February 17, 2014
¡Hola!
Oh wow, where to begin. Today was an interesting day.
So, during our last zone conference we went over the mission´s emergency
plan and we have to have an emergency kit with clothes, food (for a week), 4
liters of water, and chlorine, and a couple of other random things all in a bag
so if we get a call that says, "Váyanse ahora" (Go Now) for
whatever reason we have to grab our bags and meet at the church where we have
district meetings every week, but we aren´t allowed to take any colectivos
(city buses). We were told last night that we better be ready because we
are going to do a practice. We were supposed to have a district activity
today, but we got the call this morning, during our last hour of study and
Centro is where we have our meeting, which took us about 1 hour and 20 minutes
to walk there. At first we were both a little upset, we did not want to
walk and we had so many other things we wanted to do, but it ended up being
kind of fun. We got to see a different part of the city than we usually do.
We passed by all these shops and it kind of reminded me of Pikes
Place...but more crowed. Anyways, I realized that when you approach
things positively and with a prayerful attitude, nothing is really that
unbearable and there is always something that could make it worse.
For Valentine´s Day Hermana Casey and I found
a pandaría with cupcakes that had pink sprinkles and so we bought them.
They weren´t the best, but they had dulce de leche in the middle and that
was fun. We also made valentine´s to take to our investigadores and the
family that feeds us lunch every Friday, so that was fun and I think they
thought it was fun too. They don´t really celebrate holidays here like
they do in the states, they just recognize it is all. In Spanish it´s called el
Día de los Enamorados.
I´m recognizing the importance of going to church more and
more and keeping the Sabbath day holy. Moroni 6 says that church is where
we go to pray and fast and be spiritually uplifted together and to partake of
the sacrament, which is so important! Every week I can renew my covenants with
the Lord and start clean, because I am far from perfect. I feel like
there is always something I need to do to be better, also it´s a commandment of
God and when we are obedient he blesses us, but it´s hard to help others see
that. I just want the people we teach just to come to church so they can receive
ALL of the blessings God has in store for them.
I was reading today in Helaman and Nephi and Lehi vow that
they are going to preach of the gospel for the rest of their days and I hope
I´m like that. I may not be a "missionary" forever, but I hope
I always put God´s will first and help those around me to recognize that they truly
are His children and He loves them so much!
Always remember that our Heavenly Father loves you!
That´s all from me this week but I hope you all have a great
week. I can´t believe February is already more than half way over.
Rohayhu (I love you in Guarani, ro-high-who)
Hermana Lindsay
Oh I forgot, my bag totally fell apart, but I bought a new
one today so life is good! Just thought you might like to know that! I guess
practicality pays off more than cuteness.
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