and nights, He taught us the importance of taking time to commune with our Father in Heaven to find divine guidance and strength to complete ...