First off- HAPPY BELATED
BIRTHDAY KAYLIE!!!! I hope you had a great one!
This week en Trelau, we
had the great opportunity to see baby Benjamin receive his blessing! It was so
great :) His mom and grandma recently moved back here from Santa Rosa, and wow
how grateful we are to know them! Not only is Hermana Angela Goyeneche a great
cook, a fabulous personal trainer, a hair stylist, an Olympian (track and
field), but she´s also a woman of great faith. Her daughter Fernanda is
wonderful and her enthusiasm for the gospel helps revive us with excitement. We
got to know them 1 week before Benja was born, and now here he is! Big as ever!
IT´s SO hard not to scoop him up in my arms, but, rules are rules. One day I´ll
come back here and play with him ALL day.
Okay, please excuse my
bad translating, but I´ve got to tell ya´ll about the great studies/experiences
I´ve had this week. I don´t know if I´ve already shared this, but in the books
of Alma and Helaman in the Book of Mormon (where I am right now in my reading),
The words "They empowered themselves" (se esforzaron) and
"continually" appear with great frequency. Whenever a miracle
happened, or the people lived in peace, it was because the people worked to
continually strengthen their faith. I know that if we endure and strive
to do what God has commanded us, we too will have peace and success in our lives.
I´ve definitely seen the results of it this week. Even when my companion and I
are tired, and we just want to take a few minutes to rest, pushing though,
working hard, and praying with all of our heart is the only solution. Our
Heavenly Father gives us strength. In the words of my dear Dory (and recently
quoted by an Hermana Stanger) JUST KEEP SWIMMING. But it´s not enough to just
go through the motions. You have to STRIVE, do all that you can. We´ll be able
to rest knowing that we gave it our all and that we have been obedient. We can
do more than we think we can. Nobody was made to fail. I´ve gotten the chance
to share the story of Ponchello (or whatever his name is) from the children´s
book "you are special" with a few of our investigators. What is most important
is what we think of ourselves and what God thinks of us. If something doesn´t
go the way we want it to, we just have to have patience and strive to do better
in the future. Isn´t life wonderful that we have the opportunity to change and
do things better! I´m not perfect, but I´m not stuck in doing everything badly-
I can improve! I´m grateful for these scriptures in Alma and Helaman that
remind me of that, and that even when I´m tired, if I work through with joy,
there is a heavenly reward just around the corner. Whatever youre going
through, don´t give up! You can do it! And with God, nothing is imposible.
And now for a few
cultural notes.
When the fútbol teams of
River or Boca are playing, we literally hear shouts of ¡GOAL! from the streets.
Or booooo..., but when you hear the crying of frustration, you don’t want to be
anywhere close.
Also, yesterday my
companion and an investigator were talking about Higo- Figs. I thought they
were saying Higado-Liver... I was really worried when they were talking about
putting it on crepes with dulce de leche and chocolate... or in alfajores...
but, I´m learning new words! woohoo! oh the adventures of Hermana Hill...
sometimes they´re rather embarrassing.
I love ya´ll tons!!! Hope
you have a wonderful week!
Oh, and mom- (or anyone)
can you send me a recipe for scones? THANKS!
Love,
Hermana Hill
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