Elder Ballard- "when you're
involved in the work of the Lord, the power behind you is always greater than
the obstacles before you" that is from my dear friend and old comp the one
and only Hna Wood.
This week was literally on fire!
Gosh I felt like the spirit was rollin 24/7 between my comp and I and the
work. We have a fun new goal of reading words from Thomas S. Monson, so
when people ask us, ¨Wow, if God speaks with man, what has his Prophet said most
recently.¨ Like it says in 1 Peter 3:15 always be prepared to give people a
reason for the hope that is within you.
This week we went to try and
visit an investigator with Hna Elena Jara. The investigator wasn´t home.
We thumbed through our agenda deciding where to go, what to do, then we
looked down the street behind us and decided to head in that direction.
As we headed down the street, we found a cute girl, long black hair,
dressed in skull-decour and decided to contact her. She was very solomn.
There was something wrong you could just tell. We gave her a
pamphlet and began to walk away but as we did I caught eyes with her. She
looked as if she was on the verge of tears. What more could give me the
hint to, ¨HELLO SHARE WITH HER,¨ but in a contacting shuffling mood we left.
We had only walked a block, I stopped and said I felt we should probably
go back. Hna Tomco, so cute, not thinking a split second said, ¨Probably?
If you think let´s go! She´s right there!¨ I love her. We returned and sat down with her.
We introduced ourselves properly this time and asked her how her day was
going. ¨good...¨ she suggested as she took a sip of her sprite and shoved
her empanada in her bag. Then as she screwed on the cap she went to
tears. ¨... Bad...¨ and she just broke down. We wrapped our
arms around her and told her that she has a father in heaven who loves her, who
knows her, and a Savior whose arms are always extended out to her. We gave one
of the neatest lesson of my life, on the power of the atonement and the gospel
of Jesus Christ. She doesn´t live in our area but she was incredible.
She is a darling young woman,18, and has the most incredible dreams and
aspirations but because of decisions and I think an unstable home life she has
had to settle for less. This gospel will change her life. You should have
seen the light that was just beaming from her eyes in the end of the lesson.
Everyday I fall more and more in
love with the people of Paraguay and my mission. Something clicked this
week, like in my heart. I don´t know. I have noticed how things
that used to be of importance no longer are. The mission has helped me
have such a change of heart. I spoke yesterday in sacrament with Hna
Tomco and I started out describing what Paraguay is to me. It got the
crowd a little teary eyed and then ME TOO! Man, I love this country and
these people SO much! I´ll describe more next week. We´re gettin
kicked out of the cyber. It is closing! love you all !!
xoxoxo
con mucho cariño,
Hermana Owen
the pic
is han rodriguez! we traveled out 8 hrs. this week to Concepciòn!! This
is a real live Lamanite!!! She speaks Nivaclae which is a clickish language.
I love her!!! She lives in ¨Abundancia¨ it is land bought by the
church and everyone there is mormon! crazy right! she is darling.
BY THE WAY... did you all know that Paraguay was THE FIRST lamanite
teaching mission!!! What the cool right!
love love love you all!
