Monday, September 26, 2016
Miracles in the hope! (My area is
Esperanza/hope) So let me just share with you the fun miracles that happened
this week:
MONDAY: We went to the beach for
Pday!!!! The salty ocean is seriously one of my favorite things ever. So
pretty! And we went to a store close to the beach and found regular white
bread!!!!!!!!
TUESDAY: It rained! Lightly for about
13 seconds, but nonetheless, rain!!!! Which NEVER happens. And who knew, rain
smells bad here too.
WEDNESDAY: My comp specifically
prayed for safety from bad people and then...I am safe...hahaha. So many
stories, but for another time. Also, we had time to study language...first time
for a very long time. haha.
THURSDAY: We had family home evening
but our Plan A lesson wasn’t going to work, so we ran down the street to a
bodega (little shop that is seriously every other house), bought water and
saltines and did dad's living water object lesson. We didn't have salty potato
chips so we used saltines and made people eat them super fast so they needed
water. haha. It was a hit.
FRIDAY: After so much stupid David
Archuleta, My comp put in a new USB and Josh Turner came on with a song called
Me and God. Thank you Josh Turner! Also, Amazing Grace is about grace!!! Not
about nature...I didn't know that. Whenever I heard that song before, I thought
of the scene of in Maverick, where they sing Amazing Grace up in
nature....hahahahaha.
SATURDAY: Women’s conference
in...wait for iiiiiit! English! So instead of understanding 80-85% I understood
about 98%!!! I am not sure I ever really understood English 100% and now my
English is toast....Also, I am pretty sure President Uchtdorf has an
accent...right? But I didn't hear it...Sad!
SUNDAY: Alejandor was baptized,
confirmed and ordained a Priest!!!!!! This is such a huge miracle. We have
worked so hard with him. He had so many doubts and didnt ever feel the spirit,
but with faith, patience, hard work on all of our parts, he now has such a
strong testimony and wants to serve a mission!!!!! He beams with joy and
excitement.
We have worked so hard to spend as
much time as we can teaching, and it is wonderful. Maybe I don’t get Spanish
study time, but I get to practice so much when teaching...and living life
because no one here speaks English. haha. But being a missionary is so great.
Teaching with the Spirit is so great, but you really have to learn to listen to
the Spirit!!! Patience has always been hard for me, y'all know that, but I have
learned to work on that a lot. I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!
So, think of me every time a car is
in reverse and a stupid ringtone type of song doesn’t play....that will be the
death of me I swear. Every car plays the same song. Not like a beeping that trucks
have, this stupid song of ringtones.
Also,
spiritual thought -
When
things are hard, I always go to the scriptures, no? Well, I LOVE this little
pep talk found in 2 Nephi 1:20-23ish
"be
MEN, and be DETERMINED in one MIND and in one HEART, UNITED in ALL things, that
ye may not come down into CAPTIVITY."
I
always think of dad when he tells us: "Man up." yup. We could all use
a little more determination, unity, brains, heart and some more manning
up.
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