tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55623119425983646922024-03-13T22:17:26.869-07:00Running Away to UruguayHermana Baca,
You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the Uruguay Montevideo West Mission.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746381918822378895noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562311942598364692.post-62171130589842313222015-05-08T19:53:00.001-07:002015-05-08T19:53:32.654-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746381918822378895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562311942598364692.post-52752055630979433352015-05-04T15:42:00.001-07:002015-05-04T15:42:36.091-07:00<div class="yiv8891087861MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding: 0px;">
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<b><span style="color: #073763;"><span lang="EN-US">Well I`m in the last DAYS of my mission. I can`t put into words how grateful I am for been given the </span><span lang="EN-US">opportunity to serve in Uruguay. I have grate fullness for the many things I have learned in this time and I know this is a ``<span class="yiv8891087861"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"> </span></span></span><span class="yiv8891087861"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><span id="yiv8891087861chunk30021">time</span></span><span class="yiv8891087861"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"> </span></span></span><span class="yiv8891087861"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><span id="yiv8891087861chunk30022">to</span></span><span class="yiv8891087861"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"> </span></span></span><span class="yiv8891087861"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><span id="yiv8891087861chunk30023">repent </span><span id="yiv8891087861chunk30024">and</span></span><span class="yiv8891087861"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"> </span></span></span><span class="yiv8891087861"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><span id="yiv8891087861chunk30025">serve</span></span><span class="yiv8891087861"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"> </span></span></span><span class="yiv8891087861"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><span id="yiv8891087861chunk30026">God.</span>`` ( Alma 42:4). This has been a time to for me to let Heavenly Father carve me into an instrument in his hands. Although, it hasn`t been easy, it`s been so rewarding.</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span class="yiv8891087861"><span lang="EN-US" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #073763;">When I started the mission I was confident and quick to think that it wasn`t too hard to do. I felt like I wasn`t here to repent, I was already strong, and I was just thinking of the second part of Alma`s words that it was a time to `` serve God.`` I was very prideful and stubborn in thinking I knew what I was doing. Something interesting changed, the more I came unto Christ spiritually, the more I recognized my weaknesses and need to repent.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;"><span class="yiv8891087861" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430779093979_2178"><span lang="EN-US" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"> </span>I know the words of Moroni </span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430779093979_2176" lang="EN-US">are true when he said: ``And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.`` (Ether 12:27).<span style="background-color: #fefbbf;"> </span><span class="yiv8891087861"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">As I came unto Christ he started carving me, humbling me, and strengthen the many weaknesses I have.</span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span class="yiv8891087861"><span lang="EN-US" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #073763;">Hermana Dow told me a story, that I loved, of a piano that wanted to be played by God`s hands. He could only imagine how beautiful the music would be if God were only to play a few notes. The only thing was, is that he was not yet a piano. He was only a wooden block. He asked God to make him an instrument in his hands. God then took out his tools to carve him¨; chainsaws, hammers, nails, ect. I could only imagine the look on the blocks face at the sight of the tools God would use to carve him. Although it would hurt, it would be necessary to become an instrument.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;"><span class="yiv8891087861"><span lang="EN-US" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">I was that block of wood. Ready to be the instrument and serve, but not willing to go through the grinding of repentance. As I served, I finally began to accept the grinding. I was not only coming unto Christ, but I was allowing him to heal me and help me through each grind and pull. With each step in the process to become an instrument in the Lord`s hands I learned that ``</span></span><span lang="EN-US"> That the<span class="yiv8891087861"> </span></span>fullness<span class="yiv8891087861"> of my<span class="yiv8891087861"> </span></span>gospel<span class="yiv8891087861"> might be<span class="yiv8891087861"> </span></span>proclaimed</span></b><span class="yiv8891087861"><b><span style="color: #073763;"> by the</span></b><span class="yiv8891087861"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: red;">weak</span><span class="yiv8891087861" style="color: red;"> and the simple</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><b><span style="color: #073763;">unto the ends of the world..`` (Doctrine and Covenants 1:23). I was called to serve with all my weaknesses so he could build me into his instrument.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;"><span lang="EN-US">As I was humbled he built me. I began serving AND repenting. I had the spirit more in my life to teach me. I felt spiritual growth within me and I was given gifts of the spirit (Doctrine and Covenants 46:11) to help me be and instrument in his hands. `` </span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430779093979_2165" lang="EN-US">…for there are many gifts, and to every man is given a gift by the Spirit of God. To some is given one, and to some is given another, that all may be profited thereby.``</span><span lang="EN-US"> (Doctrine and Covenants 46:11-12) I was given the gift of the spirit, I was given the gift of tongues and interpretations to speak and understand Spanish, I was given the gift of knowledge that all may be taught through my studies, but the most important gift of all that grew within me is knowing that Jesus is the Christ, the Savior and Redeemer of the world.</span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #073763;">Having pure faith and love for Christ carried me. Every time a nail was hammered into my block of wood, Christ was right there with me saying `` I know what it feel likes to have that nail driven in``. Through his atonement he could carry me in those moments of physical and emotional pain. I know that Christ walks next to every one of his disciples and missionaries. He paid the price so that I could repent and be carved. Thanks to Christ I could progress into and instrument.</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #073763;">I`m still not a piano. I still have a lot of carving to do. What I don know now, is that this is a time to `` repent and Serve God`` (Alma 42:4). I know that</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #073763;">``Yea, I would that ye would come forth and harden not your hearts any longer; for behold, now is the time and the day (</span></b><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><b>Hoy es el dìa</b></span><span style="color: #20124d;"><b><span lang="EN-US">) of your salvation; and therefore, if ye will repent and harden not your hearts, immediately shall the great plan of redemption be brought about unto you.</span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US">For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors.`` (Alma 34:31-32) Now is the time to prepare to meet our creator. I have to keep repenting and serving the Lord my whole life so that one day I can play as he does.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430779093979_2159" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #20124d;"><b>I`m going to miss Uruguay. It`s where I grew spiritually and where I became closer to my Heavenly Father and Savior. I know that they live and that Christ was sent to atone for our sins. I know that through Christ we can overcome whatever trial comes our way, our sins, and death. I know that he is coming again soon and that he is hasting his work.</b></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746381918822378895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562311942598364692.post-64328255210438078522015-04-29T13:18:00.000-07:002015-04-29T13:18:14.430-07:00<b><span style="color: #20124d;">April 27, 2015</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #20124d;">Elder Oaks came to the mission so we had an entire mission conference with him.I shook his hand and since then I haven`t washed my hand. ( haha no, just kidding) It was really good. The first thing he spoke about was marriage and when he started talking about it everyone's eyes went to me, because everyone knows I end soon. Que bolaso. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #20124d;">Well that`s about all for this week. See you all in algunos dìas. </span></b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746381918822378895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562311942598364692.post-1720849121644685212015-04-29T13:08:00.000-07:002015-04-29T13:08:12.710-07:00April 20, 2015<br />
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430334380522_46033" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">One of the things I value most about my mission is the opportunity I have had to learn to become a teacher of the gospel principals. I love teaching, it`s one of my favorite things to do and although I teach I know that the real teacher is always the holy ghost. Through my studies I have been able to enlarge my understanding of the gospel principals and teach them with power. ``…. first seek to obtain my word, and then shall your tongue be loosed; then, if you desire, you shall have my Spirit and my word, yea, the power of God unto the convincing of men. `` Doctrine and Covenants 11:21. I know that this promise is truly given to us. As a companionship we obtain the word during our personal and companionship studies to be able to teach with power in the afternoon.</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">These past few weeks I have been reading in Mosiah. I am learning how to teach just as the great missionary Alma taught. I have learned the importance of teaching the first two principals of the doctrine of Christ, faith and repentance. I have learned that we can`t effectively guide those we teach to participate in covenants like baptism and the sacrament without clearly helping them obtain an understanding of faith and repentance.</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">When Alma obtained his own testimony of faith and repentance he left and taught these two principals to his people. (Mosiah 18:1) After receiving his own testimony he went out and taught others and it says ``… And he did teach them, and did preach unto them repentance, and redemption, and faith on the Lord. `` (Mosiah 18:7). He taught them what he knew through his own experience, knowledge, and testimony.</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">He was successful in his ways of teaching because it says that after that the people not only desired to be baptized, but ``they clapped their hands for joy, and exclaimed: This is the desire of our hearts. `` (Mosiah 18:11) I know that when we obtain personal testimonies and understanding of what we teach we are able to teach it clearly to help others make and keep sacred covenants. Just as he had gained a testimony he then sent the people those newly converted members to teach the same principals saying ``Yea, even he commanded them that they should preach nothing save it were repentance and faith on the Lord, who had redeemed his people. `` (Mosiah 18:20)</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430334380522_46000" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">When Alma later went to teach Limhi and his pueblo he taught the same principals ``preaching unto the people repentance and faith on the Lord. `` (Mosiah 25:15) and after teaching the same principals it says ``king Limhi was desirous that he might be baptized; and all his people were desirous that they might be baptized also. `` (Mosiah 25:17) I know that Alma was able to teach clearly to help others have righteous desires.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430334380522_46006" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Our desires root from the understanding we have. We can`t change others desires, but if we can teach clearly we can help others come to a better understanding and their desires will naturally change. It`s important to teach the doctrine clearly so that others can conform their desires to God`s desires and plan.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430334380522_46009" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">We have and investigator, Tomàs, who has been listening to the missionaries for many years now. As we have been teaching him I have realized that after many years of teaching he still quite doesn`t understand the atonement and Jesus Christ. Knowing this, just as Alma taught, we decided to go back to teaching these two simple principles of the gospel to him using the church`s new video `` GRACIAS A QUE ÈL VIVE``.<a href="http://www.mormon.org/easter#hero" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430334380522_46012" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">http://www.mormon.org/easter - hero</a></span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430334380522_46014" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">After watching the video and taking about Christ role in his life we went to the scriptures and taught about how only through Christ we could be saved using 2 Nephi 9:41 and Mosiah 3:17 . Once he was able to understand the role of Christ in his life we were able to teach the doctrine of Christ. I wasn`t prepared to teach it and had been guided to scripture I had read in my studies, but never taught. I was using what I had learned from my studies and my ``tongue was being loosed``.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430334380522_46030" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Everything was so simple, clear, and as I taught I could feel my chest burning with the spirit like and overheated computer. We all felt the spirit so strong. The best part was that Tomàs understood. I bet that was how Alma felt and taught when he taught the first principles of the doctrine of Christ.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430334380522_46017" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">It was an amazing lesson guided by the spirit. We were able to use what we learned in our studies and teach by the spirit. I have a theorem that I believe goes with every lesson. DOCTRINE+SPIRT=LESSONS. We obtain the doctrine by studying it out and as we are obedient we will have the spirit so that when we enter a lesson we are able to teach clearly to ``have the power of God unto the convincing of men. `` Just as Alma did. We taught what we learned by studying Mosiah and were able to have a spiritual experience.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430334380522_46020" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">I know that we have to have the spirit to teach. I know that through obedience and understanding we can be given the Holy Ghost to change hearts and desires. I know that teaching can strengthen our own conversion to the principles we teach. I know that Christ is our redeemer and that he lives.</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Hermana Baca</span></b></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746381918822378895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562311942598364692.post-36616174536308976672015-04-29T12:17:00.001-07:002015-04-29T12:17:30.168-07:00<b><span style="color: #0c343d;">April 7, 2015</span></b><br />
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430334380522_6381" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">I love watching conference! As I girl I always thought it was so long and boring and now I feel like it goes by too fast! It was a great Easter weekend and even more special. We got to eat lots of Bacalao (fish) with the members, and the only reason I like that is because it has my last name in it. Not just being able to watch conference and eat Bacalao is what made it a great weekend, but I truly love celebrating all that Christ has done for us.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430334380522_6378" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">I am grateful for the atonement of Christ. I have been giving the blessing to see the atonement work in not only my life, but the lives of so many other people this past year and a half. I truly have a testimony of the atonement and Christ love. I know he lives and because of that love, his atonement is accessible in so many ways for EACH one of us.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430334380522_6375" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">I have come to learn that part of our mortal experience is to learn how to access the atonement. We all access it in different ways, but the only way to truly have a testimony of Christ and his love for us is to experience the atonement in our own lives. We cannot even come close to understand what he suffered, but as we use the atonement in our lives we will feel it and the Holy Ghost will testify to us that something so unimaginable is real.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430334380522_6304" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">Last night we were visiting with the Gospel Principles teacher. Hermana Ida is an example of someone who really magnifies their calling. She gives assignments to those that assist her class, she calls and invites every one of them personally to attend on Sunday, she looks for new investigators and invites her neighbors to join, she worries about how we are doing and gives the best lunches, and she does all she can do to raise her two teenage boys alone. Hermana Ida is incredible!</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430334380522_6372" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">On the outside you would never know any difficulties she has had in her life. You would never know that she is the ONLY member in her family, but despite much opposition she served a full time mission. You would never know that she was once married in the temple to a return missionary and divorced due to an affair. You would never know that she herself has fallen into the traps of the adversary and been excommunicated. You would never know, because she has accessed the power of the atonement of Jesus Christ. Hermana Ida is a living testimony to me that the atonement is real.</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">Hermana Ida told us a little bit of what has happened in her life last night and Hermana Hafen asked her `` What kept you going in the church?`` It`s not usual for someone with so many difficulties to remain so strong and still be going. She explained how she would go to church even though she was unable to partake of the sacrament and how just a year ago she got re-baptized. She told us that when all was lost she went back to the basics of the gospel, reading the Book of Mormon, daily prayer, and attending church EVERY Sunday.</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">I testify that as we read the Book of Mormon we are reading another testament of JESUS CHRIST himself and it will help us come unto him. I testify that as we pray fervently every day having faith in Christ our prayers will be answered. I testify that every Sunday as we sit in sacrament and give testimony that we remember Christ and his atonement he will show us just how much he NEVER forgets about us and that he never stops loving us. These things are essential to access Christ power.</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">We all need to pass through difficulties to gain our testimonies of Christ. Sometimes we access the atonement due to our own choices, other times we access it because of the consequences of others choices, and even the most obedient people will always need the power of the atonement. Whatever our situation is though, it`s important to know that it is ALWAYS accessible.</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">Take the example of the prophet Nefi. He was one of the most loyal and obedient servants of the Lord and despite this obedience he still suffered the consequences of the decisions of his un-loyal and disobedient brothers. Although, as he was tied down and harassed by his brothers he prayed, having faith in Christ, saying `` O Lord, according to my faith which is in thee, wilt thou deliver me from the hands of my brethren; yea, even give me strength that I may burst these bands with which I am bound.`` and when he spoke those words ``behold, the bands were loosed from off my hands and feet, and I stood before my brethren, and I spake unto them again.`` (I Nephi 7:17-18). That power he received came from the atonement of Jesus Christ and a faithful prayer.</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">The atonement isn`t just for the obedient, Alma the younger was another prophet he wasn`t always as loyal like Nephi, but was able to become like Nephi. In the scriptures it talks about how he literally went around trying to destroy God`s church until one day an angel visited him and he felt the burden of not being loyal to the Lord. He felt the guilt of his sins saying ``And it came to pass that as I was thus racked with torment, while I was harrowed up by the memory of my many sins`` until he remember something his dad told him saying: `` concerning the coming of one Jesus Christ, a Son of God, to atone for the sins of the world.`` ( Alma 36:17) He then was able to pray, repent, and receive forgiveness through the power of the atonement.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430334380522_6353" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">No one is immune from needing the power of the atonement. The atonement helps us become well and more understanding of our Heavenly Father, his plan, and our Savior, Jesus Christ. We can learn and understand the atonement from being obedient or disobedient, but it doesn`t matter what our circumstances are, that power is always accessible; it is just a matter of how and when we will make the decision to access it.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430334380522_6359" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">I know Christ lives. I know that the power of the atonement is real. I know that we have a Heavenly Father who loved us before we came to this earth and that he sent his son so that we can feel of that love and one day return to him. I know that daily prayer and scripture study are essential to this plan. I am so grateful that I can participate of the sacrament every week and that I have a forgiving Heavenly Father.</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">Hermana Baca</span></b></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746381918822378895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562311942598364692.post-10918394664371774902015-03-30T18:41:00.002-07:002015-03-30T18:41:23.014-07:00<div class="yiv3073349447MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427765939569_2222" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding: 0px;">
<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">March 30, 2015</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427765939569_2221" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Next week I will have 18 months in the mission. I feel like I´m a senior in high school again. You know top of the class, you know how to do the whole high school thing, and you’re getting ready for the new exciting things that come next. It´s not only that I feel that way, but it looks that way too, all my shoes are dead, and I´ve been carrying around a torn up backpack for the last month. Every time someone says ´´ Hey your backpacks opened! ´´ I say ´´ Hey! It´s always opened! ´´.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427765939569_2226" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Last week I finally decided to switch my backpack out to a side bag I have so I transferred all my pamphlets, pass along cards, chap stick, scriptures, ect to the other bag. A couple days after I decided to transfer everything I was packing up my bag to head out and I decided that I wouldn´t need my wallet that day.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427765939569_2228" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Well it´s a good thing I switched bags and didn´t have a wallet on me because after walking just a block from our house two guys on a motorcycle snuck up behind us and robbed me. ( Okay, mom I know you´re freaking out right now but no worries). Luckily, the just snatched my bag and drove away. I was grateful that the spirit had told me to switch bags and take out my wallet and I testify that it was the spirit that gave me the impression to do those things.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427765939569_2230" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">We were both a little shocked. The good thing was that the robber was so smart to tug hard that the cell phone fell out! That was another tender blessing. We picked up the phone and ran to the almacen nearby where there had been people watching it. We asked them if we should call the police and they told us no, because they won´t do anything. (I just love Uruguayan police. They´re the best in the world).</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427765939569_2232" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Luckily, we were safe. Sadly, they did get away with one of my most prized possessions, my scriptures. I still pray every day for a miracle to happen and them to show up or for the robbers to read them. (Pray for my scriptures). We tried to find a safer place to live, but nothing has fallen through for 2 ½ months now.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427765939569_2234" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">With everything that happened, president decided to take us out of the area. Everything happens for a reason! Luckily everything worked out, because he sent Hermana Hafen and I to RIVERA! (One of the safest place on earth, mom). It´s on the border of Brazil and we love it here! It´s a blessing that we are staying together and this will be our 2<sup>nd</sup> time opening and area together. </span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427765939569_2236" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">I am so grateful for the protection the Lord. I know the /lord protects his missionaries. I also know that the holy ghost is so important in everything we do. We need to be worthy to have it´s guidance and quick to obey it´s whispers. I feel blessed.</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Hermana Baca</span></b></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746381918822378895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562311942598364692.post-6940905806542121832015-03-23T15:53:00.000-07:002015-03-23T15:53:05.018-07:00<b><span style="color: #073763;">March 23, 2015</span></b><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746381918822378895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562311942598364692.post-30401810833822935292015-03-22T21:58:00.003-07:002015-03-22T21:58:46.142-07:00<div class="yiv9941561746MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427086613467_2417" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding: 0px;">
<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">March 18,2015</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427086613467_2416" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">It´s has been a crazy week full of fun adventures and learning. Hermana Hafen and I got to drive up to Artigas (where I served for 11 months) with president for the stake conference. Some might call it privelegios, but I like to call it a blessing. We went to work with the sisters who are opening up my old area again and to teach all the people I worked with when I was there. It was a blessing!</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427086613467_2485" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Since leaving Artigas I have prayed so much for all of my converts, the less actives, the ward, and investigators. I haven´t been there, but my mind stayed there when I left. I truly have been worried for the salvation of those I taught. I always prayed that I would get the opportunity to teach and help them again. The Lord knows my desires and answered my prayers.</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">When I went I had a list of all the people I wanted to teach and find. As I showed up and taught them I could see how they were progressing and see how the Lord has answered every one of my prayers for them. The sisters and members are really doing a good job.</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Izabel and Juan were two investigators I had been teaching. When I left Artigas they had just gotten married to get baptized and in the end they weren´t able to get baptized because she was sick and in the hospital, the last lesson I had with her was in a hospital bed during visiting hours. The week before I returned they got baptized and now they are working towards the temple after their daughters get baptized.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427086613467_2465" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Viviana and Marino enjoyed watching Viviana´s parents (Juan and Izabel) get baptized. Vivana put the goal for them and their 3 daughters to get baptized after she had her baby. While I was there BIANCA WAS BORN. It was a blessing to meet her.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427086613467_2467" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Izabel and Juan´s other two daughters Silvana and Diahana put the goal to be baptized together after Silvana gets married. Silvana has been living in Montevideo with her boyfriend, getting ready for marriage, and attending church EVERY week. I am so impressed with these young ladies and the progression of their family.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427086613467_2469" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Ernesto and Ariamna were two of my converts who I taught for 9 months before they got baptized. I had found out that after I left they moved to another part of Artigas and no one knew where they were. I prayed that I could find them, and we did! It was amazing to hear their testimonies and goals to get sealed in the temple. They will go to church in their new ward this Sunday.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427086613467_2471" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Emiria and Adan Bitancourt are less actives that were preparing to go to the temple April when I left. The last few months I was there Emiria was put on bed rest and unable to walk for a problem in her leg. I was happy to see her COMPLETELY HEALED leg and to know that they are still heading to the temple in April.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427086613467_2473" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">I was able to see lots of fruits of the labor I did with all my companions. I was also able to see that there is a still lot of work to do! I do know however, that as we work diligently we can not only expect to see fruits, but also miracles. Each one of these people’s stories is a miracle and I am so grateful for the spirit that lead me to them and helped me teach them. I am grateful that I can serve as a disciple of Christ and help them come unto him.</span></b></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427086613467_2475" lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">I love the path to discipleship I´m on and I am grateful for all the wonderful experiences I have had as I serve. I feel more and more of Heavenly Fathers love as I serve him and his children. I know he gives me blessings like going to Artigas for a weekend because our desires are one.</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Hermana Baca</span></b></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746381918822378895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562311942598364692.post-60207835977033629442015-03-10T12:26:00.000-07:002015-03-10T12:26:10.098-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426014340414_10379" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>A couple of weeks ago we had a really cool experience when we met a couple named Pablo and Gloria Florentin. Pablo was a missionary who built our church building 30+ years ago here in barrio 7. Him and his wife came all the way from Australia to visit Uruguay for 3 weeks and visit all of their friends. They put together a lunch reunion with all of the old members and invited us to participate.</b></span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426014340414_10385" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>It was interesting to go to the lunch and see that after 30 years, those that lived the gospel are happy. As for those who chose not to live the gospel, they`re not as happy as they could be. I was glad that Pablo put the lunch together and invited us because we were able to talk to those who had chosen not to live the gospel. I was also glad that Pablo and Gloria came to Uruguay because for 3 weeks they worked with their old friends who had been struggling. They visited in their houses, helped with family history, and just worked for 3 weeks. They are amazing examples!</b></span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426014340414_10388" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>This past week was their last week here and since the first reunion we had with them we hadn`t really had much more contact with them. Every Tuesday we have to travel to central to go to our district meeting a half an hour away and as we were walking to the bus stop to head back I thought in my head `` I need to contact Pablo and Gloria before they leave.``. As I thought this in my head, we turned the corner and there they were! Pablo and Gloria hand in hand trying to cross the busy street. What a miracle!</b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>When we walked up to them, we were both surprised to see each other. We asked them how they were and we could immediately see that they weren`t ok. Gloria started telling us how even though they came here to serve and help their friends everything has been going bad. She explained to us that right as we walked up she was upset because they were trying to go to the temple the only day they could and Pablo’s recommend was lost. We caught them right in a moment of discouragement.</b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>As she talked I thought to myself `` that always happens to us as missionaries. We are working in the Lords work and trying to do so many good things, but at times the adversary is just so against us.``. As we took the bus back with them we listened to Gloria and comforted her. She told us how, even though it was a rough day, she doesn`t want to leave Uruguay because she wants to help. She told us that because they came on this trip, she decided she is going to stop working and return to Uruguay with her husband to serve a mission.</b></span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426014340414_10391" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>I was so grateful to listen to her testimony and learn from her example in just a short time. I know that it wasn`t a coincidence that we ran into them. I was grateful that we ran into them because they invited us to one that reunion with their friends the day before they left. There, we were able to talk with the same less actives, meet more people we could help, and feel the spirit with them.</b></span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426014340414_10394" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>Everyone was so grateful that Pablo came and brought them all back together. I loved what Pablo and Gloria said when they all expressed the gratefulness to them, they said `` It wasn`t Pablo that brought this all together, it was the Lord.`` They are examples of people who ``Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.`` Mathew 5:16. I know because of their good works and example these past few weeks they have glorified their Heavenly Father and helped others feel of his love. They changed lives. They changed my life, we became eternal friends.</b></span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426014340414_10398" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>I know that this is the Lords work and that he places people in our lives to glorify his love. I know that if we work hard to glorify his love in all that we do, we can see miracles in our lives and change others’ lives.</b></span></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746381918822378895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562311942598364692.post-78478022565457837732015-03-10T12:11:00.000-07:002015-03-10T12:11:35.228-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426014340414_4341" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #4c1130;">For the last couple of weeks I had been having some trouble studying how I should teach the Doctrine of Christ in a more effective way. After listening to the zone conference and how we needed to study the Doctrine of Christ and find our own ways to teach it I felt the need to look for a whole new way to teach it. I began knocking and knocking and knocking to receive an answer to my prayers and receive revelation, but it wasn`t coming. I was diligently studying how King Benjamin taught the Doctrine of Christ and as a companionship we were focusing on becoming better teachers.</span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426014340414_4129" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="background-color: white;">Last week as </span>Hermana Hafen<span style="background-color: white;"> and I sat in on the conference for the </span>Oreos<span style="background-color: white;"> everything just started to click. We both had the question of how we were supposed to teach the Doctrine of Christ in different ways and as you taught the </span><span style="background-color: yellow;">Oreos</span><span style="background-color: white;"> the Doctrine of Christ and gave the assistants feedback everything started to click in my head. As they taught clearly I was able to understand the Doctrine better and relate it to everything I had been studying in </span>Mosiah<span style="background-color: white;">. In that moment I felt like the Lord started answering all my knocks. I was receiving revelation through the spirit.</span></span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426014340414_4339" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #4c1130;">As they taught it was in a clear way where I could see that they understood the Doctrine to be able to teach it in whatever way needed. After all it`s like memorizing how to solve one math problem or memorizing the way to solve it. If we just know how to solve one math problem, when a harder or different problem is given we won`t be able to solve it. All of our investigators and less active are different. We need to be able to help them understand the Doctrine of Christ according to their needs, not a memorized way. The better we understand the Doctrine, the better we will be able to teach it to whomever, whenever, and with the spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426014340414_4320" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #4c1130;">As I listened to the assistance and you teach I felt the door to the revelation I needed opening over and over again. I was writing everything down like crazy and I was so excited to put it all together with Hermana Hafen. The next day when we got home we sat down to have a companionship study. With both our thoughts and the spirit it was like revelation overload! We found an inspired way to teach the Doctrine of Christ.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #4c1130;">In Mosiah 4 King Benjamin teaches his people how they can be saved. As representative of Jesus Christ we`re here to teach other about the things they need to be saved, because we love them and our Heavenly Father loves them too. When King Benjamin taught it says that ``…and behold they had fallen to the earth… And they all cried aloud with one voice, saying: O have mercy, and apply the atoning blood of Christ that we may receive forgiveness of our sins, and our hearts may be purified; for we believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God``. ( Mosiah 4: 1-2).</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #4c1130;">When the Doctrine of Christ is taught clearly, people understand and they change. They understand the need for repentance to be saved and that the only way to receive repentance is by accessing the atonement. They understand that the only way they can access the atonement is through covenants like the sacrament and baptism. Just as the people of King Benjamin were able to understand and access the atonement, we want our investigators and members to understand and start changing to access the atonement.</span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426014340414_4322" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #4c1130;">The Doctrine of Christ teaches exactly what we need to do be saved. After teaching the Doctrine of Christ King Benjamin said ``And this is the means whereby salvation cometh. And there is none other salvation save this which hath been spoken of; neither are there any conditions whereby man can be saved except the conditions which I have told you.`` ( Mosiah 4:8) Only through living the Doctrine of Christ can we be saved and God has set these conditions.</span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426014340414_4324" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #4c1130;"> Hermana Hafen taught me about the word `` conditions`` in this verse. When we want to rent a house a contract is presented with certain conditions that are set by a landlord and we have the liberated to accept or decline these conditions. The Lord puts his conditions for which we can be saved. The conditions he has set are that we need to have faith in his son Jesus Christ, repent, be baptized by someone having his authority, receive the Holy Ghost, and endure to the end by weekly participation of the sacrament. We accept these conditions when we are baptized and if we don`t renew our contract weekly we don`t have the promise of salvation and the Holy Ghost.</span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426014340414_4326" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #4c1130;">I am grateful for my understanding of the Doctrine of Christ and for the Holy Ghost that helps me learn and understand it. I am grateful for a Savior and that we can all be saved through living his Doctrine and applying the atonement in our lives. I love my Heavenly Father and I am willing to do anything to be a servant in his hands just as Kind Benjamin was and was able to teach excelently. </span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425933226221_2940" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #0c343d;">These past couples of weeks have been fun and busy. By the end of last week I was sick. I didn`t have too much energy and felt a little down. Although I wasn`t feeling to well I tried to keep working and prayed that I could get back to my usual way of working.</span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425933226221_2942" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #0c343d;">It`s cool to see the Lord answer prayers. Hermana Galvàn was heading back to Artigas on Monday night and was giving me feedback before she left. She helped me understand the importance of trusting in the Lord during hard times. She explained to me the importance of not only learning and studying the scriptures, but putting what I know into practice. It was great advice and it helped me to have a stronger desire to never become desanimado.</span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425933226221_2913" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #0c343d;"> As she was telling me that we received a phone call from the secretaries saying that I would be going to pick up the new missionaries from the airport. My body was overtaken by excitement when I heard that! They told us that we would not only get to pick them up, but that we would get to be with them until they met their trainers. All I kept thinking was what a privileged.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #0c343d;">The next day we headed to pick them up. I don`t know why, but just being in the presence of new missionaries gives you energy. They are so excited to learn everything and get to work. We spent the day in trainings, listening to president, and we ended the day in a baptism. If I didn`t have energy before, by the end of the day my spirit was so lifted.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #0c343d;">At the end of the night I just felt so blessed and like I had received light, not only light of excitement, but light of revelation. That night I was thanking President Smith for such the big privilege it had been. He told me that it`s a privilege because I had worked so hard and the Lord always blesses us for our obedience.</span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425933226221_2918" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #0c343d;">At times I do feel a little discouraged, but the Lord always has a way of showing me that he is pleased and helps me keep working. I am grateful for the tender blessings of the Lord and that we can start this new change with a new energy. I testify of Christ and that he loves us. I know if we trust in his strength to keep us going, he won`t let us down.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">February 16, 2015</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425928124540_58288" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #351c75;">We learn with the spirit so when the spirits not with us it is hard to ``<span class="yiv6560764422">know<span id="yiv6560764422chunk40012"> the </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk40013">truth</span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk40014"> of </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk40015">all </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk40016">things.</span></span>`` Moroni 10:5. Many times when we teach someone who doesn`t have the holy ghost in their lives it`s hard to have patience when teaching them. It`s important to trust in the spirit and that it will enlighten their understanding. The spirit has to be there to help someone who`s so far driven from the Lord understand the truthfulness of the message we share.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span class="yiv6560764422" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425928124540_58326"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425928124540_58325" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">There came a point in the Book of Mormon where the Lamanites wanted to fight the Nephites because they felt like God had punished Laman and Lemuel since the beginning and Nephi was his favorite. </span></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="12" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110000"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span class="yiv6560764422" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425928124540_58322"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">``12 </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110001">They </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110002">were </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110003">a </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110004">wild</span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110005">, </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110006">and </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110007">ferocious, </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110008">and </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110009">a </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110010">blood-thirsty </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110011">people, </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110012">believing </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110013">in </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110014">the </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110015">tradition</span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110016"> of </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110017">their </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110018">fathers, </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110019">which </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110020">is </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110021">this—Believing </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110022">that </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110023">they </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110024">were</span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110025">driven </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110026">out </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110027">of </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110028">the </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110029">land </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110030">of </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110031">Jerusalem </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110032">because </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110033">of </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110034">the </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110035">iniquities </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110036">of </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110037">their </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110038">fathers, </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110039">and </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110040">that </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110041">they </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110042">were </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110043">wronged</span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110044"> in </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110045">the </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110046">wilderness </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110047">by </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110048">their </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110049">brethren, </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110050">and </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110051">they</span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110052">were </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110053">also </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110054">wronged </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110055">while </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110056">crossing </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110057">the </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk110058">sea;</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="13" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></a><span class="yiv6560764422" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425928124540_58320"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">13 </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120001">And </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120002">again, </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120003">that </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120004">they </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120005">were </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120006">wronged </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120007">while </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120008">in </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120009">the </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120010">land </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120011">of </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120012">their </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120013">first</span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120014"> inheritance, </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120015">after </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120016">they </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120017">had </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120018">crossed </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120019">the </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120020">sea, </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120021">and </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120022">all </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120023">this </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120024">because </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120025">that </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120026">Nephi </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120027">was</span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120028">more </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120029">faithful </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120030">in </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120031">keeping </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120032">the </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120033">commandments </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120034">of </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120035">the </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120036">Lord—therefore </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120037">he</span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120038"> was </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120039">favored </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120040">of </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120041">the </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120042">Lord, </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120043">for </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120044">the </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120045">Lord </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120046">heard </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120047">his </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120048">prayers </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120049">and </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120050">answered </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120051">them,</span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120052">and </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120053">he </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120054">took </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120055">the </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120056">lead </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120057">of </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120058">their </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120059">journey </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120060">in </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120061">the </span><span id="yiv6560764422chunk120062">wilderness.</span> </span><span class="yiv6560764422"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">`` Moroni 10: 12-13.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv6560764422"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #351c75;">We know that it wasn`t that way and that Nephi was blessed for his obedience, but because the Laminites didn`t have the spirit in their lives they were easily influenced by the thought of Satan. I imagine it would be hard to teach a Lamanite who`s so caught in the power of Satan. Although, as missionaries we face people who have harden hearts just like the Lamanites every day.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv6560764422"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #351c75;">The other day we had a meeting in the Church at 10 in the morning with our ward missionary leader. As we waited for him to show up there was a group of people showing up at the church. We had no idea what the group was for until one sister came to us and started talking. She told us that her and her husband had came from Australia and got all the members of the church who built our church building 50 years ago for a lunch.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv6560764422"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #351c75;">It was like a family reunion was happening. She also told us that even though those members had built the church many of them were inactive. She invited us to have lunch with them. The interesting thing is that both the elders and us just happened to not have lunch that day, because the families cancelled. I was grateful that the Lord worked to cancel lunch and not have our ward missionary leader show up so that we could be part of that special event. The Lord is amazing.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv6560764422"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #351c75;">When we went to lunch I knew my purpose. I eagerly sat right next to a couple of inactive members and started to casually talk with them. One of them is Nestor. He went inactive when he was in his 20`s and has had a rough life since. He recognized that unlike all his other friends who stayed in the church he wasn`t happy. He explained to me that he is fighting with God and that God has been punishing him for all that he`s done. ( Kinda of like something the Lamanites said ;).)</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv6560764422" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425928124540_58295"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425928124540_58294" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Luckily for Nestor all of his friends were listening to him talk and they all started testifying of the gospel to him. It was a miracle that he even showed up to the activity and just being there feeling the love of his friends helped him feel Gods love for him. As I went on listening to him I tried to be patient and just let him speak. I could easily interrupt him and answer every one of his doubts, but the spirit kept whispering to me to just be patient and wait. When the time came the only thing I did was testify of Christ. I felt so much power as I testified and I know he could feel it too.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv6560764422" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425928124540_58300"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425928124540_58299" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #351c75;">After I testified he asked me `` Why is God punishing me then if he loves me?``. In that moment the Lord endowed me with power to explain to him the law of Justice and how our loving Heavenly Father sent his son Jesus Christ to pay the price of our sins so that we can be let free from guilt and the consequences of our sins. Alma 43:20 It was something so simple and clear that he understood. The spirit illuminated his understanding.</span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #20124d;">February 9,2015</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #20124d;"> I am still getting use to be in Montevideo and not Artigas. Who knew a country could be so different from one end to the other. I`m not use to being turned down so much and on Thursday I felt very down. We have been being very obedient in all things with the new plan we have for the mission, there isn`t a lesson or contact that we do without asking for references, and there isn`t a person that we pass without talking to them. On one side I feel good knowing that I am doing all that I can to bautizar, rescatar, and retener although, I have felt very down because in Montevideo the people aren`t as kind. I felt a lot of pressure to not only give the members a good experience by working with us, but also to Hermana Galvan (our corto plazo hija). </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #20124d;">The next day I had divisiones with Hermana Buno. I prayed that the Lord would help me feel more animated during the day. When the afternoon came around Hermana Buno explained that she had been feeling the same way. After talking we both came to realize that the spiritual experiences we have in lessons give us a lot of animo to work, but because it`s a lot different here we have to work harder and prayer for those spiritual experiences that keep us going.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #20124d;">After having an inspired experience with Hermana Buno I realized that even though we didn`t have a ton of lessons during the day to show Hermana Galvan, we did have an excelente companionship study. That same Thursday we taught Hermana Galvan lesson 1.1. We taught her not as an investigator, but has Estefani Galvan. It was a spiritual experience for all of us. I realized that I really needed to start praying for spiritual experiences and give thanks when we do have them. I went on working the rest of the week with a lot more animo. By the end of the week we saw miracles. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #20124d;">During the week we had visited an inactive member who lost her only daughter 5 years ago and hadn`t been to church since. We have been visiting the family, their home teachers, and they are on the list from the high priest to work with. This past week we visited her with Kris (the Relief Society president and the daughter of Bishop Sandes). Kris hadn`t been to the house since the daughter died, because it was hard for her to go. When we asked Kris to come visit Hermana Perez with us to wish her a Happy Birthday we had no idea.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #20124d;">Even though it had been 5 years the visit was very successful. Kris ended up asking flat out ``Why don`t you two go to church`` La Familia Perez didn`t say why, but Kris told Hermana Perez that she was going to pick her up Sunday to go to sacrament meeting. Sunday came and Kris called her to say she was on her way, but when Hermana Perez got on the phone she told her that she wasn`t going, because she was having a panic attack. Kris told her she was coming anyways with someone to give her a blessing. Not only did she receive a blessing, but Kris was there to help her with her nerves, because she had suffered from the same thing. I have no doubt Kris needed to be the one to help her on Sunday.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #20124d;">For the first time in 5 years Hermana Perez came to church and partook of the sacrament. Hermana Perez commented that the last talk given was just for her. She said `` I knew the day I went back to church God would speak to me and he did during that talk``. All the members felt the same way. Everyone was so surprised, but the best part was that all the members that had visited her or had gone to visit her saw the fruits of THEIR labor. They all hugged her and showed her love. Then when we did the huddle we talked about how great it was to see someone from the list progressing.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #20124d;">I know that as we are obedient and diligent we can see the fruits of our labor. I know that this plan that we have been putting into place is a truly inspired plan. I know that the members are an essential part of this plan and as we work together we can see miracles. I am grateful for the members here in Barrio 7. They helped us have a spiritual experience this week and we have so much animo to start a new week now.</span></b></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746381918822378895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562311942598364692.post-61101923192951218102015-01-30T02:20:00.003-08:002015-01-30T02:20:39.825-08:00<br /><br />January 26, 2015<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Good news! We don´t live with a cat lady anymore. Even more good news WE HAVE A WASHING MACHINE. For the first time in over a year I don´t have to wash my clothes in a bucket. We will only be in this house for a month so in the meantime we will continue our search for a new house and take advantage of the washing machine. I am loving my new area and Hermana Hafen. Go team.<br /><br />With Hermana Hafen I feel like we are really working together. We are a team and she has the desires to just be obedient and work while having fun as we do it. We are just always in tune with the spirit and the lessons we have are great. I´m grateful for our companionship and for the companionship of the spirit.<br /><br />We are given the promise that we will have the spirit with us, but actually having the spirit with us is a constant battle. One day Hermana Hafen and I went to visit some of our investigators. When we showed up to the house the grandma came out and told us that we weren't allowed to visit them. She then went on to tell us that ´´Mormons´´ are bad and that we don´t help anyone. We were very frustrated and hurt by just listening to her when we walked away.<br /><br />After a couple minutes of walking Hermana Hafen said ´´ We don´t have the spirit. Should we pray?´´ (This is why I love her) So, we stopped behind a tree and said a prayer so that we would be able to continue working with the spirit. The spirit is EVERYTHING and without the spirit we are nothing. The spirit teaches the lessons and people and without the spirit the people we are teaching do not learn.<br /><br />We felt better after the prayer and continued working. The next lesson we had a member take us to an inactive family. When we got to the house the brother was talking about his excuses of why he stopped going to church. He said that other people of shut of the light in his life. I felt like he was saying that others stopped him from having the spirit with him, but I know it´s not that way. We are in control of whether we have the spirit with us or not. When we don´t have the spirit we become confused and unstable and that´s when with fall into spiritual darkness.<br /><br />This brother was living in spiritual darkness and we explained this to him using Alma 5:7. The spirit guided our words through the lesson and we analyzed this verse with him to help him understand. In the end of the lesson he said the prayer and his eyes filled with tears. Because we taught with the spirit we brightened up his understanding.<br /><br />Many times the people we teach don´t have this spiritual light to guide them. We teach investigators who have never felt the light and we teach less active members who need help turning on this light again. I know that through the guidance of the Holy Ghost we can guide them to their Heavenly Father, but if we want to help others we have to have this light first.<br /><br />That´s why I am so grateful for Hermana Hafen. She understands the importance of exact obedience so that we can work with the spirit and not against it. There´s a quote from Elder Ezra Taft Benson that says ´´When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power.´´ We seek to be obedient and we are a powerful companionship.<br /><br />I am grateful for the spirit in my life and for spiritual experiences. I know that I have a loving Heavenly Father that has given me the gift of the Holy Ghost to guide me. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746381918822378895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562311942598364692.post-53379222774753269842015-01-24T16:56:00.001-08:002015-01-24T16:56:10.089-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746381918822378895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562311942598364692.post-22389790867979533112015-01-24T16:31:00.002-08:002015-01-24T16:31:44.742-08:00<br />January 5, 2015<br /><br /><br />I was grateful for the opportunity I had to go to Concilio and learn about the direction our leaders want us to take in the mission. Since Concilio I have been meditating a lot in what I heard and I have been praying every day that the Lord helps me understand and follow the direction given. I pray that he helps me to see what the ´´watchmen´´ of the church see and this week I feel like the Lord has really helped me in this.<br /><br />First, I had to gain my own testimony of the direction we were given in Concilio so that I could testify and help other follow it. If we want to gain a testimony of something we have to live it and experience it first. The very next day I got back from Concilio I made a ward plan for the New Year to work with the members to baptize, rescue, and retain the new members. Making this plan made me have a fire to work. I was so excited to help our ward leaders get on board.<br /><br />The next day after making the plan we decided that we had to help the leaders feel the fire we felt to work in the work of salvation. We started by visiting a few of our leaders to teach them the doctrine of Christ so that they can understand the importance of the work of salvation. We saw miracles when we did this. Just visiting the primary president she shared with us the desire she had to help her family become more edified over the rock of Christ and help the primary attendance grow by working with not only the primary children, but their parents too. She also gave us 6 references of people we could visit.<br /><br />We also are trying to working more effectively with the members and leaders. We went out one morning with the leader of elders quorum. He led the way to the people we visited. We visited one of his old friends who isn't a member, he showed us where an inactive temple sealed family lived, and we ended the morning in a part- member home. I have been in this area for almost a year now, but it took a member leading me to these people to find them. The members really do know of these people, it´s just helping them follow the spirit to guide us to them when we go out. Brother B loved that experience. He truly is a missionary at heart and he felt this fire we feel.<br /><br />We ended the week yesterday in ward council with all the leaders to specifically talk about this plan and help them work with the form of ´´New members and members that have returned to the church´´. I had never seen so many leaders show up to ward council and I had really been praying to know how to help them follow the direction of our prophet and apostles today to work in missionary work. It turned out to be the best ward council I have ever had. We had members asking us to go to their houses to teach them more about what they could do, they wanted to make plans in their own houses to teach families in the ward, and they were pulling up list on the computer to find more families to rescue in the ward. By the end everyone felt this fire to work and help.<br /><br />I feel this fire in my heart for missionary work. I meditated a lot in the scripture Jacob 1:19 these past few days. It says:<br /><br />´´And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our own heads if we did not teach them the word of God with all diligence; wherefore, by laboring with our might their blood might not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood would come upon our garments, and we would not be found spotless at the last day.´´<br /><br />The scripture says ´´WE did magnify our office´´. I feel the same diligence and responsibility that is described in this scripture every day. It´s my last week in Artigas and I have seen a lot of missionaries leave this area, giving up the last week. I feel completely opposite. I feel the need to follow magnifying my calling more than ever. I just want to help the leaders feel the same way I feel about this work.<br /><br />I know that this love and diligence comes from the Lord. I know that he loves every Alma and that as I serve I learn how to feel and see the way he does. I know that this is his work and that if we can learn to follow his example we can feel the same desire he had to give EVERYTHING and do the will of our Heavenly Father. I know he loves me and that I am so blessed to be able to serve in his vineyard especially this part of his vineyard.<br /><br />Love,<br /><br />Hermana Baca<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />January 13, 2015<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />After almost 11 months in Artigas I`m leaving. It`s hard to say goodbye, but at the same time I have felt so much comfort this whole week. I feel comfort knowing that I did all the possible to help the people here. I feel very fortunate to have stayed here so long and I feel even more fortunate that I will be going right back to Montevideo. I will be opening a new area that use to be part of the other mission with Hermana Hafen. I am VERY excited and VERY sad at the same time.<br /><br />This week I got to do divisions with Hermana Davidson, she just started the mission but it`s as if she`s been here for a lot longer. I really enjoyed working with her. She talks with everyone on the streets and doesn't have fear, she follows the spirit, and is one of the happiest workers you`ll ever meet. We were UNO right off the bat.<br /><br />As we were talking with everyone we came upon a house were a couple was outside drinking matte ( like everyone else does in Uruguay) We started talking with the women and then she stood up and came to where we were standing to talk to us. When she got closer I realized that I recognized her from somewhere. It turns out that a few months ago she helped our zone do a picnic at the park she works at and she remembered me.<br /><br />She explained to us that she really enjoyed being with the missionaries that day and it made her remember when she was active in the church and she had the desire to go since this activity, but there is always something that stops her. I felt a strong impression to get inside her house as soon as possible and teach her the Doctrine of Christ. We invited the whole family to listen and the dad declined our invitation, but sat right next to us and listened to the lesson while playing a computer game. It was a powerful lesson. The house was filled with the spirit.<br /><br />I have no doubt that this family felt the spirit and I know we were guided to be in that house at that time. I know that we were guided by the spirit and our efforts payed off by talking to everyone. Hermana Davidson is an example of someone who talks to everyone and lives her purpose in every moment. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to learn from other sisters.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />January 19, 2015<br /><br /><br /> After being in Artigas for 11 months I finally left and now I`m in Montevideo. Montevideo is a different world from Artigas. Artigas was small, there were cowboys in the streets, dirt roads, and a lot quieter. Montevideo is a city, everything is expensive, we take buses everywhere, and I get headaches just from being in the busy streets. It`s a whole new world.<br /><br />The ward I`m in one of the best ward you can find in all of Uruguay. Many of the members are return missionaries and everyone fulfills there calling. It is hard to find a ward in Uruguay that functions so well. The church is still pretty new and many of the members don`t know how to fulfill church callings, but because most of the ward served missions they know how to make a ward function really well.<br /><br />Everyone told me that the members don`t give lunch here, but our ward is so awesome that I have had breakfast, lunch, and dinner since coming here. Our lunches are even other things than Tuco and Milanesas (typical meals we get here). I really lucked out because no other missionaries and Montevideo get treated the way we get treated in Barrio 7.<br /><br />We haven`t found a house yet, but for now we are living with a single old lady named M. M is great because she cleans and waits for us to get home with dinner made. She is a chef so it`s REALLY good food. The only con is that we live with a billion cats. Yes, she is an old cat lady and talks our ears off.<br /><br />The other day I asked her just how many cats she does have and she told me ``10 that live in the backyard, but the ones that live in front of her house aren't hers, they just come and visit.`` She also gives her cats pills ``so that don`t have any more families``, but one day she forgot and the next day a cat had 3 more kittens. #meow<br /><br />Hermana Hafen and I enjoy eating dinner and listening to her talk about her cats and hearing the same stories. M is an angel for letting us stay with her while we look for a house and I know she enjoys the service. She walked into church yesterday telling everyone we were her new granddaughters.<br /><br />I love my new area.<br /><br />Meow Meow!<br /><br />Hermana BacaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746381918822378895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562311942598364692.post-66071320165091497562014-12-30T22:49:00.000-08:002014-12-30T22:49:33.366-08:00<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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I never thought being a leader and having an area would make me loose so much sleep worrying about the other missionaries and investigators, but it does. I guess it´s a good thing though, because it means I really do love all of them. When I got to Skype with my family I asked my brother how I could help them and he told me that they have to be obedient, because when we aren't obedient we become unmotivated. Obedience is everything in the mission field. When we are obedient we feel the Holy Ghost in our lives that animates us to progress and do our best. When we are disobedient we don´t feel the Holy Ghost as strong in our lives and we become disseminated because we started to live in spiritual darkness. The Holy Ghost adds light to our lives and in all that we do. This happened a lot in the scriptures. In Alma the Nephites sent 2000 young men to fight against the Lamanites. Even though they were only young men it says that ´´Yea, and they did obey and observe to perform every word of command with exactness; yea, and even according to their faith it was done unto them;´´ Alma 57:21. They were young men that obeyed with exactness and they truly did have the protection of the Holy Ghost with them, because ´´ there had not one soul of them fallen to the earth; yea, and they had fought as if with the strength of God.´´ Alma 56:56. As obedient servants of the Lord, they fought with animo (with vigor). They did something that could only be done with the help of the Lord, because they were obedient. Although when we are not obedient we cannot expect the Lord to help us. The Lord says ´´ And he that repents not, from him shall be taken even the light which he has received; for my Spirit shall not always strive with man, saith the Lord of Hosts.´´ Section 1:3. Even though the Nephites were obedient, they later became more and more disobedient and when they began to fight against the Lamanites again in Mormon chapter 5 they weren't as successful. ´´ For behold, the Spirit of the Lord hath already ceased to strive with their fathers; and they are without Christ and God in the world; and they are driven about as chaff before the wind. 17 They were once a delight some people, and they had Christ for their shepherd; yea, they were led even by God the Father.´´ Mormon 5:16-17 We must have the Holy Ghost, this spiritual light, in our lives to help us battle spiritual challenges that we face every day. We must be obedient. The other day we went to look for a 12 year old recent convert named E to teach him. He is NEVER in his house, but as we walked passed his grandma’s house the idea came to my head to ask her where he was before going to his house. We entered his grandma’s house and she was excited to see us. She told us that her daughter who is a Mormon was visiting and wanted to introduce her to us. We started to talk a little bit to the daughter and she ended up telling us that they were Mormons, but they are inactive in the church now. We asked if we could sit down with her and her husband and share a message. We started off by talking about Christmas and Christ birth. We ended up asking the father what Christ birth meant for him. He said that it meant that Christ came to teach the gospel and so that was important for him. It was a good answer, but I was looking for him to say much more about Christ purpose on earth, so we opened up to 3 Nephi 27:13-14 that not only says that Christ came to teach the gospel, but to do his fathers will too and suffer for us. We explained the love that Heavenly Father has for us to send his son so we can repent. After that, a miracle happened. The father opened up and explained to us that he was once a bishop, went to the temple, and had always been a member of the church. Even though he had always been a member he had made mistakes and felt like he couldn't repent. He didn't even feel worthy to pray to his Heavenly Father. I felt his pain to live in this place of spiritual darkness. He had really been suffering for 5 years because of disobedience, but after sharing a strong spiritual message of Christ, the Atonement, and Heavenly Fathers love for him, I could see him see the light he had been missing all these years. In the end of the lesson, he knelt down in prayer for the first time in a very long time. We must have this light of the Holy Ghost in our lives to protect us from spiritual darkness. The only way to gain and retain this light is through obedience. I am so grateful for this light that tells me silly things like ´´ Go to E's grandma’s house to look for him, not at E's house.´´ It was truly the spirit that guided us to this family. I have a testimony of the Holy Ghost and it´s power in our lives. I know that it is through Christ Atonement that allows us to repent and gain this light in our lives. I know that I have a loving Heavenly Father who looks to guide us through the Holy Ghost and that he gives us commandments, because he loves us. Love, Hermana BacaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746381918822378895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562311942598364692.post-61132957136318420842014-12-10T05:21:00.002-08:002014-12-10T05:21:49.861-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746381918822378895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562311942598364692.post-73610622895966078442014-12-09T23:20:00.002-08:002014-12-09T23:20:59.219-08:00<br /><br />October 6, 2014<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I loved having the opportunity to listen to conference and learn from living prophets and apostles. I always learn something new and things that I can do to improve more. I especially loved how much they talked about doing family history work.<br /><br />I have never done family history work, but I have felt the need to do it more and more these past few months. I have felt the spirit of Elijah working on me. The spirit of Elijah is the spirit which connects us to our ancestors and helps us feel the need to do the work for them.<br /><br />In a recent zone conference we talked about doing the work for our families and its importance. I felt the spirit strongly as we talked and shared stories as a zone and then the next Monday my dad wrote me a letter talking about the importance of family history work and how blessed he is to have 2 Spanish speaking children who will be able to use this gift to do our Spanish family history work.<br /><br />I know that I have past family members waiting for me to do this work and it is just as important as the missionary work I am doing here in Uruguay. This last week we had a chance to teach a family of investigators about family history work for the first time. They had a lot of questions and little did we know that the father of the family had past away and one of the questions they had always had was how would their father be able to repent completely of his sins. The whole family is excited to be able to one day, go to the temple and do this work.<br /><br /><br /><br />I know that family history work is very important. I can`t testify of the blessings I have received from doing it yet, but I know there are many and I can feel the spirit strongly just thinking of the work I have to do.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />October 13,2014<br />As being raised in the church I have always felt like I´ve had a testimony that the church is true. I have never had to doubt the church and because I´ve always known the church is true it´s been a given that Joseph Smith was a called prophet to restore the church. Although, as a missionary I hear more doubts than testimonies about the prophet Joseph Smith.<br />For my investigators A and E it´s been easy for them to gain a testimony that the church is true. I have taught them since April and seen them grow and receive the blessings of the restored gospel in their lives. I feel like they are members. They are by far the most dedicated investigators I have ever had. They study so much and apply the things they learn. Although with all the studies they do, questions and doubts always arise especially about Joseph Smith. <br />They have asked me questions that me to study to find the answers. I have never had so many doubts about Joseph Smith. Yes, even as a missionary their questions have made me question. As I studies more I felt like I had more doubts than answers. I felt embarrassed to say I wasn´t sure. I was searching sincerely for a sincere answer to my doubts to calm my uneasiness. <br />As I listened to general conference I searched more for the answers I wanted and the hunger I had to know. When Elder Neil L. Anderson spoke it was like my Heavenly Father was guiding me in the direction I needed to go. Elder Anderson helped me understand that it was ok to ask genuine questions to help us gain testimonies.I felt the need to search more by putting into practice what Elder Anderson invited us to do by reading pamplets about Joseph Smith, reading the Joseph Smith history, and listening to the first vision. <br />What really pushed me more to look for my testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith is when he said ´´ You won´t be of much help to others if you´re own faith is weak´´. How could I help A and E find their testimony of Joseph Smith if mine wasn´t as strong either? I needed to gain my own testimony and through listening to conference my Heavenly Father was guiding me. <br />One of the things that guided me and helped me the most was doing the personal study activities in Preach my Gospel. I accepted ´´ president Smiths challenge´´ to do all the study activities in Preach my Gospel. One of the first activities was to read the 1st vision and write a newspaper article about the restoration of the gospel and write about my own feelings for the restoration. As I wrote a feeling came to me that I should try to testify with mas sincerity when I tell the first vision and testify I there is anything I am the most sure about, it is that Jesus Christ himself leads and guides this church.<br />That very day that I felt the impression to testify with more sincerity we taught the restoration to 4 different people. Every lesson I felt the spirit stronger and stronger. As I recited the memorized words of the first vison the spirit spoke more and more through me. By the end of the day we were in a lesson and I felt the spirits guidance as we focused on teaching the restoration. I repeated the first vision and then when I went to say ´´ I know....´´ The spirit came down on us like an unexpected shower of rain.<br />I have never felt the spirit so sudden and strong fall down on me like that. I took a long pause to even speak, with tears streaming down my face, I knew I received my answer. I will never be able to deny the testimony I received that the prophet Joseph Smith is a true prophet of God who was called to restore Christ church.<br />I know without a doubt that the Church is true and the Joseph Smith spoke with Heavenly Father and his son Jesus Christ that spring day in the sacred grove. I know that just like Joseph Smith and me ( a missionary) we are to seek our own testimonies and answers through prayers and diligent studies. If we do so, our Heavenly Father will answer. <br /><br /><br />Love, <br /><br /><br />Hermana Baca<br /><br /><br />October 21, 2014<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Fun news for this week! We went to Brazil and worked for a day and it was so fun! I have never felt the gift of tongues so strongly. I could understand, I learned so many words, and I was able to use all that I knew in Portuguese without even thinking. The elders there are working really hard and their areas are HUGE. It was a good day.<br /><br />We also have transfers this week! My hija will be going to another area and I’m staying! I think all the missionaries were surprised to hear that. This will be my 6th changed here and I will have 9 months in Artigas. I feel so blessed! Hermana Duke will be coming here and I am so excited to have her! I don`t know her a lot, but I already feel like we are going to be a great companionship!<br /><br />Everything is going well in my area and I am focusing on helping the members and investigators understand the doctrine of Christ better. I really do love the people in my area and desire that they progress.<br /><br />One day this week we went out with a less active who is a part of our ‘’ equipo misional’’. Right before leaving the house she said ‘’ Hermanas I can`t testify today because my husband lost his job``. I asked her why she thought he lost his job and she told me because the people he has been working for cut him from work. I then responded by explaining that when we keep the commandments the Lord blesses us spiritually and temporally and when they re-activated themselves months ago is when he received work, but now there back were they started and haven`t been coming to church for weeks. Her comments really struck me and helped me understand what she needs to have for trust in her Heavenly Father to progress.<br /><br />Mosìah 2:41 is one of my favorite scriptures that says `` And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual…`` It`s the Lords promise that if we keep the commandments he blesses us temporally. We may not know exactly how he will bless us, but we have his promise.<br /><br />When Nephi and his family went out of Jerusalem for the desert they received this promise from our Heavenly Father. In 1 Nephi 17 Nephi and his family were obedient when Heavenly Father told them to go into the wilderness. Nephi says ``…we did travel and wade through much affliction in the wilderness; and our women did bear children in the wilderness…`` It must have been hard to complete with this commandment of God knowing that they would suffer more, but he describes the experience of receiving blessings of raw meat and the mothers having milk for their children. The blessings they received from the Lord weren`t anything spectacular, but it was sufficient enough that they had no reason to complain.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Nephi goes on to tell us ``And thus we see that the commandments of God must be fulfilled. And if it so be that the children of men keep the commandments of God he doth nourish them, and strengthen them, and provide means whereby they can accomplish the thing which he has commanded them; wherefore, he did provide means for us while we did sojourn in the wilderness.`` ( 1 Nephi 17:3) Through our obedience the Lord strengthens us both temporally and spiritually. We all suffer from afflictions of our everyday lives. Maybe the Lord will never ask us to abandon our homes and head for the wilderness, but we have our own modern day afflictions. As we keep the commandments he will bless us and we are to be patient and not complain as we trust in him.<br /><br />In the end Nephi and his family not only received blessing will traveling in the wilderness, but when they arrived to their unknown destination Nephi describes blessings of all the food they needed. I may not know why this brother lost his job and how I can help them temporally, but the Lord knows. As a missionary I am to help them understand that they MUST keep the commandments so that they receive the Lords promise.<br /><br />I know the commandments are there to help us and that we have a Heavenly Father who loves us and wants to bless us. As we stay obedient he will bless us and we will not suffer so many afflictions. I know that the Book of Mormon is true and that we can receive guidance through our DAILY studies as the Lord asks us to do. I felt so much guidance as I read Nephi’s story and I know it is revelation that will help those in my area as well as in my own life.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Love,<br /><br />Hermana Baca<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />November 10,2014<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We have been teaching an entire family of 10 for 3 months now and they have all progressed so much! They come to church, have family home evenings, they want to go out and work with us, ect. Practically members! The only thing that has held them back from baptism is that the oldest daughter and her husband have to quit smoking and then them and their 3 daughters will be baptized, the parents of the family will be baptized after they get married in December, and then the youngest two daughters S (21) and D(16) set the goal to be baptized this weekend.<br /><br />I was so excited that D and S were on their way to baptism until last Friday when they told me they wanted to wait without explaining why. I was so worried as to why and spent a lot of time pondering about the possibilities. When we went to visit them the next day I was ready to teach the doctrine of Christ so that they could continue preparing for this weekend.<br /><br />When it came time to ask S why she explained to me that she wanted to wait because she is going to Montevideo in December to live with the father of her daughter and she wants to get married first before being baptized so that one day she can be married in the temple and get sealed with her whole family. My eyes filled with tears as I heard this. I was so proud of her decision. I didn´t have to teach the doctrine of Christ like I had prepared. SHE UNDERSTANDS.<br /><br />More than anything I am grateful that she has the goal to take her whole family to the temple. A few months ago in our Zone meeting we talked about the importance of teaching lesson 5 (the lesson that talks all about the temple) BEFORE baptism, not after like we had been doing. I am grateful for that revelation, because now I can see that my investigators not only have the goal of baptism, but the goal of eternal families and that´s something that ONLY the gospel offers that can´t be found anywhere else.<br /><br /><br /><br />I know the church is true and that families can be together forever. I know of the importance of this to all those who don´t have the gospel in their lives. I know that it takes a whole family to work TOGETHER to receive the promise of eternal families and that the plan of salvation is a perfect plan. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />November 17,2014<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In the mission we always talk about how we should speak with the tongue of angels and only speak positively without gossip. It´s something that takes work to do and a couple of weeks ago my district leader taught us what we could do not only to speak with the tongue of angels, but how we could have the vision of angels too. He started by showing us photos to judge of people who didn´t look like they had a lot of potential and then turned out to be presidents, athletes, and missionaries. He told us that we can´t pick and choose who we talk to and teach just by their looks because they might turn out to be a bishop, stake president, apostle, ect.<br /><br /> <br /><br />I remember showing up to the house of an inactive family and they were outside drinking. The brother said ´´ I don´t want anything right now!´´ We left, but in a better moment we returned. We have been teaching them for months now and they have changed their lives. I love this family and have loved them since I met them. I am thankful for the spirit that guides me and helped me have the vision of angels upon meeting this family so they could return to living the gospel in their lives. Maybe the brother who told us ´´ I don´t want anything right now!´´ Will turn out to be the next bishop, or stake president, or future apostle, who knows!<br /><br />I can see that potential in him. Maybe right now he doesn´t see that, but I do. Last week we went to teach him and in the end he ended up teaching us! He showed us a scripture and started explaining what it meant and invited us to meditate the scripture too. It was only a few verses, but the way he had studied it out was profound. I asked him how long ago he had read and understood the scripture and he told me ´´ A long time ago! I had to read it over and over again and then I had to pray over and over again.´´<br /><br />Later in the week in the conference with Elder Christensen ( of the presidency of the 70) President Smith explained the same thing the brother explained to me. He told us that we needed to meditate the scriptures and keep knocking to understand them. It´s like when you knock on a door. You don´t just tap the door once and then wait. You have to knock and knock and knock until someone answers the door.<br /><br />It´s interesting that this brother was studying and saying what church leaders were telling me. As he has start to apply the gospel more in his life he has received personal revelation and is able to share what he knows with others so that they learn too. He has so much potential and so does every one of Heavenly Fathers children. It´s US that needs to have the same vision as our Heavenly Father to help others come to their potential.<br /><br />I am working on having the vision of angels. I´m not perfect, but I know that through the atonement I can be perfected in Christ. I know that he lives and that our Heavenly Father is merciful to those who are willing to repent.<br /><br />Love,<br /><br />Hermana Baca<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />December 2, 2014<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This week was Incredible! When we started the week I had the desire to set high goals so that this week would be incredible and with prayer it worked. When we start the day with pray we pour out our desires to our Heavenly Father and then during the day we work with the Lord for what we prayed for. When the Lord sees our efforts we put forth to achieve what we desire he helps us achieve success.<br /><br />This week we focused on achieving ´´ Las normas de excelencia´´. We focused on the goal of reaching each number, if not more, by the end of the week and prayed for the help we needed. One of the numbers that has always been hard for me to achieve is receiving references. As I used prayer I felt the promptings of the spirit remind me to ask for references in moment that I didn´t except. With these quiet whispers from the Holy Ghost we were able to receive more than 15 references this week.<br /><br />Prayer helped us the whole week. When Friday came we realized we didn´t have a lot of lessons with less actives. We prayed throughout the day to have opportunities to teach less actives and by the end of the day we had 10 lessons with less actives for the day. Saturday was the last day to work and we still needed to find new investigators. We again, prayed throughout the day to have opportunities to teach new people and by the end of the day we found 5 new investigators. <br /><br />When we pray for our righteous desires and work with the Lord to achieve them we become an excellent team. Our Heavenly Father desires that we achieve our desires too. The adversary desires the opposite and work just as hard against us. We have to pray constantly to achieve our righteous desires so that Satan’s desire isn´t stronger than ours. <br /><br />For example, one day we might have the desire to go to church, but another feeling might come that tells us to sleep in and not go to church. The Holy Ghost tells us to go and Satan tells us to sleep. If we pray we have the companionship of the Holy Ghost. When we pray the whispers of the Holy Ghost become louder and stronger than the whispers of the adversary working against us. <br /><br />´´Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, ye must watch and pray always lest ye enter into temptation; for Satan desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat.´´<br /><br /> 3 Nephi 18:18<br /><br />By the end of the week our desires to reach our goals were stronger and we had success. <br /><br /> Las Normas de Excelencia Our weeks numbers<div>
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<br /> Lessons with member: 10 13<br /><br />Other lessons: 5 13 <br /><br />Investigators in the church: 5 9<br /><br />Progressing Investigators: 7 15<br /><br />Investigators with baptism date: 3 4<br /><br />Lessons with recent converts or less actives: 15 20<br /><br />Received references: 8 8<br /><br />Contacted references: 8 10<br /><br />New investigators: 8 10<br /><br />Number of hours with members: 12 22<br /><br /> <br /><br />I know that as we work hard and with the Lord we can expect to see miracles. I know that this work is important and that as I try my hardest I can be and instrument the hands of the Lord to help others come unto him. I know that I have his promise that the Holy Ghost will guide as I work and do my part.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Love,<br /><br /> <br /><br />Hermana Baca<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418193378380_23654" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">
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