Hallelujah!
Haha hello everyone! Happy September! The weather should be warming up soon :)
SO GUESS WHO CAME TO CHURCH YESTERDAY!!!!!!
That's
right. The Rojas family. :) :) It was a miracle!!!! Not all of them
came, but Francisco and 3 of his kids came! No one ever comes to church
in Recreo! And in addition to them, we had another investigator come
with a member friend, and like 4 less actives! It was AWESOME! The cool
part about the Rojas family is that everyone greeted them and welcomed
them, and all the members got up and bore their testimonies! It was so
cool! In Primary, one of the leaders thought that the kids were members
because they volunteered to give the prayers in Primary and they did it
so well! They are such a great family. When they arrived at church, 5
year old Vicente came out first and ran all the way down the sidewalk
into my arms!!! It was absolutely adorable. I was so happy to see them
there, it was a miracle. And they loved church!
Let's see, what else. We had
an activity this weekend in our ward, we got to listen to some T Swift
playing. We played Telephone! Lemme tell ya. Spanish Telephone is a LOT
harder than English telephone haha. But my group won! I didnt mess it up
too bad! :)
Milo is going to Colombia this
week. :( But I hope he has a great time! He will be there a month and
he will come back here after cambios!
We
taught a mailman in the street the other day. He was cool! We sat
talking to him for like an hour in front of the apartments. He was super
interested in the gospel and asked us so many questions! He was
flipping through the Book of Mormon and came across the Index in the
back, and one of the definitions is Lucifer. And he freaked out cuz he
thought there was a Book of Lucifer! Haha but no worries, we explained
it to him and he was laughing. Hes a cool guy. :)
This week we found a couple
new hidden jungles in Recreo! Theyre so pretty and green. And Recreo
lately has been smelling like ocean breeze. Nice and fresh and salty. :)
But it doesnt help when you have people skinning fish outisde your
apartment.
Hmmm what else... Diego the
6yr old son of the bishop started singing the English theme song of
Ninja Turtles - just for me. But he doesnt speak English and it sounded
like gibberish hahaha his mom was in a fit of silent giggles and kept
glancing at me and laughing more. I was laughing so hard! Oh Diego. What
a great kid.
I had a BREAKTHROUGH this
week! Not just that people actually came to church. I feel like I have
figured out this mission thing a little more. I know now more than ever
that I am here on a mission because God wants me to become something
more! I am here in Recreo with Hna Hanks because that's exactly where I
need to be for me to become what He wants me to become. I am learning so
very much and I wouldnt give it up for the world. The mission is VERY
HARD but that just means that it's worth it! Like it says in Harry
Potter, "We must choose between what is right and what is easy." True
that. If this was easy to do it wouldn't be worth it. "Heavenly Father
didnt put us on earth to fail, but to succeed!" (Richard G. Scott). God
sees you as His child, and who you are capable to become. Doing things
the Lord's way will make you happier than doing things your way.
Guaranteed. "Cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act
for yourselves! Reconcile yourselves to the will of God." (2 Nephi
10:23-24).
Everyone - we have the gospel!
The gospel is power! And with power comes great responsibility (thank
you Spiderman). So let's share it with all! Cuz that's our
responsibility.
Enjoy your week everyone! I love you all! Write me!
Con amor,
Hermanita Amy Schrader
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