I'm dreaming of a HOT, STICKY, Christmas!!!!!:D

Haha, sorry if I stole that title from ya Brittany, but its soooooo true. I just thinks its funny because they still go with the snowman/Santa in the huge warm coat getup in all the stores. Haha It might be more accurate if we had a santa that wore swim trunks and a beach towel.

So kind of like I did last week, Im going to just start with listing ideas I had / small things that happened this week

1)IM FINALLY ABLE TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT HALF OF A CONVERSATION! I still have trouble understanding what whole conversations are about and how to pitch in, but its getting there. :)

2)Soooo Im pretty sure the devil owns a wrench shop, and whenever someone makes good plans to progress their eternal glory and happiness (ie. baptism), he starts chucking his product. We have an 3 investigators (siblings) who are all doing everything right and want to progress, but so many hard things just keep coming up.

3)Here's an excerpt from my journal though that I liked:

"Its amazing. I can be having a rough day with little success. I can be tired, worn out, and thirsty. I can want nothing more than to just sit down. However, the moment I realize these things, without fail, the phrase 'I am doing the Lords work. How can I not be happy' passes into my mind, and all is right." That thought is not my own. It literally comes eery time and puts a smile on my face. It comes with feeling and power. The lord watches over his servants and strengthens us. I know this to be true. It is miraculous.

4)I LOVE ASADO AND LAMB. They are suuuuuper good.

5)We were able to go down to montevideo for a mission Christmas conference this past week. It was super cool to see everyone from the CCM again, and have a huge musical program that really invited the spirit

6)Patriarchal blessings are incredible. They speak directly to you in your times of need. I have had 2 main concerns during my time on my mission. the other day I was reading my blessing. when I got to the part about my mission, I realized both of those problems were directly addressed. I had never really realized that before. It is incredible. The lord knows us and is watching out over us. He knows what our struggles will be and provides accordingly to give us strength. when I was in the ccm, we had a cool district meeting about patriarchal blessings. one of the Hermanas sad something really cool that the patriarchs wife had told her when she received hers. She believed that "A patriarchal blessing is the last thing God told us before we came down to earth," I thought that was cool.

7When the spirit is present in a lesson, It can allow broken spanish to melt hearts. I have had some incredible experiences with lessons here. Im not super great at talking in spanish, but the spirit is there. and it is incredible.

​This is how the world sees the first presidency. Just some normal guys who lead a church

 

 

 

 But when you see them in the light of the gospel. Look whos really behind it all.