December 9, 2013
Yesterday was the Christmas Devotional
of the Church Presidency. I/We were able to go watch it. I LOVE listening to
the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and especially mixed in with messages from the
Prophet and apostles. Watching it made me feel a little bit closer to friends
and family. Who knows how many of my friends or family were watching this very
program or how many of my Utah friends were actually in the Conference Center.
It was heartwarming.
On that pleasant not, this last week
was a little crazy. Are mornings were used up almost every day in order to go
to the Stake Center (about 20-30 minutes travel, including walking and bus).
But it was nice to see the missionaries of our zone so frequently. There are 28
missionaries (only 4 of which are Sister Missionaries) Also, we've been
practicing for our choir performance this upcoming Saturday. It sounds so
great!
In addition, Hna Rodriguez and I are
practicing a song to perform in our Zone Conference this Wednesday. We sound
good! I think my singing has improved since I came it.
This week for lessons has been a little bit of a struggle. We have tried very hard to work with the members and have them help us with visiting investigators but something ALWAYS goes wrong. Oy. We have a new goal to do ALL possible to have members with us. People are excited to help we just have to talk with them.
We did have some noteworthy experiences
this week. One day was so very very powerful. The night previous one of our
investigators, Amanda, had just experienced the death of her mother. We only
passed by to consol her a little bit and passed by the next day to share a
small message. During the message, I could feel something indescribable in my
chest. A powerful feeling like I was being urged onward, like a swelling in my
heart. It was the spirit. I knew that today she would accept a date for
baptism. I expressed sincerely my desire to help her have peace and light in
her heart through her experiences and heart ache. She felt it too. Everyone in
the room could feel it, even her 3 year old wild child grandchild. He is
usually running around doing things to seek attention (and receiving it) but at
this precise, pivotal moment, he was absolutely silent. It was amazing.
Then, we gave an amazingly powerful
lesson to a less active member, Antonio. It was the first time anyone had
taught him a lesson in two years since he stopped assisting church! What?!
This week was the Presentation of the
Primary here in our ward. They were so cute! It is so amazing to see the
children stand up and share their knowledge on the gospel. Simple and short,but
honest and true; amazingly powerful. It helped brighten my day. :)
Cultural: This Saturday was the Dia Del
Diablo, The 7th of December at 6:00pm. They burn piñatas Del Diablo and make
LOTS of noise with fireworks. LOTS of noise. It's symbolic to chase away the
devil so they can have a peaceful Christmas. I have no idea which religion
invented this, but it was interesting to hear the world exploding outside and
pass burning piles of things in the streets.
Hermana Schultz
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