13 And it acame to
pass that the voice of the Lord came to them in their afflictions, saying: Lift
up your heads and be of good comfort, for I know of the covenant which ye have
made unto me; and I will covenant with my people and deliver them out of
bondage.
14 And
I will also ease the aburdens which
are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs,
even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand asbwitnesses for
me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit
my people in their cafflictions.
15 And
now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon Alma and his brethren
were made light; yea, the Lord didastrengthen them
that they could bear up their bburdens with
ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with cpatience to
all the will of the Lord.
Found
this scripture this week when I was a little down about my numbers and what
not. Sometimes we just find ourselves in a gutter and don´t know how to get
out. Everyone should read ¨After All We Can Do¨ by Robbie Pierce. The
Lord always has his arms out stretched to us even when we are blind to the
fact. I was reminded of a simple truth this past week when I received a
letter from a friend. In it he stated that ¨my walk with God...is...¨
I was touched. What an outlook, for all of us to adapt to our
lives, right. Our Savior is always with us, we have to look to him and
remember him.
This week
a crazy storm hit and we had to run and take cover for 20 minutes or so until
the crazy part past. You literally couldn´t hear anything and the rain was just
pounding. Hna Silva and I were only out in it for a few minutes running
from a house of an investigator and taking cover in a near by dispensia.
Anyway later that evening I was freezing. We were contacting and I
was thinking ¨why, why ,why??..¨ No one would let us in, it was freezing, there
was wind, and we were soaking. uh. But then I remembered... to look
up. I forgot to ask ¨what?¨ :) What can I learn from this... what a
fun story to tell my kids when I am older. Then to top things off with a
cherry… Celia and Kristhian got their car back so they can drive us around and
are always more than willing to and practically jumped for joy when we asked
them to accompany us to visit with some investigators. We visited familia
Reyes. Ramona, the mother, almost has an answer. She is praying so
hard and came to church yesterday. I love them so much. With the knowledge of the plan of
salvation it has helped and comforted them so much. Testimonies of Celia
and Kristhian were just off the charts. Oh, absolutely PERFECT!!! We
passed by Kristhian and Celia in a momento dificil just like familia Reyes and
they bore testimony to what a blessing we and this message has been to them.
This was Friday and Celia was blowing me away. Her testimony is
rock solid... should have heard her at her baptism. Oh amazing. She
said I have never been more sure that this IS the camino Dios preparo por
todos. It is so true. This is the path our Lord prepared for EVERYONE of
us since the beginning.
Speaking
of the baptism, oh it was incredible. Kristhian received the priesthood
yesterday morning and had the opportunity to baptize Celia. Today early
in the morning he left on a 3 week vacation to Japan. Incredible how the
Lord works. His time table is perfect. Celia couldn´t have been
happier. Her girls were so cute as well. Jazmin was the happiest I
have seen. Precious little moment: As Kristhian and Celia were
waiting Jazmin and I walked over to look at the font. She took my hand
and I looked down at her... she wore the biggest smile and gave me a big hug
telling me how excited she is for the day her dad will baptized her. :)
I will never forget the day my dad baptized me. A moment unforgetable
and I will always remember the peaceful feeling that just flooded over me.
Jazmin turns 8 the 21 de Febrero.
OH SUPER
EXCITING NEWS... TWO THINGS...
#1:
Asistencia en la Iglesia ayer: 170 personas!!!
#2: ME
VOY!!!! Serious. I will be all tears the next few days leaving my dearest
Loma Pyta and my dearest hija Hermana Silva. Oh I want to cry… I won´t be
spending my birthday or Christmas in Loma!!! I am going to miss everyone
so flippin much. And just when I felt like I knew everyone so well. Loma
is my home! I will have spent almost 6 meses aquí. Soooo... want
to hear where I am going ?? :)
Campo
Grande!! It is behind the Caballería in Loma, so practically neighbors. Happy I
am not headed too far. PLUS, para que sepan.... I will be companions
with Hermana WOOD!!! She is currently a Sister Training Leader and her comp
leaves Thursday, which means... Hermana Owen (me :) will be... the new Sister
Training Leader!!! Ya I am kinda
freakin out as well but super stoked. Super sad to leave Celia. Haven´t told
anyone yet and I don´t know what to do cuz I have one day to say goodbye to
everyone!! Oh I want to cry!!! All is well, all is well.
Forgot to
mention a stellar part of the baptism ayer... Hermana Pelicó, Hermana Vasquez,
Hermana Silva, y yo cantamos, ¨I am a Child of God,¨ First verse in Spanish,
second in English, and third is GUARANI! I am in love with guarani!! I am
learning a ton but don´t worry focusing on the Spanish. The book of
mormon goal is coming mas o menos. I am striving. I wish you all a
fabulous week.
XOXO
Con mucho
Cariño y un beso (like Celia always says over the phone),
Hermana
Owen
P.S.
Pday was super fun... fuimos para montar bicicletas en el Botanico (it´s
like a forest/garden/zoo) and oh my life it was absolutely amazing!!
Giant trees, covered in vines, and bright orange flowers blossoming, as clouds
passed over and the breeze just ran against my face. Oh I really needed
that. This work is exhausting sometimes. But I love it. RO
HAY HU! (I love you in guarani)
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| this wasw our fun pday, it was a BLAST!! biked through THE most beautiful place!!! oh HUGE great Botanica se llama with GIGANTIC trees covered in moss and blooming flowers, tons of clouds and breeze so fun!! |
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| haha puede ver how bad i was sweating my arms were dripping and my face yuck |
