Hey there
family.
This week was great.
The progress here is slow but steady. According to my tortoise calculations,
it´s a good pace. Our endurance is patient and full of hope.
Yesterday, I went
adventuring in the creation of the world. I read the well-known thirty verses
or so of the first chapter of Genesis, where God creates the skies and the
waters, the fish and the birds, the flowers and the mountains, the universe and
the man. It's not a very detailed account, though I know it had to have been a
marvelous and complex occurrence of everything coming together the way God made
it to be. Many times the series of events began with God commanding tal acción,
and ended with two repeated phrases : one being,''and it was so,'' and the
other saying, ''and God saw that it was good.'' I realized the beauty of
life and all that we have is the alignment of obedience and love. I imagined
the earth combining in perfect subjection to his hand and a masterful nod of
the head as he approved each piece. I thought of all the creations, whether
great and magnificent or simple and sweet, that are or have been a part of my
experience here on earth. What better way to feel God's love than to appreciate
all that is good and savor all that was made by Him, the Creator of our world?
What better motivation could there be to obey His will and keep His
commandments? He loves us so purely. He wants us to enjoy our time here. He
also expects us to do our part in his creation just as all the elements have.
He knows we aren't perfect, so he has even created a way for
each one of us to overcome and become. He has the whole world in
his hands. Think about that. Smile. Be better. Pick some dandelions and give
someone a hug. Now I'll take off my tie-dye bell bottoms and daisy crown and
give you a update-ito of the week. :)
Hermana Serrano and I
are still loving our time together. We had a very busy week as always, but this
time it included loading, chopping, and stacking winter....or wood. :) It's a
good cultural adventure. The truck comes by, dumps it all on your front lawn,
you pay the people, then realize you can't leave your front door or the
back...hahaha so you go super power team work with your chileno papito to stack
it all before lunch! We made some wood angel's while we were at it! Hahaha. It
was fun. I'll have to send some pictures of it next week. Lots of wood = lots
of warmth = happy winter.
We had two
intercambios this week. One with an hermana from Brazil and another with an
hermana from Chile. They were fun as always. It's always a cool experience for
me to see how the mission really is an individual experience and the Lord gives
us all individual gifts to develop and put to use to bring about everything he
needs.
On Friday, we passed
by the office to pick up something for an hermana. Presidente called us in and
told us there was a woman named Jaqueline in a nearby hotel reception desk that
was anxiously waiting for the Book of Mormon. So we went on over. We walked in
the hotel, up to the desk to find Jaqueline, and very excitedly introduced
ourselves and placed the book of Mormon in front of her saying, ''Here´s the
book you were waiting for!'' She looked at us a little confused, yet pleasantly
overcome with curiosity. Turns out she wasn't waiting for a Book of Mormon at
all! Or so she thought... After she said, ''I have no idea what you are talking
about....but what is it?'' we simply explained it was another testament of
Jesus Christ that helps us come closer to Him. We shared Moroni´s promise. She
was so excited! She gave us her number. She asked us if she could meet up at
the church so we could teach her more. We called the elders from Centro and put
a cita. Pretty nifty tactic President had there :)
He didn't lie though.
She was in fact waiting for that book, just as all are.
All in all. The
mission keeps being awesome just as it was made to be. It's nice to know that
before everything was made, God saw that it was good. I trust in that and I trust
in Him.
Pues, I love you. I'll
see you on Sunday.
Su hermanita
misionerita chilenita,
Hermana Olson
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