November 16, 2013
Oh,
how I love this time of year!!!
There’s just something in the
air—besides dying leaves and Canadian geese flying south for the winter! Let me fill you in on some of the festivities:
So the day after Halloween, we came into the VC early for our weekly training
meeting and lo and behold, they had already begun stringing lights and
garlands! When you walk into the center,
you seriously must stop. Double take. And think, “Golly, I thought I was walking inside??”
It’s like a grove with all the
Christmas trees they’ve put up! I’ll
have to send some pictures later on, (but first I need to take them). The trees outside are just as magnificent!! Well, actually they were at their peak right
around my birthday. Everywhere you
looked, the world was just on FIRE with color! Oh I really must love being a missionary, because
if it were all up to me, I would give anything to just lay down a nice big
blanket and have a painting session all day long with just me and the nature
and the Lord… Probably a good thing they keep us busy with more important
things haha. Well anyway, most of the
leaves are gone now. Starting to look a
lot like it did when I started my mission… Weird. Let’s see…what else…? Oh! All the squirrels are a lot fatter than they
used to be back in the spring. –Yeah that was a waste of a line. Okay moving on…
So
on Sunday, I had the privilege of singing in another Night of Music and
Inspiration at the Visitor Center. It
was so much fun! The theme was “Do as ye
have seen me do”. Everything was on
service. So. Awesome. Although there were a lot of technical issues
(poor Sister Nakatsuka…she was the one in charge of this month’s performance),
the Spirit was still there. And we had a full house too!! That’s always fun. Should be twice that busy every night for
Festival of Lights. It runs all through
the month of December. –More on that as it comes.
Bueno…mi espanol esta mejorando cada dia que estoy
aquí! Ahora, puedo hablar sin miedo (o
menos que antes jaja) y mi vocabulario esta creciendo también. Entonces,
ahora, puedo ensenar casi cada lección de Predicad Mi Evangelio y muchos
otros principios de la iglesia. Las cosas
mas difíciles son esas conversaciones en la calle sobre cosas mas generales, o
cosas del mundo jaja. Pero todavía es
divertido tratar a tener una experiencia linda con ellos, o por lo menos,
compartir mi testimonio corto J Es una processa, pero estoy
agradecida por esta oportunidad tan grande que mi Padre Celestial me ha dado…
esta cambiando mi vida…para siempre. Y
de verdad…tengo un amor por la gente aquí que no puedo explicar…no en español,
ni ingles…es algo mas grande de eso que solo siento en mi corazón. Pero tengo un testimonio de esta obra. Que es
la obra de Dios. Que tenemos la
oportunidad ser un poquito parte de eso…pero que marvillosa, no? Tenemos algo especial…y tenemos que
compartirlo con el mundo! Ahorita es el
tiempo actuar! O familia…sabemos que…si,
podamos ser sellados con nuestra familia para siempre…pero que
tal todo los demás…? Que tal de ellos…? Necesitan este Evangelio tambien…y es nuestro
propósito ser misioneros. Ahora. En cada momento. Tiren su miedo! …Y ser dicipulos
de Cristo.
Well, to come full
circle, I hope you can each feel the sweet spirit in the air this time of year.
Remember to be extra good! More
importantly, remember to do it for the right reasons. Don’t waste your time doing good things just
to do them—that’s silly! But do them out
of love. Real, Christlike love…
I am
so proud of each of you…I want you to know that I think of you, and pray for
you often. You have all played such an integral role in my life up to now…and I
would not be the same person without each one of you in my life!
More
next week!
Hermana Graff
Alma 29:9
PS—La próxima semana, espero que pueda contarles mas de mis
investigadores, y los miembros aquí. Hace mucho tiempo desde he compartido
cosas asi. Disculpeme! O! Y fotos
tambien!! ;)
