Hello Everyone!!
This week was pretty awesome. I am starting to really get ahold of the language. I am getting to the point where I can just have conversations with people about random stuff and respond and everything....it´s SO awesome! I´m so thankful to be learning Spanish too...it's the best!
So this Saturday, we got called by the Bishop...he wanted us to come over to his house. We had no idea what for, but we went. Basically, he invited us over to tell us how appreciative he and his family are for our hard work and how much he loves us. He said that he can feel a new spirit in the ward and it is readily apparent. After that, his wife cooked us pankekes(chilean pancakes) and then we had 3 complatos each...they are AWESOME! (basically a hotdog with avocado,tomatos, aji, and mayo) Right after that, we had a family home evening with some members and a less active family. We showed up...you guessed it...they had complatos! lol We ended up eating like 4 pankakes, 7 complatos, and like a half liter of coke each. Lol We were stuffed! Another night, we had a family home evening with the family Acosta.( They´re great because lots of time, food is the only way to get less actives to meet with us) There were like 3 or 4 different families there...like 18 people. It was AWESOME! We had tacos. They were delicious. I got inducted into the clan of WOOGIE WOOGIE. I can´t really talk about it...it´s a secret. ;) lol But that was fun. Their son, Mauricio, is a professional dj. He has a sweet setup in his room. He let us play on it a little...super fun! (I´m a little jelous of Elder Lawson now.) He said he is going to make us a cd for Christmas! :D I´ll have to wait to listen to it though. :( Oh well.
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| Louis and his Mom thought that we looked hungry... Here is what they gave us to take home with us!!! |
We have a less active, Luis Vera, that has made like a complete turn around. We had a lesson with him last week and he ended up just telling us about this epiphemy he had. Basically, he wants to get back together with his wife so that he can live the gospel with his wife and his son again! :) It is just so awesome to see someone have a desire to change their lives to serve the Lord´s will in their lives.
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| Our Thanksgiving Dinner!! |
Today, for Thanksgiving, the district had our own Thanksgiving. We cooked turkey, stuffing, rolls, potatos from scratch, gravy from scratch, pie, and fruit. It was super awesome. Also, we went ahead and did dirty santa for christmas since we probably won´t all be able to get together on a pday before transfers. I´m probably going to be leaving the sector after this change...in 3 weeks.
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| Michael and Elder Jackson |
So scripture of the week is 3 Nephi 19:28 "
28 Father, I thank thee that thou hast purified those whom I havechosen, because of their faith, and I pray for them, and also forthem who shall believe on their words, that they may be purifiedin me, through faith on their words, even as they are purified inme.
29 Father, I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hastgiven me out of the world, because of their faith, that they may bepurified in me, that I may be in them as thou, Father, art in me,that we may be one, that I may be glorified in them.
This is just such a great scripture...so powerful. It truly emphasizes our savior´s unconditional love for us. Many times in our lives, we lean on the prayers of our friends and family, but what we learn in this scripture,(and typical don´t think about) is that the savior is always praying for us. The point of the gospel is to change us. For us to have a change of heart, a change of desire, and a change of our very nature. Jesus prays for us to experience this "mighty change of heart". Through this change, we can have Christ in us, even as the father is in him. That is just miraculous to think about...imagine the possibilities;however, all of that is predicated on our faith in Heavenly Father and HIS gospel. We must learn to not only trust the guidence of the Lord, but to DEPEND on it. It is the ONLY way that we can become the sons and daughters that we are destined and ordained to be.
If you get nothing else from reading this, whoever you are, know that our Heavenly Father loves us. He wants us to be the best that we can be and the happiest we can be with our families. That is through the gospel of our Father and Savior Jesus Christ.
I love each and every one of you. I wish you luck on this journey we call life and I pray that you would feel the love of our God in your lives. That you would feel his hands guiding you in every decision. And that you would come to love the gospel. When you learn to love the gospel more than you want to breath, you will find happiness. God bless.
Con amor,
Elder Jackson
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