BTW only 2 weeks in the compound

Hola fellow followers of Hermana Bowers! This week was such a week of tender mercies! As you all know the MTC is so fetching hard. this week was still kind of hard. While in the MTC you have to just keep being reminded of your purpose. I forgot my purpose a lot this week. I was so homesick and thinking of what life would be like if I was not on a mission right now. honestly I can't tell you what it would be like cause i don't know but while think of this i turned on a video we are required to watch and in the video there was an accident that happened while some missionaries were serving in my home town. What a blessing to turn on the video see your grandmas house in the background. and then in the next shot see the face of your uncle. I have watched that video so much! That was just one of my tender mercies another was i was watching a live broadcast from the Provo MTC with ELder Holland. I didn´t think that they would show the missionaries but in the second shot i saw the face of my cousin Elder Sturges. If i could have crawled through the screen both times i would have. I am so thankful for Heavenly Fathers awareness of me and my feelings. I know for a fact he is aware of all of you and  everything you are going through at this moment. I Love you all so so much! thank you for everything! 

Love Hermana Bowers

(BTW only 2 weeks left in the compound)

1 Nephi 3:7

Honestly,  being out here serving a mission is one of the hardest things I have ever done.Learning a new language, learning more about the gospel everyday, living with someone who is absolutely nothing like you, and being with someone every hour of everyday. Those are just some of the many lessons i have learned in my long 3 weeks as a missionary. but i know that through these little bumps in the road I am being blessed, my family is being blessed, and my future family will be blessed for it. I miss my family everyday. but when i start to miss them i remember why i am. I am here to help others come unto christ so that they can live with their families forever. Before getting out here i had no idea what i was doing. i constantly thought to myself what th h*ll are you doing?  but i put my trust in the lord and pushed  so that i could receive the blessings of obedience. But later when i arrived at the CCM  it took me about a week for me to find my purpose. that is one of the biggest lessons i have learned since being here. We may not know right now why heavenly father is giving us the trial or mission we have but we need to be obedient and heavenly father will provide. He will show us the way because he loves us. And because he loves us he will bless us because of our efforts. 1 nephi 3:7 

Keep pushing in all your trials and heavenly father will bless you and every one involved. He loves you! you are his child. When in doubt turn to the book of mormon. It is the word of god and he loves when we read it and ask him questions about it. He loves you! Keep working! love and miss all off you so much. With some much love. 

Love Hermana Bowers

 Hello my homies! This weekwas crazy slow but fast at the same time! Missiontime is so weird it is so slow but fast.  I walk out of my apartment at 7 am and the go back in at 9pm. Lol  i never see the sun! It is awesome. So I never see the sun and yes I am still very white. haha its all good. but the food here is good, it could be worse. The other day i had something that was really good it was a friend tortilla with beans, chicken , rice, chile verde and sour cream. it was so good!!! I have fruit wtih evey meal its awesome, but not awesome at the same time.  haha!  My roommates leave on Sunday and i am kinda sad, i grown to love these hermanas so much. This week has been so much better. I ahve found peace the past couple of days. thank you for all for your support!  love you so much! love Hermana Bowers

🇲🇽 Mexico MTC

       Hola mi amigos! I made it to the CCM! It is so pretty here! The food isn’t as bad as I thought it’d be, but I mean it’s not Shalice’s cooking! Not gonna lie it kinda feels like I’m in prison because of the wall and the bar wire fences and can’t forget to mention the boring white walls of the classroom I’m in 24/7... but other than that everything is good. My companion is Herman’s Hawkins. We had the opportunity to meet before we even came to the CCM! Yes it’s warm here but I’m still cold a lot of the time! But this week I read 2 Nefi 31. What a good chapter of scripture. We are so blessed to have the gospel it brings so much light into our lives and I cannot wait to share it with the people of Costa Rica in 5 weeks! Thank you all for your love and support!
Love, Hermana Bowers