Lima - Post 10

July 28, 2014

"Yea, and this is my glory, that perhaps I may be an instrument in the hands of God to bring some soul to repentance, and this is my joy" Alma 29:9

I couldn't quite decide what to title this e-mail.  I was debating on "Stand ye in Holy Places"  "There can be miracles if you believe" and many others.  But overall that scripture expresses how I truly feel right now.

It has been quite a Looooooooong and crazy week!  We have been finding a lot of people but they either drop us or fall through or they don't keep their commitments.  But the Muga family continues on strong.  They are seriously the family that every missionary wants to find on their mission.  They have the goal and vision of being an eternal family.  One night we were talking to them about the Holy Spirit and I shared how I felt so strongly that we needed to come back after the first night we passed by. Time after time we couldn't find them but finally we did. After talking to him I felt that this was their time and that we had been guided by the Spirit to them. Hermano Muga said that one day he was talking to a co-worker about his life and his co-worker told him that God had great things waiting for him.  That was the same day we came by and told him about eternal families and he was like "Alright, this is it! This is what God wants for us!"  I just about burst into tears when he told us that.  I felt so humbled to be here and to be an instrument in the Lord´s hands to be able to bring the gospel to those who have been prepared to hear it.  That is why I am here. And in that I have joy - joy that I can´t hold inside and makes me want to share it with EVERYONE!  This gospel is seriously the greatest thing ever!  It changes lives and helps us overcome the difficulties of thie life.  Even when things are hard we can continue with confidence that the Savior is at our side guiding us and helpind us through every moment. 

Some other cool miracles that heppened this week:

-I can say the "rr" (trill my r´s) after 10 months of practice! (I was riding around on my bike saying "arriba" over and over again)

-I'm learning how to knit! (Yeah stop laughing. it´s teaching me patience)

-My companion loves music just as much as i do! (We are now the biggest fan of Micheal McLean´s "The Garden")

This week I found a song called "Come see the light of hope" with some of the music a member in Congreso gave me.  It´s like my favorite song right now.  It talks about the coming of Christ to the Americas (Book of Mormon 3 Nephi Chapter 11).  It has really made me think about when Christ will come again.  What will it be like?  As I thought about it I was filled with this immense joy and happiness.  I started talking to my companion about it and said "I can´t wait for Christ to come again. I´m not exactly sure what will happen or what it will be like but I know that I will be the happiest I have ever been." I can´t wait to meet my Savior.  I can´t wait to look into his eyes and feel the love he has for me.  Sometimes I wish the second coming would come tomorrow just so I could give him a big hug.  That is what I want more than anything.  To see him and hear him say "well done thou good and faithful servant"  And I want others to feel the same way in that day.  And to be able to do that they need to find the truth and follow it and be true to it!

I found a quote that i really love and want to share it. It´s by Howard W. Hunter, a former President of the Church.  "This question may appear as a play on words of the Lord when he said this is the true and living church.  When I ask ´Am I a true and living member?´ my question is, Am I deeply and fully dedicated to keeping the covenants I have made with the Lord?  Am I totally commited to living the gospel and being a doer of the word and not a hearer only? Do I live my religion? Will I remain true?  Do I stand firm against Satan´s temptations? He is seeking to cause us to lose our way in a storm of derision and a tide of sophistry.  We can have victory, however, by respponding to our inner vioce calling ´Stand firm!´"

I invite each of you to ponder on this and ask yourself, "Am I a true and living member?"  Think about something you can do better, repent, and do it! I promise you as you do it you will feel closer to your Heavenly Father and your Savior.  You will have a new and stronger love fro the gospel, and will feel so joyful that you will want to share it with the whole world!

Les quiero mucho!

Hermana Allison Scarlett