caught up, and remembering tender mercies
well... the week of no music went well i guess... I still had to listen for work, but it did help me not get sick of my music, when I listened to it again I was excited and liked it better. I didn't find any other real insight.
on a different note i just looked through my journals from the mission, and realized that today (or i guess tomorrow, the 13th of october, 2013) 2 years ago, I taught my first lesson to an investigator! Osvaldo. He is honestly, one of the most incredible people that I met in Chile. He is a good Christian, raised in the Catholic church{ish} but always had his questions and doubts to which was really the true church. He told us that he never ever lets people in, or even gives them the time of day, but for some reason, he felt he should listen to us. {the Lord prepared his people little by little}
He had{s} some life complications, as most people do, which hindered his progression, but teaching him, was the greatest tender mercy of my mission. We were determined to be diligent and find, because for a solid transfer, I had not taught a single lesson. So we had 30 minutes after church before lunch, and sure enough, he was there and let us in to speak to him. {just to add to the tender mercy of it all, this was right after we did a cosechon which is the whole zone/district comes and contacts for a few hours in your area, and we had just had general conference the week before where the only line that kept repeating in my head was "believe in miracles"} I got to tell Joseph Smiths story and the first vision from my heart, and there is no doubt in me that the spirit was there.
With time we passed him to the Elders because his pareja couldn't always be there, or a member couldn't come with us, and after that, I got transferred out, and 3 months after that the last Elder taught him from what I know. I hope he is doing well. I hope his past divorce was finalized so that he could marry his pareja, and they could get baptized. I know he has a testimony, we just need to find him again and get him back on the path.
On another note, since coming home from California {where I nannied for mace} I have been really tired as my body continues to fight off whatever bugs were floating around those 4 sick kids. But not like... exhausted, but weird enough to the point where I could not make eye contact with someone on campus, cause I would just giggle. I am sure everyone on campus thought I was crazy, probably cause I was/am... but oh well... today was a great day because well.. I have wonderful friends who are always looking out for me, and thinking of me, more then for them. How truly blessed I am to have them in my life. Really, tutt, you rock. love you girl.
on a different note i just looked through my journals from the mission, and realized that today (or i guess tomorrow, the 13th of october, 2013) 2 years ago, I taught my first lesson to an investigator! Osvaldo. He is honestly, one of the most incredible people that I met in Chile. He is a good Christian, raised in the Catholic church{ish} but always had his questions and doubts to which was really the true church. He told us that he never ever lets people in, or even gives them the time of day, but for some reason, he felt he should listen to us. {the Lord prepared his people little by little}
He had{s} some life complications, as most people do, which hindered his progression, but teaching him, was the greatest tender mercy of my mission. We were determined to be diligent and find, because for a solid transfer, I had not taught a single lesson. So we had 30 minutes after church before lunch, and sure enough, he was there and let us in to speak to him. {just to add to the tender mercy of it all, this was right after we did a cosechon which is the whole zone/district comes and contacts for a few hours in your area, and we had just had general conference the week before where the only line that kept repeating in my head was "believe in miracles"} I got to tell Joseph Smiths story and the first vision from my heart, and there is no doubt in me that the spirit was there.
With time we passed him to the Elders because his pareja couldn't always be there, or a member couldn't come with us, and after that, I got transferred out, and 3 months after that the last Elder taught him from what I know. I hope he is doing well. I hope his past divorce was finalized so that he could marry his pareja, and they could get baptized. I know he has a testimony, we just need to find him again and get him back on the path.
On another note, since coming home from California {where I nannied for mace} I have been really tired as my body continues to fight off whatever bugs were floating around those 4 sick kids. But not like... exhausted, but weird enough to the point where I could not make eye contact with someone on campus, cause I would just giggle. I am sure everyone on campus thought I was crazy, probably cause I was/am... but oh well... today was a great day because well.. I have wonderful friends who are always looking out for me, and thinking of me, more then for them. How truly blessed I am to have them in my life. Really, tutt, you rock. love you girl.
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mandy
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