(Spanish Sisters in El Paso)Hey everyone! Thanks for the letters and what not! I really love letters. I think that I'm so lucky to have such amazing family and friends that support me.
This week has been great! We had zone conference with Elder Kikuchi from the 70 on Wednesday. Talk about intense. This man is powerful. For 3 hours we talked about the morning schedule. He went around and asked every district leader what percentage of the time their district follows the morning schedule. We heard a lot of numbers between 75-100%. After each number he had a comment like "do you only want to be resurrected 85%?" or "if you pay 95% tithing can you go to the temple?" It was pretty intense.
Unfortunately, one of things we're working on in my companionship is time. So sadly, we were late. I tried and tried but we were late. So a lot of the comments were directed at us. I got "do you want your husband to only give 95%?" It was intense. It was sad because he went around and personally met every missionary but we missed it because we were late. I've tried to use this experience as an example of why we need to be on time. We'll see if it helps.
I learned a lot from this zone conference. We talked about the morning schedule for so long because it is like the tithing in Malachi 3. When we give the Lord what He asks the windows of heaven will be opened and we won't even have room for the blessings that will flow from it. If the Lord promises we can be sure that we will receive.
Another thing I learned is that I don't teach the first vision with the reverence it deserves. He taught us to recite it really, really, really slowly. He then had some missionaries do an example of it for us. It was powerful. When we say it slow with a lot of pauses the Spirit has time to work and testify of the truth. There wasn't a dry eye in the chapel as it was being recited.
So whenever any missionary teaches the 1st vision, something always happens. Always. Usually it's an ice cream truck, baby crying, phone ringing, or something like that. Well this week we had something new... someone fainted. I'm serious. We just got done sharing the experience and we asked this lady how she felt and then she started moaning and fainted. Luckily she was sitting on a couch so she didn't fall or anything. I ran and got her water and that helped a bit I think. It turns out that she is pregnant and didn't eat anything. When she got better she answered that she really hoped that it was true and that it really happened. She said that she feels like Joseph Smith and really wants to find the truth. So we proceeded to invite her to be baptized (we always do this on the first lesson). She said "yeah, thats what I really think i need." Yay!
Well, I love you all. I hope that you have a fantastic week and don't freeze to death over there! It's 50 degrees here and I'm freezing! I can't imagine how you all feel. Anyway, have fun, do good! Always trust and believe.
Love, Hermana Anderson
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