How is everyone?? Life here is just dandy!
I have a few milagrosos (miracles) from this week to tell you guys about.
1. Feeling the spirit in the temple was incredible today. I could really feel the Lord's love there, and I realized that it was because I had been praying to get a spiritual experience in the temple. What you put into this Gospel is what you get out of it. I know that to be true. So if you happen to be going this week (hint hint) try praying for a spiritual experience first.
2. Obedience really does bring blessings. I learned that both by being obedient, but more especially I notice it when i am not. But the important thing is that I am still trying.
3. The Lord knows you individually. I was having a semi hard time, so I asked for a blessing from my companion. And let me just say, Elder Payne is amazing. He told me exactly what I needed to hear. And I know it's all going to be okay. The miracles are everywhere here.
Kind of small and simple things to some maybe. But to me, its the little things that make the biggest difference.
Testimony building experiences:
This week I had a really scary experience. We are now onto the next phase of our training: TRC. (Teaching Recent Converts) Well, I don't know if the man we taught was a recent convert or what, but we had been teaching him and things hadn't started off the smoothest. With our broken Spanish and what not, things were interesting to stay the least. he is Latino, and right off the bat he brought up Trump, and talked about how much he hated Latinos, and from what i could gather, he asked us if we, (the missionaries) hated Latinos. Yikes! I didn't know what to say. So I told him that God loves all of His children, and that I loved him. That was only the first lesson.
In a more recent lesson, Jose (that's his name) also threw us another curve ball. We were teaching him about the restoration, and were trying hard to get across the story about Joseph Smith being a prophet. Well, we didn't get very far before he cut us right off, and said, that he wasn't interested in Joseph Smith, he didn't care about Joseph Smith, or the Book of Mormon, and that he didn't want to know about Joseph Smith's problems, he wanted to talk about his problems. There was kind of a stunned suilence after that, in the which I said a quick prayer. Then, following the spirit, I bore him my testimony. I said that I knew that Joseph Smith was a prophet, that Jesus and Heavenly Father loved us, and that if He would pray about it, he could know too. That was really scary, standing up for the truth like that. But I felt as if I were standing with angels all around me as I said it, just a simple testimony in broken spanish, yet the spirit was there. Jose was quiet for a little bit. I asked him if he would pray to know, and he said yes.
I have hope that we are doing well. It is defnitely really tough from time to time, but I know that the Lord's hand is in the work, and we are instruments for Him. How I love the Lord. I would hate to be anywhere but here. And I've never worked harder or been happier. The church is true. I hope you guys can see the truth of it through my letters. I hope all is well at home. I love you guys.
Here's my weekly haiku:
Blech blech blech blech blech
Guinea pig food is so gross
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Sincerely,
Elder hakalaka
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