so on this weeks
episode of ¨what did hermana alley eat this week¨ I would like you all
to think back to some very cherished moments I had with two furry
animals named twitchel and nibbles... Yes that is right I was fed rabbit
this week... I about died just thinking of the poor things. Sure the
meat was softer than chicken but you the meat still had the soft fur of
the poor innocent creatures. Two times eating rabbit in the same week
and I teared up on the first bite. It was a tough one for me but I made
it through!
Friday
we had a reunion with our zones of chilvicoy north and south. It was
just fantastic as always, our new assistants are my old zone leaders so
that makes things just a hoot. We talked about alma 47. The story to
refresh your minds is that Amalickiah is trying to overthrough the
kingdom, anyways he is trying to persuade the leader Lehonti to come
down to the foot of the mountain. the first verses shows how he was
very strongwilled and determined but as we keep reading every verse he
gets weaker and weaker, and after about 5 or 6 times, lelhonti comes
down from the mountain and is killed with poison. It was such a small
example and we only touched it in tihe meeting- However during my
personal study today I thought about it even more. small things ready
lead up to big and if we arent careful we will slowly and surely be
weakened without knowing it. I thought of some examples, sthe first
thing that popped into my head was martin harris and the pages of the
book of mor mon. how many times did Jospeh smith have to ask the Lord
with the same answer. and look what ended up happening. I also thought
of a cake. if you add a little big extra salt it wont make a huge
difference, maybe add a little bit more, but after A while your cake
isnt going to turn out right and its too a late to take out the salt.
instead you have to start completely over. ok ok one more example, if
you put a frog in a boiling pot of water it is going to jump out
instantly. but if you put a frog in a pot of cold water and slowly bring
it to a boil it will die without knowing it. These can all be so
easily related to the mission and normal life. for example,
obedience... those little things really can add up and before you know
it you arent worthy to receive all the blesings or miracles waiting for
you, ¨¨dont believe me aske the dishes¨ or maybe you are only studying a
little bit for your investigatores, after all you have an hour. but
little by little you realze you dont have enough time to fully prepare
yourself for the day spiritually and we all know that we have to feast
on eht words before the spirit will help us out. we cant just snack on
them and expect the rest to come easily.
Now
in the real life, or everyday lets think of the atonement. we have a
less active right now... ok inactive that used to be president of the
rama. He served a mission and was a great missionary, zone leader for
the majority of the time. but when he got back and his temple marriage
fell through and we went through some dark phases of being let go as a
presdient of the rama he began to fell away. Now is to the point of
questioning everything that he once knew to be true. THe problem he is
facing, do I really know it to be true or do I just really want it to be
true. Sometimes I feel so inadequate to be there in his house telling
him how he needs to change. However I feel as though I have the miracle
medicine that can cure any sickness and that is ithe atonement. What
he needs to understand better is the atonment. what I need to understand
better is the atonement. We suggested that he started out reading his
missionary diary everyday, and writting a testimony of the things He
does believe. start from the foundation and start working your way up.
If you want to grow in a testimony you have to learn to share it as
well. I am living breathing proof of this, for example my testimony of
the book of moromon before my misison.... I think i read it almost 2
times in my life, I thought it was so boring... and now I LOVE IT! and I
can get enough of it. but it took lots of study and application. not
just learning lots of knowdege about it but applying in until it became
an understanding. We do not exactly know how the Lodrd accom plished
the atoneent, but we do know that the creul torture of crucificion was
only part of the horrible pain ithat he felt in the garden and than
ended on the cross. I know that when we understand better the amor of
this selfless action that our savior gave to us without reserving a part
for himself that we can become free of our bad decisions and all our
wrong doings and short comings of perfections. Sure if you are perfect
you dont need the atonement, but if you have made even the itsy bitsiest
mistake you have an enormas need to find out how it can be erased. and
that is through our Savior Jesus CHrist. I am willing to fight for
every less active and non member within my limits. I have never felt so
much of an urge to help them come closer and return to the fold. It is
my responsiblity and I cant let my father in heaven down.
Now
for the rest of the week we had a reunion in bragado yesterday, it was a
great old time as I got to see all my great old friends from 25 de
mayo. what really freaked me out was seeing a young baby named rebecca
now running and jumping as a toddler.. I guess after 10 months that can
be expected right. It hit me in that moment that time flys by fast. on a
really happy note the picture with the two girls, mariela and
valentina. They were one of my contacts in 25 de mayo and I taught them
I think three times before I left, well this saturday
theya re getting baptiized!! they wanted me to go... :( but I cant!
boooooo! but I am so excited for them, they are adorable and december
their mom will be baptized! Saturday
night we had a talent show, that was super fun to see all the argenine
tango and playing come out! my comp and I sang a song in castillano as
we made a rythmn with cups. (from pitch perfect). It was a grand ole
time. I love every moment I have here, things are going great!
one funny story and and one fun fact..
When
I said goodbye to presdient this week he said ¨we will be seing you in a
few weeks¨ and the only thing I could squeek out was ¨¨no no no no
noooooo¨ it was in a crying tone and everyone around just looked at me
and laughed... haha i am in denial mode.
second,
my comp drank milk with her dinner.... thats right before her mission
she always had a glass just like me to wash down the food!!! I AM NOT
ALONE!!! :)
Love you, have a wonderful thanksgiving... I have wonderful things planned this week to celebrate!!!
hermana alley
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| "RACHEL!!! these two boys are the same as caleb and andrew. I love them so much! the older one, emiliano is the sweetst thing, he is caleb to a TEE!! and mateo the younger is an adrenaline junky and just a monster into things... argentine version of the boys and for this reason we spend all our available time together. yesterday on the our long bus right we counted cows and tractors. which is difficult when there is a whole bunch of nothing, but we had fun and giggled as we sang a spanish song about a miss cow and her duce de leche. we are best pals." |
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