Hola Everyone!
Quick story. We had intercambios (exchanges) this week. I hopped on the bus and fled to a town called Pasaje for two days. Super fun, learned toooonns. Pero, one day we were in a little pueblo trying to find a reference. It had rained a lot that day and we were walking (slipping/sliding) at snails pace in the super muddy path. A older lady came up behind us laughing (of course, she was holding a baby wearing flip flops and walking gracefully). We started talking to her and found out that she was a member of the church. We wanted to visit her later in the week so she decided to show us how to get to her house. Luckily, her house was only about one hundred miles deep into the banana plants of Ecuador. After, she told us a "faster way" to get back to the pueblo. We followed her directions and walked for about three days in the middle of nowhere...I think we trekked into a bit of the Amazon. I was laughing because I was getting tired and my companion called the hermana that we were talking to "hermana arroz (rice)" on accident and it was so funny to me (the littlest things are funny on the mish). But the weird part is that about in the middle of this journey, all of a sudden, we heard the same ringtone of the cellphone from Jurassic Park...you know just before the giant dinosaur appears from the trees. My companion and I looked at each other and accepted the fact that maybe we were going to be missionaries for a lot longer than 18 months and we had just received our new calling to the spirit world. All of this is an exaggeration of course and eventually we made it out alive...but I´m still confused and I just wanna know how in the world....jaja
But yeah that random story is all I´m going to write for this week...here´s a pic from our trek, (before I slipped in the mud and got it evvverrrywhere)
Monday, October 15, 2018
Monday, October 8, 2018
Buenas
Buenas Tardes!
I hope you all had a chance to watch General Conference...it was amaaazzing. Although there were talks of various topics, almost every single one focused in one way or another of how we need to obtain the correct understanding of the character of Christ, His Atonement, and His Gospel. We listened to a lot of talks about love and service, and how Jesus Christ is the perfect example of both of those things. They talked about how to conquer the difficulties and trials of life, and how we can only obtain true peace through The Atonement. Finally, it was made apparent that we must learn and apply the Gospel of Jesus Christ in order to obtain salvation, which is the life eternal in the presence of God, our Heavenly Father.
If you missed conference, here are some questions that can be answered by listening to the corresponding talks:
Why must we face hard things?
How do I conquer fear?
What is the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
How can I feel closer Heavenly Father?
How can I find true, long-lasting happiness?
Why must I forgive others?/How can I forgive others?
When you feel like life isn´t fair/When we receive unexpected trails/How we can heal from those unexpected trials
What does it mean to take upon the name of Christ?
What is God´s Plan?
These talks are really awesome, but if you really want to feel good just watch all eight hours jaja
That´s all for this week! Love you all and thanks for the support. I love the mission and I am thankful for all the embarrassing and hard experiences. "Experiences help us teach with authenticity." I am learning and growing a lot spiritually and mentally (and physically gracias al arroz) and discovering what matters most as everyday I focus on the bigger picture.
A scripture that I try to read every single day (Matthew 16:25):
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
- Hermana Blazzard
I hope you all had a chance to watch General Conference...it was amaaazzing. Although there were talks of various topics, almost every single one focused in one way or another of how we need to obtain the correct understanding of the character of Christ, His Atonement, and His Gospel. We listened to a lot of talks about love and service, and how Jesus Christ is the perfect example of both of those things. They talked about how to conquer the difficulties and trials of life, and how we can only obtain true peace through The Atonement. Finally, it was made apparent that we must learn and apply the Gospel of Jesus Christ in order to obtain salvation, which is the life eternal in the presence of God, our Heavenly Father.
If you missed conference, here are some questions that can be answered by listening to the corresponding talks:
Why must we face hard things?
How do I conquer fear?
What is the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
How can I feel closer Heavenly Father?
How can I find true, long-lasting happiness?
Why must I forgive others?/How can I forgive others?
When you feel like life isn´t fair/When we receive unexpected trails/How we can heal from those unexpected trials
What does it mean to take upon the name of Christ?
What is God´s Plan?
These talks are really awesome, but if you really want to feel good just watch all eight hours jaja
That´s all for this week! Love you all and thanks for the support. I love the mission and I am thankful for all the embarrassing and hard experiences. "Experiences help us teach with authenticity." I am learning and growing a lot spiritually and mentally (and physically gracias al arroz) and discovering what matters most as everyday I focus on the bigger picture.
A scripture that I try to read every single day (Matthew 16:25):
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
- Hermana Blazzard
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