I don't have too much to write about this week, so I'll sum it all up pretty quick.
We
got a couple new investigators in YSA from the Maple Sisters, but one
has already dropped us because her parents are anti & she doesn't
want to go against them. She was super solid though. One day, one day.
We
had a couple lessons with Jane & Crystal. Crystal is excited for
her baptism! She went to West Virginia this weekend to visit some
friends. They had this trip planned for a long time. We expressed to her
the importance of going to church & she ended up going to church
there with her friends!
I
got to go on exchanges with Sister Pinto! She's the cutest, sweetest
Navajo ever! (she's 100% Navajo Native American) 'twas a good day.
So I say I don't have much to write about this week because on Thursday Sister Bergstrom had oral surgery done. She was in a lot of pain most all weekend, so we stayed inside & let her rest all Thursday until institute, all Friday, & all Saturday
except for the lesson we had with Genie & Murry & Jane. Sister
Bergstrom was a trooper through it all, but I'm still kinda sad she
wasn't loopy after surgery. :/
Now on to the subject line of my email:
This
week in the Mojave Narrows ward we had ward conference. In preparation
for ward council, the stake presidency wanted each ward to come up with a
topic that they would like to be "trained" on in ward council by the
stake presidency. Our ward council chose charity & love. President
Gibbons, who just so happens to be the institute teacher & counselor
in the stake presidency & also one of my favorite teachers ever,
gave the training. He used President Monson's talk from April 2014 General Conference
titled "Love--the Essence of the Gospel" & that talk has changed my
life. I'm not meaning to sound really dramatic when I say that, haha.
But really, I've been thinking about charity & love a lot these past
few weeks because that is something that I've come to gain more of on
my mission, but I know I could use more, especially in transitioning into
home life after my mission.
I've
also been thinking about charity & how loving our ward is to Murry.
Lots of people have noticed & commented about him to us &
saying how great it is to see him & how delightful he is. It's been
amazing to see how loving & caring they are to him. I've learned a lot about charity & how important it is.
Read
this talk, ponder it, & pray about things you can improve on. I
know as we were discussing it, the Spirit has prompted me how I can
improve in so many areas. Love is the answer to most problems in the world.
xoxo Sister Viraldo
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