Hola fabulous familia!!! How are you
all doing? I hope you all had a great General Conference weekend! I watched
conference for the first time in all Spanish. We couldn´t get it to work in English.
The songs were in English and they would begin speaking in English but a
translator would then begin speaking. The true church of Jesus Christ is so
amazing! The Lord has given us the technology to listen in all parts of the
world! It was an amazing experience, as I was able to use the gift of tongues
that Heavenly Father has blessed me with, to be able to understand the messages
from our prophet and apostles and other leaders of the church. I started off
the weekend watching the rebroadcast of the relief society meeting. It was so
powerful and I loved the message about how we become stronger through trials
and they are given to us because the Lord can see our potential, and all that
we can become through them, just like He knew that the Provo tabernacle would
become a temple! What were your favorite messages of conference? If you could
please write me a little summary about them that would be awesome. I understood
most of the messages, but I´m still not fluent in Spanish—haha.
This week was full of adventures and
I learned a ton. Hermana V. and I both got a stomach flu this week that lasted
for a while, but we received priesthood blessings and were able to work even
though we were sick. I know that the Lord blessed us with the energy to work,
and we saw this through the number of lessons we had. The number of lessons we
taught was way higher than any other week. The miracles of the Lord are
amazing!
We are still working with Marcela,
and Josue, and Paul. They still have struggles so please pray for them and I
know the Lord will bless them. We are also still working with Sandra, we found
a young woman named Camila who was excited to listen this week to conference
and hear the prophet. She wants to know if he really is a prophet, and in the
lesson we had with her, she had a ton of questions. Also, Josue´s oldest
daughter is going to be living here for a while so we are going to start
sharing the gospel with her. Sadly, none of them came to see conference. We
were so disappointed as this week we truly proclaimed with joy that our
Heavenly Father and Savior, Jesus Christ, have called a prophet and apostles to
lead and guide us today. Our investigators were not able to hear the glad
tidings, but we are going to share the messages with them these next couple of
weeks, and we hope to keep teaching them all. Thank you so much for all of your
prayers in behalf of each one of them.
This week we had a lot of funny
adventures while we were sick, but usually my embarrassing moments are the most
funny. We always say alo outside of the houses, it is like the doorbell of
chile. Occasionally I accidentally say hola and that is super embarrassing.
This week on a minicambio for a day, I was relieved to know that my sister
leader sometimes does the same, so the embarrassment was long gone. That is
what I thought, until one day when i passed by someone in the street (we always
say hola to everyone we pass) I accidentally kinda yelled alo at them haha, it
was so loud and embarrassing. My companion couldn´t stop laughing and I couldn’t
either. Luckily I think the lady I yelled at had headphones on. Que verguenza!!
Or, how embarrassing! haha i love laughing at the little things.
This week we learned so much from
conference and also from our leaders. I love each week, each day, each minute,
because we always have another opportunity to be better. And we get to apply
what we learned! We have so much to apply this week and I can’t wait to let you
know how it goes.
The two talks from conference that I
absolutely loved in relation to missionary work were given by President
Uchtdorf and Elder Ballard. Mom shared about your desire to share the gospel as
a family. I invite you all to read these two talks and remember how amazing
this gospel is and why everyone needs to hear it. Don´t fear, only go forth and
share with everyone. You will rejoice as others are blessed. Today I was
reading in el Libro de Mormón because I am reading it completely in Spanish for
the first time, and I read my favorite missionary verses! Jacob 5:71,72 It
says: 71 And the Lord of the vineyard said unto them: Go to, and
labor in the vineyard, with your might. For behold, this is the last time that
I shall nourish my vineyard; for the end is nigh at hand, and the season
speedily cometh; and if ye labor with your might with me ye shall have joy in
the fruit which I shall lay up unto myself unot myself against the time which
will soon come. 72 And it came to pass that the servants did go and
labor with their mights; and the Lord of the vineyard labored also with them;
and they did obey the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard in all things. 72 And it came to
pass that the servants did go and labor with their mights; and the Lord of the
vineyard labored also with them; and they did obey the commandments of the Lord
of the vineyard in all things.I love this because this is what the Lord says
unto His servants and in the verse before it says that His servants are few. We
may be few but we have a great calling to bring the gospel to the rest of the
world, and this scripture prophesies how we will work.We will go forth with all
of our might, and obey in all things. In verse 75 Jacob describes what happens
after we, the servants of the Lord, do all we can do.75 And it came to pass that when the aLord of the vineyard saw that his fruit was good, and
that his vineyard was no more corrupt, he called up his servants, and said unto
them: Behold, for this last time have we nourished my vineyard; and thou
beholdest that I have done according to my will; and I have preserved the
natural fruit, that it is good, even like as it was in the beginning. Andbblessed art thou; for because ye have been diligent in
laboring with me in my vineyard, and have kept my commandments, and have
brought unto me again the cnatural fruit, that my vineyard is no more corrupted, and
the bad is cast away, behold ye shall havedjoy with me because of the fruit of my vineyard.The
Lord comes, The Savior comes and says that we will rejoice with Him because we
shared the gospel with fervor. We will rejoice with the Savior at His coming!
This is a prophecy, but in order to receive the blessings of this prophecy, we
must do our part. We must share the gospel with all diligence and with
everyone, and we must be obedient to all of the Lord´s commandments. Then we
will have these promised blessings! I know this to be true. I am grateful for
our call as members to bring the gospel to all the world. I am grateful that I
can work along side of each one of you in the vineyard of the Lord, and that we
can work alongside Him. I love you all and hope you remember this as you go
forth as proclaim the restored gospel without fear! I hope you have a fantastic
week! Can´t wait to hear from you next week! Love you! Chou!
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