Anyroad, Buenas tardes familia mía!
Sounds
like you´ve had all kinds of adventures! It´s really unfortunate that
Nathan didn´t get a full nights rest the night before Boys State. Rumor
has it that you do not get a lot of sleep there. And then if you nod off
in class... well.. The punishment is you get even less sleep. So let´s
hope home-boy is having a good time. haha
Also, I don´t believe for a second that all the
children wanted to write me out of the love and good intentions of their
hearts. They just wanted to get out of painting the fence. (Don´t deny
it. Been there, done that, used that excuse). But i love them anyway and
can´t wait to hear from them next week. :)
Since it has been a while since I have given you a good food story, please sit back and enjoy the following:
One
time, Hermana Lopez and I went to the home of a lovely menos activa
that was having a rough moment in her life. In most homes, they offer us
some sort of beverage while we are there which we accept gratefully
because we are sweating all day. The hermana offered us some "agua," we
said "por favor," and out came two tall cold glasses of some sort of
chunky liquid. Upon tasting, I realized that it was chunky cucumber
water with juuuuust enough onion to give it a good kick. A good enough
"kick" that we pretended to drink it all through the lesson, and then
offered to "wash the cups" and pour it down the sink. Bless her.
Cucumbers and onions do not belong together in liquid form.
I spoke again in church yesterday. They lock the
gate right at 9 for safety reasons, and then open it again right after
the sacrament for whoever comes late. Yesterday at 9 o´clock there were 4
missionaries, 5 recent converts, and about 3 other families. So Bishop
Hermandez asked Hermana Lopez and I to speak, and the other misioneras
to bear testimony. Good times.
I had this week that opened my eyes quite a bit in regards to the atonement. We went to visit another less active sister
the other night with the plan to share a message on the Holy Ghost. When
we got there, she was watching a movie about the bible and the life of
Christ. Well, the movie was terrible, but we didn´t know how to ask her
to turn off a movie about the very message that we bring.. so we just whipped out our himnarios and asked if we could sing a hymn. "Should I
turn off the movie first?" "Yes, hermana.. I mean.. if you want to.." We
sang "Asombro Me Da" ("I Stand All Amazed") and then simply bore
testimony of the reality of the Savior and his Atonement. All the way
home I had the words of that hymn going through my head.
"I stand all amazed at the love Jesus offers me;
confused at the grace that so fully he proffers me. I tremble to know
that for me He was crucified.. that for me a sinner he suffered, he
bled, and died. Oh it is wonderful that he should care for me enough to
die for me! Oh it is wonderful, wonderful to me!"
It truly is incredible the LOVE that Jesus must have
for every single one of us. It fills my heart with such joy to think
that each individual is so loved and so remembered and so worth it in
the eyes of God. OH it is WONDERFUL! Wonderful to me.
I love you I love you I love you!!!
Hermana Moser
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