I was only able to watch one session in English but that one session answered ALL of my questions (If you watched Conference but didn´t have specific questions in mind, or you havent watched it yet I encourage you please please please to pray to recieve answers to some of your questions or concerns and then to watch it again with these things in mind. I have done this for years and it amazes me how EVERY time I am comforted and recieve specific direction and guidance.)
My companion and i were able to watch the two "morning" sessions (it started at 6PM here) in the church building with our members and investigators in Spanish and even though I didn´t understand all of it (okay fine, I didn´t understand most of it) I felt the Spirit so strongly and that´s all I needed! On Sunday when we went to the church, we took Lorena and Erika with us and it was one of the best experiences of my mission to see them get all dressed up and so excited to hear the Prophet. I love them both so much, AH!
For the other two "afternoon" sessions, we got permission to go to a members (at 10PM, how scandalous ;) to watch it live. Me and another Elder were able to watch the Saturday Afternoon session in English and we laughed SO HARD when Elder Holland said "bien hecho" ("well done", for all you gringos ;) after the native Spanish speaker spoke! Hahaha it was so cute, I don´t know if my humor level has dropped that much but i hope you all were able to enjoy that as much as I did. (His talk was AMAZING by the way (no surprise there). I love that guy.) I love how all those speakers were able to give their talks in their native tongue. It´s showing the world that our church is not just an "American" church---the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the SAME church Jesus Christ established when he was on the Earth, is for ALL of God´s children, no matter what language they speak! I can´t wait for the day when every country in the world allows missionaries and the gospel into their borders!
So especially with that spiritually MIND-BLOWING weekend, I think I can say my companion and i had a great week! It´s still hard and something new goes wrong EVERY week (this week it was allergies haha) but it´s really cool for me to see how we usually have more success the harder it is! Last week was awful but at the end when we were reporting to our District leader we looked at our numbers and we realized how much we had done because we decided to "forget ourselves and go to work!" The Lord blesses and strengthens us each day when we leave the apartment and we always feel better, emotionally AND physically, when we´re teaching or visiting others. And i know that this is only because of our faith and the prayers of our families and friends, thank you all!
So now on to my favorite part: This week´s miracles!
Antonia and Estela are doing great! I have no worries about them. They are so prepared for baptism, I often feel like I don´t even need to be there haha! The Spirit does it all, every time. We taught Estela The Plan of Salvation and she loved it so much, she wants to teach it to her mother, a less active member. And Antonia shares her testimony with her son every time we visit her. She loves the church so much and is changing her job so she that she doesn´t have to work on Sundays!
We´re teaching another young girl (4 of our investigators are 11-12 year old girls--I love it!) named Merli. She is the most intelligent chiquita I have ever met! I teach her English before each lesson and she just learns it all so fast! I taught her the alphabet the other day and she could say every letter and had it all memorized in less than 10 minutes, I swear! It´s the same when we teach her gospel principles too. She loves the Savior and especially Bible stories. i have never seen someone so anxious to learn! Pray for her!
Well anyway, the mission is amazing! it´s finally cooling down here, last week was SO HOT so I´m really excited for fall! It was really cool to hear about the movie thats coming out soon, "Meet the Mormons". I don´t know if I´ll be able to watch it any time soon so you all have to watch it for me! I love you all so much! Have a great week!! Thank you for your prayers!!
HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!
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