Week 14
Service helps us become more like the Savior!
On Thanksgiving I chose to express my gratitude through only saying prayers of thanks for the whole day. Wow! It was such a great experience. Throughout that day as well as the next I found it so easy to serve. As we are thankful for the things around us, we realize all we have that God has given us and we want to give what we have to others. And really with this charity it is so easy to give.
We did have Thanksgiving here! We met together as a zone and had chicken, potatoes, sparkling cider, patacones chips, beans, rolls, pumpkin pie, and whipped cream. I even made sure the table was set with all the food like back home. They were thinking of doing it buffet style, but I said, no we´re setting the table and having a nice sit down dinner. I felt like my mom and grandma during thanksgiving dinner too - running around getting everyone food or whatever they need. Thanksgiving was the first of many days of service.
To end Thanksgiving day the other hermanas showed up on our doorstep at 10:30pm. They lost their phone. They left their phone in the uber. This made Friday so crazy. We basically had to organize a rendezvous with the guy who had the hermana´s phone (who by the way hacked it so he could get into their phone and call us) and our district leaders (because we were told that the hermanas couldn´t go themselves to get their phone.) In the midst of organizing this, we also had promised a neighbor we would clean their microbus. And my comp and I were receiving a lot of calls about the Christmas mission project we are working on. It was such a full day, but so rewarding as it was filled with service.
Saturday we had our first English class and it was so much fun. Many people told us they really enjoyed it, especially the speaking in English section. We had interested people, members, and less active members there. It was so exciting!
Sunday was a great day because we had one of the people we are teaching come to church! This past week she has had a lot of trials in her life so we loved that she could come to church. Prayers for her would be much appreciated! Sunday was also the first day where everything was in person for church so there were so many people there. It was so exciting to talk to all the members in person. We also helped the other hermanas in our area again today and at the end of the day they called us their saviors of the week haha :)
Our schedule was really in the Lord's hands as we were running around helping the other hermanas, and somehow we still got our own things done. So many days were filled with service and running around trying to help as many people as we could and really those days were the best. It is so important to remember all that God has given us. “The Lord in his great infinite goodness doth bless and prosper those who put their trust in him” (Helaman 12:1). This is what happened this week. My comp and I were blessed and we were able to bless others' lives as well.
Mucho amor,
Hermana Warburton
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