Olympic: Traslado 6: Semana 5 / Oct. 4, 2010

Hola Familia!
 
Mirna, Jimmy, Karina, and Melissa are all getting baptized!!! I was surprised by a phone call at about 10:15 pm on my birthday with my last companion telling me that all of these people from my last area are getting baptized. It was a little birthday miracle, and it made my day. Mirna is the mom of the family where her kids were all baptized, and Jimmy, Karina, and their 11 year old daughter Melissa are the adorable family with the cute little girls that we were teaching last transfer. I am so excited to see them be baptized on October 17th. We also had another miracle, which was that Gilberto and Andres, two brothers that we have been teaching, set a baptism date for October 24th. The work has been going strong, and in the same respect Satan has still been working really hard on all of us missionaries. For some reason it has seemed extra hard lately for everyone, and I think that it is partly because Satan knows how powerful the new way we have been teaching is, with truly relying on the Spirit in everything we do.
 
Conference was a really good spiritual boost. I love how for missionaries Conference is as exciting as Christmas. We all sit and anxiously listen to the whole thing and take fervent notes. Its kind of funny, but I love it, because we are able to get so much more out of it. I have never focused this much on General Conference. There were so many things that stood out and seemed like they were especially for me. I especially loved President Uchtdorf's talk about slowing down and simplifying life (yes, I did recognize how much it applied to me and how I need to get over stress), and also, of course, President Monson's talk on gratitude. It seemed like most of the talks focused on following the prophet, so we all thought he was going to talk to us about something crazy, like institute the law of consecration or something, but it turned out that he talked simply about gratitude. I felt like it was really profound, and it made me realize how much an attitude of gratitude really could change and improve everything. If we were grateful for what we had we wouldn't need to get in debt for something bigger and better, we would be happy with the families that we have and not give up on them, and we would show our gratitude to God for everything he does for us by keeping his commandments and making good use of our time in this life. It is definitely something that I need to work on a lot. I am so grateful for all of you and how you each individually have blessed my lives. I couldn't ask for a better and more supportive family. I love you all so much. :)
 
If you missed conference, take some time and really listen to it or read it, in the spirit of prayer and focusing on finding something that can change and improve your life, and I promise you will find it. Have a great week!
 
Hermana Dansie