Hola mami y papi y Familia!
I too was so very glad to have been able to speak to you last
night! 40 minutes is definitely not enough to speak because i realised
there was so much more that i could have talked to you all about but i
guess when you have a time limit your mind starts ticking like crazy
wondering what things to mention haha! Well one thing that i regret not
remembering to let you know mum was that I sang in Sacrament yesterday
in K2 ward!! I sang together with Sister Cluff the children's song
"Mother i love you". I thought we sounded good but I was just really
happy to know that i took your counsel to take any opportunity possible
to sing haha! So i hope this makes you SMILE!!!
Wow but the DoTerra oils sound amazing! i will gladly be one of your guinness pigs to try them out!
So i do have a lot of things i want to share that happened all this
past week and things i can't beleive i actually have done this week
because they seem like it was ages ago when i did them. Well last monday
for p-day one of the members in k1 ward her name is Sister L,
so very kindly made an appointment for me to get my eyebrows threaded
haha because they other day i was telling her that i really wanted to
get them fixed. So sister L took us to see her friend that
lives close by to get them done. This friend of hers has
her won business in her own home which was exciting because Sister C
and I of course took this as a missionary opportunity to get to know
more about her and even teach her something about the gospel. The lady's
name is P and she is the most kindest and loving person ever! Sister L has been friends with her for a while so after i got my
eyebrows done we had a nice chat with her and her daughter while eating
some indian sweets and was able to now have our foot in the door to
visit her again to talk to her more about the message we have to share!
At the last minute too Sister C then decides she would like to have
her eyebrows threaded too and this being her first time she was so
nervous! haha it was so funny! Sister C was in a little pain
afterwards and her eyebrows went really red and swelled a bit for the
rest of the day. What was even worse was that we had a dinner
appointment which we got told about last minute to go to so it was a
little embarrassing for her to walk into the families home with red
eyebrows!
last wednesday Sister C and I had some good fun visiting some
of the members in the k2 ward. One of the families were the C, and
brother and sister C have some pretty interesting talents! Sister
C in particular is an artist when it comes to painting life size
baby dolls! She has her own business where she paints them to look life
like and then she sells them to major TV series to have them used in the
show and at the moment she told us she is actually on her way to finish
another couple baby dolls for a movie! How amazing is that! When Sister
C and I saw these babies, because they were all spread out in her
living room we both wanted to hold one straight away! And let me tell
you, they definitely look so real! because as missionaries we are not
allowed to hold babies it was our chance to do so haha! Especially when
both wards have the cutest babies ever, it's can get quite hard to have
to sit on our hands and resist the urge to take them of their mother!
This may sound a bit creepy but i guess you just have to be a sister
missionary to experience that for yourself hehe!
Overall so many miracles are trully happening everyday and my love
for missionary work grows stronger each minute! Life is definelty not
easy but by the end of the day I always feel like we have achieved so
much even when it doesn't show on paper!
Love you all so very much and I hope you have a great week!
Con mucho amor,
Sister Valdes xx
P.S picture 1 = me having eyebrows threaded, picture 2 = Us eating
some of Sister Cluff mum's famous dirt cake that we made!!! So good!!
Hi President H!
My core experience with God this week was earlier last week during
tracting. Sister C and I knocked on this one door where this older
lady opened it and at first was a bit hesitant to do the survey. But
after some convincing we were able to actually be invited into her home
and have a really good conversation with her! We soon found out that she
was visiting from South Africa but originally is from Germany. Once i
heard she was German i immediately put my German language skills into
use and started to talk with her! Which was quite exciting because it
had been a while since i had practiced my German and the words and
sentences just formed as i spoke. So I thought that was pretty amazing
to know that when there is a skill heavenly father knows we have he will
put people in our way in order for us to use it and hopefully bless
their lives. Unfortunately she was leaving back to South Africa that
same week but i have a strong feeling that she will soon encounter more
missionaries when she goes back home.
My best practice for teaching as Jesus taught i think was during
the lesson we had with an investigator named R. She has been having
trouble committing to say a prayer and i feel that i had done better
than i have before in being persistent in having an investigator say yes
to commit to something. As with Jesus Christ, throughout the scriptures
He emphasised on basic principles a lot to get his point across in
order for others to commit themselves to live within that certain
principle and thus i feel like having patience but also being persistent
and bold is a trait that i am continuing to develop as i teach R
and more new investigators.
A characteristic that i admire in Sister C is her ability to
make sense when she talks. She speaks in a very clear and direct way. It
may sound a little strange that i have picked this particular strength
of hers but i see that she has been able to strengthen it by studying
upon her scriptures and gaining more of that knowledge of the gospel so
that she will have it at that moment when the spirit leads and directs
her. Speaking clearly is not one of my strengths so i know that by
effectively using that time to role play in companionship study or in 12
weeks as well as study more upon the material i have such as the
scriptures and Preach My gospel i can develop this skill and learn to
trust in the spirit to guide me.
Nothing confidential to say
Lots of love,
Sister Valdes
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