first of all HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPENCER MAN!!! TOMORROW!!!! i thin kyoure turining 12?? is that right?? wait no.... after doing a little math you are gonna be 15??? that cant be right. 14?? ya 14 sounds good.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE STUD! but quit growing please.
a recap of my crazy but AMAZING week!!!!
hope everyone did thier world wide indexing!!! its still going today so get on that. we have temples to fill! THIS IS SALVATION!!!
this week was also president s birhday and we had a small surprise bday for him . complete with clown noses
we had our ward talent show and i was asked on tuesday to learn a song. an opera song to sing with a member. its called O Sole Mio and its in itlanian!!!! DO I SPEAK ITALIAN? NO! do i sing opera? not really.... can i sing with a member.... only if my comp is with me. and she is tone deaf. so what did we do? we got permission for her to DANCE! she dances tango and lyrical. so we permiso and i learned the song by a miracle and she did ribbon dancing and we ROCKED!!! we were the last number and the members LOVED IT! they loved it so much, they asked us to do it again this saturday for tHE STAKE activity! AWESOME. im learning a lot on the mission.
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| Hermano Shanir. Sang O Sole Mio with him. |
also, we did a musical devotional with nothing but music, mormon messages and testimonies from recent converts. and i have not felt a spirit so strong in so long. about 1000 people went! and i was asked to do a musical number wtih two other sisters. so i learned "abide with me tis even tide" on my trusty ukulele and we did some AMAZING harmonies"! it turned out beautiful. these sisters are so talented. i explained the bible story a little before singing and the spirit was just so strong. we were the last number on the program and i felt liek it was very appropriate with the words. i would invite ALL to read in luke about this hymn and then sing it. its amazing.
also some spiritual experience.
let me share all that happened before we found ana. she needs some prayers. but she is progressing. and her husband is activating. he too participated in our talent show. it was cool to see how the ward supported him and welcomed him back by havnig him participate. ok but back to ana. or well. what happened before we found ana for the first time.
i saw the pwer of the devil. and then i saw the power of an almighty god. and my poor comp had to be the medium of the two powers. i saw herman apaiva in the depths of despair. i saw her cry the discouraging tears. and i saw how she had absolutely no will or desire to go out and preach. she was so discouraged!! she was giving heed to all the wrong voices. and she did not have the spirit. or well, it was kinda far from her. i did my very best to comfort her by the direction of the holy ghost i ssaid what i thought the spirit and heavcenly father needed her to hear. i had her read her blessing and everything! but she was still in absolute sadness. then the story o f christ, fasting for 40 days came to my mind. i said to hermana paiva " you are a missionary and you are listening to all the wrong voices. what did the savior say to satan when he was weak from fasting? he said "satan, get thee hence" itold her SHE needed to do the same.
i think that touched her heart. i think that worked. cause after that she calmed down and blew her nose in my favorite red sweaterand we said a prayer. SHE said the prayer and we left. the first place we went, we found a prepared family! WOW the power of God is real. this is powerful stuff.and he loves us so much.
my eyes are being opened little by little. i am realizing just how powerful the adversary is, and even more powerful the power of God, the Savior, and his atonement is.
what a blessing. i hope we all can open our spiritual eyes and see such amazing power. cause its there. we just have to look for it.
i love you all
i love my mission
all is well.
con amor,
hermana Gonzales
PS...this is how I feel for anyone with a tag or calling Mormon 5:10
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this is the scar from my ring worm. its the same size as the spots on my sweater. awesome
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