Hola mis queridos!
What to tell, what to tell. Firstly, yes it is traslado time! And secondly, SURPRISE! We`re staying right where we are! Kind of a given, so we can finish another traslado of training, but with President Goates, we never know what`s going to happen when changes come. Anyway, here`s to another few months en la cordillera!
First of all, this week we met with Edelmira again. Thank you so much for your prayers! She was feeling loads better this week. She came out with a smile, and hugged us all (we went with a member), it was great. And she told us that she had been reading the Book of Mormon again! Wahoo! So the thing with Edelmira is that she has a few obstacles in her progression. Firstly, she isn`t married and living with someone, and she works on Sundays. During companion and personal study, Hermana Cortès and I spent a lot of time thinking about what we could teach and how we could help her. And we decided, with a little help from above, that we know what she needs. She needs to keep the law of chastity, and guardar el dia de reposo. (haha I don`t remember how to say that in english. Keep the law of day of rest? haha Awkward.) So in our lesson on teusday we taught the 10 commandments, focusing on those two things. I`ve never been one to be direct with the investigators. I always get scared they`ll get mad or something. But it went really well, and it was exactly what she needed. In all reality, God has blessings in store for her, if only she can keep the commandments. And if she doesn`t know what the commandments are, how can she keep them? We talked a lot about the temple, and how if they can get married, or separated if that needs to happen, she can enjoy all the blessings found within. It was so sweet to talk about the temple with her, and watch her face as she tried to imagine what it`s like inside, and what one can feel upon entering. She does want to do all she can to get there. She and her pareja have to have a talk, and we haven`t been able to meet with them since, so we`re still waiting to see what happens. But I`m so grateful for the spirit we were able to feel in the lesson, because we were able to be very straight forward, as well as show a lot of love for her. Definitely going to try to teach like that more often. :)
Wow, long story. :)
Another thing that happened this week, we`ve been trying to meet with everyone on the ward list, because there just so happens to be more less actives than active members, and a lot of them no one knows nothing... (oh no... the double negatives have got me too! Spanish, please leave my english alone.) No one knows anything about. So we met with a less active, who at first sight began sharing all the reasons she was never going to return to chruch, and how she told the other missionaries she didn`t want to meet with them anymore. She had separated from her husband, her kids left her, one of her sons had passed away, and there was so much pain, and so many things and people she didn`t want to forgive. Recently we`ve been trying to show a little more faith in meeting with people by being just a bit more persistant than, "okay, we`ll try back another time." So I asked if perhaps we could sing a hymn for her nada mas. She accepted, and we pulled out "Asombro me da" (I stand all amazed). I felt a little awkward singing for her becuase she kept looking away, and we were just standing there in her yard singing as motercycles passed, but after the hymn, her whole demeaner changed. We shared our testimonies of the atonement, and offered again to visit with her another time. And she accepted. I truly know that the hymns are inspired, and that they truly are a prayer unto God. Music really can touch the hard-to-reach places of the heart, and I`m so grateful for their sweet spirit.
Also this week, another kind of funny thing happened. We were supposed to go to Mendoza monday night to be able to attend the meeting teusday morning, but we missed the bus. At first we were super bummed, but then that night both Hna Cortès and I felt pretty sick, we think it was from the full concentrated power of the sun we had been walking in that day. So it turned out that it was a good thing we were able to sleep in our own beds that night, and not on a bumpy, up-chuck-a-rama bus ride, if you know what I mean. So remember, siempre hay una razòn porque pasan las cosas, sola que a veces al pricipio, no podemos verla. Oh, and also, we did make it to the meeting in the morning as well. Bonus!
Thanks again so much for your prayers for Edelmira. We`re hoping to see her again soon and help her out a little more. :) Have a great week!
Hermana Cannon
p.s. The photos: Hermana Cannon sharing the gospel with every creature, Argentine version of Pizza Planet, and yo y mi compañera y hija chilena!
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