HOLA
Holy smokes I feel like
a million things have happened in one week or maybe I am just loosing it. It
was an awesome week!
This morning for
personal study I was reading in 2 Nephi 10:23 and that scripture made my whole
day. How blessed are we that we have
agency. We should be so happy that we
can use that agency to follow the Savior so we can one day return to Him. Cheer up your hearts! We really can choose our happiness. We will
have hard days but that is why we have the Savior.
We got to go to the
temple with Nazario, Socorro and Oscar! We watched Meet the Mormons in the
visitor center. I had never seen that
movie before; it is awesome! It shows
how important it is that we share the gospel with all because so many people
look to us as examples.
The Portland temple has
an atrium that everyone can walk through so we got to go inside. The spirit was awesome. Oscar told us how one
day he wants to come back with his whole family and be sealed. I looked over a little later and he was
sitting on the bench saying a prayer. The
temples are so amazing! It is the only place on earth where our families can be
united for eternity. We asked Socorro if
she wants to come back sometime with her whole family and she said yes. We
asked her what the next step was that she needs to take in order that that can
happen. She said she didn't know. (trust me, she knows!) BAPTISM. One baby step
closer with Socorro, she is taking her sweet time.
We felt that we needed
to go walking to find people to teach. We saw this guy that was waving for us
to come over. The reason why he wanted us to come over was to look at my
braid....Must've been the Spirit that told him to look at my braid…..But we met
Lalo. Lalo lives out of his car. He has been in and out of jail and is at the
point of wanting to commit suicide. We
gave him a Book of Mormon and testified of the plan Heavenly Father has for him
and that he truly is a son of God. We
did our best to help him understand how he really can find peace and happiness
in this life through the Atonement. We're
not sure if we will ever see Lalo again since we drives different places to
live, but I know that we were led to walk that day so we could help him
understand the great potential he has on earth. We also thought that he was going to kidnap us….but
don't worry I am alive :)
A frustration of
missionary work…..We had an amazing lesson with Maria Ortega with a member
present. We talked about how she can
apply the Book of Mormon in her life right now and how she can receive her
answer at church. She really was
understanding how she could apply it all to herself. The Spirit was awesome and she told us
multiple times, “I know I haven't come to church but I will be there this week!”
We were so pumped. Maria didn't come :( She has such amazing potential and is
striving to follow the Savior. We have
prayed and feel that Heavenly Father wants us to wait just a little bit longer.
If she doesn't come to church by June 14
we will stop teaching her. But with prayer and faith she will come!!
Transfer calls have come
and I am staying! I will be training a
new missionary. I am SO grateful to have worked with Hermana Aubrey. She is
easily the most Christ-like, loving, patient person I have ever met. My testimony of fasting has strengthened as I
have been with her. (A: we fasted like 12 million times together
in our first transfer together). But,
mostly for another reason: The first
transfer I was with her I noticed that I was getting impatient with her. I was
getting easily annoyed but then I was getting so frustrated with myself because
she wasn’t doing a single thing I was just being selfish and impatient. It's
kind of hard to understand but when you are with someone every single second of
the day every day for almost 4 months you notice weird little things. It was
really bothering me why I was being so impatient with her. I prayed every day but I didn't see much of an
improvement. I decided that I needed to
really change this behavior so I decided to fast. I know so firmly that the Lord helped me so
much with this.
This last transfer has
been so much greater and my patience has grown a ton. Temptations are a little
different on the mission and for me with Hermana Aubrey the biggest temptation
was impatience. But like any temptation
as we pray and fast the Lord will always help us overcome our temptations. I am not by any means a patient person now but
I definitely have improved and I know the Lord will continue to bless me as I
seek for His help. I invite you all to
think of what your greatest temptation is in life right now. On fast Sunday fast with a sincere heart to
overcome this temptation and I know the Lord will help you in so many ways! I
love you all so much and hope you have a great week!
Love,
Hermana Gifford
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| Hermana Aubrey and Hermana Gifford |
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| Socorro, Oscar, Hermana Aubrey, Gifford, Nazario |
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| Portland Temple |
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