Llamado a Servir en España: The Call is Here!!

Dear family and friends,

This past week has been another wonderful learning experience! Even though I wish with all my heart that I was still in Spain, I am grateful to be here with my family and friends. I know I am here for a reason and I think one of the biggest reasons is to learn and grow as I am around so many of you. Thank you for teaching me through your examples to me! I feel so blessed to be with you all during this experience in my life! Thank you all for your prayers, texts, notes, gifts, and visits!

Some of the highlights from this week: Olivia in high school musical jr at her elementary school, seeing more family and friends as they came to visit me, celebrating Liza's birthday, going to the temple for the first time since I went in madrid 7 months ago, and Jb getting his mission call! (hence the title of this email.. He has been called to serve in the France Paris Mission and reports to the Provo MTC on June 22nd:). Also having my dad sit on the same row as us at church for the first time in about 8 years was definitely one of my "happy moments" from the week :)

I haven't heard much from the doctors this week. I am still just resting and praying and hoping that it gets better with a lot of faith :) But no matter what happens, I will keep smiling through it all because I know that Heavenly Father loves each of us and has a perfect plan!

I never thought I could learn so much lying on a couch all day long! It's actually quite incredible. I have been able to study my scriptures everyday (sometimes all day:) and my testimony has been strengthened ten fold. Something I am really trying to focus on lately is Charity and loving as the Savior did. Which is perfect today since it is Valentine's day :) I just finished the Book of Mormon and I started over reading through this time to find examples of how the Savior loved and how I can apply that into my life with the people around me. One of my favorite things I learned this week was in 1 Nefi 7:2-3 and 12-13. The Lord commanded Nephi and his brothers to go back to Jerusalem not only once, but TWICE. I never thought about this before, but it's a lot like my experience right now. The Lord asked me to go on a mission so I went. And then somehow he asked me to come back to Utah for a time. It's just like Nephi and his brothers! I am sure Nephi and his brothers didn't want to go back and make the trip to Jerusalem 2 more times, but they did it. And why did they do it? Because Nephi LOVED the Lord and he would do anything to show his faith in the Lord. I know that as we follow what the Lord has asked us to do or go through... whether it is commandments, revelation through prayer or scripture reading, or even through trials, that we will be blessed and we will come to find "at some future period" the 'why' behind everything that He asks us to do. I am still finding 'why's' of this whole experience with my hip and coming home early from my mission, and I know that I will continue to find the reasons that I needed to go through this for the rest of my life. I know that Heavenly Father has a specific plan for each of his children and as we follow him we will be blessed and led to the "promised land" just as Nephi and his brothers were. I know that is true. I am so grateful for the scriptures and especially for the Book of Mormon. I know that as we feast upon its words we will truly be able to begin to see Heavenly Father's hand in our lives and recognize what His will truly is. I know this church is true and I love sharing this restored gospel message with everyone around me!

I hope you all have a wonderful week! Share your testimony with someone this week and I promise you it will bless their life!

Love,
Hermana Eyring
(Allie)