August 25, 2014
Hello all!
Is it really Monday again?! How's school going?
Thanks for all of your prayers! We found some great new
investigators this week and really saw a bunch of miracles, they happen, when
we try our best to complete all of our goals!
This week we were so excited to go to the wedding of Daniel and
Florencia! It all went perfect and we all had a blast. They look so happy
together and now that they are married, they know that they can feel the spirit
stronger in their house. We are so happy for them, plus... the food display was
nice... like 4 times the food than people but hey, we didn't complain! Every
time the music got blasted up and the guests went crazy dancing... Hermana
Chalupa just showed us funny selfies on her cell phone. We love the members
here... they are the best! We had the honor of sharing a scripture at the
wedding and sharing our thoughts about marriage. I know that our Heavenly
Father is so happy for them and we are so happy to help them along this great
journey! Florencia was super tired all weekend and got sick but Daniel got to
church right on time for Sacrament!!!! By himself! Atta boy.
Yesterday we sang "Come Thou Fount" in Sacrament
meeting... despite the fact that I had a greatttt cold…(Like time number 4 in
the mission.. like a skipping record…it just hit me randomly at a less actives
house and I used all of their tissues…attractive) . It turned out well (The
musical number) and brought a great spirit to the meeting. I love the spirit
that hymns bring :)
In district meeting this Tuesday a few of the missionaries were
speaking because they are going home at the end of the transfer and they told
us about a letter that president wrote to them called "The Last Note"
It talks about how there is a pianist that is performing and he had a few small
mess ups in the middle of his song but at the end of the piece he hit the last
note spot on perfect! He referred it to how we all make mistakes… we all do
things wrong at times.. if not every single day! But…It's all about putting all
of our effort into everything and ending it out well. No matter how much time
is left in the mission, no matter how much time is left in anything, ... make
the last note count. BE DILIGENT!
Soledad has started to say her prayers without looking at the
front of her Book of Mormon where we wrote the order of the prayers. She is
practicing!! Happiness is seeing her spirit grow.
So in Ward Conference we learned a ton!! Bishop gave a
mathematical analogy and referred it to the gospel... I liked! So basically
it's like this. Force= mass times velocity....it's like the gospel. Our force
is our testimony. Our testimony depends on a principle (The mass that doesn't
change) and that depends on how much acceleration we give it… the velocity or
change in acceleration.. The Force varies because our acceleration is our attitude
in wanting or not wanting to follow the Commandments. I loved it! If we want a
stronger testimony, we have to work for it!
D&C 78:7 For if you will that I give unto you a place in the
Celestial world, you must prepare yourselves by doing the things which I have
commanded you and required of you.
"We are not "earning heaven" we are
LEARNING Heaven. We are preparing for it. We are practicing it. " -Brad
Wilcox
Donde hay fe, hay amor. Donde hay amor, hay paz. Donde hay paz
está Dios. Donde está Dios, no falta nada.
So we were with the Puyo's the other day sharing a story from
Mosiah about the pueblo of Zeniff and the war that went on. We were telling
them all about it and we decided to give them a cliff hanger and let them read
the rest. Cesar, their son is showing soooo much progress, he is coming to
church every week and has even mentioned preparing for the mission and he
goes..... "Tell us what happens next"! haha We laughed and everyone
waited for the end of the story. The Book of Mormon is great!!
This week we were able to talk to a bunch of people on the
street and in the bus and knocking on doors too! We spend a certain amount of
time each day searching for new teaching opportunities and to start it all out
on Monday we went and contacted a person that we talked to a while ago and he
gladly let us in and we taught their whole family with a Hermana from the ward
that was out working with us! They accepted a date to return and also are
preparing for baptism. Every week is different but this was a great jump start
to our excitement for the week.
Ah so many more great experiences but gotta go!!
Have a great week!!
Con MUCHO Amor-
Hermana Barrett
Check out these links!
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| Daniel and Flor are married! |
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| Signing the docs |
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| Wedding party complete with masks and corn on the cob maracas! |
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| I heard the girls at camp created Plan of Salvation charts...Here is ours made complete with glitter! |
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