Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Hola! How are things in non - missionary land? Okay - non full time
missionary land, because you are all missionaries!! Just FYI!
Well this last week was AH-MAZING!! I absolutely love that my pday is on
Tuesday's because we get to relax all day! We write letters, do laundry, some
studying, eat like 3 times that day, go to the Temple :D and then at night we
have a devotional...may have said that last week but I still love it! Last
week's Devo was Elder Rasband of the Presidency of the 70 and he talked about
how we are to have the Holy Ghost with us constantly...only way to do that is =
garnish thy thoughts with virtue+bridle your passions+ASK for the HOLY GHOST TO
Attend you always = :D Heavenly Father wants us to all have the Holy Ghost with
us and he will manifest the truthfulness of this Gospel, this message that I'm
sharing if those who want to obtain knowledge are willing to act on the
knowledge the Holy Ghost is willing to give them. After gaining a testimony of
the truthfulness of the Gospel, we repent and are baptized by someone holding
the Proper Authority of God, we receive it [the holy ghost] as a gift from
Heavenly Father...and after that we have to work hard to have the constant
companionship of the Holy Ghost. This life was not meant to be easy but it is
worth it! That is what I'm doing out here - that is what all missionaries are
doing. Our message is the Love of God and how we can return to him! HOW COOL IS
THAT???
Moving on - I'm working out a lot more...okay I'm running a lot more - be
proud KAITY Word! It's about all i like to do around here. I get a way better
work out and we are required to work out 30 mins a day except Sundays (even
P-day but I write letters while my comp works our :P) It's nice cause it's the
only time I get some "world" music - not music but balls bouncing all over the
place and people talking so i love it. I'd have to say that the hardest thing
about being a missionary is all the quiet! Luckily i have an awesome companion
who reminds me when to stop talking. Always have to have a voice of reason. I'm
working on getting better at having a better vocabulary - english and spanish :P
I just want you all to know that i LOVE LOVE LEOVE letters - please send
them! I try to write back every pday but sometimes I can't . Im working hard to
keep it up. Thanks for all the support and letters so far!
Um... I think I'm losing weight so that's good - well it's a toss up. I eat
three meals every day, which is totally weird. But i don't snack as much. You
would think they'd let us have snack time in class when we're stuck in class for
three hours straight twice a day...and are always in the classroom doing
something but no. it's a distraction I'm told. Oh - and all those new shirts I
bought (okay not all of them) all the black and white shirts i bought, I can't
wear because they dont have material under the arm...had no idea of that! :/I
will just have to get a couple when i get to DC cause it gets a tad hot having
to cover them up with a cardigan all the time. Not a complaint, just something
I wasn't aware of. oH - and I met my tutor last week, Sis. Hurren. Asked if she
was related to Jamie but she said no :/ oh well - she's way awesome and i love
meeting with her - helping me know how to better work. And last week we went to
the TRC for the first time. i think it stands for Training Resource Center but
we teach members of the Church there - pretty sweet. It was really hard though
and made me freak out a bit but it was a good experience overall. And the people
we taught were really nice - oh and all teaching is in Spanish! On top of that
we're having some break-throughs with our investigators which is amazing! I
cannot tell you how wonderful it feels to teach and know that the Spirit is
testifying of the words you're saying even if they aren't coming out so
eliquently in another language. It's so wonderful!
OH - daddy! The fireside we had on Sunday
was from a Brother Allen who is the head of missionary operations for the
church. Anywho - his talk kind of reminded me of President Uchtdorf because it
was about a f-14 pilot who took off and landed 308 times on an aircraft carrier
- HOW COOL?! most of the talk was the story so we could really understand how it
was to land in the dark when you couldn't see the ship and didn't know where you
were going. The pilot he was talking about was someone he'd sat next to on a
plane recently (who'd been retired for at least a few years and he's like 38
now)... The pilot said that the two biggest things about making it in the dark
or during the day was precision and deviation. We have to be precise with the
knowledge we have but notice the deviations as they start to come so that we can
correct the mistake before it is too big to handle and we end up in the water.
It was way cool! He related it back to the Atonement and Repentance. I just
wanted to share cause he was an Aircraft Carrier pilot - GO NAVY!!
This week the Atonement has been talked about a lot and it is truly
amazing! I just love the talks that have been shared and the things I have read
- Adam fell so that we could die. Christ died so that we could live! I invite
you all to study the Atonement! We can't truly know Christ until we know how he
suffered for us and why! Awesome talk by Bruce R. McConkie before he died...i
think it's called the garden of gethsemane but not sure...its in the classic
talks section on the church website (i think 1984 was when it was given) - we
did a study on it yesterday and I loved it.
Well everyone - my computer is having a freeze spat again today so I'm
going say chao until next week! I love you all! oh - and baked goods are
welcome! No chocolate please and nothing perishable :P just a thought - corn
nuts, sugar cookies...hot cheetos!! I love it all! But more than that I LOVE YOU
ALL AND YOUR SUPPORT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING! Keep those chins up out there!
Heavenly Father Loves you!
Te Amo!
-Hermana Word (2)
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