CONFERENCE WAS AMAZING! I learned so much! No matter where I am in the world, the spirit is still the same. We got to watch it in English and it was the best weekend ever!!! It went by SO fast! I couldn't write fast enough! I think I wrote 27 pages so my hand will be forever sore, but it was SO worth it!
It was different this time though. I definitely
learned a lot for myself but it is different listening with the mindset of how
can this help other people, or what will I need to know in the next six months
with future investigators. Or how can I be a better missionary and help others!
When you listen with an ear for others, it is so much better!
Not much happened this week, so I am just going
to write a few of my thoughts from conference.
I loved the women’s session. SERVE SOMEONE TODAY! Service is so good and it is the best way to forget about ourselves. I learned that when you comfort someone, Christ feels that comfort. So when you help someone, you are helping Christ. It is something I have known my whole life but I don't know why this time it just hit me and I understood it more. Christ feels the pain we cause people to feel. Christ feels the happiness we cause others to feel. So treat people the way you would treat Christ! I loved that! Also we all have spiritual personal gifts given to us by our father in heaven, so we need to use them!
Also be humble. I have never met a group of
more humble people than these people here in Chile. I don't know many yet, but
the missionaries, teachers, even the few people we have talked to on the
streets during p day are the most humble people and it is amazing! Be humble
without needing to be compelled to be humble.
Also they quoted this a few times but I love to
think about it, "what if their story was my story". I just love that!
I know that if we understood what other people were going through, we would
treat them with a lot more love.
I loved President Uchtdorf’s talk (not a
surprise) but where he said, obedience reveals the divine priceless being
within us". We are literally royalty so act like it! If you feel like you
would be weighed down by living the gospel principles, just try living them for
yourself. Just try because I promise the gospel is wings, not weight.
I absolutely loved what Elder Oaks said, “you
should never be at ease." I love this because I relate it to running. As
soon as you are comfortable at your pace, you are not improving. That is doing
nothing for you. So the moment you start to get comfortable where you are in
the gospel, you start to fall without even realizing it. REPENT DAILY. Always
desire to be better. We don't have to be perfect in the gospel, we just have to
be trying to be perfect.
Ah dad
thank you for your advice. Wow it has helped so much. Every day this week I have
been writing three things I love about people and it has made
the biggest difference. At the beginning, it was easy because there are obvious
things I love about , but after a little time, I was forced to
really watch for things I love and it has changed my perspective! I am no
longer bugged by little things because I am not focused on them. I am consciously
looking for the good and I hope that in a little, it will become a subconscious
way of thinking. Seriously thank you. And keep it coming!!!
Thank you for your prayers and for your
support. I promise you it makes a difference to me. I can feel it!
REMEMBER you are a child of God. YOU are
ROYALTY.
Have a wonderful week and don't forget about
what you learned and how you felt during conference. This gospel is more than
just words, it is real.
I love you!!
Hermana Gardanier
All the stores are tiny, but the people are so nice
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