I have been practicing my Spanish with the Morales family ;)
How is everyone?? I loved all of the pictures and the cute sign
you made! It sounds like you all have a fun week! My week was pretty good too! We
met with a lot of people and talked a lot about faith (Hence the subject of
this email).
Faith is the first principle of the Gospel for a reason. Faith
is an action word and it moves us to repentance. Looking back at my life, I
realize that I had faith without even really realizing it! And then there are
those people we talk to who have no faith and say they have faith... it’s kind
of weird that way. But faith is definitely something that I have been working
on and I’ve been trying so hard to trust in the Lord and to believe on the
things he would have me do and to trust in his plan. It’s hard! But as soon as
you do it, like it says in Alma 32, that faith will begin to grow and swell. I
may not be more than a seedling, but I have the potential to become a big
beautiful sequoia. :)
Yesterday at church we talked about eternal marriage and the
family and about the priesthood. I am so grateful that Families can be sealed
for time and all eternity through the power of the priesthood. Without the
power of God here on earth, we wouldn't be an eternal family as of 16 years
ago! :) I am so grateful to know that no matter what happens, we are an
eternal family, and we will be with each other in the next life. People are so
afraid of what happens after this life and they think death is the end! But
with our knowledge of the plan of salvation, we get a special peace and comfort
that comes into our lives.
SO the biggest adventure of this week was on Saturday and I don’t
know if you watch the weather but it was supposed to rain for most of the
weekend. In the afternoon, a Haboob finally blew in and we took shelter in our
church building (we were there making copies anyways) and it was fun to sit and
watch it blow by. Even though it wasn’t a super awesome one, it was still fun
to take pictures with it haha! That is a comp. goal of ours is to take a
picture with every Haboob we endure together! So here it is... Please enjoy my
sarcastic frightened face :)
So you can see it in the background there all the tan dirt and dust blowing up slowly rolling towards us... we aren't allowed to be in them because 1) it’s just not fun and 2) you could catch valley fever and it’s not fun either :( so we were inside that there church building and I am just grateful that I don’t have to endure hurricanes and tornadoes and tsunamis or anything crazy like that!
We also had Zone conference this week! (Its where a bunch of
missionaries in certain zones in the mission get together and we get some
training from President Nattress and from the AP's and also just to brush up on
things like modesty and lock your heart...) It was so cool! There were a lot of
good things about it and I took so many notes! I just love our president and
his wife. Without them, nothing would be happening in the field! I love being
in a mission that is so tight knit and so close together so you can draw on the
strength from the missionaries and especially since we get to hear from our
president so much :) Arizona Gilbert Mission is really the greatest mission in the world!
JENNIFER AND CLINT ARE GETTING
BAPTIZED THIS SATURDAY!!!!!!! :D :D :D
I am also singing at their
baptism... I am singing I love to see the temple, while my comp plays the Ukulele!
Well... That is pretty much it... I only have a couple good
pictures this week, hopefully you will like them!
I will just leave you with my testimony that I know this church
is true! I know Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer. I know that if we have
faith in him and trust in him, we can’t go wrong! I know that Joseph smith was
a prophet called of God and that he did restore Christ’s church in these last
days. I am grateful for the healing power of the atonement and to know that our
family is eternal. I love you guys so much and say these things in the name of
Jesus Christ, Amen.
Welp, Talk to ya later!
Adios Amigos and Amigas!
With Love,
Sister Haymond:)
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