This week we had some really cool
experiences and a few not so awesome ones, but it's ok! I've been reading in
Doctrine and Covenants every day, and I was reading D&C 122:7-9
7 And if thou shouldst be cast into
the pit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon
thee; if thou be cast into the deep; if the billowing surge conspire against
thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and
all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws
of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all
these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good.
8 The Son of Man hath descended
below them all. Art thou greater than he?
9 Therefore, hold on thy way, and
the priesthood shall remain with thee; for their bounds are set, they cannot
pass. Thy days are known, and thy years shall not be numbered less; therefore,
fear not what man can do, for God shall be with you forever and ever.
I just love this scriptures because
every time something bad happens I think about that, and it reminds me that
every trial in this life is for our good and to help us to grow.
Anyways this past Saturday was one
of those days where we had a super awesome day planned and nothing really
worked out. One of our recent converts decided she doesn't want to listen to us
anymore which was heart breaking. Then another member kind of got after us for
being too bold with her daughter in law and inviting her to be baptized. Then
later that night we invited another one of our investigators to be baptized,
and he said no. Anyways we were both a little discouraged, but I think it hit
sister Delgado the most since she's not used to that yet. As we were driving
that scripture popped into my mind, and I was reminded of how much God loves us
and although not everything was going the way we hoped we have to trust that
God lets us go through bad days so we can appreciate the good ones even more.
So we decided to look at the good parts of the day and realized we had a really
awesome restoration lesson with the one of our new investigators named Janae.
She is a 17 year old girl who was referred to us by one of the young women in
the ward. It was funny because the girl who referred her to us just kept
telling us how she wasn't sure why, but she just kept getting this feeling that
her friend was ready for the gospel. Anyways when we visited with her Saturday
we could just feel that! We are super excited to start visiting her and hope to
be able to set a baptism date with her tomorrow!
Anyways back to earlier in the
week... Wednesday we finally had a lesson with a lady named Monica that Sister
Delgado had contacted her very first day here while in line at the store. It
was an awesome lesson! We taught the restoration and she had so many questions
about prophets! She even asked us if we have a modern day prophet. We told her
yes and were share a little bit about the family proclamation with her. She
loved it! The spirit was really strong especially as Sister Delgado testified
to her that God sent us to her for a reason, and that she was ready to hear and
accept our message. She even agreed to be baptized once she found out for
herself that it's true. We are super excited about her!
Then Friday we had zone conference,
and it was super awesome! I was so happy to see all my friends. I mean I love
our area down here and sometimes it's nice not being around everyone, but I'm
starting to miss Tucson a bit! Anyways Sister Delgado and I were asked to join
with the Spanish zone to do a musical number. It was super cool. Pretty much
every one in the zone was there and then us two. We sang El Espiritu de Dios
(the Spirit of God) and the spirit was so strong. Afterwards President Passey
got up and started talking, and he got all choked up about it and talked to us
about the importance of church and how it helps those we teach feel the spirit.
Then he talked to us about how someday we will all be parents and either be
watching our children being blessed by our husbands (or for the elders blessing
their children). Then how eventually we will watch them be sustained to receive
the priesthood or to move up in young women's and basically how we just watch
life cycles in the chapel. I'm not super good at explaining it, but it was
super cool. It just kind of hit me how true it is that our purpose as
missionaries is to help others be together with their families for eternity and
how at the same time we are learning and preparing ourselves to have our own
families.
We also got trained on a lot of
stuff we've learned throughout my mission, but that we still weren't so clear
on. It was super helpful! Overall that whole day was awesome. The only part
that was sort of bad was when one of the elders that I'm friends with asked me
how much longer I had left and told me I was getting old and going home soon
haha I think I still have a while though. Oh we also stopped by my favorite
Raspados place in Los Reales because they don't know how to make them down
here, which I think is funny because we're on the border.
Anyways that's pretty much what
happened his week! I hope that you are all doing well! Thanks for everything
you do for me! I love you lots!
Love,
Hermana Burgoyne
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