Shauna Graves' Mission: Voy A Recibir Un Bebe?(Training) - Gave Spanish Tour In English (Oops :) )

We got our new transfer board this week! Turns out, I'm going to be training! Crazy! My trainee (also known as - baby) will get here on Wednesday and her adventure will begin. It honestly is weird that I've been out long enough where they trust me enough to teach someone how to be a missionary. It's kinda funny because I still feel like I have no clue what I'm doing. I just take it one day at a time. I'm really excited tho. Nervous but excited :) I got a chance to talk to her a little bit today and she seems like she is going to be a killer missionary. She has that fire in her, I can already tell. Can't wait to meet her on Wednesday!!

We got to have district council in person for the first time in about 4 months!! It was kinda crazy to see the elders in person again. We usually only see the missionaries that cover the same ward as us. It was so fun to see everyone and talk about how to be better missionaries and how to improve ourselves. I think I'm learning more and more on this mission that I really need social interaction. We all already know that I like to talk a lot...so my interaction with humans is important.

Another funny story is that at district council we were SO excited to do it in person that we decided to go do it in a forest. Naturally, there are no seats in the forest right? Well the elders saw a big log and thought it would be smart to bring it over to us so we could sit on it... well...all was well until they set it down...I'll attach the video if you want to see what went down.

Nothing that profound happened this week but I do have another funny story. We give tours in English and in Spanish at the visitors center right? Well we were doing a Spanish tour that consists of about 6 videos and us talking about the videos after. I started the tour and it was going well. Everyone was happy and excited. Sister Crowley got really flustered when she needed to introduce the videos that she just like totally forgot how to speak any Spanish whatsoever. I was on the other side of the camera trying to mouth to her what she should say...didn't work very well. Everyone was giggling a little bit...then she was really embarrassed. She clicked play on the presentation and about 6 minutes in we realized that she played it in ENGLISH. So embarrassing. I had to play it off after and testify about eternal families even tho they probably had no clue what the tour was about hahahahahaha. Super awkward.

With Valentine's day yesterday, I've been thinking a lot about the love of God. The most important love we have. And goodness I am grateful for it. As I was thinking about when I have felt His love the most, I realized that it has been during my lowest moments. I feel closest to Him in my hard times. Because that's when I need Him the most. The mission is not easy. Not at all. But goodness it is so worth it. And I grow closer to Heavenly Father and His son every single day as I feel His love for me. And as I struggle I feel Him pick me up and carry me on. What a miracle that we have the opportunity to know that we have a savior. I am so thankful.

Have a great week everyone :)

Hermana Graves

1- a funny picture of President Durham hahahahaha

2-another temple picture. *insert eye roll from everyone* haha

3- pretty sunset view of the bay

4- *highlight of my week* doing a tour with my amazing MTV companion. I miss hearing her testimony. She is thriving in Arizona and we both have faith that someday we will meet up in the Costa Rica Jan José airport :)

5- me :)

6- district council IN PERSON!!

7- me, holding a book of mormon upside down

8- me, crying after the assistants called me to ask me to train because I knew Sister Crowley would leave me haha

9- the vc sisters had service this week and we went around the streets and cleaned the signs. I'm 100% confident that my scrubbing did not increase the clarity of the sign.