WHAT A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!!!

My Companion Hermana Dunagan :)

Apr 7 at 1:31 PM

I have so much to write, so hopefully I will have enough time! This Tuesday was April fool's day and all of us sisters schemed up a plan for our district meeting. Half of our zone meets in our building so lets just say there are a lot of Elders. We decided to go with the classic toothpaste in the Oreo. We were really careful to make it look like it was never touched. Well at the end of our district meeting it is a tradition to sing a hymn or two together. Well, we set the trap and offered oreo cookies to the Elders, and boy was it funny to see their faces!! Half of them didn't know what holiday it was... poor Elders... It was pretty good though.

 

The beginning of this week was a little strange... we had members, investigators, and even random people telling us how dangerous our area is. There was one night this last week we were waiting for the bus to pass by... it was pretty late at night. All the sudden this huge man, with slicked back hair and rings all on his fingers, {and lets not forget the fanny pack,} came up to us. He told me that we needed to leave this area now and that it was super dangerous. He told us to go to the nearest despensa under the light and wait for a bus. He also said that people were wanting to rob and hurt us!!!  He then walked away. Well lets just say we went right away and followed his instructions. I ended up telling the other sisters about our experience and they told me that I should call President and tell him what happened.  We do live quite a bit aways from our area and the later it gets at night, the less frequent the buses pass by.  President ended up telling us that we were to change the time of our studies so that we can be home at night. It has been very effective number wise. There are just a whole lot more people willing to accept us in the morning, which has been such a great blessing.

Where do I even begin with CONFERENCE?! BEST WEEKEND EVER!!!! Every single one of the talks given applied to my life, my mission, or my family! As soon as I walked into the church there was such a strong spirit and I continued to feel it the whole time! I LOVE BEING A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS!!!!!! I love how they talked a lot about covenants and how we need to strive to make and keep these sacred covenants to be able to return to live with Our Heavenly Father. I felt as though every talk pertained to this. And how good was Elder Holland's talk about defending our faith? Wow. He hits me every time. I especially loved President Uchtdorf's talk about being grateful even in the times of distress. It really helped me to have a better outlook in everything that we experience in this life. I absolutely loved his phrase, "There are no endings, only everlasting beginnings." It is so true, how blessed are we to have this knowledge that we will live forever with Our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and our families if we do everything in our power to constantly strive to do what is right and keep our covenants. And Elder Ballard, hilarious! I loved his story about following up and being persistent. I especially loved how we are to have a Preach My Gospel in every home and that we should study this wonderful book as well. I look forward to hearing from each and every one of you about what you are learning in PMG. And how powerful was Elder Christofferson's talk about the Lords ministry? And last but not least President Thomas S. Monson's talk about loving others and having love in our homes.  I can't even begin to describe my feelings and all that I learned. This has definitely been a memorable conference weekend and I hope you all learned as much as I did. I love conference.

We also had a neat experience last night as well that I would like to share. After conference we had a few hours that we could go out and work, and so we went out to our area as quickly as possible. After teaching our last lesson for the night we went to a near by despensa{BUS WAITING STATION} to wait for a collectivo.{BUS} I decided to ask the man in the despensa if a collectivo would pass by here, even though I have waited there previously. He told me that the last one left thirty minutes ago but if we were lucky one just might pass by. My companion and I prayed that a collectivo would pass, and shortly after that we heard the engine of a collectivo coming down the road. I know that we were blessed for going out to work, even if it was just a short amount of time. I know that the Heavenly Father is ever watchful over us and loves each and every one of us.

Thank you all for the emails and support! I love you and miss you!

Love,

Hermana Sanders