Sister Tyra Ludvigson

Cesar 🌊 CHOOSE JOY!!!

Holaaa buenaaaas!!

Holy smokes, this was probably one of my most favoritest weeks of my whole mission!!!

Coolest things:

- CESAR GOT BAPTIZED!!!! Such a sweet sweet baptismal service! Cesar can't see, so instead of having him look behind and see all the people there, we had everyone shout "Felicidades Cesar!" Ahhh so so cool!! A lot of his family came, you could tell they really felt the spirit - there was a lot of wet eyes 🥹

(If I had a nickle for every Cesar I helped get baptized after them receiving the missionary lessons for more than 2 years, I'd have 2 nickels - which isnt a lot, but it's AMAZING that it happened twice!)

- We had a lot of really awesome lessons this week! One of my favs was with this sweet gal Conce. She'd felt like she's distanced herself for God because of situations in her life. It was really cool to be able to help her feel that it's never too late to turn back into His loving arms! Had some good tears on that one too!

- Zone trainings! This was my first time giving a training at Zone Council! It was a good experience - I feel like whenever I'm asked to talk/give a training, I always end up learning more than anyone else! This was no exception! Me and my companion trained on the "Gospel Continum" I'll explain more in my pensamiento espiritual!

- We had some young women come out with us! We were able to teach about the plan of salvation with them! I love hearing anyone and everyone's personal witness of Christ - so that was so special!!

Pensamiento Espiritual!

The basis of our training came from this amazing book called "Is God Disappointed in Me?" (Spoiler - He's not and cannot be!) In it, the author explains a pendulum-like Gospel Continum! We are swining side to side - one side represents the love/grace/acceptance of God and the other represents our behaviors/obedience/commandments. We need both to grow closer to God and we use each side to push ourselves to swing higher and higher (I'll try to attach a picture). It is so so cool!! I was able to share an experience I had towards the beginning of my mission which changed the way I viewed the work I was currently doing.

During my 2nd transfer (basically beginning of my mission), I was struggling quite a bit - I was frustrated I couldnt speak nor understand spanish (as I'm sure Elder Ludvigson is currently feeling😆), I was starting to seriously question why I came out on a mission in the first place - when my parents told me that my sweet Grandma Cozy was probably going to pass within the week. I called Granny to say my goodbyes - and while I was holding back my wails - my sweet sweet grandma said to me "Now Tyra, If you come back from your mission to go to my funeral, I will be so upset with you." At that point, I was looking for any reason to throw in the towel and take a break for a second, but hearing my grandma's lowkey dying wish pushed me to say a fervent prayer that night. I asked God to help me with the desire to stay out, especially if granny was going. I had the impression to purify my heart, to purify my desire of staying out on my mission. My mission didn't magically get easier, but my actitudes changed and I started to truly find joy.

Joy is a choice and I invite all of you guys to make that choice to accept and feel Christ's lasting joy! (Especially if you're currently on your mission!!)

I love y'all!!!

- Hermana Ludvigson