Ultimate Gringas

HOLA FAMILIA Y AMIGOS. 11/10 week. No lie. 

 

 

Spiritual Thought: President Nelson asked us a question in his General Conference talk last year, "Christ is Risen; Faith in Him Will Move Mountains" THAT I LOVE and have reflected on:

 

 

"What would you do if you had more faith?" 

 

 

So simple, yet so powerful. He continued, 

 

 

"Then receive more faith by doing something that requires more faith" 

 

 

We legitimately have access to godly power through our faith which acts as a key to unlock help, guidance, love, knowledge, and blessings from the heavens. The Book of Mormon prophet Alma invites us to "exercise a particle of faith, yea, even... [a] desire to believe" (Alma 32:27)

God is asking so little from us. If we simply have a desire to believe in His infinite and almighty power, our seed of faith will allow us to "say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you" (Matthew 17:20). 

The mountains (trials) in our life can be climbed or moved when we have faith in God, His timing, and His perfect plan. 

 

 

I have been so blessed from putting 100% confidence in God with being able to understand Spanish (or as we say here, Chileano) with training a new gringa missionary. I went from STRUGGLING with comprehension and only understanding 40% of conversations to understanding 95% in a MATTER OF ONE HOUR of having a new companion. This automatic blessing is personal evidence to me how real the power of God is. He literally changed my mind and heart to understand those around me. We need to remember these spiritual experiences in our lives so we can nourish our faith. I am nowhere close to having perfect faith, but President Nelson told us, 

 

 

"The Lord does not require perfect faith for us to have access to His perfect power."

 

 

Highs: 

-HERMANA VASQUEZ (my new comp) IS THE BEST EVER and we are just thriving out here walking the streets of Chile 

-Juan called us today while we were grocery shopping and was telling us how in the past three weeks he has almost read THE WHOLE BOOK OF MORMON and wants to start meeting with us again and is thinking about baptism. 

-Free ceviche 

-Free tuna (la fruta)

-Free muffins 

-Free bananas

-Free aprons 

-THE NEW YOUTH ALBUM (listen to "Faith" o my I am obsessed) 

-I have been so blessed with understanding recently and I will just be standing in a conversation so confused how I understand everything they are saying. GOD IS REAL. It's so sick. 

-One of our friends bore the most beautiful testimony to us yesterday in our lesson and I have never felt so much joy in my heart. SHE GETS BAPTIZED SOON. 

-We have a cat 

-Costa crackers 

-Teaching Tomas "turkey, thanksgiving dinner" "pavo, dia de gracias" (fist bump)

-Seeing Luis in the chapel every week (my first baptism) (82 year old man that has my heart)

-The book of Alma in the BOM 

-My new toothpaste 

Lows: 

-Losing in ping pong

-My nose is so sunburnt rip

-NOT HAVING ENOUGH TIME TO EMAIL PEOPLE BACK I AM SO SORRY 

 

 

What could you accomplish with more faith? DO IT. 

 

 

Hermana Pickett