old members from Reque!
April 4, 2016
Wow, what a great week! Just a few of the quick
highlights.
Got a food allergy to
something that got me a trip to the doctor with a rash everywhere haha, all
good now, but kind of fun! Will be staying away from fish for a while.
Hermana Williams gave us
HOMEMADE COOKIES for helping with the pensionistas which we finished this week
and they were so good!
I shared my jungle animal
oatmeal with our pensionista family and they thought it was the coolest thing
ever, they were so excited and loved it!
We had a noche misional
where we turned the chapel into a theater and watched The Testament and it was
amazing! That movie is the best thing I have ever seen! I just cried as we
watched it and a lot of people came! It was an amazing night and I definitely
felt blessed that heavenly father sent His son for us.
Overall, it was a wonderful
week. Highlight was obviously General Conference, it was AMAZING. Our gringo
group is down to five in this zone, but it was fun none the less. I especially
loved Elder Holland’s talk and felt the spirit so strong through the whole
conference.
On Sunday morning we had a
good amount of investigators come, including Hermana Nora who has a date for the
30th of April and is doing AWESOME. She really has so much desire to learn and
change. Anyhow, we get there and everyone is super excited, there is just no
signal. Reminded me of last year, when I was in this same stake and there was
no signal for the Trujillo temple dedication. So just like last year, I got to
play the piano for an hour while everyone waited for something to work. It was
a cool experience to feel the spirit of the hymns, the one thing holding
everyone from getting annoyed it seemed. They finally got it to work, right
after the prophet finished speaking.... it was so sad! So many faithful members
had walked miles in the mud just to hear his voice, however the whole
conference was very uplifting and they said they felt the spirit.
I was sitting next to a
less active named Blanca who was a jehovas witness and recently is coming back
after some struggles she is having in her family. I just love her. As we were
watching the conference side by side, the choir was singing and she leaned over
to me with tears in her eyes and whispered, in English," it is
wonderful." I couldn’t keep the tears from my eyes when I replied,
"yes, it is. "
It is wonderful, wonderful
to me. I feel this week the miracles, unanswered prayers and hard work all
seemed to come into place. I feel so blessed to have the chance to work as a
missionary and feel the spirit everyday.
I liked the talk by Elder Renlund
on the distance from the giver, and have seen how many times I have demanded
and whined when things haven’t gone my way. I’m thankful for the conference,
and every other chance I have, thanks to the Savior, to come closer to my
Heavenly Father through Him and to be clean from my mistakes.
Remember how wonderful the
Gospel truly is. Thanks for your prayers and support, love you all!
Hermana Clegg
gringo conference
womens conference with hermana christensen!
