Jan 21, 2014

Every single day is a chance to learn something new. Especially on the mission

This week I learned...  you should always smell your Coca-Cola before you drink it, just in case there’s more than just soda in there.

- you should always be careful when you tell a aventista that the Sabbath day is on Sunday, because if you’re not smart about it they will pull out their pocket size bible and lecture you in the street for 10 minutes.

-asking someone to use their bathroom to get into a house could lead to miracles

-when you’re tired and you don’t want to work, work harder because God is just about to dump some blessings on you

-there are like 1000 different ways to eat pancakes here in Chile 

-following the spirit is the most important thing in mission work.

- don’t leave the window open all day long, because then flies will invest your home and you will spend every free moment of your time with a fly swatter in hand. (This week I have taken the lives of 98 flies...it had to be done)

We had a great activity in our ward Our goal for this  sector is to unify this ward and help them help themselves...with this activity we just wanted the ward to have fun and get to know each other, and our investigators better. The activity was called TARDE MOJADA!!! Which in English means ¨ wet afternoon¨... yeah I know maybe it doesn’t translate very well from Spanish to English, and it wasn’t my first choice of a name but we just had to go with it. We played a lot of fun games with water balloons like volleyball, bobbing for apples (but bobbing for water balloons) egg toss (but with water balloons)...you get the point...

And like all other good things, it ended with a water fight.

This week as well we finally got a wedding date for Carla and David. They are going to be married on March 26 and baptized on the 28! It was quite an adventure to get this date set, we went to 3 different offices in 3 different towns to try to get a date set earlier, but March 26 was the earliest. My companion is sad because for sure he will leave before they get married but I’m likely to stay and be their WITNESS!!!!

I am so glad for the chance I have to be here and to learn from my experiences. In our lives, through our experiences God shapes us and turns us into the people he wants us to be. In the book of Mormon it say that learning is good, only when we arte humble and follow the councils of God. 2 ne4fi 9: 28 29

 No person can truly learn in this life through arrogance and pride. God hides things from the wise and prudent and reveals them unto babes- matt 11: 25

When we want to learn from God we need to be humble like a child... ¨learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart¨ 

Be humble, be a child, and learn from God. He has the answers waiting for all who are willing to ask.

Parents please thank the ward and everyone who has sent me letters in the Christmas box for me. I really loved to hear from every one and can feel the love from the ward. Especially the butlers who sent a Christmas card to me! They are so great.