We´ve got 7 months, sisters... to have sexy bods.. and spirits. :) ha
I hate today.
4 Therefore, I, the Lord, have suffered you to come unto this place; for thus it was expedient in me for the salvation of souls.
5 Therefore, verily I say unto you, lift up your voices unto this people; speak the thoughts that I shall put into your hearts, and you shall not be confounded before men;
6 For it shall be given you in the very hour, yea, in the very moment, what ye shall say.
7 But a commandment I give unto you, that ye shall declare whatsoever thing ye declare in my name, in solemnity of heart, in the spirit of meekness, in all things.
8 And I give unto you this promise, that inasmuch as ye do this the Holy Ghost shall be shed forth in bearing record unto all things whatsoever ye shall say.
It´s literally the worst day of my life. And I´m not even being a diva or anything.
This morning, Hermana Cuevas found out that her ex boyfriend got married... So that sucked first off. We cried together.. and then we found out that they are shipping me off to white wash part of one of the top 5 most dangerous cities in the world. Ciudad Del Este. I have to leave my best half mexican friend compañera and my favorite little pueblito area with all of the people that I love most here in Paraguay. My heart is literally broken.
Bottom line is, even if you see them coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So, what are we, helpless? Puppets? Nah. The big moments are gonna come, you can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.
I don´t know if it will ever be able to find me in that huge city full of drug trafficing and ladrones. I am NOT excited. Not one little bit.
The only good thing so far that I know is that cute little Hermana Juarez is going to be my companion. She is adorable. I just hope that I get more than 2 weeks with her. I only got like 2 weeks with Hermana Cuevas. SO UNFAIR.
And did I mention that we are whitewashing?? Like they just took out 2 disobedient elders and neither Hermana Juarez and I know anything about the area... We did that with Candelaria and it really was actually kind of a blessing. So I´m pretty excited really. I should be more grateful.
I just really don´t want to leave my gente. This is SO HARD.
I need lots of prayers please.
Bueno enough of me being a baby.
We need some Vampire quotes. This one is my favorite today
Thanks Angel.
The Lord is comforting me today with D&C 100
5 Therefore, verily I say unto you, lift up your voices unto this people; speak the thoughts that I shall put into your hearts, and you shall not be confounded before men;
6 For it shall be given you in the very hour, yea, in the very moment, what ye shall say.
7 But a commandment I give unto you, that ye shall declare whatsoever thing ye declare in my name, in solemnity of heart, in the spirit of meekness, in all things.
8 And I give unto you this promise, that inasmuch as ye do this the Holy Ghost shall be shed forth in bearing record unto all things whatsoever ye shall say.
It will be fine... I will love the people there too. I think and they will love me back if I just follow the spirit. and submit to the will of the Lord.
If we have faith and are diligent... and if we LISTEN TO THE SPIRIT.
My best friend in BA Argentina wrote a bom email to her family this week about succumbing to the will of the Lord. Here comes the trial of my faith.
It´s funny though. I am super unaccepting of this change, but the Lord has totally been preparing me for it.
When I did divisiones with Hermana Juarez the other week. I totally thought to myself, I would love to be her companion some day.
I so did NOT want to get sent to Ciudad Del Este. But I kindof had a feeling that´s where I would be going next. I just love the little towns that I´ve been in. Cities SUCK.
So... there is this elder. One of my new Zone Leaders. That I soo so so so DO NOT like. At all. He is super cocky and full of himself and I just don´t like him. He goes home next transfer and I was like, cool there is basically no way he will ever be my Zone Leader. But I totally thought it would be a funny joke from God if by some 1 out of 1000 chance we got sent to the same zone. God is funny.
So. I´m sad. But I guess as prepared as I can be. I´ve been here for a LONG time and I´ve seen my share of miracles aqui in Coronel Bogado.
This week was also full of fun miracles. Mostly all on Sunday.
At church we had a record assistence of.
dun dun dun.....
10.
Yippeeee!!!!
The least amount of people I´ve seen at church since I´ve been here. What a great going away present. No?
But that´s okay because it motivated us. To get out and get looking. And all. LITERALLY all of our appointments yesterday fell through. Every single one. But the Lord always has a better plan for His missionaries. And he guided us. He helped us to find the Familia Acevedo. They are a family of 4 girls. The aunt. Her daughter and two nieces. They are catholic. SURPRISE. But super receptive to finding a better relationship with Christ.
And then an even bigger miracle happened!! We met Adriana and her taughter Talía. Also Catholic. But Adriana listens to people from EVERY faith.
I have not had such a spiritual experience as the one I had with her in a VERY long time. I don´t even know how to explain it to you. We were talking. And I was only explaining to her our desire for her to find out for herself if the gospel is true. I explained that we would never try to CONVINCE her of anything. But that God is the person who should give her the answers that she needs. And the spirit was so strong. It testified to me and to her that the Lord hears our prayers and He answers them.
Marcos is getting baptized next week. We are so excited for him. Lidia is eccstatic! And he is beyond prepared. I love seeing that through the example of one person, whole families are blessed. The gospel is for everyone.
I know that sometimes life is hard, right?? Like the life of Jorge and Derlis. They have an outhouse. And Hermana Cuevas used it and thought it would be so funny to tell me that they have a nice bathroom and then make me use it too... But I didn´t have to pee that bad luckily. Anyway, back to serious talk. I´m really struggling focusing right now, can you tell??
They have a hard life. Their mom is sick and kind of crazy. And they are both teenagers just kind of looking for a purpose in life.
Jorge is actually an eternal investigator. That everyone tells us not to visit. BUT
We had the best lesson with him and Derlis last night. Derly pulled some bull crap lie out of his head to try and convince us that he had been reading his Book of Mormon. First he said he was reading on page 11... Then he changed his mind to page 39 and when I asked him what it talked about he read the chapter heading and told us that it´s talking about how the wicked will take the truth to be hard... and then said, in verse 7 it talks about that right?
No. Vs. 7 talks about Nephi getting married you liar!!
So then Hermana Cuevas and I pulled a fun lesson about the Liahona out of the air and the spirit just grabbed hold and we committed them both to be baptized. From lies to baptism... Priceless.
We talked about how the Liahona.. and I searched the chapter super fast and found this scripture!!
1 Nephi 16:28 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the pointers which were in the ball, that they did work according to the faith and diligence and heed which we did give unto them.
So, dear jovenes. What can we apply this to? What can we compare the liahona to?
The SPIRIT?? Ding ding ding. And how does the spirit work?
If we have faith and are diligent... and if we LISTEN TO THE SPIRIT.
So, my friends. May we all learn to listen to the spirit. Because it will prepare us for the big changes to come. It will help us to be able to submit to the will of the Lord. It will help us to be able to better ourselves and become more like Christ. Listening to the spirit strengthens our faith and allows us to have the ability to be more diligent and to bring people unto Christ.
The Spirit changes lives. It touches hearts and speaks to our souls. It comforts us in times of need. In times of sorrow and in times of joy.
He is our constant companion and we are so blessed to have been given that gift. May we not take it for granted. Because when we do, like the pointers on the Liahona, he can and will stop talking to us.
I´ve learned this week that the Lord is in charge. He knows me and knows what I need. and I guess right now, I need a change. And I guess that so does Ciudad Del Este.. and Coronel Bogado. Maybe this change is expedient for the salvation of souls.
Sometimes we need change. Because that´s how we progress. And sometimes, He allows us to be blind for a second so that we can learn to trust in Him and in the guidance of His spirit.
God loves us. The Spirit guides us. Christ LIVES.
Hermana Rupe
Angel is still alive too... We just had a fun Slayer SHoot in the cemetary this week.
Lots of pictures from last week and this week. Enjoy.
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