I was reading in Jacob 5 this morning
verses 70-75... It talks about the Lord and his vineyard. At first I was
just trying to get some good scriptures on missionary work, little did I know
it was the Lord talking directly to me. It was overwhelming his words as
he said, ¨Go to and labor with all your might. For behold this is the last
time... for the end is nigh at hand... and if ye shall labor with all your
might with me ye shall have joy in the fruit.¨ The roads is not
completely finished yet. I´m still sprinting and I hope that in the end his
words are somewhat like verse 75. This work has been incredible and one
of THE greatest blessings and opportunities I have had in my life.
I wanted to fill you all in a little on
the miracles from last week. General Conference was an adventure.
Saturday played but every ten seconds it cut out. Sunday we only listened
but luckily it played well. Sunday is when la Hermana Eugenia and her
darling 3 little lost boys came to listen for the two full sessions STAYING the
two hours in between. These people sacrifice so much. It was fun
and lucky hermana Border and I had made cinnamon rolls for everyone for Sunday
sessions. ALSO, Gloria Moreco (baptized last October in Loma with
daughter Milagros) is going through the temple! I called her last week
and she told me the great news!!
This week also had it´s miracles and
adventures. Hna Maura, who we got to know and taught only this past
Friday, came to church SUNDAY! Everyone was so excited to see her!
We had so many adventures: first off we had a GIANT flying cockroach
attack us one night. I ran out of the house while Hna Border valiantly
killed it with our mop. So I have a fear of cockroaches and she
spiders. Thursday night I had just closed my eyes to sleep when I here a
scream from the other room. A creepy spider fell onto her from the
ceiling! I checked and in the morning we found and killed it. It was a
cool spider though. Friday night we are getting ready for bed and I walk
into the kitchen because I heard a crackling. Outside our blurry window I
see strong flames blazing upward! ¨HERMANA BORDER!!¨ ¨HERMANA BORDER
THERE´S FIRE OUTSIDE OUR HOUSE! WE have. to leave. now!¨ We frantically
grab our emergency stuff and run to the front door where we saw more flames
outside that window! We open the door, hearts pounding, sweaty hands,
minds racing.... our neighbor was burning his trash... oh Paraguay. :)
Hna Sophia and Pastora have new dates
and we are pretty sure are going to be fully prepared for the 24 of
October. They are more and more excited everyday feeling part of the ward
family.
This work is incredible. I love
you all so much. See you at the finish line.
Con Cariño,
Hermana Owen
