¡Hola mi Familia!
I
can´t even believe how quickly this last week went by. I'm always
asking myself, "Is this real life?" y "What is going on here??"
Well jokes on
you because I'm actually going to tell you. :)
I
have had many favorite parts of the week but by far this last Tuesday
was the winner. Guess who came and spoke at our Tuesday Devotional…ELDER
RICHARD G. SCOTT! We knew it was someone big when we saw teleprompters,
I made a joke about Obama but no one got it...Dad would have laughed.
Anyways, this was my first experience being in the same room with an
Apostle of The Lord! My companera and I turned
to each other and said at the same time, "Do you feel that?" The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints IS in FACT the most true church on
the earth! Our church is centered around Jesus Christ and I am so
grateful for the opportunity to teach others about
this true Gospel and help them come unto Him. Elder Scott spoke on
missionary work, surprise! It was EXACTLY what My Hermana and I needed
to hear that day. We had just finished with our leccion with our
"investigator" Mathias, we walked out of the room we
were in and Hermana Watkins broke down in tears. She has been
discouraged lately about the language, who isn't? So we talked with each
other about how loved we are and how we have only be in the MTC for a
week and we are teaching a leccion in pure Spanish!
WHAT?? It is incredible how much we are helped by The Spirit! After we
were, almost, done crying with each other, we went to the devotional.
Elder Scott gave us encouragement to keep pressing forward. He spoke
specifically to the missionaries that are learning
a language, that we are NOT alone. We have never been alone. And we
never will be. As long as we strive to live the commandments of God. At
the end he pronounced an Apostolic Blessing upon us: that we will be
strengthened day by day as we learn our languages.
He promised us choice blessings from the Lord y que nos posterity will
sing praises to our names because of the work we are doing. And then
Hermana Watkins and I cried some more. It was the most tender
experience, I will never forget it.
KID!!
You STUD you!! I'm so proud of you for getting those jobs, I knew you
would! You have been blessed with so many talents and I love seeing you
"exercising" them daily.-see what I did there? ;) I miss you lots
kiddo, hope you know I love you lots!
MOMMY!!!
I am a firm believer that they should fly me home each night to eat...I
miss rolls, fried chicken, and green chili corn. Aaaahhhh......
I
got to go to the Templo this morning with mi Hermana and it was SO
great! I love being outside. FREEDOM!!! I really do love the MTC...It's
just
nice to be out in the real world for a bit. It is absolutely freezing.
Today has been better than other days! We walked to the Templo with no
jacket. BOOM! I felt "cool" (guys, I'm too funny).
We
have been learning lately in my classes about Testimony vs. Conversion.
It's so interesting to study and talk about it. As a missionary, my job
is to not only help my investigators develop a testimony in Christ and
this wonderful Gospel, pero ayuda ellos to begin a very real and
intimate relationship with Christ and Heavenly Father. Conversion comes
with accions, do we ACT on our testimony? Do we
show in every word and deed that we are dicipilos of Christ? We aren't
perfect, all that we are asked of is to TRY! Si podemos! Where we lack,
Christ makes up for. I know that the Atonement is very real. Over the
past 2 weeks I have used the Atonement more
than I think I ever have. I know that it is an enabling power! We can
do all things through Christ. I KNOW that the Atonement was not only
infinite, but intimate. Christ thought about us individually through the
gruesome process. I invite you all to share
what you KNOW to be true. And if you feel like you maybe don't know for
certain, pray for that knowledge, pray for understanding, and through
it you will be strengthened. And THEN share it. :)
I
love and miss you all SO much! I feel homesick from time to time, but I
have had Heavenly help and the help of my awesome distrito y mi
companera!
And as much as I HATE to admit this........I love Spanish.......
The Church is true, Our Savior lives, and Heavenly Father LOVES us SO much!
Siempre Con Amor,
Hermana Florence
One more thing to add....It's a funny story. So I
got a bagel and some fruit for breakfast, I know I'm so healthy. But
they were out of the little packages of cream cheese!! NOOO!!!! But mi
Hermana says, "Hermana! I saw some cream cheese
over by the toast and jelly station!" And I'm like SWEET!! So I go
and LATHER my bagel with this cream cheese. And people are looking at my
pretty strange and I just say, "And THIS is why people gain weight in
the MTC!" And I add some more... So I sit down,
super excited about my bagel, and I take my first bite.
MMMMmmmm........eeeeewww....
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