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| 4-week New Missionary Meeting |
Hi!
Looking back at this week, it went by
so quickly, yet at the same time Wednesday feels like it happened 2
weeks ago. That's the life of a missionary, though.
First off I wanted to talk about the
amazing General Conference weekend we all enjoyed. What a huge
blessing it is to be a member of Jesus Christ's church--The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--in these, the last days & for
the opportunities we have to listen to God's chosen servants. They
truly speak the words of the Lord. EACH of the talks that were given
were SO inspired by the Lord & if we listen by the Spirit, they
all can apply to us in our personal lives.
There were quite a few talks that I
really connected to & found great insight & personal
revelation in.
#1 Elder Larry R. Lawrence - "What
lack I yet?" He focused on our personal spiritual growth &
how we can improve as disciples of Jesus Christ. He challenged us
each to do a spiritual exercise. He invited us to humbly pray and ask
the Lord, "What is keeping me from progressing?" Then to
wait quietly for a response from the Holy Ghost. If we are humble &
ready for an answer the Holy Ghost will tell us something very
specific that we can do in our lives or rid from our lives that will
help us be more Christlike. He encouraged us to be humble enough to
ask & faithful enough to act. Spiritual growth should be a
priority in our lives. We all should be trying to improve each and
every day. The Lord doesn't expect us to be perfect, but He DOES
expect us to try a little harder to be a little better. I love this
exercise because there are things in my life that I can do better to
become the person & specifically the missionary Heavenly Father
needs me to be! I'm grateful for personal revelation.
#2 Elder Robert D. Hales - I loved his
talk because he was so BOLD & specific. Stay out of debt. If you
choose to avoid temptation, you'll be happy. Be worthy of the person
you will marry. Pretty simple.
#3 Elder Jeffrey R. Holland - I always
love Elder Holland's talks. He speaks to my soul. He talked about the
loving, kind, selfless role of MOTHERHOOD. The love that a mother has
for her child is the closest to Christlike love there is on earth. I
love you mom!
#4 President Thomas S. Monson - This
holy man has given his whole life to the Lord. The 2 scriptures he
shared have been part of mine & Sister Anderson's lessons
recently. I loved how he explained how we can be an example in word,
conversation, charity, spirit, faith & purity. As we develop
those attributes, our lights can shine to those around us!
#5 Sister Carole M. Stephens - Her talk
about LOVE & OBEDIENCE was awesome! It is so true. We are given
commandments because God loves us! He knows what is best for us.
Those are just some of the talks that
stuck out to me!
This week was GRRREAT! We had a couple lessons with
Sister H and her son L. Earlier this week I was really pondering the counsel
given by Elder Falabella & reinforced by President Hobbs-- focus
on fathers, teach the fathers & the family. I had a strong
impression that we need to focus on L's father. I brought that up
to Sister Anderson & she really felt like we need to do that as
well. On Friday we were talking with Sister H & we were
planning on telling her how we want to meet her husband. Before we
were able to do that she told us that they started going to
counseling & he agreed to go to church with her. That was PERFECT
for what we wanted to talk with her about. We started relaying the
counsel from Elder Falabella & she got chills. The Spirit
testified to all of us that that was right. As of now, we haven't met
him yet, but hopefully he'll be at church this Sunday. This is a huge
miracle! :)
This week was week 4, aka the 4 week new
missionary meeting! It's an opportunity that President & Sister
Hobbs have of checking on the new missionary's progress & to
answer questions they or we have. It's always great to receive
training from them.
We had a couple lessons with A & K. We're working on helping them prepare for their baptism in a
few weeks! We're SO excited & they seem to be too. It's really
hard to read them, but they truly
desire to be baptized & know it's true!
One of the coolest things that happened
this week happened just yesterday afternoon...
Earlier in the week we had dinner with
Brother & Sister Strong & they named off 4 of their neighbors
they wanted us to visit. One of them is a lady by the name of D.
We met her yesterday & learned that she recently lost her job.
Her boss goes to her church & she just couldn't bring herself to
go to church on Sunday. We talked to her a little about God's plan
for her & introduced her to the Book of Mormon. We explained how
the Bible, over time, lost precious truths due to translations. She
believed that. And we explained the purpose of the Book of Mormon, to
testify of Christ & to expound upon the Bible. Specifically how
in the Bible it talks about how Christ was "baptized to fulfill
all righteousness" & the Book of Mormon, Alma 31, tells us
what it means to "fulfill all righteousness". You could
just see the Spirit working in her. She thought it was good &
wants to read it & see if it can help her understand the Bible
more. I don't remember much of what I said, but I DO remember how
strongly I felt the Spirit speaking through me to exactly what she
needed to hear. It truly is amazing to be doing this work. Every day
is a blessing.
Mom, I did get answers to my questions during conference! It's
amazing how the Spirit works, huh?
Yes, you should share it with me, what
you learned from Pres Uchtdorf's talk!
Wowww you're going to San Diego this
week! Luckies!
I guess I won't worry about dad, if
you're not worried.
I'm not feeling any better really, the
neti pot is the thing I've found that works the best. Weird, I was
down in Rancho on Wednesday & didn't have any problems....
I love you mommy & daddy! Thanks
for the great emails. I love hearing about everything!
Have a great week & I'll talk to
you next week while you're only a couple hours from me! hahaha
xoxo Sister Viraldo
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