God Speaks.

My dad has been super worried about the lice. They´re long gone. :)

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!! I hope it was wonderful. :)

I love being a missionary.

I know that I complain a lot. I always tell you how hard it is. But I also hope you know how rewarding it is. The mission tough. But if it weren´t tough, it wouldn´t be worth it.

I have been loving reading April conference talks in ENGLISH. I didn´t get to watch conference and I just barely got the Liahona in English. General Conference is one of the ways the Lord lets us know that He loves us.

This week some funny things happened. Our ward mission leader is so great. I really do love him but he just doesn´t know when to shut his mouth. He testified of the Restoration and when we asked him what Joseph Smith did with the priesthood, instead of testifying of the 12 apostles, he explained the organization of the quorom of the 70. Thank you.

One of the 10 commandments says to not take the Lord´s name in vain. And that has something to do with Prayer.

And after AMEN, instead of the prayer, we talk about the war in heaven. :)

This week was also full of the spirit. Basically, no one is progressing. But Richard is going to receive a calling next week. And Christain Rojas has started helping us. He even wanted to go contacting one day. So we took him out in the rain and we contacted. And he came to church yesterday. Juan Almada is now coming for sacrament as well. BY HIMSELF.

I got to give the lesson in Young Womens yesterday. I was reminded of the beauty of the YW program and how it shaped me to be who I am today. Many of the experiences that I had while in Young Womens have gotten me to where I am. It was in the YWs that I first had the slightest desire to serve a mission and to give a part of myself to help in the work of the Lord. 

"When our time in mortality is complete, what experiences will we be able to share about our own contribution to this significant period of our lives and to the furthering of the Lord’s work? Will we be able to say that we rolled up our sleeves and labored with all our heart, might, mind, and strength? Or will we have to admit that our role was mostly that of an observer?"

I talked to President LaPierre today. We had interviews with him. And as always, I left a better person. He is so inspired and I love what he shared with me. He says that sometimes he thinks about the Pioneers. And all that they suffered for the Gospel and for the Church. He thinks about all of the people that have given their lives for the cause that we are fighting for and he fights just a little bit harder.

I am going to fight just a little bit harder.

I love the spirit. And I love seeing it work through me. We have a new investigator named Hugo. He is great and he LOVES learning about God. He is a little too worried about the end of the world and he studies Revelations a little TOO much. But as he learns, I can see a little part of him starting to fit all of the puzzle pieces together. He is always one step ahead of us. While we were teaching the Restoration, he asked us why God doesn´t keep sending us revelations through prophets. Guess what Hugo, He does. :)

And we have the incredible opportunity to listen to the Prophet´s voice this weekend. I am so grateful for the LOVE of our Savior Jesus Christ and for our Father in Heaven. They love us so much that they will never leave us alone here in this crazy world. I know that Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God. Called to guide us and to lead us and to help us find our way closer to Christ. The Apostles are inspired men. We must listen to them. And follow them. Because they are following the Lord. May we all prepare for this weekend. :) Ask a question. Write it down.. PRAY FOR guidance and answers... I hope that we might be able to be sensitive to the teachings of the spirit. And to know what the Lord wants to say to us. I promise that He is preparing someone to say something for each and every one of us. May we understand what a marvelous blessing that it is. God speaks to us. I know He does.

He loves us

Hermana Rupe

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