Monday, September 15, 2014

September 15, 2014 -- A Week of Miracles!

 I learned how to make apple pie!
Hello family!

Well I feel very humble and grateful this week.  We saw some great miracles.  

The first one was on Wednesday -- we had plans to go see a less-active family.  Basically, right before we were heading over to teach them, the sister called and told us that she wanted us to teach her neighbor who was coming over. "Get your pamphlets and Book of Mormons and all your thingies!"  So we came over and met Nina, and they were both so excited to sit and learn about the Restoration.  It was a very spirit-filled lesson and Nina really liked it!  We didn't invite her to be baptized yet but we have an appointment with her tomorrow that we hope goes really well!

Thursday's miracle came in a text late at night.  So remember Stacy?  The one who had a daughter and they were like good to go and then all of a sudden dropped us?  Well, her trial was on Friday, so we prayed about it and decided to text her telling her good luck.  She texted us back and said she misses us and as soon as she gets out of her living situation she'll call us!  We were jumping up and down because we'd thought all hope was lost!!  Sad thing is she doesn't move until January.  But things went well, and she won her hearing, and we know she isn't completely lost anymore.

Friday night we had a meal appointment in Sevierville that got moved an hour later and then an appointment cancelled, so we had nothing to do and we weren't in our area!  So we went to the city park, sat on a bench and prayed that we'd be led to the right people to talk to.  We both felt prompted to approach a young hispanic mom, and talked with her a bit.  It was going well, when all of a sudden a young dad came up to us and said, "You're the Mormons, right!?" We said yes and he said, "I am too!  I've been wanting to come back to church!"  So it turns out that he has like 6 kids between his wife and him and he was raised in the Sevierville ward, moved away, and came back.  If we hadn't been talking to the young mom then he may not have seen us.  I am just learning the importance of following the Spirit in ALL our activities.  It is so important!

This is my comp and I studying at the "theater-church" before district meeting.  
We're funny.  But she's a very good teacher, she's very very smart!! It's tight!
Saturday, we took our bishop's wife to see a less-active sister who is a returned missionary.  I may have mentioned her before.  Anywho we went into her home and talked, then when we started to really share what we'd prepared, she opened up, and the spirit was so strong.  She feels inhibited by her marriage situation, and bitter towards God, and told us she was so grateful to us for bringing the Spirit into her home.  I am so grateful for the prompting to go visit her, because the Spirit was there and it was perfect.

Sunday's miracle was the Elders have a baptism set for next Sunday - and Celeste's date of the 25th hasn't been working out.  So after church we drove to Celeste's and invited her to be baptized in the same service as the elder's investigator next sunday and she accepted!  So now we get to start teaching her all the lessons all this week!  We are just praying that it happens, she's had many dates that have all fallen, but faith remains!

Last night we put on a ward fireside where a psychologist/member of the church came and talked to us about communication in marriage.  It was the greatest, and I love getting these perspectives before I've entered into that stage of life, but when it's still completely applicable!  I believe that explicit communication changes everything, and it is vital to missionary work.  Listening and understanding before talking is vital.  


Well, we had a great week.  Hope you all did too!  I know our Heavenly Father is watching over you and loves you more that you know.  Every one of you. 

Love, Mads 

September 8, 2014 -- September Has Come

Funfact of the day, people down here LOVE their moonshine.  I thought it was a thing of the past, but nope, the top seller of it bears my last name!
HELLO FAMILY!

Thank you for your wonderful letters and emails -- they just warm my heart!  I was asked by a sister in your ward to write a letter to VV2, and it definitely got me thinking how grateful I am for the ward in which I was raised and the wonderful folks around there.  I miss it!

Anywho, this week has been a fairly good one here in Seymour.  It is crazy that it is September and I only have one more transfer left here, odds are.  And then I shall die in my next area.  Time really does fly!

So this week we have had quite some experiences, finding and meeting new less actives.  We met one who works at Burger King, but is practically on her death-bed with cancer! But she was a very nice lady, we were just worried for her health. 

One day we were looking at potential investigators in the area book, and we were headed to Kodak (another town in our area) that day.  We saw one from 2007, and felt the spirit strongly telling us to contact Peggy - who lived in Kodak!   So we went, and it turns out she is the girlfriend of a less-active man named Ed who is a little older and blind.  He hasn't been back to church since he was about 20.  We shared with him the story of the Stripling Warriors out of the Book of Mormon, and he said, "Wow! Could you get that book on CD for me?  I really enjoyed that story!"  And he also told us his girlfriend and he would like to start coming to church.  So we are excited to continue to teach them!  

On Wednesday we went with Bonnie Murphy and her family (recent converts that live right next to us) to "church". (No one ever calls it Young Women or Activity Days or Scouts.  Wednesday night is simply "church" down here).  It was SO GREAT because the Murphys haven't been coming to church basically all summer, and the kids have really missed it.  Wednesday night went so well that Bonnie decided she would give church a try again on Sunday.  

We had a very spiritual lesson with Nikki (who was just baptized).  We went with a sweet sister, and talked about the Priesthood.  She started to sob, and said, "Normally I cry because I'm happy, but today, I cry because I want my husband to know of these things so badly."  It was so sweet. I told her that he will come around someday. Then she looked at me and said, "Yes, but I want him to get baptized before you leave!"  I just love her.  Her husband, Russell, is currently reading the Book of Mormon and getting closer and closer, but has a lot of fear about organized religion and actual church attendance still basically.  But we're praying for him!

Yesterday we had a mission fast, to increase our finding efforts and open the hearts of the members to trust the missionaries.  It began with a beautiful, heartfelt prayer by President Griffen on a mission-wide conference call, and I could feel the power of all 200 of us kneeling together throughout Eastern Tennessee.  He then challenged all the missionaries to bear their testimonies in Fast and Testimony the next day.  That meeting was so spirit-filled, and very centered on missionary work.  I can already see the change in some of the members, who are beginning to catch the vision of what role we can play and how much we can truly help them and serve.  So it was a very good meeting, especially because we had one part-member couple we teach, then two more less-active families that we never imagined would come, and then the Murphys too.  Bonnie's concern with church had been that her two little boys have been crazy, but yesterday they were so calm!  After sacrament, Celeste Murphy, the 16-year old daughter that hasn't been baptized, told us that she really wants to be baptized.  She's said this before so we're hoping it really happens, but we talked to her with bishop and set a date for the 25th of September.  Tonight we're going to start the lessons with her.  We've prepared a Restoration jeopardy game, so I am SO excited for that! It will be a very needed review for the rest of the family.

I am so very grateful for the Atonement of Christ - I feel my weaknesses so strongly sometimes, but I find complete satisfaction and peace as I partake of the sacrament weekly.  This ordinance has come to mean so much to me.  

I love you and are praying for you all every every day!

Love, 
Mads


September 2, 2014 -- We Are His Hands

This is where we live -- 1890's farmhouse.
Dear Familia,

I have a bit of a cold today and I'm a bit out of it so forgive me if I do not make much sense.

This week has been HARD!!  But I think it's just proof that the gospel will continue to go forward! First you have to know, Stacy and Anaka, the new investigators, live with a man named Bob who is just a family friend and is very nice to let them stay there. Anywho last Monday, we had an AMAZING lesson with Stacy and her daughter and friend in the Bishop's home.  We had a fun, delicious dinner together, then we sat down and discussed the Plan of Salvation.  The Bishop and his wife are converts themselves, so it was simply perfect.  Stacy did have a lot of questions, but everything seemed good.  We invited the girls to Young Women on Wednesday.

The view from outside the church at night.  Look! the Titanic!
 On Wednesday, we had a good day in Kodak, especially in a lesson with a less-active family, that night the girls didn't show up to church.  Thursday was my 1-year mark, we found a new investigator that day and taught some other great lessons.  However, we began to be a little worried because Stacy had not been responding to our texts as much as usual.  

Friday afternoon, we were finishing some weekly planning, talking about how to prepare Stacy and Anaka and Elizabeth for their baptismal date.  We came to a roadblock of sorts, as we were planning, Stacy called us.  She told us that they'd been thinking about it and decided that they want to look at some other churches.  We were shocked - she was so so solid before!!  We were so surprised.  By this time we'd already had a lesson arranged for Saturday and then a ride for Sunday, so we just asked if she could at least come give church a try.  She said she would.  Five minutes later, Bob called us, demanding that we don't come over again, and that Stacy was not interested at all, and they won't be coming to church.  Sister Guevara talked to him, and apparently he wasn't very nice about it.

So, it was one of the hardest things to see - especially because it felt like it wasn't entirely Stacy's choice.  However, she had told us she'd been looking around on other websites and found some other things, and so we do believe that anti-information could be a huge part of what happened.

Preaching in a primitive baptist church in the smokies.
But it's been a good weekend!  We've taught Margaret, our steady investigator, seen a part-member family progressing, and at church we had a good talk about missionary work in sunday school.  Some members complain about our church building and so we talked about how it doesn't matter where we worship, it matters that we're bringing others closer to Christ, and we must DO HIS WORK!  So it was fabulous! Yesterday for Labor day a sweet family took us up to the Smokies and we had lunch and went through Cade's Cove which was absolutely awesome.  Reminded me of roadtrips with the family, driving around in a minivan and getting out to look at historical signs.  I loved it. And we had a good lesson last night with Laurel.

Hope is not lost even when we're sick and sad for the choices of others!  I know this will be a great week!  Love you all!  


Hermana Collier

Cade's Cove 

August 25, 2014 -- Fish in the Smokies!

P-day with penguins at Ripley's Believe it or Not Aquarium in the Smokies

Dear Family! HELLO!

This week was grand.  We played a jolly game of tennis last p-day, and then visited an inactive family (who barely remembered they were members) and they had a pet hedgehog I got to hold!  Then on Tuesday, we'd planned to go out with this couple in our ward the Bakers.  They are much older, and have served a mission in Utah, and Brother Baker is the most stern and sarcastic person you'll ever meet, and Sister Baker is as sweet as pie.  But we took them to contact a referral we'd received. We got there and met Stacy.  

Stacy is 48, she has a 13 year old daughter, Anaka,whom she loves very much.  A year ago she was in the mortgage business, but after a sudden heart bypass surgery a year ago, lost her job and all her money and has been living on nothing for the last year. Through a patriotic group on facebook, she connected with a Utahn (ex-MoTab member in fact) and he sent the missionaries over to talk with her.  So she was almost set for baptism in Knoxville, and then had to move for financial reasons.  But somehow we got sent her address! The Bakers took us to contact her, and she was crying almost as soon as we walked in.  She told us she knew we came from God and she needed us.  As she told us her story, Brother Baker would interrupt occasionally and say, "don't cry! look at the bright side, everyone goes through these things."   So that was kind of interesting. But we had a good lesson and scheduled a return appointment for Saturday.

One cool experience was Thursday, we called Sister Whitehead (a less active sister we work with) to schedule a visit and she informed us she was very sick that night.  Turns out we were heading to the house of a one of the very few families in the ward with two Melchizedek priesthood holders in the household for dinner that night who lived very near, so we asked if we could come offer her a blessing.  To our surprise she said yes! So we knew that she really must have been sick.  Anyway this family had only met her once despite living a mile away!  So after dinner we went together and they gave her the blessing, she was so grateful.  Priesthood power is real.

Friday we made waffles for the seminary students, it was great fun.  We had leftovers after so we decided we'd share with the elders after district meeting, but we didn't think anyone was coming besides our normal district.  Ten minutes before the meeting started, the zone leaders came, then a minute later in walks President Griffen!  I was very shocked!  We had a great meeting, he helped me with some questions I had as we role-played.  I was also shocked when afterward he stayed and had waffles with us!  What really stood out to me is that he's so personable to every missionary.  He's fun and loving.   It's really a testimony to me that the Lord knows who and what we need out here in the mission.  

Afterward, we had an appointment fall through and I was at a loss of what to do, until the thought came to my mind that our Bishop had asked us to visit a sister in the ward who's gone through surgery recently.  When I called her to ask if we could swing by, she sounded very very hesitant.  But we just walked in and began visiting, and she began to tell us her marvelous story.  She's really one of the strongest members I've met, her testimony has withstood her husband leaving her, some of her children falling in and out of activity, insults that could've offended her, losing all her money and her house, and breast cancer most recently.  And she tearfully told us that she stays strong because she knows what's right and true, and she wants her children to know what's right and true.  We were all in tears by the end, and her heart had definetely changed and I think she was glad we'd come by. That was just a great strengthener for me.

Saturday night we met again with Stacy and Anaka, this time bringing Sister Kennedy and her daughter as fellowshippers.  The lesson was great, we talked about the Restoration, and set a date for their baptism on September 13th!  We know Satan will be working on them hard though in every way-physically, financially, and with bits of doctrine that are hard at first (understanding the role of the priesthood and women, for example), so please pray for Stacy and Anaka!

Today we went with the Maryville missionaries to Ripley's Believe it or not Aquarium in the Smokies and it was ever so fun!!!  We walked with sharks and petted jellyfish and sting rays.  But the best part was the cute penguins.  I loved it!   After we went to eat at a place called Old Mill, corn fritters are my new favorite thing.

I'm not really thinking about my year mark this week too much.  "The past is behind--learn from it; the future is ahead --prepare for it; the present is here--live it"  -President Monson

LOVE you ALL!!!

Hermana Madeleine Collier

Saturday, August 23, 2014

August 18, 2014 -- On a Mission to Rescue Sevierville


 Sister Whitehead,  the most hilarious ward member we have.  

Hola Familia!!!

Well this week was good!  The last couple days of Sister Malloy being here we had lotsa food and visits with members, and then we had Zone Conference on Wednesday.  It was sad to say goodbye to Sister Malloy and see her go, but exciting for her as well.  I'll miss our little trio!  In our zone Conference we had on Wednesday, among other things we talked about strengthening the wards we serve in.  President Griffin said, "These wards have 10 or 15 people who are working hard -- who are tired.  Do what you can to uplift them and take the burdens onto your shoulders."  This couldn't have been more true.  Sister Guevara and I talked after and felt that we both felt very inspired to do this in our ward--to really reach out to those without Visiting Teachers and those less actives who need to return.  This leads up to our experience with the Bowes' family.

So last week, I'd felt inspired to call a Sister Bowes off the ward list.  We called, and turns out it was a number they don't usually answer - but she did, and let us know her address and welcomed our visit.  When we got there, we were greeted Sister Bowes -- fun, bubbly, very sweet sister who was SO excited to have missionaries at her door!  She described her story, including the burden of her part-time job on top of raising a 12 and 13 year old, an autistic 17 year old, and caring for both her husband who had mental damage from serving in the militairy in the 90s, and another old family friend who she's dedicated most of her time and money in the last few years to.  And how the missionaries had found her a few years ago at a yard sale, and she was baptized soon after. Our first visit we really just got to know her, and told her we'd come back.  That Sunday the whole family made it to church for the first time in about a year.  

ANYWAYS! On Friday we called an active sister to go with us. This sister's husband just began chemotherapy and was throwing up all day, but she still said yes she would go!  So she came with us to visit Sister Bowes.  They immediately connected.  We began a lesson on the Savior's Atonement, and Sister Bowes, so cute, pulled out a notebook and took notes on everything we said.  At the end of the lesson Sister Byers bore her testimony and began crying, testifying of Jesus Christ and also relating her experience of caring for her own family members to that of Sister Bowes'.  Afterwards, Sister Byers thanked us for the oppurtunity to serve, she felt blessed for her sacrifice.  This is what it's all about!

We had two more appointments after this one, and we needed a team-up for them so bad, but had already called everyone that we thought we could.  We went to the library to do mormon.org, and there was Sister Lackey from the ward.  We told her our situation and she said, I'd love to take you to the appointments!  So we went and taught Nikki, who's doing well, and then an investigator named Laurel.  We had a good lesson with Laurel (see picture) and invited her and her family to church and they almost came, but she had back pain so didn't end up coming.  But she's progressing pretty well.  Best of all, it really boosted Sister Lackey's confidence to be taking the missionaries around- she wants to do it again!  Sometimes team-ups are just as much for the members as they are for the missionaries.  

Another thing we'd wanted to do was go to Seminary and talk to the students there about coming unto Christ and helping them get more involved in missionary work.  So we woke up earlier on Friday, not really sure what we were doing -- but as soon as I walked into the seminary room (in our theater-church building) and felt the spirit of those youth and adults who'd sacrificed to be there so early, I felt the Spirit affirming we were supposed to be there.  We shared a short message with them and gave them excitement to share the gospel this year with their friends and talked about the different ways we could do that!  It was great.  After we studied, we called a sister in the ward to come with us to a less active family.

On Sunday the whole Bowes family came to church and met everyone.  There is no feeling like seeing a full family return to activity and seeing the smiles on their faces and everyone around them.  One of the most rewarding experiences was, last night Sister Bowes calls us with an emergency.  Her mother had been involved in a hit and run and was going to the hospital.  As soon as we let the YW pres and RS pres know, they had meals lined up and the Bishop planned to go visit them.  This sounds small and simple but it was HUGE because things like that don't always happen back here!

So we just really feel the need to help the ward, and raise their faith and their vision, and I know that ours will raise as we do so as well.  I am excited to continue the work of Salvation, through helping and serving the members, and inviting souls to really truly be converted.

I hope yall are being converted as well daily.
Love ya!
Hermana Collier



Smoky Mountain Hermana

Friday, August 15, 2014

August 11, 2014 -- Ever Heard of an Attack Goat?

Sister Jones - love her! She leaves us soon, sadly.
Dear familia:  


I will give an accounting of this fun, slightly crazy, great week!  Well let's start with the spiritual awesome moments.  First, Sister Malloy and I had an exchange with the lovely Sister Jones, it's funny cause the first exchange of my mission ever was with these two sisters so it was way fun to be together again!  We taught a less active family in our area that just got sealed a year ago, but now don't want to make the effort to come to church and are not afraid to admit it at all.  He is tough and hard on the outside, but a softy on the inside. They're so loving and wild, and I think our ward needs their energy so much!  We had a great lesson with them though.  The spirit was so strong, and he began crying as he said the closing prayer! We're praying for them.



Another was when we went to contact a potential investigator.  We knocked on the door and it was his sister-in-law, but she let us in. Her name was Lakrisha, and she was a young sweet mom.  We sat down and said a prayer together, and started to tell her simply of the love God has for her.  Tears just started streaming down her face and she told us she knew God had sent us to her that day.  We taught a simple restoration, in which Sister Guevara recited the First Vision -- during which we were all crying.  It was just a sweet manifestation of the Love of God.  Her husband however doesnt want us to meet with her so please pray that we'll be able to meet with Lakrisha more!

Happy and sad moments of the week:  We teamed up with our favorite person, Scarleth flores, for the last time before she heads to UT.  It is the best experience for her and for us, and at a Gas Station on the way to teach Nikki, we talked to some people and got their information. When I went to the check out, the cashier said, "So where are you from, Sister?" she continued to tell me she's a member, just not ready to go back to church.  It was definitely the hand of the Lord that placed her in our path!  That night we got to have dinner and FHE with the Flores family for the last time.  Brother Flores taught us the most hilarious game, "Bunga bunga" - I would tell you why it's my favorite thing, but that would ruin it so I'll just wait till I can play it with y'all!

The fab four team-up -- in turquoise!

The Flores family will be greatly missed.  Off to Utah they go.
So training's always fun because you never really know what she's thinking when you do crazy things for the first time.  Saturday we went to go try and contact a less active.  We drive through the banjos of Tennessee, and pull into a driveway with a barn next to it with a sign reading:
And so I thought it was just a joke, so we say a little prayer, right? As soon as I open my eyes, and there's a goat, staring at me with a challenging gaze! It had jumped it's fence.  I was laughing yet really nervous cause I didnt really know if it was real or not.  So slowly we got out of the car and tried to tiptoe our way around the attack goat, it was just bleating at us SO LOUD, i thought it was really gonna go for us, but we luckily got away.  My companion said, "We don't need to go! Heavenly Father doesn't need these children in His kingdom!"
There it is, the goat that scared us.  And note the pheasant,* which added to the eeriness of the situation.

ANYWAYS we are doing well here in Seymour. training is a great experience and is teaching me a LOT.  Sister Malloy will be sorely missed here by the recent converts, members, investigators, and maybe most of all us!  But that's life! We're excited for her despite our sadness!

LOVE Y'ALL!

Hermana Collier

*Editor's note:  Pheasant?  It looks like one of those that the folks at birds.cornell.edu include in their list of Confusing Domestic Ducks:    "If your duck has a red face, it’s probably a Muscovy Duck. This red skin can be quite bumpy, exaggerated, and frankly, gross, with a knob on top of the bill and lumps all over.  If you see that, it’s a slam dunk Muscovy Duck."  Add the pied black and white plumage and it's double slam-dunk.  As a daughter of Maynard, I have neglected my duty to teach her the difference between a pheasant and a duck.  

August 4, 2014 -- A New Transfer in Seymour!

Hola Familia!!
I am here in Tennessee, so excited to write y'all, and so grateful for all the letters/emails I've received recently.  Well here we are with our new hija!!  Time in the last week has just flown seriously. 
But there were some great highlights . . . 
Something fun:  last p-day we went with a sweet sister in the ward and her daughter hiking in the Smokies.  It was beautiful!  I love these mountains--and there are REAL TREES here! We got to see the cabin of the oldest people to live within the park boundaries, I could just see the mountain people living here in their old cabins, off the land, pickin' on their banjos. 

So on Wednesday, we went to Farragut for the biggest transfer the Tennessee Knoxville mission has seen in months.  About 75% of all companionships were changed, so there were tons of missionaries, members and amazing people there.  We entered the training meeting with President Griffen who gave us wonderful council.  We found out in that meeting, that our hermanita wouldn't be spanish speaking assigned, (she's english) which I was a little surprised to hear.  But we went into the meeting where trainers meet their trainees, and we received Sister Guevara, and it was all great!  Her name is spanish because her grandparents come originally from Spain, and the boy she's writing is Mexican, but she's never learned Spanish so she was super excited for the oppurtunity to learn with us, and I think it's the Hand of the Lord for sure.  She's from Lehi UT, blond and cute, is about Sister Malloy's height, so I feel like a bit of a giant, but that's ok!  She's super chill and genuine.  She loves dogs, her family and friends.  She's more quiet but a really gifted, bold teacher, so I've enjoyed teaching situations with her. So I'm happy to be companions with her and work in Seymour for the next couple of transfers together.  
Something funny:  After a day or two in Seymour she said, "I never expected to be living in a big, creepy farm-house!"  Now that she mentions it, I kind of agree.  With ants and spiders everywhere, creaking doors, and rumors of past ghosts that lived in it I can see where she's coming from! Oh and Buddy the dog that died last week? He is now cremated sitting on the shelf.  Maybe we shouldn't have mentioned that one. Haha we have a good laugh about it every day.  
Something spiritual:  On Friday, we had our first District Meeting with our new district, and it was really different, our district leader made it more of a discussion, which is GREAT because it made us all be more involved.  We're really focusing as a district on what President's asked us to do which is really be led by the Spirit in our missionary work, so we had some great discussions on how we can do this.  We concluded with praying often, working hard, using our own thoughts and ideas, and applying the scriptures among other things.  We also talked about as we do this how our faith will increase and our success will as well.  Faith is such an amazing and essential concept in life and in the work of the Lord.  At the end we talked about goals.  Some of us missionaries who've been here for a while put out an idea, and most nodded in agreement, until the two trainees who'd been quiet most of the meeting boldly told us their thoughts of raising our goals as a district.  The Spirit was SO strong in the room as we felt the faith and enthusiasm rising.  I'm excited for these next few transfers.

Teaching moments:  We taught a few lessons to the Glatz's grandchildren who are in town, and almost set a baptismal date.  They are 10 and 9 and so faithful and sharp, it is a delight to teach them.  However, they live in Florida and the Glatz's decided they want them to take the discussions there which we think is a better idea anyways.  
  We also taught a young woman named Laurel, which went really well.  She didn't show up to church sadly as she said she would, but we hope to keep working with her.  We also got to teach sweet Joel and Averie -- a young, awesome, hard-core Christian family.  It's hard because we agree on SO MUCH, and they just can't see the need for a Restoration and the Book of Mormon.  But we left with them the commitment to pray with real intent about our message.  The cool thing is that when I left that with them, I felt with a surety in my heart that if they do pray with FULL sincerity, then there's no problem, because the Spirit won't ever lead them astray. 

On my mind:  The church is the same wherever you go, it is so true! Fast and testimony meeting here is SO powerful because I think it encourages the members that live here a lot to hear the visitors bearing strong testimony of the feeling of love and unity they felt in our ward.  I KNOW from my mission that it is so important to lift where you stand, to grow where you're planted, and to be positive about it.  
something hard: Spanish once again has been used as a tool of the adversary, as yesterday I had a discouraging experience.  But on the bright side, I have one comp who speaks it pretty well, and the other who wants to learn, and I know that the responsibility is mine. It was a needed moment and I have a renewed energy to learn the language. Just pray for my diligence please! 
Love you all MUCHO! 
Hermana Collier