Hello family,
I hope that you all enjoyed conference as much as i did. I was almost in tears of joy seeing the conference center and the beautiful temple in Salt Lake...yeah i was trunky for a second or two :) haha we had to go to Heredia to watch conference, but that means that i got to watch it in English :) They had a little room set up for those who wanted to watch it in English and then everyone else was in the chapel. I did watch the Sunday morning session in Spanish and was able to understand everything, there is just something so different being able to hear their voices and the passion they have behind every word. Something that you cant really tell or hear with the Spanish translation...
This conference i decided to be more like Dad. So i had my notebook and drew a line down one side of the page. I called the bigger part my Large Plates and the smaller part my Small Plates. I wrote down things that i liked that they were saying on my large plates, but on my small i wrote thoughts i had that came to me, or things i wanted to change, or answers that i was receiving. I went into conference with like 3 questions, but came out with about 20 answers, it was amazing.
It was also fun to see the choir from Davis County. When they said that i was like "aww these are my people :)" then couldn't help but think of that country song.. these are my people,this is where i come from..:) haha
This past week we found 2 families to teach and they are amazing. One of them we were talking to about us being here away from our families. Usually people go on and on about how strong we must be to be away from our families for so long and all this stuff. But this mom went on and on about how hard it must be for our families at home. She couldn't believe that my mom would let me leave the country for so long. She just kept on hugging her little baby and saying "You cant leave me okay?" haha so mom and family, i am sorry if it´s hard for you guys. I hope you can feel the blessings from me serving a mission.
Also we went to visit a less active family this week and the mom and little girl were really sick and asked for a priesthood blessing. We called two men in the branch and then waited for them to come. The thing that was hard, for all of us,is that her husband was home, he has the priesthood, but has made choices in his life, and now does not have the right to exercise his priesthood. All for a few little choices he made, that now are tearing apart his family, a family that has been sealed in the temple. I hope that this experience opened his eyes to help him want to change. And i just have to say thank you dad, for always being so worthy and willing to give me a blessing whenever i needed it. When sister Burton was talking in conference about the importance of fathers i wrote in my small plates. "find a man like dad" :)
I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter, and that you all remember how much i love you all :)keep working hard, praying hard, and studying your scriptures. so simple, yet so important.
LOVE;
Hermana Peters
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