"When my world is shaking, heaven stands."

Hola de Los Lunas!!! Agradecido por este tiempo a escrito este email?

Lol just felt like doing that. Does it make sense? Probably not. But since Babcock is an hermana, I get to hear espanol a whole lot more haha. Sometimes that hour straight of language study kills me though. My mind likes to wander.

Anyway, God really took care of me this week. It's pretty much like any week of life, there were some pretty low lows, but that meant there were also some pretty high highs!

Our AC went out about a week and a half ago, so that's been fun. I'm used to sleeping at about 68-70 degrees. Wellllll last week it was in the high 80's in our apartment. Needless to say, I was dying. I probably seem a bit dramatic, but like it has been bad. I may or may not have slept with a bag of ice every night. Luckily, a few days ago we got a portable AC so we haven't been melting anymore. When I first got to Los Lunas, I was dying of hypothermia (gas was turned off so no hot water) and these past few weeks I was dying of heat stroke. Who knew a month ago I would actually seek out a cold shower.

On Tuesday I was feeling pretty discouraged and overwhelmed. Sometimes it just feels like there is so much to do in a day and so much expected of us and so many things to remember that my brain just can't handle it. And when I start to think that way, it can turn into a real spiral. But I was reminded this week that honestly, in a sense, we will never be enough. But somehow, we still are. That may seem pretty contradictory, but if you think about it, it makes total sense. On my own, I am inadequate. This is a big work and if I tried to rely on my own strength nothing would get done. The truth is, there really is so much to do that it's humanly impossible to get it all done. Now before you get discouraged and think "man well I guess its time to give up," there's hope! Because of Christ, we don't have to do it alone! Because he makes all the difference. He will fill in my gaps, and cover the effort we can give. Our effort is what matters to God and to the Savior, and because of that effort, we are enough!! He can lead us to the most important things to get done. When I pray, instead of asking that I can get everything done that I need to do, I ask that I can get everything done God needs me to do. Because ultimately, that's what is most important.

"Be not weary in well doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceeded that which is great." Doctrine and Covenants 64:33

We are reminded countless times in the scriptures that the Lord does his work through simple means. But for some reason, I always forget this! In the MTC, when I was feeling overwhelmed, my teacher read me a similar scripture, reminding me that even though I feel like I can't do it all, it's through our small efforts that the Lord does his work. If you're feeling like there's just too much going on in your life, take a breath, and evaluate your priorities. Leave behind the things that are just causing you to get distracted from what matters most. We had stake conference this weekend, and we were reminded that Christ needs to be the focus of our lives. If we can strive for this each day, we will feel so much more joy.

Anyway... sorry for the rambling. I can't help it. But hopefully it makes sense and can provide even one person (even if that person is me) some sort of comfort haha.

So the big new of last week ... CLINT WAS BAPTIZED ON SATURDAY!!! Oh my gosh, it was beautiful. The spirit was so strong, but it was almost a different type of spirit. Really, I was just filled with so much joy. I was able to give a talk on the Holy Ghost, which was pretty fun. You already know from my emails that I enjoy writing lol.

If the only reason I got transferred here was to watch Clint get baptized, then it will have been worth it. It was a beautiful example to me of how there truly are people prepared by God to accept the gospel. I did nothing. Really. And I'm not trying to just be humble, like he was just so ready and open and willing to learn. When he has a question, Clint goes straight to the gospel library app to find an answer (ps - you can do that too. Just go to the app store, search "gospel library" then download the app). Then he watches videos and reads and searches until it makes sense. His conversion was 100% from the Holy Ghost testifying truth to him. It was just so cool to see him come to know Jesus Christ as his Savior. He looked so happy when I saw him later Saturday night at stake conference. He also got to meet President Weathersby that night, which made me happy.

Anyway, my title this week comes from JJ Heller's song "Your Hands." I posted it on IGTV, so if you need some brightness today, go to my insta lacey.grace.wallace. haha (there's a plug trying to promote my page lol). I've been prompted to sing this exact song on multiple other occasions, and it's just so uplifting and really puts things into perspective. Jesus wants to take your pain!! That is one thing that has been hitting me SO hard this week. I've had the spirit bare witness to me of how true this is throughout this week, and my mission. The weeks seem to just keep going faster and faster, and I hope with each week I can keep coming to know my Savior just a little more. He loves you. He will deliver you. He will be your "light in the wilderness."

Don't forget that Jesus loves you,

Sister Wallace

1. Clint's baptism!!

2. Lol this is Trinity and Betty Jo, (the sisters we get to serve weekly who I talked about last week).

3. LOOK WHO GOT TO BE ON MY CALL. I love you Liv!!! So glad my parents went to Vegas and I got to see her.

4. A nice, brisk 86 degrees

5. We went to Sprouts today!! I might have spent $84 ... I really live it up anytime I get the chance to go anywhere that's not Walmart

6. My "God is still here" necklace Katie sent me last week ♡