First off....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KARI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wish I was there to celebrate with yooooooouuuuuu.
And.... a few weeks have passed but congratulations to Amber and Brent for your 2 years! :D
Second... another transfer has passed. I feel like with every blink of the eye another one passes!
I´ve decided to not blink anymore. It´s frustrating because my eyes are getting pretty dry.
I don´t have much to say this week besides that the
book of mormon truely is my favorite book and I am awed everyday by the
things that I learn and the spirit I feel.
oh! okay I lied... one more thing.
Last night we were teaching a couple the plan of salvation. The
"husband" (they aren´t legally married yet) is a member but hasn´t been
to church for a few years. Last night as we were teaching, the "wife"
had a lot of questions. I have these little picture things that we use
to teach so i sat on the floor in front of everyone to talk to them. (We
had 3 members with us). As we came to the part of the plan called
"mundo espiritual" (spirit world) she stopped us and asked... but i was
raised to believe that there is heaven and hell and that what we do here
on earth will decide where we go in the end. How can there be more
after this part... why are we even here if we´ll have another chance to
change after we die? We explained all the details about the differences
between repenting here on earth and in the spirit world. She still
wasn´t completely satisfied with the answer so everyone started
discussing and trying to help her and I just sat and listened. I was
thinking... none of this is helping her. She understands, but she´s not
relating. I then tried pay attention to just her. As I looked at her I
had this thought, "what does she feel her relationship with god is?"
FInally when everyone stopped talking for a second I asked her... When
you think of God what do you think of? Love or Anger? She replied Love. I
then testified to her the love that God has for everyone single one of
us. No matter what we do he still loves us. He has to let the
consequences happen, but he still loves us. ANd he will do anything and
EVERYTHING to give us as many chances as he possibly can.
It was a doctrine really simple, but it helped her. And even more, it helped me. As I testified I could feel the spirit testify to me the truth of what I was saying. I could feel God´s love for every person in that room and for me. I
don´t know if anyone else felt it the same way I did, but I was a
feeling that I could not deny. And it was a feeling that I didn´t even
know that I needed.
This is why I´m here. Because God loves each one of his children and can´t bare for even one to be left behind.
Here are some more pictures!
Love you all!
1. I drank water from a coconut!
It was really different than I expected, I didn´t like it. But! It was a cool experience!
2. All is well here in Atibaia! :D
3. The theatre we did in our ward :)
4. Our turtle friend. She doesn´t have a name... but we love her anyway.
5. I touched a rattle snake. I´m cool. The end. hahaha
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