June 7 Salve las gallenas!
The title of this email says "Save the whales!!!" Therefore, do so.
This week has been hectically slow. My companion, it turns out has tendonitis in both of her feet. She had been having a lot of pain and we finally went to the clinic on Friday and the doctor told her she shouldn't walk until she's done with the physical therapy he perscribed for her (which she hasn't even started yet). But, the nutter that she is, is taking the pills, got a blessing and is working never the less. I admire her willingness to work, but the mega-heavy-duty pills aren't really helping anymore, and it's been hard to stay focused to work. We have to walk .5 miles per hour so she won't strain the muscles that she's already straining. Crazy lady.
We've been spending a lot of time with the mom of one of our recent converts. Her husband recently died and she's taken it really hard. She never wanted to learn anything about the gospel, although two of her children were baptized within the past two months or so. We've been doing a lot of service because as of right now she doesn't want to learn. But yesterday..... she came to church with us! My companion and I are wondering if it was a good idea, because of it being fast and testimony meeting, we got the wonderful members who talk about anything except their testimonies, and also others who have been going through difficult times.... I was sitting with other investigators, but I look over and all of the members of their family were crying. Afterwards they all booked it out of the chapel and waited out in the car for the son-in-law. We went to visit them yesterday in the evening to see how they were doing, to talk about the experience, but it turned out the uncle of her husband died while they were in church, and we're afraid she's taken it as a bad omen or something, another reason to be mad at God. Oh heavens. We're worried because she's been really down, and we know that the gospel can help her, but she's still mad at God for the loss of her husband.
At times its really hard to keep moving forward and teaching and keep inviting. We really want to judge for them and say, "Why bother? They won't accept- they won't change." But it's not our choice, is it? We can't automatically chose for them. Just keep inviting, keep preaching repentance. It's all we can do, all the Savior would do. And there are times where these people have problems bigger than I could ever imagine. The kind of problems that make you think "How in the world are they going to overcome this? There is no place to turn for peace." But then we remember Ether 12 (read it, study it, love it) and we can work towards having more faith in the Lord- that He can do all things. He can- and will- remove the stumbling blocks. If it's according to His will- which it is- He will prepare the way.
Besides this not much is going down. The snow has melted and the streets are mostly dry now (my goodness, it was like Mudland!) We've been helping an investigator make alfajores de Maizena (very delicious) and enjoying many of the aspects of Argentina. Especially the people. The convert that just got baptized about a weekish ago got the priesthood yesterday! A shining moment for my companion and I. And we keep trying to exercize faith to do what the Lord wants us to do, not what man wants us to do.
To all my beloved friends and family- Sigan adelante! Which means keep moving forward! The gospel is true, the church is the church of Christ. He lives and He will give us all we need to stand straight and tall at the last day and to clear our path of the stumbling blocks of the adversary. Read your scriptures, pray contstantly and you really won't have any need to worry.
lots of love and gumdrops, Hna.Georgeson
This week has been hectically slow. My companion, it turns out has tendonitis in both of her feet. She had been having a lot of pain and we finally went to the clinic on Friday and the doctor told her she shouldn't walk until she's done with the physical therapy he perscribed for her (which she hasn't even started yet). But, the nutter that she is, is taking the pills, got a blessing and is working never the less. I admire her willingness to work, but the mega-heavy-duty pills aren't really helping anymore, and it's been hard to stay focused to work. We have to walk .5 miles per hour so she won't strain the muscles that she's already straining. Crazy lady.
We've been spending a lot of time with the mom of one of our recent converts. Her husband recently died and she's taken it really hard. She never wanted to learn anything about the gospel, although two of her children were baptized within the past two months or so. We've been doing a lot of service because as of right now she doesn't want to learn. But yesterday..... she came to church with us! My companion and I are wondering if it was a good idea, because of it being fast and testimony meeting, we got the wonderful members who talk about anything except their testimonies, and also others who have been going through difficult times.... I was sitting with other investigators, but I look over and all of the members of their family were crying. Afterwards they all booked it out of the chapel and waited out in the car for the son-in-law. We went to visit them yesterday in the evening to see how they were doing, to talk about the experience, but it turned out the uncle of her husband died while they were in church, and we're afraid she's taken it as a bad omen or something, another reason to be mad at God. Oh heavens. We're worried because she's been really down, and we know that the gospel can help her, but she's still mad at God for the loss of her husband.
At times its really hard to keep moving forward and teaching and keep inviting. We really want to judge for them and say, "Why bother? They won't accept- they won't change." But it's not our choice, is it? We can't automatically chose for them. Just keep inviting, keep preaching repentance. It's all we can do, all the Savior would do. And there are times where these people have problems bigger than I could ever imagine. The kind of problems that make you think "How in the world are they going to overcome this? There is no place to turn for peace." But then we remember Ether 12 (read it, study it, love it) and we can work towards having more faith in the Lord- that He can do all things. He can- and will- remove the stumbling blocks. If it's according to His will- which it is- He will prepare the way.
Besides this not much is going down. The snow has melted and the streets are mostly dry now (my goodness, it was like Mudland!) We've been helping an investigator make alfajores de Maizena (very delicious) and enjoying many of the aspects of Argentina. Especially the people. The convert that just got baptized about a weekish ago got the priesthood yesterday! A shining moment for my companion and I. And we keep trying to exercize faith to do what the Lord wants us to do, not what man wants us to do.
To all my beloved friends and family- Sigan adelante! Which means keep moving forward! The gospel is true, the church is the church of Christ. He lives and He will give us all we need to stand straight and tall at the last day and to clear our path of the stumbling blocks of the adversary. Read your scriptures, pray contstantly and you really won't have any need to worry.
lots of love and gumdrops, Hna.Georgeson
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