our activity went a little long today, so i only have a few minutes left to write, and no time to attach photos :( but i will for sure next week. we were invited to another disco at a member´s house across the railroad tracks, and we ended up teaching a really great lesson about how god is our loving heavenly father, and it was super powerful because there was a young man who is going through some seriouss struggles, and we were able to pray together and bring him some comfort.
other than that, i have fleas. actually, i´ve had fleas for weeks. NOT a fun experience, but apparently it´s super common, at least among all of the sister missionaries. every time i see a dog scratching themself in the street now, i just say to them in spanish, "i feel your pain". it´s embarrassing, yes, but such is the life of a missionary...haha. actually, i´ve come to the point where pride really just has to go out the window. there´s no room for it in the mission, and really no room for it in life in general!
something i learned in my personal study this week (i´ve been reading the talk "beware of pride" by president ezra taft benson - it´s excellent!)
-pride is putting your will against god´s, hardening your heart and refusing (whether consciously or not)his guidance and direction
-some manifestations of pride:
--to compare yourself to another - distances us from being able to love others as god would want us to in order to be happy
--withholding gratitude or praise for others (denying the promptings of the spirit that)
--withholding forgiveness and justifying yourself in your actions
--defensiveness - withholding your heart, making it difficult for you to recognize and feel the love of others, including the lord
-pride is UGLY, and overall just a waste of time and energy!
-love god, fear HIS judgement (not that of others), and do HIS will (not your own)!
these are only a few of the things that i felt were important to me, and i´m still not done with the talk becuase i´ve been studying all of the scriptures that he cites as well. i really want you all to search for the talk on www.lds .org and read it for yourself. i´ve really learned a lot about the need to be humble, and recognized a lot of things within myself that i´m going to change becuase of the personal revelation i received while studying this talk.
yikes, time to go, but i´ll have more time next week to fill you in on more details of a day in the life of hna wright :)
¡me voy! (people say this to us all the time. it literally means "i´m going" so we´ll be talking to someone and they´ll just say in the middle of the conversation "yeah,í´m leaving" and walk away. it´s so funny, but super common! haha i love chileans. so honest...)
lots of love,
hna wright
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