July 30, 2012

hello world! (slash the 4 people that actually read about my missionary adventures here in south america... :)

to start with a few fun experiences from the week:

• so remember how i told you hna nelson and i have had to jump the fence a few times early in the morning because no one had woken up to open it, and we still don´t have any keys? well, we talked to the owners the other day, and come to find out, she leaves the chain on, but keeps it UNLOCKED because she knows sometimes we leave early...it was OPEN the whole time! we definitely got some good laughs out of that one...
• today in the grocery store we found some german salad dressings and other german products in one of the aisles. there was someone there working to re-stock right next to where we were looking, when hna nelson and i began to converse for a good 3 or 4 minutes in "german" to see if we could get him to think we were authentic...i dunno, but i think maybe our "schpraken duken malken bochken" just wasn´t convincing enough. we definitely enjoyed it though.

we had a training conference this week, so president and the assistants came down to visit the zone! they spoke again about "crecimiento real" or "real/authentic growth", which has to do with developing your own testimony, experiencing a change of heart, and always following the impressions of the holy ghost. what stood out to me was the necessity to experience our own conversion process (like what i talked about last week). i shouldn´t come back the same as when i left. 

a scripture i particurlaly liked:

mosiah 5:2 - in response to king benjamin´s address:

 2 And they all cried with one voice, saying: Yea, we believe all the words which thou hast spoken unto us; and also, we know of their surety and truth, because of the Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has wrought a mighty ^achange in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do ^bevil, but to do good continually.

time to go, but i hope we can all get to the point where we´ve given our hearts over to the lord, and let him change us so we no longer have the desire to judge others, slack in our callings or other responsibilities, treat others with disrespect, be impatient, etc. i am determined to LET HIM CHANGE ME. even if it hurts, because he knows what´s best for me, and what i can become through the "refinement" process.

i love this gospel. i love being a missionary. i love YOU, familia :)

take care, and don´t forget that i exist. thanks!

hermana wright