Milagros

This week I saw la mano del Señor/the hand of the Lord a lot. In the spirit I have felt and shared with others, in the words he has helped me find, and especialmente in the people he has prepared. Con fe, oración, y trabajo mediante su guía encontramos 20 esta semana, quien estaba preparando. Familias buscando aprender más de Cristo y la verdad. Él ha preparado a estas personas mediante maneras únicas, con libros en la casa de familia, con su experiencias, y más. Es maravilloso ver su mano en sus vidas. Lunes: Translados or Transfers(of missionaries área to area) was the start of this week, and Elder Brizuela and I are still juntos/together for at least one more translado!(every 6 weeks). So that's super cool, he is a great trainer and missionary so I'm excited that we still are working together here in Simoca, and boy o boy do I love Simoca. We got word of who the two new Elderes would be with the split of Simoca Norte y Sur. One a grandson of Elder Brizuela(someone trained by someone he trained) and the other a new missionary. Oooh. Run home past los dos Presidentes Martes: We ran into a lot of old friends this day passing through the plaza, got lots of references of people who wanted to learn more, met lots of new friends, and by the end of the day had about 6 oficial citas confirmadas/confirmed schedules to meet with them the next day. Super good, especially since now we only have our amigos in the North of Simoca to meet with. At around 6:30 we headed back to the pension, passed some amigos en la calles and talked about the importance of sincere oracion, and then arrived at the pension right before...Nuevooo Elderes. They arrived in a very nostalgic manera for me, pulling up to the pension in a white van stuffed with missionaries. Helped pull out a bunch of luggage and then met Elder Luthi y Elder Rojas. Elder Luthi is from Logan, Utah just about 5min from Hyde Park so Mike y Kendra say hi to his familia for me. He's great, only has 7 meses/months in the mission and is training a new missionary, Elder Rojas. Both have a lot of animo and are excited to get to work here in Simoca. Both already have been great examples for me and I can't wait to continue to work with them to strengthen and grow this Rama of Simoca. We showed them the apartment to drop there stuff of for a minute, sent them some locations of amigos in the Sur/South, and within 10ish minutes we headed out, them heading south and us north, to work. Ooooh, I love this. So good. Got back to the pension that night, called some amigos and I cooked us all some food to wrap out day one with 4. Miércoles: Milagros. Met with lots of our new friends today and had lots of great lecciones. I always love the first couple days of teaching, because I love the message of the restauracion, it really is a message of how much God loves us, wants to here from us, and has a path for us in this life. And lots of the amigos we have been teaching have accepted invitations to be baptized. Jueves: You thought that 4 Elderes in this Arlington like small town of Simoca was a lot, welp now theres 6. Just for the day. The zone Líderes came to spend the day here in Simoca, one with the Elderes in the Sur and the other, Elder Zaro, with Elder Brizuela and I. I love working with other missionaries because every single one is different and there is something to learn in the way they teach, their strengths, and more. Had an almuerzo with mom of the mission acá en Simoca, Hermana Munzi, and shared 3N11:14. I love this scripture and the invitacion of the Savior. To come to Him and Conocerle/to know Him. And I invite you to think about ways you too can accept this invitation of the Savior and come to know him. ¿Qué puede hacer para llegar a conocer Nuestro Salvador MÁS? What can you do to come to know the Savior more? And this day, found the comida that possibly is the closest we'll come to the blessings of the Gospel, but in food. Lomo Pizza. It's like if a 5-year-old couldn't decide between a pizza and hamburger, and decided he would be content with both. It's like a sandwhich or burger between two pizzas. So goood. Domingo our good friend Rosa, helped us help another friend, Mirta R, walk to the Church and it was like a Disney movie, it was great to have them both in the Capilla this sunday. And we sang Venido, Adoremos 🎄(Come let us adore him). Gotta love the Christmas music all year long. 1N18 "Sea Diferente/Be Different" We've talked about this a bit on the mission, but not here. I love this second verse, especially the last part. Nefi follows the direction of el Señor in order to build a barco/boat. "No fue conforme a la manera de los hombres." Like Nefi we too can and should follow Jesucristo and not conform to the ways of man. Sea Diferent, be different, follow him, come to know him, and live and serve as He Would. And this is a fun thing too because the more we learn of Him the better we can serve, love, and care for others and the more we serve others the more we come to know Him. Like Presidente Monson invited, Dare to be Different. Have a great week, Love ya