Well...I
hope that I said that right in the subject line haha...sometimes I don´t know
which order or which words are right in English or in Spanish haha but whatever
:) The only thing that matters is that Elder Rafael Pino came to our mission
and spent three days speaking to us. We went to listen to him in groups of like
three zones at a time so like during the three days that he was here, one group
of three districts listened to him one day, then the next day another group of
three or so districts heard him and so on :) hope that makes sense :) But yeah,
so we went to listen to him on Friday and it was super awesome :) I learned a
lot of things :) And I liked it a lot also because he is pretty funny haha :)
One of the things that he said that I loved was this "If you are happy,
tell your face that you are happy" Haha how great is that!? I love it
because sometimes there are people, or sometimes we are these people, who are
happy inside and all, like we´re fine, we don´t have anything bugging us or
anything like that, but we don´t look happy...so he told us that if we are
hapy, we gotta make sure our face knows that we are happy :) It´s my favorite
quote of the week :) He also taught us something really important and the example
he used can be applied to many topics or situations but in this case he was
talking to us about obedience and how there are some missionaries that think it
is ok to obey almost all the rules, but like, I dunno, I don´t like this
rule-it doesn´t apply to me, so I won´t obey it. But I am obeying all the other
rules so, I´m good right? Nope. So wrong! Elder Pino gave us an example that I
love that goes with this topic :) He said, and I am summarizing and stuff :)
but he said, Alright so imagine that you are in an airplane (he was talking to
our mission President) and it is time to jump out of the plane and I tell you,
alright President, are you ready to jump out of this plane? This parachute is
really good. It almost always opens. So, are you gonna jump?
And President said, Umm....I think no haha. And we all laughed and stuff cuz it
was pretty great :) But it´s so true. We are not going to have much confidence
in a parachute that almost always opens. Nope. There´s no way
we are even thinking about leaving the safety of the plane right? Or am I just
crazy and you all are thinking, "Heck yeah I´m jumpin!" haha...I hope
none of you are thinking that... (maybe Charles, if he ends up reading this,
would think that ;) haha he tends to do some pretty crazy things ;) or my
dad... ;) ). But anyway, he basically told us that we can´t be like the
parachute that almost always opens. We have to be obedient and
dependant ALL THE TIME! Not just every once in a while, or when we feel like
it, or when it is convenient for us. All. The. Time. Always. But yeah, that is
one of the things that I learned from him in the special conference that we had
:) I don´t have a ton of time but I just wanted to share this with you and
invite you all that you can think more in all the commandments that the Lord
has given us, big and small, and think of ways in which you can improve on the
ones that are a little hard for you so that you can be obedient with exactness
and be a dependable, trustworthy parachute that opens everytime- not
the parachute that almost always opens.
I love you all and I
hope that you have a great week! Pray for Maro, Luis and Cesar! They are going
to be baptized this Sunday in the Stake Center! :) Pray that they can take part
in this sacred covenant with their Father in Heaven and open the door to their
salvation. Pray that they won´t fall into temptation and that their baptismal
date will be firm and strong and that nothing will prevent them from changing
their lives for the better!
Thank you for all your
prayers, thoughts and support. I love you all :) I know that they gospel is
true and that we are in the only true and living church here on the earth. I
know that they gospel is a message of eternal happiness and joy and that we
have the marvelous opportunity to share it with families and individuals all
over the world so that they can come to the true knowledge of their Savior and
Redeemer and so that they can experience true and everlasting joy in their own
lives. Stay strong! Be obedient. Live the Gospel. Stay happy. Smile. "Si
están felices, avísenle a su cara que están felices." :) Have a great
week! :)
Love always,
Hermana Walker
P.S. This week we get
to listen to Elder Craig Christensen :) on Friday :) So next week I will share
what I learned from him :)
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