I came on a mission to understand God. I’m not perfect but I’m working on it.
I would invite all of you to read more about the conditions of the different glories of the kingdom of God. What are we willing to do to make it there? Are my thoughts desires and actions in accordance to returning to live with God again? Really if you love someone you wish the best for them which is their personal salvation…but salvation is nothing without exaltation, which can only be reached as a family under the sealing covenant in the temple.
I have a testimony that this is the true church and baptism of Jesus Christ. I know that when you receive the Holy Ghost you will receive this POWER of the Holy Ghost for all of your life as you listen to the small voice in your head that tells you to Choose The Right.
Enjoy Conferance! Go with a question and an open heart and God will tell you what to do.
With Love, Hermana Wade
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Sept 17- 21
This week was different because of the Patriotic Festivals for the 18th of December which is there Independence Day. I have officially experienced an Independence Day Chilean Style! Ha-ha I love the Chilean People! But I am officially Chilean because I have a license. No but I will learn from all of their good qualities and the bad just like any other person on this earth. I love how every house here in Chile had a flag outside of their houses they are very patriotic.
Our branch Party was a great success a lot of members, friends, and investigators came and ate Empanadas, and Pajaritos (translated as little birds) which is their version of rolls which consists of sweet bread, cream, and sprinkles. Of course it wouldn’t be a September 18th without dancing the CUECA! Ha-ha don’t worry I didn’t dance in the Ward party but I did when I got home for about 2 minutes. I love dancing! There are a lot of benefits it’s good exercise, it’s fun, it’s relaxing, and it’s a way to celebrate and share talents. I love Culture!
My companion and I went to the ward party with a lot of our investigators. Hermana Otilia who is a less active member and her boyfriend Francisco is interested about the eternal families that we always talk about. Otilia’s two older sons were baptized with Hermana Moemai (who was my companion in the MTC). And Otilia had two cute little girls with this man and now we are teaching this family. They need to get married so that Francisco can be baptized and so that they can be sealed in the temple a year later.
I have learned a lot from my momita here in Villarica! She is such a great women, I hope she’ll write a book of her life so that everyone can get to know her. What a great privilege I have to serve and get to know my brothers and sisters here in Chile! She taught me this week that we need to be patient through our trails because Joseph Smith said that our afflictions are but a small moment and if we endure it well our Father will lift our burden. See D&C 121:7-8, 2 Nephi 2:11, D&C 29:39, Moses 6:55. This week we went to the funeral of her aunt who wasn’t a member. The service was beautiful and in the end my companion and I participated in singing hymns with the family and we ended with a prayer. The family was so thankful with the support of us as missionaries and as a church because the Elders had given her a blessing while she was in the hospital. I know that life is short and that is why I’m maximizing my life here on the mission. I don’t regret any of my decisions. We can always learn from the good and bad.
Hermana Ilda Vasquez (la mamita) also helped me understand that baptisms for the dead are so important! It is not only for the salvation of them but it is the salvation for us that we do temple work or the sin is over our heads in the last days. I have a great desire to work with Grandma Gaddie and finish our family history and teach others how to do it for their families. I have never done it before and I realize that it will take a life time but as I am diligent and set aside time to do it for 30 minutes everyday that God will see the desire of my heart even when I’m studying hard to become a nurse. One prophet asked us to “be a temple attending people”! I know that there are many people waiting for us to do this work, and God will guide us to find the missing puzzles. Our blessings will be eternal and temporal joy. The temple really is a sacred house of God where we can feel closer to Him as we enter into covenant with Him and as we keep the commandments of doing these ordinances for others.
LES AMO Mucho! Hermana Wade
Our branch Party was a great success a lot of members, friends, and investigators came and ate Empanadas, and Pajaritos (translated as little birds) which is their version of rolls which consists of sweet bread, cream, and sprinkles. Of course it wouldn’t be a September 18th without dancing the CUECA! Ha-ha don’t worry I didn’t dance in the Ward party but I did when I got home for about 2 minutes. I love dancing! There are a lot of benefits it’s good exercise, it’s fun, it’s relaxing, and it’s a way to celebrate and share talents. I love Culture!
My companion and I went to the ward party with a lot of our investigators. Hermana Otilia who is a less active member and her boyfriend Francisco is interested about the eternal families that we always talk about. Otilia’s two older sons were baptized with Hermana Moemai (who was my companion in the MTC). And Otilia had two cute little girls with this man and now we are teaching this family. They need to get married so that Francisco can be baptized and so that they can be sealed in the temple a year later.
I have learned a lot from my momita here in Villarica! She is such a great women, I hope she’ll write a book of her life so that everyone can get to know her. What a great privilege I have to serve and get to know my brothers and sisters here in Chile! She taught me this week that we need to be patient through our trails because Joseph Smith said that our afflictions are but a small moment and if we endure it well our Father will lift our burden. See D&C 121:7-8, 2 Nephi 2:11, D&C 29:39, Moses 6:55. This week we went to the funeral of her aunt who wasn’t a member. The service was beautiful and in the end my companion and I participated in singing hymns with the family and we ended with a prayer. The family was so thankful with the support of us as missionaries and as a church because the Elders had given her a blessing while she was in the hospital. I know that life is short and that is why I’m maximizing my life here on the mission. I don’t regret any of my decisions. We can always learn from the good and bad.
Hermana Ilda Vasquez (la mamita) also helped me understand that baptisms for the dead are so important! It is not only for the salvation of them but it is the salvation for us that we do temple work or the sin is over our heads in the last days. I have a great desire to work with Grandma Gaddie and finish our family history and teach others how to do it for their families. I have never done it before and I realize that it will take a life time but as I am diligent and set aside time to do it for 30 minutes everyday that God will see the desire of my heart even when I’m studying hard to become a nurse. One prophet asked us to “be a temple attending people”! I know that there are many people waiting for us to do this work, and God will guide us to find the missing puzzles. Our blessings will be eternal and temporal joy. The temple really is a sacred house of God where we can feel closer to Him as we enter into covenant with Him and as we keep the commandments of doing these ordinances for others.
LES AMO Mucho! Hermana Wade
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Sept 7- 17
Hola Familia,
Thank you all for your love and support! You all are very thoughtful and sweet. I had the greatest birthday here on the mission! Hermana Lovell and all the missionaries from Villarica and Valdivia sang to me and the other missionaries who were going to have a birthday this month. I can't believe I'm 22 years old now. It's so cool that I'm here on the mission and living my adult life to the maximum. I've looked back on my life of 22 years and I'm so content with who I have become and I'm excited for my future too. Life is so fun and happy. I know that I am a daughter of God and a royal princess and that each one of us have great potential and we are heirs to His royal kingdom if we accept the price that Jesus paid so that we can rest in Their peace for all eternity.
My zone leaders Elder Merrill and Ellis called me in the morning to wish me a Happy Birthday. Then my companion made me a Salvadorian breakfast-in bed (only because it was cold in our house) with fried bananas that tastes like potatoes. She decorated the house with balloons and she sung a happy birthday song to me that I didn't know. Then we went to the Mamitas and she taught me how to make Empandas which is my favorite food here in Chile! I'm so excited because now I will be able to make Chilean food for all of you when I come home! It's delicious! Then I went to work like a normal day here on the mission, but we had to come home at sun down because September 11th is a bad day here in Chile too. President Lovell said that all the sister missionaries had to be in the house at sun down because Elder Merrill was serving in our area the past year and a man chased him and his companion for 6 blocks. So my companion and I worked on our mission binder and ate ice cream. MMmm...
We baptised Scarlet on the 12th of September. The service was very beautiful and she invited a lot of friends and family. She didn't want to invite anyone because she didn't think anyone would come but because we insisted that she invited her family and friends they came and supported this important decision in Scarlets life and witness a baptism like Jesus and now we have 5 more investigators from that baptism alone. I have a strong testimony that if we work with members and less active families that not all are members the Lord helps us do His work faster. Scarlets mom was inactive but now she is active!
Sunday we watched Ramon receive the priesthood who is a recent convert :)
I LOVE YOU !! Hermana Wade
Thank you all for your love and support! You all are very thoughtful and sweet. I had the greatest birthday here on the mission! Hermana Lovell and all the missionaries from Villarica and Valdivia sang to me and the other missionaries who were going to have a birthday this month. I can't believe I'm 22 years old now. It's so cool that I'm here on the mission and living my adult life to the maximum. I've looked back on my life of 22 years and I'm so content with who I have become and I'm excited for my future too. Life is so fun and happy. I know that I am a daughter of God and a royal princess and that each one of us have great potential and we are heirs to His royal kingdom if we accept the price that Jesus paid so that we can rest in Their peace for all eternity.
My zone leaders Elder Merrill and Ellis called me in the morning to wish me a Happy Birthday. Then my companion made me a Salvadorian breakfast-in bed (only because it was cold in our house) with fried bananas that tastes like potatoes. She decorated the house with balloons and she sung a happy birthday song to me that I didn't know. Then we went to the Mamitas and she taught me how to make Empandas which is my favorite food here in Chile! I'm so excited because now I will be able to make Chilean food for all of you when I come home! It's delicious! Then I went to work like a normal day here on the mission, but we had to come home at sun down because September 11th is a bad day here in Chile too. President Lovell said that all the sister missionaries had to be in the house at sun down because Elder Merrill was serving in our area the past year and a man chased him and his companion for 6 blocks. So my companion and I worked on our mission binder and ate ice cream. MMmm...
We baptised Scarlet on the 12th of September. The service was very beautiful and she invited a lot of friends and family. She didn't want to invite anyone because she didn't think anyone would come but because we insisted that she invited her family and friends they came and supported this important decision in Scarlets life and witness a baptism like Jesus and now we have 5 more investigators from that baptism alone. I have a strong testimony that if we work with members and less active families that not all are members the Lord helps us do His work faster. Scarlets mom was inactive but now she is active!
Sunday we watched Ramon receive the priesthood who is a recent convert :)
I LOVE YOU !! Hermana Wade
Monday, September 7, 2009
Aug 31- Sept 7
SORRY THE NEXT P-DAY WILL BE ON 17TH OF SEPTEMBER BECAUSE OF THE CHILEAN INDEPENDENCE HOLIDAY 18-19!
Hello Family and friends!
This week was great! My companion and I had our companionship inventory and I am a witness that communication is the key to any bad feelings that you can have toward another person. Test me! Go up to someone that you have problems with and sit down and just talk and I promise you will fill better. Of course when one is talking the other must listen with an open heart and receive counsel. Another thing that helps is start and end with a prayer.
I love my companion Hermana Guevara! She means the world to me! I know that she is a great tool in the hands of the Lord because of all the struggles that she faces in her personal life and her life her on the mission. Satan has been trying her patience here and she is winning triumphantly with her faith and she is still so happy. Her water boots broke then she got sick because it has been really rainy and really cold. Don’t worry she is better now and there have been more sunny days. Hermana Guevara has been the greatest help to me when we were talking in the kitchen next to the fire she comforted me as I was crying and she shared a scripture that I needed exactly in this moment and now I have made this scripture mine by putting my name Krista in the spot of a missionary named Thomas in Doctrine and Covenants chapter 31. I love my family with all my heart! These are examples of things that I have learned on the mission from studying, listening to my companion and being obedient. (1,2) I have so much faith in my Heavenly Father and his work that I left my family in their afflictions because I knew that I could be like a white lamb and sacrifice a year and a half of my life as an offering to God to show my love and faith for Him and my eternal family. I love my Allan, Kelly, Alicia, Nathan, Tanner, Briana, Tessa, and Spencer. I have total faith that the promises in the scriptures will be completed because God is unchangeable and He will complete all prophesies that the prophets have received and preached. I know that my family will grow and know the truth and they will be one with me in His church. (3) I don’t need to be worried about my family because the hour of my mission has come and I need to declare good news of great joy to this generation. (4) Those who work with all their heart, might, and strength their sins are forgiven. (6)The time in the mission is short but if I declare the words of God to this pueblo in Chile God will prepare a place for my family. (9)We all need to have patience in the tribulations and govern our house with peace and be diligent! (10) I’m going to be a doctor for the Church and for the world! Hahaha (11) I need to follow the path that Christ has lived which is His will and through the Holy Ghost I will know where to go and what to do. (12) Pray always so that temptation will not loose me. I know that if we pray always Satan has now power over us. If you have fallen you are not praying always. Be more faithful and diligent God will help your righteous desires. (13) Be firm and faithful to the end because God is with us these are the words of Christ our Redeemer and the will of our powerful God and not of man.
I LOVE THE SCRIPTURES!!! Wow they are so powerful because they really are the words of God. Study the Scriptures daily…Pray, Read (pray), Meditate (pray), Act (pray), receive Testimony (pray), and share your testimony with everyone that will listen. It is our responsibility as members of the church of Jesus Christ to understand the doctrine and then open our mouth and share it! Then our confidence will wax strong in the sight of God and all of our friends and family that we promised to teach and convert in this life that we knew and loved in the pre-mortal life. I have a strong testimony that this is true and that we have a specific mission in this life, and that our families and friends will be saved through us.
This Sunday was the most spiritually powerful meeting that I have been in. Hno Patricio was baptized yesterday and today he was confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through the gift of the Holy Ghost. The Spirits presence was in abundance I was overflowing with joy for this act of faith to this sacred covenant that was made with God and His Son. He was baptized by 15-year-old Gustavo, and confirmed by our Branch President Maldonado, and is now preparing to receive the Priesthood from President Lovell our Mission President, and then will be preparing to seal his family in September 2010 for time and all eternity! Then another baby was blessed whose family is members all except for her dad. My companion and I have been working with the family and have plans to work with the dad this week. The baby was blessed by her Grandpa who just got back from the Santiago temple from being sealed to his wife. They shared their testimonies of temples along with Hermana Ines who went with them and is the only member of the church in her family that lives in Argentina. Really all of the testimonies were perfect and exactly what we needed to hear. I love the Vólcan branch here in Villarica.
The presidents of the District and Branch have been having meetings with us and have shown their love of the Lords work through their desire to work in the manner that God has designed. The President Maldonado gave 4 new callings to our members which is always great when the president receives revelation, and the members accept. We even received a Mission Leader for our branch, Hno Jorge Binavides, from Columbia. What a great blessing it is to be in this ward at this time!!
I was able to find the Carrasco family that has been less active for a long time. There is a new program here in Chile for the less actives members that was received by revelation through our Prophet Thomas S. Monson from God. This program is called “Permaneced” and now all the missionaries have to pass by 10 families every week and every active family needs to pass by for 5 other families. The Carrasco family is excited to come back to church and we are looking forward to sealing their family and sending their 18-year old son on a mission
I love you all!! Hugs and kisses! XOXOXO
Love Hermana Krista Wade :D
Hello Family and friends!
This week was great! My companion and I had our companionship inventory and I am a witness that communication is the key to any bad feelings that you can have toward another person. Test me! Go up to someone that you have problems with and sit down and just talk and I promise you will fill better. Of course when one is talking the other must listen with an open heart and receive counsel. Another thing that helps is start and end with a prayer.
I love my companion Hermana Guevara! She means the world to me! I know that she is a great tool in the hands of the Lord because of all the struggles that she faces in her personal life and her life her on the mission. Satan has been trying her patience here and she is winning triumphantly with her faith and she is still so happy. Her water boots broke then she got sick because it has been really rainy and really cold. Don’t worry she is better now and there have been more sunny days. Hermana Guevara has been the greatest help to me when we were talking in the kitchen next to the fire she comforted me as I was crying and she shared a scripture that I needed exactly in this moment and now I have made this scripture mine by putting my name Krista in the spot of a missionary named Thomas in Doctrine and Covenants chapter 31. I love my family with all my heart! These are examples of things that I have learned on the mission from studying, listening to my companion and being obedient. (1,2) I have so much faith in my Heavenly Father and his work that I left my family in their afflictions because I knew that I could be like a white lamb and sacrifice a year and a half of my life as an offering to God to show my love and faith for Him and my eternal family. I love my Allan, Kelly, Alicia, Nathan, Tanner, Briana, Tessa, and Spencer. I have total faith that the promises in the scriptures will be completed because God is unchangeable and He will complete all prophesies that the prophets have received and preached. I know that my family will grow and know the truth and they will be one with me in His church. (3) I don’t need to be worried about my family because the hour of my mission has come and I need to declare good news of great joy to this generation. (4) Those who work with all their heart, might, and strength their sins are forgiven. (6)The time in the mission is short but if I declare the words of God to this pueblo in Chile God will prepare a place for my family. (9)We all need to have patience in the tribulations and govern our house with peace and be diligent! (10) I’m going to be a doctor for the Church and for the world! Hahaha (11) I need to follow the path that Christ has lived which is His will and through the Holy Ghost I will know where to go and what to do. (12) Pray always so that temptation will not loose me. I know that if we pray always Satan has now power over us. If you have fallen you are not praying always. Be more faithful and diligent God will help your righteous desires. (13) Be firm and faithful to the end because God is with us these are the words of Christ our Redeemer and the will of our powerful God and not of man.
I LOVE THE SCRIPTURES!!! Wow they are so powerful because they really are the words of God. Study the Scriptures daily…Pray, Read (pray), Meditate (pray), Act (pray), receive Testimony (pray), and share your testimony with everyone that will listen. It is our responsibility as members of the church of Jesus Christ to understand the doctrine and then open our mouth and share it! Then our confidence will wax strong in the sight of God and all of our friends and family that we promised to teach and convert in this life that we knew and loved in the pre-mortal life. I have a strong testimony that this is true and that we have a specific mission in this life, and that our families and friends will be saved through us.
This Sunday was the most spiritually powerful meeting that I have been in. Hno Patricio was baptized yesterday and today he was confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through the gift of the Holy Ghost. The Spirits presence was in abundance I was overflowing with joy for this act of faith to this sacred covenant that was made with God and His Son. He was baptized by 15-year-old Gustavo, and confirmed by our Branch President Maldonado, and is now preparing to receive the Priesthood from President Lovell our Mission President, and then will be preparing to seal his family in September 2010 for time and all eternity! Then another baby was blessed whose family is members all except for her dad. My companion and I have been working with the family and have plans to work with the dad this week. The baby was blessed by her Grandpa who just got back from the Santiago temple from being sealed to his wife. They shared their testimonies of temples along with Hermana Ines who went with them and is the only member of the church in her family that lives in Argentina. Really all of the testimonies were perfect and exactly what we needed to hear. I love the Vólcan branch here in Villarica.
The presidents of the District and Branch have been having meetings with us and have shown their love of the Lords work through their desire to work in the manner that God has designed. The President Maldonado gave 4 new callings to our members which is always great when the president receives revelation, and the members accept. We even received a Mission Leader for our branch, Hno Jorge Binavides, from Columbia. What a great blessing it is to be in this ward at this time!!
I was able to find the Carrasco family that has been less active for a long time. There is a new program here in Chile for the less actives members that was received by revelation through our Prophet Thomas S. Monson from God. This program is called “Permaneced” and now all the missionaries have to pass by 10 families every week and every active family needs to pass by for 5 other families. The Carrasco family is excited to come back to church and we are looking forward to sealing their family and sending their 18-year old son on a mission
I love you all!! Hugs and kisses! XOXOXO
Love Hermana Krista Wade :D
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