The last week of transfers... What?

Hello family to start off I have some Questions.... WHen is easter? mothers day? and general conference? in fact maybe just send me a list of all the imporatant holidays up to december! hehe because in a missionary mind things may get missed... BUT DONT WORRY I AM THE ONLY AMERICAN IN 25 DE MAYO THAT REMBEMBER VALENTINES DAY! 

Can you believe ive been in campo for six weeks? holy moly it doesnt feel like that long, how very loco! I would like to thank everyone for the wonderful letters last week, seriously they were all so great and made my week even greater!  you know your family is awesome when you find yourself pasting their testimonies in your jornal so you can highlight and study it later :)  moms temple trip sounded so incredible, heavens I want that kind of tour when I return, and the detailed image of a lazer eye surgery. yum.... I am looking forward to this video.. and then again maybe not!  To start out last week mom asked me how my spanish was going and if I made silly mistakes like christine. Luckily I havent had to many bad expereiences with this... until now.  You see I decided to read the scriptures in spanish before my half way mark which is a wise goal, I think. but I ended up learning my first bad word in spanish in the process... just ask stephen and he can tell you what it is probably. the word for whore or harlot in the scriptures is very similar to a blouse or shirt... haha now why would that be the case, who decided that!  and why is it in nefi so much!! haha now it is ingraved in my mind and I found myself telling a lady that I liked her harlot?  no not a good idea... haha and I owe my thanks to the scriptures! also, one of my favorite things to do in spanish is translate phrases from english into spanish... they have no meaning but its like a becca personality in an hermana alley missionary.  For example, its raining cats and dogs... put it in spanish and say it to people and they give you the funniest look! or ¨esta bien, yo tengo su espalda;  its okay ive got your back... haha I dont know if it is the wisest thing to do as it is incorrect, but it makes me laugh and you get great looks from people.  I am an america phrase book in a spanish world, and I will make them new trends here in 25 de mayo.  

THis week was wonderful and horrible and in one big loop de loop.  We had a ton of other lessons, A TON!  and commited practically 10 of them to coming to church. but as worse comes to worse, not one of them made the trip and showed for the sacrament. my companion and I were devastated.  What are we supposed to do?  They literally, the day before all said they were coming forsure! we call themn in the morning and get no answer, we pass by and get no answer.  Heavens, sometimes I feel like everyone is liars!  So we had a horrible domingo and really the only blessingabout it was I gave a talk on virtue.  I really enjoyed reading about it, and think of our family as the biggest example of this.  So this ulitmiate week of the transfer, who knows what it will bring.  Looking for a lot of new families and people who really do want to get baptized I am assuming.  I have learned that even though you have an incredible week of lessons, it does nothing when people dont keep the basic commandment. all I can think sometimes is if people cant keep this, how can they keep baptismal? or the temple? which both are needed for exaltation.  h,mmmm Suggestions anyone?  

In response to bubbus last week letter I would like to add my personal study of mosiah 11-17 on our main man, Abinadi-the prophet.....

     One thing I find to be a theme of abinadis story is fear. repeatidly men fear man more than God.  That and the horrible attribute of pride.  The scriptures are a big cycle of these two things.  again and again and again. In seattle we taught a kid, 8 years old,  who was so smart! we would read the book of mormon for kids together and he is adorable and so sensitive.  We had to sensor all the morbid stories because he would get really sad and practically cry.  you know like ammon cutting peoples arms off and moroni with zerahemnahs scalp. Just every other kids favorites. Well anyways he would always ask why every story was the same, and forecast the next.  Trying to explain this cycle to a kis is difficult, the poor thing didnt understand why people never learned and always made the same mistakes. well neither do I honestly, until i see it everday in the mission and yes also in myslef.  how silly of us to forget that God is all pwerful, even kingn noah asks ¨"what is the Lord to bring upon my people such great affliction"  well I will tell you one thingn, He is the Lord!  Isnt that flat out answer your own question?  It is like when mom always says. "I brought you into this world... I cant take you out"  and secondly, they werent your poeole to begin with, the same God that made you made them.  and what is so ridiculous is that the people are blinded by his cunning words... apply today.  tv and news are so manipliatve, tellings us only what they want us to hear.  everything magazines, ads, movies, they can be a big mind game if not careful.  I have to hremeber to have a little bit of sympahty on somepeopole out heere because theyve grown up in the midst of a lone and dark world and havent had the chance to know "the truth because know not where to find it".  but to me it is so obvious, people need their own form of lazer eye surgery! or maybe just the humility (claratin clear) to listen and accept the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Abinadi is such an amazing teacher that just says it how it is, taking bold to the next level, one day I will confound someone in all their words.  questions? HIT ME with them, Ive got all the answers! Why? because I have the SPIRIT! boom. roasted.  and how have I obtained this spirit, mosiah 12:17 applied my heart into understanding... love that!  the difference between knowlege (brain power) and a testimony (felt with your heart). This is so applicable to us on practically ever level. why do we take math classess?  just so we can know fun facts about numbers. no we learn these things for a reason. so we can take that knowlege and then apply it into our jobs and life.  all of the sudden it makes sense.  and you can even go a step further with a testimony and true conversion.  its like good old elder packer in the www traning in the ccm, we are always learningn and always will be even after this life. if we arent growing we arent human.  

        now the more I read the scriptures the more obvious the answer to all our problems is.  in terms of video games, mario needs to get to the caste to save peach but throughout the journey he needs some help. maybe a mushroom (bom), flowerpower (the bible) maybe a ride on yoshi for a while (faith) but what is the best option of all these things, the star power, because with this you literally become invisible. what is this in our lives? its only mentioned about a billion times in the scripotures.  The ten commandments.  here abinadi testifies of teh very worst things that will happen for their wickeness, animals devouring flessh, lifes valued as garments in firy furnaces, afflictions, famines, brdens lashed on backs, really nothing possibly is worse... and what is the golden star power--- the commandments . mosiah 12:33 "I know if you keep the commandments of God ye shall be saved." the ten commandments is willy wonkas goldn ticket. you better believe it, theres chocolate in heaven :)  They arent just guarenteed a forgive and forget-get-out-of-jail-free-card but literally saved. SAVED! the commandments are huge people, not somethinng to be messed around with. when teaching the ten commandments I love how its descirbied filling them with "wonder, amazement, and fear" a little bitter sweet no.  I nkow that so many of our investigators feel sometihng in our lessons.  that kindled fire, that amazement of miracles not ceasing to exist and that wonder of Gods fully restored gospel, and taht fear of changing their lifes around nand repenting.  and all the sudden that fear turns into anger as no one wants to be told they are wrong. or that they need to change. no unfortunately by human nature, are are all prideful and dont want to be told to change.  sadly we are slow to remember the lord, our preexisting duty.  no those poror prophets needed to engrave every "keep my commandment" phrase, even more.  from every chapter "from day to day, to keep them in rememberance of God" and when we do this our lifes become easier, we become more like christ. "and more over I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God.  For behonld they are blessed in all things, both temporal, and spiritual, and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received unto heaven, and therby they may dwell with God in a state of never ending happiness." mosiah 2:41 Icould talk about abandi for hours, his called to serve mission was a sacrifise, and he considered it a blessing.  I am grateful to be a set of those feet still publishing peace and good tidings upon the mountains (or in the fields).  I am greateful to see myself apart of his prophecy.  "the time when the salvation of the Lord shall be declared to eveery nation, kindred, tongue, and popele."   I am grateful to have a name tag with Christs name on it, to have power and authority to teach by the spirit and all though this world-this missmion-has a lot of terrible horrible things we will lift up our voices and together sing, breaking forthinin joy, for the Lord comforts His people and through the resurrection we receive endless life and happiness.  And with abinadi I testify, that these things are true, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen. 

woah my fingers are tired.... dont fall asleep reading this and hope there arent a millino errores! no time to correct :)  Love you all and happy VALENTINES DAY!!! I missed not having pink milk and a certain cupid door bell ditch us...  

xoxoxo 

Hermana Alley