Surprise!
So I lost a child this last week... It was very sad..
Sister Diaz and I knew we were going to have to go
down to McAllen for our 1 Companion Training. But we weren't sure if
Sister Petersen was supposed to come too or we should leave her in
corpus with another companionship of sisters... so
I bugged the elders to find out. Well Tuesday
the Assistants called(you'd think I'd figured out by now not to answer
them!!!) and told us Sister Petersen would be transferred to Harlingen!
Sister Petersen cried sooo much... it was bad...
and I don't know how to deal with crying! So that was an added
interesting measure of fun... But we packed her up Tuesday night, left Wednesday
morning for our training and she waited in
the office, then her new companion came and picked her up. So its just
been sister diaz and I since then! Here comes the funny story of the
week...
We will call this one...
The Burning Hands Service....
So Sister Diaz and I asked a member in our ward if
we could serve her in anyway because her husband had to fly to Idaho
suddenly because of his mothers death... well she invited us over and we
helped her make salsa!! That was fun. my compy
and I chopped all the tomatoes and stuff and we got to mix it and over
all it was a fun time! Well. Here is what they don't tell you about
making salsa... you know those hot jalapenos and chile Serrano you put
in salsa to give them that... yum factor? Well
you see... when the juices get on your hands you need to not touch your
face right? because it will burn. well we were good and didn't but
because we had been handling them so long... the juices had seeped deep
into our hands.... we went to our next appointment
(which was dinner at the ward mission leaders house) and had pizza and I
suddenly was very aware that my skin around my mouth was burning and my
hands were burning a little... but I ignored it. That night when we got
home I looked at sister diaz and could
see she was in a little pain... then began the madness.
Our hands really felt like they were burning. So we
tried putting lime on them... then milk.... then I tried
toothpaste(don't ask why I thought toothpaste would work it just seemed
like a good idea!) and everything we could think of...
we called the elders... we called our Sister Training Leaders... No
relief. That night we went to bed with our hands still burning and woke
up a couple of times in the night in pain... Talk about embarrassing...
No good deed goes unpunished my friends!! Our
hands continued to burn until about... noon
the next day... Then finally it was gone... but still if we wash our
hands with hot water, they get the burning sensation back a little... I
will never make salsa again. although I must say it was very
delicious...
So that was our service excitement of the week!
Next fun story is with the relief society
broadcast!! and my birthday!!! I am 20! holy cow!!! I don't feel like I
should be able to say I am that old.. but after all these crazy mission
experiences, I do feel that old haha. Sooo I woke
up Saturday
and felt pretty cool... my birthday right? We had studies and what
not... Sister Garry got to call me from McAllen to wish me a happy
birthday! (being in the APs ward for a while definitely gets you some
special privileges haha!) Then that night
we went to the broadcast!! I met a friend of Aunt Barb's and she told
me about going on a date with my dad! (awkward.... ? haha we had a good
laugh about it though!) She bought me a little birthday present and it
was a sweet little tender mercy to have someone
there that knows my family(: Sister Kreis made me a big candy gram on
the back of their whiteboard and we got some pictures with it and then
the elders made me a cake! It was delicious too. I am very impressed
with the cooking skills of my cute little elders
we drive around everywhere! However, they don't have an oven. so I
bugged them for the next day about how in the world they made me a
cake... finally they confessed. They made a deal with a member that they
would come do some yard work if they could use his
oven to make a cake(: My elders love me!
I loved the Relief Society Broadcast!! It truly was
amazing and soo inspiring. It kind of shocked me at first to have them
talking so much about keeping our covenants but the more they did the
more I realized something... We are so excited
to get people baptized and teach them, but they need to understand the
seriousness of these covenants they are making with our Heavenly
Father... It isn't something to be taken lightly. It is a seriously
matter.
Sunday!
I spoke in church!! about missionary work! My favorite thing in the
world! I was really nervous about this talk. Not because of the speaking
in front of people, but I wanted to tell the ward exactly what they
needed to hear. Elder
Dance(one of my cute little short elders I drive everyone because they
don't have a car) and I spoke. We joked before hand that I would show
the ward the love and then he would get after them and "jack them" for
not doing missionary work. That kind of is how
it turned out!
I tried to follow the spirit and what the spirit
wanted them to know is that missionary work is a work of love. If we
love our friends, family, neighbors, we will share the gospel with them.
We need to love them enough to say something
and help them come closer to their father in heaven. God loved us
enough to send His son to us stop our suffering and help us find the
way, do we love our friends enough to help stop their suffering? Do we
love them enough to show them the way they can have
their family for eternity and feel the peace and joy the gospel brings?
If I didn't love my brothers and sisters I would have gone home along
time ago(: Its by pushing ourselves outside of our bubble and bringing
others to Him that we find really happiness
and others do too. I love you all! I hope you know your Savior loves
you too. He is there for us. I realized this last week more than ever
that he truly is there. When we find ourselves on our knees and all we
can do is cry and plead for help, He is doing
all he can to comfort us and provide a way through others to help us
find the light. We must be that light ourselves for those people that
are suffering. Someone is on their knees crying out for your help right
now. Be prepared to help them! I know that God
lives and loves us and providing ways through us to bring back his lost
sheep. I testify to you that He is working miracles right now in our
lifes without us even realizing it. Let those miracles work through you
and be a blessing to other person! I leave
this testimony with you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ, amen!
This week is conference! Don't forget to write down
your questions of the soul and seek out the answer in the words of
God's mouthpiece on the earth! I love conference! The church is true and
there are people who need you!!
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