Conference Week

8/13/2007
Happy birthday to grace.

I am sorry to hear about what happened with the Avila family. The lord knows, but she was really young but still, she apparently didn’t need any more trials.

We had our conference this week. It was good, three zones together, from puerto varas, puerto montt, and chiloe. It was really good as usual, it is always fun to see the other missionaries too and chat with them, get caught up. Hna moreno was there, my old comp from punta arenas. It was weird to see her after so much time. She hasn’t changed a bit. It was good to see her and talk about some things that had happened. I was with her for a long time, three months.

So, i don’t really have a whole lot of news for this week. We have had a lot of rain and gotten wet a lot. We are just trying to work hard and do what we need to do. It is a lot of thought and responsibility training someone because she has no idea what is going on with lots of things and so if we don’t get something done it is on my shoulders. I am trying to teach her everything i can so she can have a successful mission and so that she can learn the good things and not the bad things and feel comfortable. She is having a bit of a problem missing home, she left a boyfriend and so thinks about him a lot too. She was in her house just a month ago and everyone here talks about santiago, and so she is reminded of home a lot. I don’t really remember what it was like missing home, it has been so long. I don’t think I really ever missed home. These latinas go on the mission and it is the first time they have left home and not lived at home, so it is a bit harder., such is life. But things are going great, we are happy, having a good time, the lord is blessing us with a lot of work. We have so much to do, there aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything that we want and need to do. This is a blessing truly.

So I was thinking a lot about this the other day. I was wondering, do we obey the commandments because we want blessings or because we love god and because we want him to be happy with us. Do we do it because we don’t want him to be disappointed in us and we don’t want to have to make Jesus suffered more than he already has for what we have done. Or are we just greedy and just want the blessing that god promises us and we deserve the blessings. In the end, god has blessed us so much already that we don’t deserve much but he loves us so much he pours the blessings onto us. That is the thing I love the most, you can feel so much love coming from our heavenly father, and what do we do for him, how we show him that we are grateful. A lot of people do things for the blessings but personally I think that is living a lower law, we should live the higher law and do the things for a better cause.

I truly love the gospel. It has brought so much happiness into my life. There is nothing better the lord is blessing me with the spirit and with knowledge, he helps me remember where the scriptures are and teachings so I can help other people feel the love I feel and know the gospel. It is amazing to speak with a person and leave and think, wow, I said that, where did that come from, or oh wow, my mouth was running and moving but my mind wasn’t thinking a think, I didn’t think a thing that I said, it just came out, where did that come from? Well, we know where it came from, it is so amazing. I love it.

Please help the missionaries at home in the ward, they need so much help. It is so tiring pleadingggggggggg with the members and never getting their help. We give up sooo much to be on the mission and everybody wants the gospel to grow but when we don’t have the help from members there isn’t much we can do, things are sooo much powerful with the members. We found an amazing family this week thanks to a member that gave us a reference, they are so ready for the gospel. We would have never found them if it wasn’t for the member.

The gospel is so true, I love it, I love studying everyday I love learning. The book of momron truly supports and testifies of the bible. Everything we teach really was established before, in the bible and what the prophets anciently taught. Nothing we do is new to the earth. That is we are the restored church of Jesus Christ. The more I study and read the more i know it is all true!!! I feel it with all my heart!! I love the mission!!

Love ya all!