Hola!
So basically things just keep on getting better
and better! They changed the boundaries of our area, so we got bikes! Not going
to lie, when I heard that we were getting bikes, I was a little sad because
eww. BUT they are the cutest beach cruisers and I am so so happy!!! The helmet
is definitely gross but I DON'T CARE WE GET TO RIDE BEACH CRUISERS IN CHILE and
life is just so grand! Except my companion is still a little clumsy with
bike riding and it is a little scary. I’m sure a crash is coming so stay tuned....
I
don’t know much about this whole pants wearing thing. (The church released new dress standards for sister missionaries living in certain missions, and Rancagua is one of those missions.)This is the first I’m
hearing about it and there is something about it in the mission president’s
letter that I printed and have to figure out what it means. We have a meeting
with him this week with all of the new missionaries so I bet we will get more
information on that later.
I
have been getting a lot of bites on me. I find new ones every day. An elder
thought it was fleas in my bed so I washed all of my sheets and stuff and
switched beds (since we have 4 in our room), and I haven’t gotten more since I
switched beds so maybe that was it.. I don’t know...
This week I want to tell you about someone we
have been teaching. Ah he is the coolest person. His name is Nacho and he is 13
years old. He is like the Chilean Justin Bieber it’s HILARIOUS!! He always
brings me his hats and shirts that are in English and asks me to tell him what
his stuff says. Like his Nike shirts and his snapback hats. It’s actually
really hard explaining the weird phrases teenagers use in Spanish when it’s
hard to explain them in English... haha but he is so awesome! He was baptized
the week before I got here, so we go to teach him the lessons after baptism.
His family is less active, so we like to have family home evenings with them
and other members in the ward. For Nacho, we ordered new scriptures with the Book
of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price and a hymnal. You
should have seen him when we gave it to him. HE WAS SO EXCITED! I’ve never seen
someone so excited for scriptures as a gift. Like I wanted to cry it was so
amazing. This thirteen year old kid who shows up to church alone every Sunday
even though his family all are members. When we gave him the book he was so
happy and basically yelled "I CANT WAIT TO READ THIS WHOLE BOOK FRONT TO
BACK"! How amazing is that! He comes teaching with us sometimes to investigators
and less actives his age. He is so excited to serve a mission and he says he’s
already preparing!
He is amazing. This is the type of person God
wants in his army. Paul prophesied our day as a time when "men shall be
lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient
to parents, unthankful, unholy...without natural affection, trucebreakers,
false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good....lovers
of pleasures more than lovers of god....having a form of godliness but denying
the power therof" (2 Tim 3:2-5)
Elder Ballard said, "We look to you my
young brethren and sisters. We need you. Like Helaman’s 2000 stripling warriors,
you also are the spirit sons and daughters of God and you too can be endowed with
power to build up and defend His kingdom. WE need you to make sacred covenants,
just as they did. We need you to be meticulously obedient and faithful, just as
they were. WE NEED WORTHY, QUALIFIED, SPIRITUALLY ENERGIZED
MISSIONARIES...Begin right now-today- to be fully and
completely worthy. Resolve and commit to yourself and God that from this moment
forward, you will strive diligently to keep your hearts, hands, and minds pure
and unsullied from any kind of moral transgression."
Ah I love that so much. I think about how
important it is to never be comfortable with where you are in the gospel. There
is always more that you can be doing. There is always more you can be learning
and sharing. If you want inspiration, read about the stripling warriors and
write down your thoughts as you read. It is amazing to be a part of something
so eternal. This work is hard in ways temporal, but it is so amazingly
rewarding in spiritual ways. It is amazing. It is the work of God.
Thank you for all of your support and love. IT
MEANS THE WORLD TO ME!!
Hasta Luego!
Hermana Gardanier
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