HI FAMILY!! Didn't I just write you?? Haha - just kidding! First things first... DIDN'T YOU LOVE CONFERENCE? Holy cow it was sooooo good!! Now, did I watch all of it in English? No.... I mean we were all prepared to and everything... we called president before. And had it all set up! We had bought our guavas... our gatorade... and some popcorn.
It was like a whole banquet! We even got the comfy wheely chairs going! So once we got our investigators settled we hunkered down in the bunker office and got through the first hymn and half way through Pres. Uchtdorf's talk when there's a knock at the door.... Pres. Rafael.... Uh hermanas... is it working for you? Yeah pres!!! It's great!... Hahaha, ok hermanas, you're taking all the streaming internet juice. Shut it down and come out and help us. Hahaha and lo and behold, when we walked out, we realized we just ruined the first talk for everyone cause the internet fried cause it was working so hard with our English conference streaming. So I hear the first talk was good... but I guess us and the whole branch will have to wait for the revista [magazine - the Ensign or the Liahona]! BUT on Sunday we went to Comayagua (Which was soooo nice cause I got to see everyone from my first area!!) My converts were there... the less actives I reactivated and all my favorite people... ah it was sooo nice!! CONFERENCE WAS SOOO GOOD! If you didn't get a chance to watch it I encourage that you do!! from start to finish... But start by making a list of questions. And if you listen attentively, I GUARANTEE that they will be answered :)
So it was an exciting week!! Monday night the power went out and it was out tilTuesday in the night... so dad that headlamp? Best thing ever!
Also I made... and have been professionally trained... to make pupusas. Let's just say on intercambios we made a mountain of them. and I'm just saying they were GOOD! Call me Salvadoreña :)
Also shout out to you dad. Remember all those last night calls of... hey tire blow out... stranded on the side of the road days? Well they have now officially served me well in the mission. We were super far away and our faithful mototaxi guy came to get us.... well LO AND BEHOLD the second we got it what happened... BLOW OUT. (I mean it was just a puncture... it just sounds more ligit) So what did we do? Hno Paco lifted up the mototaxi... I took off the wheel and Hna Niu put it on. So all that experience did me good. (I took a creeper picture... but I don't think this comp will let me send fotos :(
On Friday we are starting to go on splits a lot with the hermanas de relief society... Do I miss Hna Niu a lot? Yeah, but it was so great! We got to visit all the menos activos [less actives], recent converts and our investigators!!
So Ana? She came to conference... not just one session but to ALL FOUR SESSIONS!! We love her sooo much. She has been really back and forth these last few days but we KNEW that this conference would make such a difference... and it did. SHE LOVED IT. Saturday morning she wasn't going to come. Actually we were sooo sad. The internet was faulting right and left and she hadn't come yet. Well what's one thing I tell my investigators EVERYDAY? You have to pray. you have to pray sincerely. It wasn't working and Hno Rigoberto was there and I felt like he was kinda getting restless. So I kinda just though ok God.... will you help us? And it didn't work. I mean, of course it didn't cause no where in there was I humble or had faith. So I tried again. "Ok... I know this is Thy will. We really would love if the internet can work so that our investigators can see conference. Also... It's almost 11 and Ana hasn't come yet. If this is her time, she will come... if not, this is a good way to know that maybe she's just not ready." But it IS Gods will. We have to remember that. Sometimes God just wants to know that we are humble and willing to submit to His will. The SECOND I said amen the internet worked... and didn't fault for the rest of the session. Not 30 SECONDS later Ana walks in and takes a seat up front... and then came to every other session after that.
So I can TESTIFY to each one of you. PRAYER IS POWERFUL. It is what keeps us safe. It is what blesses us. It is what shows our Heavenly Father that we LOVE Him. It also shows that we are humble... humble enough to ask Him. So PRAY. Pray with everything you have!! Does he know what you need already? Absolutely. But when we pray with a sincere heart and real intention, we are blessed.
I can also say one thing more. Words are powerful. Good words bring people up and destructive words tear people down. Everything starts with our thoughts and our words... And a mean word can dwell in someone's mind for a long time. Our thought tear us down and we have no idea how big our circle of influence is. So say nice things. Never tear people down or say anything offensive. Be happy and boost people higher than they can be by themselves. And then... and only then will we prosper :)
The Church is true and I love it with all my heart. I love all of you!
Hermana Nelson
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