Holy cow my dearly beloved family time goes by so fast and I miss you so dang much!
Anyway.
It has been a crazy 8 days (only 8 days? 8 whole days? So much happened
and yet it flew by soooo fast...) and mostly it has been full of
conferences and changes :) But I love it! But not Lima and the bus. Hahaha, although that is also pretty entertaining at times....
Anyway.
On Tuesday, we had the Family History Conference in Lima with all of the
sisters who are currently doing family history as well as all of the
sisters in Lima. So I actually got to see Bott AND Rush all day again. Tender mercies :) The meeting was actually really spiritual and really
necessary. We talked a lot about standardizeing everything everyone is
doing because we are the only mission in the whole world doing it....
and that in July the church is going to want to see a report of this
year and what we have done, so we have to keep meticulous records and
everything. It was really cool and really intimidating.... the work of
salvation is going so fast. Like.... apresurando? I have no clue how to
say that in English. President also talked a lot about how the
restoration also restored all of the priesthood powers, including for
the temple and for the vicarious work. It was really cool to see how
literally everything in the gospel is interconnected and dependant upon
the restoration.
Then after the meeting, I went and proselytized and did exchanges with two
sisters in Family History and San Juan. They live in my old area and
it was soooooo weird. So weird. That was a year ago! It was like a lot
of nostalgia and meditation. The next day I was supposed to
meet Bott in front of the church to go to concilio together because she
was in the other area in San Juan. While I was waiting I SAW MIGUEL
AND HIS SISTER MONICA. They all of a sudden just came running down the
street, and I just started crying. It was like a movie, ahahah, but I
love them soooo much. They are seriously one of my favorite families
ever :) Then, concilio was amazing. President talked a lot about making
ourselves fit for the kingdom through obedience and Hermana Douglas
talked about consecration. It was a really spiritual and powerful
meeting.
We also got to go to McDonald's while we were waiting for our bus, so that was really, really cool.....
On Thursday we had to teach concilio to the zone. Teaching in front
of people actually really makes me nervous, but I feel like it is really
stretching me. So that is good. I guess. Hahaha
Friday and Saturday were really slow in family history, but Saturday was
transfer call day and it was like the most anxiety filled day of my
life. Ahahaha, just like always, but also the more time I have in the
mission - the more scared I am .... but I love it. And I was super surprised
and excited to find out I was coming to Nasca! I am so excited to work
with Sister Torres and work hard.
This email is so scattered. And really short.... I am working on
writing letters ( I didn't get them sent with Hermana Bott's dad... I will
send them in Serpost. I really promise this time, I hope.) and I will
explain better my whole life and my thoughts and so forth. I will write
today :)
To end, I have been pondering love these last two days because Valentines Day is coming up and I just love love. Love is so pure and
powerful :) It is the catalyst to missionary work and to all that
matters in this life. What is love?(baby don't hurt me.... oh man that is
an old song) Love is putting yourself second. Love is listening. Love
is accepting. Love is sharing the gospel. Love is my family. Love is
supporting those we love. Love is the temple. Love is the prophets of
old and modern days, like Nephi who were able to see our day and to love
us enough to keep records for us. Love is repentance. Love is a
triagnle.... it requires two people and Heavenly Father. Love is the
atonement. "I stand all amazed at the love Jesus offers me, and I tremble
to know that for me he was crucified."
I love you all so much. I know the gospel is true. I love being a
missionary! We are going to the temple this weekend with some converts
from Nasca.... pray for them!
I love you.
John 3:16
Lauren
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