Sounds like everyone is enjoying having Marie back. I was mostly happy to hear that you went on vacation to Salt Lake for spring break, since last year when I was there we went on a cruise. Don't take it personal Marie. Im sure it has nothing to do with the favorite Terry missionary being away in Chile.
This week I heard a quote that has really had me thinking. It is " To know all is to forgive all." I think there is just about nothing we could not forgive, including ourselves, if we could know everything, and see everything clearly. People usually have a pretty good reason for where they end up and doing what they are doing. Including ourselves and I am learning we usually dont see ourselves very accurately. I think we are more critical and less loving with ourselves than God is with us. The test is to gain his eyes and act like he would.
I am dying to tell you guys the fun my comp and I are having with his amazing skills. So before my mission I watched a show with David Blaine doing ridiculously cool magic tricks. After his trick people would go crazy because they could not believe they had just seen what they saw. That is exactly how people react when my comp does his rubix cube, it's so awesome! It is the coolest in we have with people we are trying to teach.
OK for example. With one family we were talking to he was kind of hustling them, doing his rubix cube fast but not as fast as he usually does. I know how fast he usually does it so I was just smiling to myself waiting for him to go full force. They were all pretty impressed. Elder Pope had somebody mix his cube. They mixed it up really really good. Then somebody pulled out their phone for a timer. Elder Pope finished his rubix cube in 21 seconds. Everybody was screaming and running around. It was honestly hilarious! It opens up people so we can schedule appointments and talk to them. God moves in a mysterious way.
The work for us is really picking up. It was going too slow for my taste but this last couple of weeks it has really picked up and it has been the most rewarding thing that has ever happened to me. Man, I love the work when we are busy and loving people and are schedule is booked. Its the happiest thing you could dream of. Even better than a cruise. Even better than a Salt Lake trip ;)
Something I
love about this ward is that the members are very willing to help us
out and join us in visits. I know that isnt common in every area so we are really counting our blessing on that. We had a great visit with a member with one
of our investigators Sergio. We taught about the plan of Salvation. It
was incredible to have the member who was about the same age as Sergio
with a family bearing testimony about the atonement. Afterwards he asked
us if we could help him in his garden in the backyard. Well, not really
a garden and not really a backyard but there was a tree that he needed
to pull out. So me and my comp ripped a huge tree out of the ground. It
was crazy but I felt so much joy doing it. I know that sounds weird but its true.
Today I was reading in Alma 25. In Spanish instead
of saying that they looked forward to the coming of Christ, it says they
waited anhelosamente. My dictionary gave four English words for this
word. Yearningly, Eagerly, Breathlessly, Panting. I like that
translation of people were waiting for the coming of Christ and his
atonement yearningly, eagerly, and breathlessly. Basically, I think the Spanish Book of Mormon is more true :) Just trust me.
15 Yea,
and they did keep the law of Moses; for it was expedient that they
should keep the law of Moses as yet, for it was not all fulfilled. But
notwithstanding the law of Moses, they did look forward to the coming of Christ, considering that the law of Moses was a type of his coming,
We should have a great week this week. Dallin H. Oaks is coming to Santiago Saturday! So that'll be awesome. Maybe Elder Oaks will have the honor to meet Mr. Positive. Ok that sentence even made me laugh at my computer. Have a great week!
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