Half Way Done!

(A/N: Hello everyone! Alejandra here and gosh, I'm doing so horrible at this consistent update thing...I'll repent. But to be fair, last week, Hermana Ramos-Escobar did not send out an update for the blog since she ran out of time. But next week, she informed us that she will be going to the temple on Monday so she won't be writing to us until Tuesday, so having an update sent out on Wednesday won't seem so off. ^_^;

She did mention however that transfers happened last week and she is staying in Echo and she is training again. Hermana Campos, on the other hand, has been transferred to Turlock. Oh, and she sent lots and lots of pictures! :D So while this update is short, you will be visually fed!

OH! One more thing, we have this large calender-countdown tracker for the days Hermana Ramos-Escobar has been out on the mission, and today she has reached her half way mark! :D From this point on, we are counting down until she returns home (give or take a few days)! Alright, I think I have officially written more than my sister has, ha ha! Enjoy the photos and small update!)

This week was great! I can't believe it's only been a week because I feel like so much has happened!

I sent off Hermana Campos to Turlock, I went to the temple, and I got a new companion! It's been crazy! Transfer weeks always feel longer than normal weeks!

So my new companion is Sister Simonsen! She is from San Antonio Texas! She is 19! I'm really excited to work with her! I feel like she is exactly what this area needs! I love how inspired President Clark is!

Besides all the transfer stuff not much happened...It was Valentines Day this weekend! Didn't celebrate that though..We went to a Carne Asada that the Elders Quorum was holding for themselves and for the missionary work, so that was fun! I got a tan in the middle of February! That normally doesn't happen. Well...I don't know what else to say...so here are some pictures!!

Love,
Hermana Ramos-Escobar

Photos from 2/9/15

Hermana Campos got bit by red ants!!

It's actually a pretty funny story! I was dying laughing!

Our District!
L to R:

Elder Patterson, Elder Olsen (floor), Elder Perez, Elder Hendricks, Hrna. Campos and I

We played volleyball!! It was soo much fun!! :D

Waiting for Transfer calls!!

I'm staying here in Echo training, and Sister Campos is going to Turlock!

The Elders that are staying here in Echo:
Elder Olsen, Elder Feltner, Elder Perez

I love her!! :) ​I'm going to miss her!!

Photos from 2/16/15

Our last picture with Echo United!! We all got Ecko shirts and hats :)
L to R - Top: Me, Hna. Campos, Elder Perez
L to R - Middle: Elder Olsen, Elder Feltner
Bottom: Elder Garbero

Right before Elder Garbero and Hna Campos left... :/

Elder Feltner and I sending off our Trainee's!

Elder Garbero! He's the best!

Trainers going to the temple! :)

All the sisters that are going to be training!

Sister Simonsen! My new companion!

A/N: Poor resolution...but that's the calender I was talking about!

I put a Captain America sticker up top! :)

Alma 36

(A/N: Hello everyone! Alejandra here with the weekly email from Hermana Ramos-Escobar who's out serving! It's pretty short, but I feel like it has a powerful message to it! :D Enjoy! )

This week, I was reading in Alma 36. This is when Alma is talking to his son Helaman. I loved this chapter!

Alma is telling his son everything that had happened when he saw the angel. He was telling Helaman about all the things that he had done wrong. He had rebelled against God, he didn't keep the commandments, he murdered people, he led people away into destruction, and there is so much more that he did. I can't imagine how rotten Alma probably felt at that time. Remembering all the things that he did to lead people away from God. He says that for three days and three nights he was racked with pains of a damned soul, but then he remembered that Christ was going to come and atone for everyone's sin.

And then he tells his son:

"Now, as my mind caught hold upon this thought, I cried withing my heart: O Jesus, thou Son of God, have mercy on me, who am in the gall bitterness, and am encircled about by the everlasting chains of death. And now, behold, when I thought this, I could remember my pains no more; yea, I was harrowed up by the memory of my sins no more."

 

Because of one prayer, of all Alma's feelings were taken away. One simple prayer.
 

It doesn't matter how bad we feel. It doesn't matter what we do. But if we really have that sincere desire to change. Christ will help us. He knows our heart.
 

I love this Church. I love the Book of Mormon and I know its true.

Love,

Hermana Ramos-Escobar