Holy Everything changed. Okay
not everything – just a few things but it feel HUGE! So we had a worldwide
missionary training from Salt Lake, and it was probably one of the greatest
things ever. I learned SO MUCH! 1) The gospel and doctrine of Christ are not
separate steps. It is all one process in Christ. We have faith in Christ, we
repent because we depend on Him. We get baptized to follow Him. We receive the
Holy Ghost and endure to the end to walk with Him. 2) Elder Bednar is
INCREDIBLE! He said that so many missionaries worry so much if we are good
enough or powerful enough or smart enough. He said, “Stop worrying about it.
None of us will ever be enough. Be as good as you can be and God will magnify
you into someone greater than you can ever become.” 3) CHANGES: There are
worldwide changes in the missionary schedule. From now on, we don’t have set companionship
study in the morning. We wake up at 7. At 8:30-9:30 we have personal study. At
9:30-10:00 we have daily planning – (IN THE MORNING!!), and we leave the house
at 10. We still have to study as companions, language study, and now writing in
our journals is REQUIRED DAILY (hallelujah! Now I’ll actually have time to
write!). We have time slots during the day when we can choose when to do these
activities like right before lunch, right after lunch, and right when we get
home at night. They are helping us be agents and act for ourselves in deciding
when we will do these crucial activities every day. We also have the option to
go to sleep 30 minutes early (10:30) if we want, but we have to go to bed at
the same time as our companion. As of right now with Hermana Christensen, we
have a lot to do so we are going to take advantage of this extra time!
They
also changed that we are no longer going to report 9 key indicators. Just 4.
But that’s all. It’s going to take adjustment but I feel like it’s MUCH more
effective, so yay, especially for more journal time.
We
taught Jose again today. HE IS GOLD! Since he is a man and his wife works in
the morning, we can’t teach him without one other woman or 2 other men.
Mornings are so hard to find members to come with us. Somehow God always leads
us to finding members to accompany us in lessons. Today we asked Omar (recent
convert) and Bishop Sepulveda to come. As we walked in to Jose’s house and sat
down to get started, he got a phone call. Then he finished and sat down. We
asked if everything is alright and he said, “Yeah, it’s just that my wife
sliced her finger at work and got taken to the hospital and needs me to meet
her there, but that can wait until after the lesson. Should we start?” We ALL
were like… wait what… really? He basically was like of course, I have been
waiting for you guys for 2 days. I want to learn. My wife is fine. God first.
Ah it was incredible. No worries because we taught a short powerful lesson and
they were able to save his wife’s whole hand.
Also,
we had a lesson with Natalia (a less active) and it was so POWERFUL and
spiritual. We read Alma 34:40-41 and she was crying because she is so ready to
change no matter how long or hard this repentance process is going to be. She
is so amazing and I truly love her SO MUCH!
Correlation
meeting was fun tonight. Felipe, our ward mission leader is so amazing. Omar
was there too. We are all so tight because they come out with us and we work
together and everyone is so involved. It is honestly such a joy being a
missionary.
We
had lunch with Alejandra and she told me that if I don’t give her Lindsay’s
floral dress when I leave, she is going to follow me wherever I go in Chile and
hunt me down… Everyone loves that dress pattern, but I just love it because of
Lindsay.
There
is smoke EVERYWHERE! It’s so sad because the sky is dark and it feels like
overcast (which is a blessing for us!), but it’s all just smoke. We all smell
like smoke and it’s hard to see down the street. It’s so sad. Everyone talks
about the fires – members, investigators, street contacts. It’s so sad because
we have heard that so many people have lost their houses. I hope everyone stays
safe and they get the fire under control.
We
taught a less active and her family. After the lesson as we were getting ready
to leave, Theresa said, “It’s so real the peace we feel when you come. It’s the
spirit and you bring it so strongly into our home. There is a gentleness when
you are here. Even the animals are calm!” I loved that so much. THAT is the
real comfort that the Lord has to offer us. In a hectic world of so much noise,
He offers us tranquility. In John 14:26-27 Christ says, “PEACE I leave with
you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.”
The peace Christ offers us is distinct from the world. It’s real and you can’t
find it anywhere else. It’s so amazing to see people feel it, recognize it, and
want it for themselves. I saw that today with Theresa.
This
is so crazy that Lindsay is getting her mission call! Okay, I don’t know what
everyone else is guessing, but I think that stateside she is going to Florida,
and country I think she is going to Canada
Oh and can you tell people that
if it comes this week to not write it in the subject line of their email. I
want to hear it from Lindsay first so I’m going to read her email first next
week. Others can tell me about it just not in the subject line of their email
so I don’t see it before I read Lindsay’s email? If that makes sense.... haha
thank you so much!!!! Enjoy this special week!
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