It was the greatest week ever filled
with miracles! Well, it always is, but the Lord did it again. :) We went
to a waterfall in Moropon in Caracucho today with the Zone. It was so
beautiful, the green hills and long hike and lots of cows to get there
was well worth it. It reminded me of the waterfall we went to in Peru!
Im so thankful for the beauty of this earth! One day Ill be able to send
pictures. :)
Bishop Steel from my provo YSA ward sent us an
email, talking about one of his main themes, which is, Expect Miracles! I
had this be the focus of my week, and it was amazing to see the
miracles the Lord performed for us. As we expect miracles to happen,
they do, because we have the faith, diligence, and obedience required
for them to happen. The first one was as we were looking for a new
apartment. We found SO many new investigators, new inactive members who
are very receptive and want to change! It was so amazing to see that
through looking for a new room, we have been lead to so many perpared
people. Now I know why we need to move rooms! Next miracle, all our
appointments fell through one morning. We were walking for 3 hours
straight! Normally the sun is super sharp and hot in the mornings, but
it was cloudy and cool! The Lord is looking out for us. Next one, we
went to lunch on sunday
with the Cabanas. We wanted to share a message about the word of wisdom
after, especially for their son Christian. well he was at work, and
RIGHT before we started the message, he walked in. Miracle! We were
about to go to lunch early, but decided to wait until 1, and I know why
now! Next, we sang I am a child of God in Church with la familia canayo,
and sang in spanish, english, and guarani! The spirit was so strong and
I am so thankful we were able to bring the spirit to te meeting! Its
amazing to see that when you are looking for and living like miracles
are going to happen, they do. Thanks to te miracle of the atonement of
Jesus Christ, we are living a miracle every day!
Other fun things happening. We are one of the 4
missions starting a Pilote plan for family history! We are supposed to
use the booklets My Family, every day, and are focusing on helping our
investigators prepare names for the temple. We have a new key indicator
to report every week--how many names we helped prepare for the temple
from our converts and less active families we are teaching! Our district
leader gave us a training on the new familysearch.org,
and we are going to help the members here to use it! Im excited to get
this going and know that we will see miracles through it. Not many
people here have computors, but I know there is nothing that is
impossible for the Lord. Were going to do it so these families can be
eternal! Thats what this is all about. The work of Salvation is the
greatest.
President Rowley told us this week we should carry a
Libro de Mormon IN our hand, everywhere we go! Trying that this week
was fun! I love it. It helps us refer to the book of mormon so much
more, and is a constant reminder to me of our purpose. Also, people are
curious to know what it is we are holding. Before the mission I was
always holding my iphone in my right hand walking around. The book of
mormon is just a little bit bigger, but full of a whole lot more power.
This book has changed my life and am so happy to be a missionary and see
it change others! Its true isnt it? Then what else matters! What do
yall carry around when you walk? Maybe a book of mormon wouldnt be a bad
idea. :)
Our investigators are doing well. There are lots of
struggles with being able to come to church, but we are working hard and
have lots of faith. Eddi hasnt missed a sunday in a month. He is so great, has a great testimony, and is reading his book of mormon each day! What a great example. hes 11!
I love being here! I love my companion so much. We
come back to the room aboslutely exhausted each day, and we are so
happy! We talk to more people than we have ever talked to, we ask for
more references, and receive more than we ever have. The more you put
into something, the more you get out. We are seeing this here in
Chulucanas!! President Rowley said we need to stop walking, and start
running! Ive always loved running, and its healthier too. But as we have
put this into practice more, we have seen how inspired it is and how
much we need to run in te work of the Lord! So stop walking, and
everyone get running! We can do it.
This week we also had some great new food
combinations. First one, was when te whole glass of inca cola of my
companion spilled on our fresh backed pizza from Carola!! hahaa We ate
it anyway, pretty good! Next one, is Guacasweet! yall need to try this.
Hna Arce always eats her avacados with sugar!!! it was super weird at
first, but tastes so good. Just put a lil milk and sugar in their and
mash it all up and eat it with a cracker and cookie and youll say, hna
Garlick was right.. :) She also let me try her drink from Paraguay,
Terere. Its this drink that tastes like mint! I like it! Ok, and the
last one is, you mash up a banana and put oatmeal in there, and then
pour milk over it and eat it! Super fast and good. And healty too.
Well, I love yall so much! This work is so amazing. I
am so blessed to be a missionary at such a time as this. I know Christ
lives and loves me, I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God. Its in
my hand every second of the day.
Con MUCHO amor,
hermana Garlick
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