Familia!
Como estan? I hope so. Everything is going good up here in the mountains. No complaints. I am really really happy actually! That could be because we just got done hiking Silver falls and it was soo pretty! Pictures will be included. But more than that we have been having great missionary success, I have every reason to be happy.
To start off we had stake conference this weekend where we got to hear from Elder Aidukaitis from the Quorum of the Seventy who spoke in conference. He had some very funny comments but also many uplifting ones and suggestions on what we can do to be better. He was very outgoing and spoke with confidence. Plus we had 2 investigators show up at church who hadn't been there in quite a while. Actually a miracle in itself! We were so excited to see them there. One of them was struggling and we weren't sure if she was going to act, so one day we went over and were going to talk to her about that and when we got there we asked her what she had done that day and she said, "Oh just cleaning the house and getting ready to go to church tomorrow." We were floored! (In the best way possible of course) and both who came really seemed to like it.
We have a had a roller coaster week, like yesterday itself was a giant roller coaster. Every single one of our appointments cancelled or fell through, yet at the end of the day it was a good day. How that was possible, well the Lord works in mysterious ways. He knows the needs of us and other people and knows where he needs us when he needs us.
We also had a really cool experience with a recent convert and we were teaching him to get him ready to receive the Aaronic Priesthood soon and he told us of an experience he had with receiving a blessing and after that finally (after 39 yrs of on and off teaching) wanted to get baptized. It is truly amazing to know of God's power here on the Earth. It is truly a blessing to help us all learn and grow.
In studying Preach my Gospel i have been reading about using time wisely and why that is important. We always feel like we never have enough time to do this or that, but as we have been focusing on the importance of life, for me teaching people and helping them see that they have time for Christ, i know how important it is. This is a common phrase in that chapter, "Do all you can to..." And i often say have i done all i can? But i know that if i am diligent than the Lord will use me as an instrument in his hands and i will be as effective as possible if i allow myself to be at the will of him. And that was reinforced as i read through the Book of Mormon and right now i am reading about Captain Moroni. What a guy! In the time between war he wasn't telling his people to rejoice and do whatever they wanted, but he was strengthening their walls and protection. In the Book of Mormon, we can learn to be a leader from Moroni. It says, "Yea, verily, verily I say unt o you, if all men had been, an d were, and ever would be, lik e unto Moroni, behold, the ver y powers of hell would have be en shaken forever; yea, the de vil would never have power ove r the hearts of the children of men." (Alma 48:17) can you imagine that? That is why we study to learn from these great people so that the devil won't have any power over us! I know that God love us and wants what is best for us, i know that i am helping Him in His work and that His church has been restored to the Earth. I am happy and loving every part of being a missionary! Thanks for all the love and support! Enjoy the pictures.
Hermana Ray
P.S. to explain the title of this email. Hermana Jett and i were running down the trail and there were trees on both sides and after the waterfall i felt like i was Pocahontas and as we were running that was the lines that came out of my mouth and we had a great laugh out of it.
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