Another great week in Chile!
Tuesday was my first time visiting Mariana, an investigator that my companion taught with her previous companion. She was so happy to see us and tell us her baptism story, but the sad thing is that it was a baptism into the Evangelical church. I guess they were really good at teaching the need for baptism, but I guess that Mariana did not understand the importance of the priesthood authority from God and that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the only church that holds this power. We bore testimony and asked her to pray and to read about baptism authority for her to ask God if her baptism is correct in the eyes of the Lord. It is sad because she was telling us how good she felt because it was a spur of the moment decision baptism with a family member and she liked how it was in a river. She is reading and praying a lot and we'll see how it goes but at least her heart is open from what I can see because she had no problem coming to sacrament with us.
We also did service for the Espinoza family. It was really fun because I love cleaning out garages and houses. We cleaned it out for their daughter to live in with her daughter. The transformation of the cleanliness was night and day. The mother was so surprised at my strength in carrying the heavy objects. They couldn't stop laughing because I could lift the fireplace/stove with ease and her husband was out of breath. I told them that I couldn't move it with out him and that I had a lot of practice in my family because I didn't have any older brothers to do the hard stuff around the house. I'm so thankful for my strength and health! It's not common for women.
Wednesday we had 3 new investigators; Sebastian 13, his sister Bania 14, and their cousin Kristina 15. Sebastian was very funny but asked a lot of great questions that I think will help him convert. Bania was receptive and open and will be baptized when she prays and feels that the things we share are true. Kristina is less interested but I know that it will change with the example of her cousins.
The members are great and they all make me feel very welcome on a personal level. I don't know if it is just because I'm a gringo or what, but I enjoy it. They invite us to eat with them and so my companion and I have been taking advantage of this time to train every member to share their testimony of the gospel to everyone they meet. This is good because the members don't share their beliefs. The practice is giving them the confidence and shows them how easy it can be when it is natural and form the heart.
Feliz Dia de los Enamorados! Feliz Dia del Amistad! Happy Valentines Day! I wouldn’t have remembered this holiday if it wasn't for a member. In the mission it is just another day because we always share our love through our Christ-like charity and service and word. I was feeling down this day because I was tired of hearing lame excuses from people everyday saying how they worked and didn't have time for our message or to read or to attend the church with us. It was a blessing to see my District leader call my companion and I for a special practice. I noticed that it was more of a problem here but I didn't voice this frustration so I know that he has following the spirit even though both of us didn't know that I needed this at that moment. Now I'm going to share scriptures of blessings and testify to the convincing of men with the power of God that I hold as a missionary.
This Sunday was very special I felt the spirit so strong. I think it is because I wrote down my spiritual promptings. If I felt this good writing the spiritual promptings that I received at church, I wonder how great the prophets felt writing in the scriptures.
GUESS WHAT my Zone did today for Preparation Day?! We Saw PENGUINS!!!!! AAaa! It was sooo cool! It was a fun trip and we took a lot of pictures! Ha when you see the pictures you will notice that I'm not wearing a coat, this is because I was sitting on the heater all the way there and it wasn't that cold. But I have experienced the rain in Punta Arenas and the wind. I love the rain still; it is the Wind that is crazy!!! I could jump and it would move me. It pushes me along as I walk. The wind is so strong, but it doesn't stop the work!! I just laugh as I walk because it isn't like Arizona and its all part of the mission experience. I use the weather to the advantage of the work and I find ways to serve and help people carry things into their house and others invite us in because it's cold and windy. Hermana Espinoza even gave me mitts for my cold hands and she said that she had never given any gift to a missionary before so I should feel privileged. I did.
With a lot of love,
Hermana Wade
Sorry you won't get personal letters as much as I'd like because I don't have much time. I'll reply, it will just take some time. I love hearing updates and I try to write as much detail as I can in the emails. I don’t like that it takes so long, but that is how it is so I'll write little notes and bigger personal notes latter.
Everybody-- Please set a goal to go on splits with the missionaries in your stake. And report your experience with me. This is something that I ask all the members to do, and now I'm asking my family: D
this is all for now that I can remember! CHOW!!
Monday, February 16, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
PUNTA ARENAS 2
Hola family
The beginning of this week was hard because my companion and I were both sick. She received a priesthood blessing by Hermano Salvador Reyes; the member that shares the back of his house with the missionaries. Then my companion was able to help me get better when I was sick. I appreciate her so much!
Tuesday I taught the importance of records in the weekly meeting with my district. Just like all the prophets, the angels, and my ancestors wrote the important spiritual experiences so will I. This is becoming more and more important to me everyday as I enjoy reading the scriptures and as I write in my agenda and the mission binder.
I really appreciate the Reyes family, because it is there goal to help me speak really good Spanish. The natural communication is very helpful. It’s great for the both of us because they practice speaking English to me and I reply in Spanish. It was really fun to learn that Hno Reyes is an Agriculturist, and BYU hired him to work in Utah for 2 months because he specialized in llamas! His spouse Hna Solis showed me pictures of her dream trip to Utah to see the Salt Lake Temple for her friends wedding and she also went to Idaho and Wyoming. It was fun to see her excitement and to think of my memories visiting the same places that she did. It was a fond bonding moment.
Then Sunday with the Guzman family we ate yummy pizza made in her home bakery. They are helping me with the Castellano (Chilean words) too by letting me write all the words I don’t know in my little notebook that I carry with me everywhere. I’m learning the language as fast as I can and I appreciate the compliments from everyone I meet that says I speak very well for 8 weeks in Chile. This family also gave me a special welcome to Punta Arenas by singing 7 Chilean songs. They have beautiful voices and it was fun to see there love and talents that they shared. My mamita´s family is helping me too. She printed me off a dictionary of Chilean words, haha she is so funny, but very sweet and thoughtful.
We had a special conference just for the people in Chile as Stakes were we had special message from Henry B. Eyring. He talked about how our faith comes after we act, and that when we seek for the Kingdom of God first all other things will work out. I love how he gave Joseph Smith as an example of seeking for the Kingdom of God first. He didn’t ask for wealth, health, or lives of his family, he was more interested for His salvation and the salvation of everyone. His desire, study, and prayer changed the world. Chile is a very special place where there has been prophesy that the gospel will be central in the lives of many families.
I found out that Hermana Aguilar's first companion and trainer was Hermana Kendra Tropple my friend from Arizona! Crazy! The Mormon world is so small but that is because we are working together in the work of the Lord.
Last night Hermana Aguilar shared a scripture with me that I didn’t know I needed till after. I was sharing with her my feelings of being overwhelmed with the tasks that I need to complete to be an effective missionary so she shared these scriptures with me; D&C 10: 4-5, Mosiah 4:27, Isaiah 28:9-11...I know that she is an instrument in the hand of the Lord. It was a spiritual experience and I felt through the Holy Ghost that the Lord was pleased with my work and that He was going to help me accomplish my righteous desires.
This experience gave me great peace because we have been teaching Fernando a man that is familiar with the bible and other religious books. All of this literature has confused him so he has a lot of questions so my companion and I have a lot of correcting to do. He said that he doesn’t receive revelation when he talks to us, so we are praying for special guidance from the Spirit on what to teach him. He has dreams or visions and wondered if we believed in them, we said yes, read the tropical guide together and shared scriptures. I haven’t heard of too many people outside of the prophets having visions, and I haven’t had one personally so I’ll have to study it more. I know I can’t interpret his dreams so I just shared with him what I did know. I told him that he can receive personal revelation and that I knew that those who have callings over us especially the Prophet receives revelation for us daily. And that if his dreams were telling him to do good things they were of God and if they were bad they were of the Devil, and that is what I know of dreams and visions in a nut shell.
This week will be even better with a clean and more organized house. I can focus on our goals and our goals for the investigators, members, and contacts. Whahoo! Another wonderful and fruitful week here I come!
I love you!!! Hermana Wade :D
PS. Please contact Tony Piña and let his family view my blog and see the areas that I’m serving in.
PS. Contact Kendra give her my blog too and tell her about my companion that she trained. And tell her that Hna. Aguilar says Hola! My companion says that she is married now! Crazy fast! Oh and tell her I found some of her letters when I was cleaning out a box in my house, and that I’ll send them in my next box home : D Oh and my companion just showed me all of their photos together as companions. How cute.
The beginning of this week was hard because my companion and I were both sick. She received a priesthood blessing by Hermano Salvador Reyes; the member that shares the back of his house with the missionaries. Then my companion was able to help me get better when I was sick. I appreciate her so much!
Tuesday I taught the importance of records in the weekly meeting with my district. Just like all the prophets, the angels, and my ancestors wrote the important spiritual experiences so will I. This is becoming more and more important to me everyday as I enjoy reading the scriptures and as I write in my agenda and the mission binder.
I really appreciate the Reyes family, because it is there goal to help me speak really good Spanish. The natural communication is very helpful. It’s great for the both of us because they practice speaking English to me and I reply in Spanish. It was really fun to learn that Hno Reyes is an Agriculturist, and BYU hired him to work in Utah for 2 months because he specialized in llamas! His spouse Hna Solis showed me pictures of her dream trip to Utah to see the Salt Lake Temple for her friends wedding and she also went to Idaho and Wyoming. It was fun to see her excitement and to think of my memories visiting the same places that she did. It was a fond bonding moment.
Then Sunday with the Guzman family we ate yummy pizza made in her home bakery. They are helping me with the Castellano (Chilean words) too by letting me write all the words I don’t know in my little notebook that I carry with me everywhere. I’m learning the language as fast as I can and I appreciate the compliments from everyone I meet that says I speak very well for 8 weeks in Chile. This family also gave me a special welcome to Punta Arenas by singing 7 Chilean songs. They have beautiful voices and it was fun to see there love and talents that they shared. My mamita´s family is helping me too. She printed me off a dictionary of Chilean words, haha she is so funny, but very sweet and thoughtful.
We had a special conference just for the people in Chile as Stakes were we had special message from Henry B. Eyring. He talked about how our faith comes after we act, and that when we seek for the Kingdom of God first all other things will work out. I love how he gave Joseph Smith as an example of seeking for the Kingdom of God first. He didn’t ask for wealth, health, or lives of his family, he was more interested for His salvation and the salvation of everyone. His desire, study, and prayer changed the world. Chile is a very special place where there has been prophesy that the gospel will be central in the lives of many families.
I found out that Hermana Aguilar's first companion and trainer was Hermana Kendra Tropple my friend from Arizona! Crazy! The Mormon world is so small but that is because we are working together in the work of the Lord.
Last night Hermana Aguilar shared a scripture with me that I didn’t know I needed till after. I was sharing with her my feelings of being overwhelmed with the tasks that I need to complete to be an effective missionary so she shared these scriptures with me; D&C 10: 4-5, Mosiah 4:27, Isaiah 28:9-11...I know that she is an instrument in the hand of the Lord. It was a spiritual experience and I felt through the Holy Ghost that the Lord was pleased with my work and that He was going to help me accomplish my righteous desires.
This experience gave me great peace because we have been teaching Fernando a man that is familiar with the bible and other religious books. All of this literature has confused him so he has a lot of questions so my companion and I have a lot of correcting to do. He said that he doesn’t receive revelation when he talks to us, so we are praying for special guidance from the Spirit on what to teach him. He has dreams or visions and wondered if we believed in them, we said yes, read the tropical guide together and shared scriptures. I haven’t heard of too many people outside of the prophets having visions, and I haven’t had one personally so I’ll have to study it more. I know I can’t interpret his dreams so I just shared with him what I did know. I told him that he can receive personal revelation and that I knew that those who have callings over us especially the Prophet receives revelation for us daily. And that if his dreams were telling him to do good things they were of God and if they were bad they were of the Devil, and that is what I know of dreams and visions in a nut shell.
This week will be even better with a clean and more organized house. I can focus on our goals and our goals for the investigators, members, and contacts. Whahoo! Another wonderful and fruitful week here I come!
I love you!!! Hermana Wade :D
PS. Please contact Tony Piña and let his family view my blog and see the areas that I’m serving in.
PS. Contact Kendra give her my blog too and tell her about my companion that she trained. And tell her that Hna. Aguilar says Hola! My companion says that she is married now! Crazy fast! Oh and tell her I found some of her letters when I was cleaning out a box in my house, and that I’ll send them in my next box home : D Oh and my companion just showed me all of their photos together as companions. How cute.
Monday, February 2, 2009
PUNTA ARENAS OVEJERO
FAMILY
Whahooo!!! What a great week! I said good-bye to all of my friends in Alerce on Tuesday. We took pictures and got addresses for after the mission. I love them all so much and I feel good about the work I’ve done in Alerce. My companion gave me my last advice and I wrote them down so that I could remember them 1) always be ready 2) always look at my agenda and search for the addresses 3) always seek to attain the good attributes of those around me 4) serve everyone around me including my companion 5) have enthusiasm everyday 6) don’t critique others 7) read the Book of Mormon everyday
The flight to Punta Arenas was great! My temporary companion was Hna. Alvarez. She is such a sweetheart we had a great time taking pictures with the 3 elders that flew with us acting like we were on a roller coaster but with out the screaming hehe hahaha ; ) After we dropped off 3 Elders in Coyaique, Hermana Alvarez and I enjoyed sharing the gospel with a married man with a little family. It’s little moments like this that I treasure where the seed has been planted and I hope it grows.
When I landed I felt this overwhelming peace knowing that this is the place that Heavenly Father wanted me to serve right now because he was the only person that I talked to about my desire to serve here in Punta Arenas because my companion always talked about how much she learned, and how much she loved the people and the food.
When we were driving to meet up with my new companion, I noticed right away that all the trees were horizontal as I was soaking up the new territory. I thought this was very strange and I realized what I was getting myself into....a lot of wind! The trees grew at a slant because of the force of the wind....its crazy!
My new companion is AMAZING, Wonderful, everything I could ever ask for. I LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!!! She is a super missionary and I feel very loved around her. We contact everyone we see whether they are in our path across the main streets, arriving home, working in there garden, peeking through their window from across the street! We even go door to door!! Ok I have to tell my favorite stories!
The man that was peeking at us through the window was golden! He was alone, so we ended up teaching the first lesson about God, Jesus, prophets, priesthood, and families. I could feel the Holy Ghost prompt us on what to share and we ended up asking him to pray about the things we shared and when he received a answer to his prayers to follow his feelings and the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized in His church, and he agreed, I can’t wait to teach him again with his family.
Then when we were going door to door my companion got bit by a big dog on her finger! The family that owned this dog immediately took us in and cleaned the wounds and gave us strawberry milk (Mmmm). I was amazed how their little family of four went to work fixing my companions finger and making us feel welcomed into there home. This family felt so bad because an 11 year old boy had died from a dog bit last year (I’m not sure if it was because there dog) and she started crying. So we comforted her and told her everything was going to be ok. She sat us down and made us dinner and then I told her that we were missionaries and that we were here to share a message about Jesus and how her family could be eternal. She said she shared with missionaries before and she wasn’t interested because she was catholic, but she wanted us to come by the next day to see how Hna. Aguilar's finger was doing. We taught her lesson 2 about the Plan of Happiness the next day we gave her a Book of Mormon but she was only interested in being our friends, I have hope that because she has accepted us, she will accept our Master Jesus Christ also.
I love seeing how the Lord always blesses us with the Golden new investigators at the end of the day when we have had a long day at work. We contacted a man that had a beautiful view of the sea and we taught him on his field because he was alone also. He had many great questions and was very intelligent and receptive. My companion and I gave him a Book of Mormon and pamphlet to schedule another appointment with a member of the ward.
I’m serving ocean side in a ward called Ovejero. I Love this name because it translates to sheep! In the Bible Jesus asks Simon Peter, ‘do you love me?’, Simon says, ‘Lord thou knowest that I love Thee’, and Jesus says, ‘Feed My Sheep!’ I love it I feel like the disciples in the olden days, and I feel like Jesus leaving the 99 to find the 1 that is lost! It is a powerful feeling. I don’t feel alone, as I walk I feel like Jesus, his disciples, and all his faithful servants are with me. I’m a simple instrument in the hands of the Lord, but I’m helping great things come to pass!
I bore my testimony in my ward to start off on a good note so that all the members would know that I was here to work for the Lord and to help them bring their friends and family into the fold of the Shepherd. I told them of my goal to open a temple somewhere in the Osorno Chile mission, and I knew that if we all did our part and followed the commandments with exactness, this great blessing would come to pass! I told them that I love the temple and those covenants are so important, but that I was there primarily to help neighbors make their first covenant of baptism. The ward was very nice and welcoming. My companion has great confidence in me and makes me feel important and of worth by letting me share my feelings and thoughts in all meetings with the bishopric. We are working on putting a music festival together and we are working on getting more references.
Today my companion and I deep cleaned our house, Krista style! It’s a good way to start off new with a bang! I love cleaning, it’s therapy! I love seeing how dirty it was at first and seeing the difference and progress afterwards. We gutted out all the cupboards, organized the shelves, cleaned the fridge, and threw out 6 loads of garbage! My companion and I are so happy and love our new little house. All I have to do know is put up a bunch of pictures of Jesus and then I’ll be finished, because a clean organized house is a House of God.
Love your daughter, Hermana Wade
Ps. It was so funny, last night my companion and I couldn’t fall asleep because of the mate! I love it!
Whahooo!!! What a great week! I said good-bye to all of my friends in Alerce on Tuesday. We took pictures and got addresses for after the mission. I love them all so much and I feel good about the work I’ve done in Alerce. My companion gave me my last advice and I wrote them down so that I could remember them 1) always be ready 2) always look at my agenda and search for the addresses 3) always seek to attain the good attributes of those around me 4) serve everyone around me including my companion 5) have enthusiasm everyday 6) don’t critique others 7) read the Book of Mormon everyday
The flight to Punta Arenas was great! My temporary companion was Hna. Alvarez. She is such a sweetheart we had a great time taking pictures with the 3 elders that flew with us acting like we were on a roller coaster but with out the screaming hehe hahaha ; ) After we dropped off 3 Elders in Coyaique, Hermana Alvarez and I enjoyed sharing the gospel with a married man with a little family. It’s little moments like this that I treasure where the seed has been planted and I hope it grows.
When I landed I felt this overwhelming peace knowing that this is the place that Heavenly Father wanted me to serve right now because he was the only person that I talked to about my desire to serve here in Punta Arenas because my companion always talked about how much she learned, and how much she loved the people and the food.
When we were driving to meet up with my new companion, I noticed right away that all the trees were horizontal as I was soaking up the new territory. I thought this was very strange and I realized what I was getting myself into....a lot of wind! The trees grew at a slant because of the force of the wind....its crazy!
My new companion is AMAZING, Wonderful, everything I could ever ask for. I LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!!! She is a super missionary and I feel very loved around her. We contact everyone we see whether they are in our path across the main streets, arriving home, working in there garden, peeking through their window from across the street! We even go door to door!! Ok I have to tell my favorite stories!
The man that was peeking at us through the window was golden! He was alone, so we ended up teaching the first lesson about God, Jesus, prophets, priesthood, and families. I could feel the Holy Ghost prompt us on what to share and we ended up asking him to pray about the things we shared and when he received a answer to his prayers to follow his feelings and the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized in His church, and he agreed, I can’t wait to teach him again with his family.
Then when we were going door to door my companion got bit by a big dog on her finger! The family that owned this dog immediately took us in and cleaned the wounds and gave us strawberry milk (Mmmm). I was amazed how their little family of four went to work fixing my companions finger and making us feel welcomed into there home. This family felt so bad because an 11 year old boy had died from a dog bit last year (I’m not sure if it was because there dog) and she started crying. So we comforted her and told her everything was going to be ok. She sat us down and made us dinner and then I told her that we were missionaries and that we were here to share a message about Jesus and how her family could be eternal. She said she shared with missionaries before and she wasn’t interested because she was catholic, but she wanted us to come by the next day to see how Hna. Aguilar's finger was doing. We taught her lesson 2 about the Plan of Happiness the next day we gave her a Book of Mormon but she was only interested in being our friends, I have hope that because she has accepted us, she will accept our Master Jesus Christ also.
I love seeing how the Lord always blesses us with the Golden new investigators at the end of the day when we have had a long day at work. We contacted a man that had a beautiful view of the sea and we taught him on his field because he was alone also. He had many great questions and was very intelligent and receptive. My companion and I gave him a Book of Mormon and pamphlet to schedule another appointment with a member of the ward.
I’m serving ocean side in a ward called Ovejero. I Love this name because it translates to sheep! In the Bible Jesus asks Simon Peter, ‘do you love me?’, Simon says, ‘Lord thou knowest that I love Thee’, and Jesus says, ‘Feed My Sheep!’ I love it I feel like the disciples in the olden days, and I feel like Jesus leaving the 99 to find the 1 that is lost! It is a powerful feeling. I don’t feel alone, as I walk I feel like Jesus, his disciples, and all his faithful servants are with me. I’m a simple instrument in the hands of the Lord, but I’m helping great things come to pass!
I bore my testimony in my ward to start off on a good note so that all the members would know that I was here to work for the Lord and to help them bring their friends and family into the fold of the Shepherd. I told them of my goal to open a temple somewhere in the Osorno Chile mission, and I knew that if we all did our part and followed the commandments with exactness, this great blessing would come to pass! I told them that I love the temple and those covenants are so important, but that I was there primarily to help neighbors make their first covenant of baptism. The ward was very nice and welcoming. My companion has great confidence in me and makes me feel important and of worth by letting me share my feelings and thoughts in all meetings with the bishopric. We are working on putting a music festival together and we are working on getting more references.
Today my companion and I deep cleaned our house, Krista style! It’s a good way to start off new with a bang! I love cleaning, it’s therapy! I love seeing how dirty it was at first and seeing the difference and progress afterwards. We gutted out all the cupboards, organized the shelves, cleaned the fridge, and threw out 6 loads of garbage! My companion and I are so happy and love our new little house. All I have to do know is put up a bunch of pictures of Jesus and then I’ll be finished, because a clean organized house is a House of God.
Love your daughter, Hermana Wade
Ps. It was so funny, last night my companion and I couldn’t fall asleep because of the mate! I love it!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Te Amo Mucho
Hola family
It was another wonderful week!
It was my first experience witnessing an Evangelico prayer. Wow! We shared the pictures (laminas) of Jesus Christ’s life and his ministry with the 3 active Evangelico women. It was interesting how they agreed with a lot of thing that we testified of. Evangelicos are like Mormon want-to-be’s. They clam they have the priesthood authority and they give it to women in their church also. They claim they have the correct baptism because they do water by immersion also but they lack the authority.
I was very saddened by their manner of prayer when one woman offered the closing prayer. The prayer started off with saying Lord over and over which bothers me because I think it’s almost like taking His name in vain. Then she started yelling and the other women followed yelling the same thing. I started praying that they would stop. My companion started poking me and so I peeked at her and she pointed in the direction of the women, so I looked and they were standing and waving there arms up over there head and yelling. By this time the Spirit was long gone and my body quaked and I was almost nauseous because of the feeling in that room. I felt like she was calling all the demons of Satan himself. Finally the chanting stopped!
I wouldn’t ever in my life say Amen to such Blasphemy. I just packed up my things and said good-bye. As I hugged them good-bye her body was shaking and her eyes were watery. She also had an evil grin on her face as if she was proud of herself for calling the demons. I just had to shake my head and leave because I was dizzy and the room was spinning. I gasped for air because I was suffocating in that room. Then I offered up a prayer to gain back his spirit.
Later I thought of how Joseph Smith would stop the situation by saying ‘‘Silence ye heathens of the earth. I command you in the name of the Son Jesus to Be Still or you and I will die this instant!’’ I’m pretty sure it talks about the Holy ghost in there bible too and I’m sure it talks about how the Spirits voice isn’t in the earthquake or in the thunder, but it is a still small voice that comes as a good thought and a peaceful feeling.
My companion and I found a house to one of our contacts and the women said that we couldn’t come in because her son was sick. So my companion and I asked if we could come inside and offer a prayer to bless her son with health. She let us in when we said we wouldn’t take a lot of her time. We entered, introduced ourselves and offered up a sweet prayer to bless him with health and bless their house, and then we set up an appointment for next week. I was so thankful for this experience and offered a prayer of thanks for that special moment.
When Marisol one of our investigators went to Beldivia to see her family they talked her into not getting baptized and that she should separate from Hno. Patricio and not get married. So when we stopped by his house he told us this and that they were separated. I was devastated because I knew what it was like for my family, parents and siblings. So as I prayed for them daily. Yesterday we stopped by their house and my companion asked me to share a scripture and I shared the 2nd article of faith…man will be punished for his own sins and not for Adams transgressions. This gave me hope that I would only suffer from my own sins and not from others. They later announced that they were back together!! I don’t know what happened but I’m sure the prayers helped. I’m glad that I shared my experience and testified of the importance of families.
Hermana Carmela the recent convert is sharing the gospel with others...oh happy day!Two investigators attended the church with us this week and it was a great experience to explain the importance of the sacrament and the symbolism. It was perfect because Elder Galatti testified of the Sacrament and all the leaders in the church spoke about the priesthood and gave great advice on how to raise his family.
Sorry I haven’t responded I’ll read the letters tonight. Today is the first time that I was able to copy so I’ll write ya’ll latter.
I just found out that I'm going to PUNTA ARENAS!!!! WAHOOOO! GOD LOVES ME AND ANSWERS MY PRAYERS EVERYDAY!!!! Ya buddy! : D My companion is Hermana Aguilar! I’ll tell ya more latter! I’m on the top of the world right now. Chow! Cuidense!
Love Hermana Wade
It was another wonderful week!
It was my first experience witnessing an Evangelico prayer. Wow! We shared the pictures (laminas) of Jesus Christ’s life and his ministry with the 3 active Evangelico women. It was interesting how they agreed with a lot of thing that we testified of. Evangelicos are like Mormon want-to-be’s. They clam they have the priesthood authority and they give it to women in their church also. They claim they have the correct baptism because they do water by immersion also but they lack the authority.
I was very saddened by their manner of prayer when one woman offered the closing prayer. The prayer started off with saying Lord over and over which bothers me because I think it’s almost like taking His name in vain. Then she started yelling and the other women followed yelling the same thing. I started praying that they would stop. My companion started poking me and so I peeked at her and she pointed in the direction of the women, so I looked and they were standing and waving there arms up over there head and yelling. By this time the Spirit was long gone and my body quaked and I was almost nauseous because of the feeling in that room. I felt like she was calling all the demons of Satan himself. Finally the chanting stopped!
I wouldn’t ever in my life say Amen to such Blasphemy. I just packed up my things and said good-bye. As I hugged them good-bye her body was shaking and her eyes were watery. She also had an evil grin on her face as if she was proud of herself for calling the demons. I just had to shake my head and leave because I was dizzy and the room was spinning. I gasped for air because I was suffocating in that room. Then I offered up a prayer to gain back his spirit.
Later I thought of how Joseph Smith would stop the situation by saying ‘‘Silence ye heathens of the earth. I command you in the name of the Son Jesus to Be Still or you and I will die this instant!’’ I’m pretty sure it talks about the Holy ghost in there bible too and I’m sure it talks about how the Spirits voice isn’t in the earthquake or in the thunder, but it is a still small voice that comes as a good thought and a peaceful feeling.
My companion and I found a house to one of our contacts and the women said that we couldn’t come in because her son was sick. So my companion and I asked if we could come inside and offer a prayer to bless her son with health. She let us in when we said we wouldn’t take a lot of her time. We entered, introduced ourselves and offered up a sweet prayer to bless him with health and bless their house, and then we set up an appointment for next week. I was so thankful for this experience and offered a prayer of thanks for that special moment.
When Marisol one of our investigators went to Beldivia to see her family they talked her into not getting baptized and that she should separate from Hno. Patricio and not get married. So when we stopped by his house he told us this and that they were separated. I was devastated because I knew what it was like for my family, parents and siblings. So as I prayed for them daily. Yesterday we stopped by their house and my companion asked me to share a scripture and I shared the 2nd article of faith…man will be punished for his own sins and not for Adams transgressions. This gave me hope that I would only suffer from my own sins and not from others. They later announced that they were back together!! I don’t know what happened but I’m sure the prayers helped. I’m glad that I shared my experience and testified of the importance of families.
Hermana Carmela the recent convert is sharing the gospel with others...oh happy day!Two investigators attended the church with us this week and it was a great experience to explain the importance of the sacrament and the symbolism. It was perfect because Elder Galatti testified of the Sacrament and all the leaders in the church spoke about the priesthood and gave great advice on how to raise his family.
Sorry I haven’t responded I’ll read the letters tonight. Today is the first time that I was able to copy so I’ll write ya’ll latter.
I just found out that I'm going to PUNTA ARENAS!!!! WAHOOOO! GOD LOVES ME AND ANSWERS MY PRAYERS EVERYDAY!!!! Ya buddy! : D My companion is Hermana Aguilar! I’ll tell ya more latter! I’m on the top of the world right now. Chow! Cuidense!
Love Hermana Wade
Monday, January 19, 2009
First Baptism
Hola!
This week Hermana Maria Carmela Garcia Inferno was baptized in the Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días. She was my first baptism on the mission and what a great experience that was! She has a strong testimony of the Bible and is gaining a love for el Libro de Mormon and the prophets. I was worried that her friends or family might persuade her to not be baptized but she persevered and now she just has to persevere to the end.
The spirit was so strong as she and the other sister was baptized. The meeting in the House of the Lord was filled with the Holy Ghost and brought us to tears because baptism gives all of us hope, happiness, and a clean countenance. I could see it in their eyes and feel there spirit rejoice as they bore testimony of the experience. The hymns and special musical number brought everyone in attendances spirit to rejoice together of this important covenant. I’m so thankful for the covenants that I have made and strive to keep them daily to make another covenant of sealing that is of great importance.
When the sister bore her testimony for the first time she said that it was her first of many, and I thought the same thing about bringing people into the waters of baptism.
Thank you for the updates.
Hermana Wade
I think this is my address:
Hermana Wade
Mackena 987
oficina 3 edificio paillahue
region x
osorno chile
This week Hermana Maria Carmela Garcia Inferno was baptized in the Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días. She was my first baptism on the mission and what a great experience that was! She has a strong testimony of the Bible and is gaining a love for el Libro de Mormon and the prophets. I was worried that her friends or family might persuade her to not be baptized but she persevered and now she just has to persevere to the end.
The spirit was so strong as she and the other sister was baptized. The meeting in the House of the Lord was filled with the Holy Ghost and brought us to tears because baptism gives all of us hope, happiness, and a clean countenance. I could see it in their eyes and feel there spirit rejoice as they bore testimony of the experience. The hymns and special musical number brought everyone in attendances spirit to rejoice together of this important covenant. I’m so thankful for the covenants that I have made and strive to keep them daily to make another covenant of sealing that is of great importance.
When the sister bore her testimony for the first time she said that it was her first of many, and I thought the same thing about bringing people into the waters of baptism.
Thank you for the updates.
Hermana Wade
I think this is my address:
Hermana Wade
Mackena 987
oficina 3 edificio paillahue
region x
osorno chile
Monday, January 12, 2009
SO HAPPY
SORRY NO LETTER FOR MY FANS THIS WEEK. I WANT TO READ AND RESPOND TO ALL THE LETTERS. It takes 2 weeks to get letters so I think I’ll be writing more on the computer, and we really don’t have much writing time. I know ya'll understand. Just know I love you lots and I love hearing from all of you. I’m so proud of you! I can see how the lord has been poring out blessings upon all of you and I see that all of you have become more firm in the gospel. It brings me to my knees to pour out my heart my gratitude for your testimonies. My life is blessed. I’m thankful for the hard times that make me more grateful for the good times.I love all of you lots! Te amo para siempre!
Hermana Wade
OH, OK HERE IS A COPY OF THE LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT
Presidente Lovell!
I’m so excited to see you tomorrow! Wahoo! It will be great to meet again and to be spiritually uplifted with my missionary friends in the work of the Lord!
This week was great! My companion is patient with me and we have become close friends. I love talking with her! She has so much to offer and I live off of her words of wisdom. She is a great teacher. The more we talk the more I learn and love her.
The language is getting better everyday. I’m understanding the Chileans better because I’m listening to every word that I hear and I peace together all the words I learn and then if it is appropriate, I ask what a word is that I haven’t heard before. When I’m not talking with the Chileans I’m reading and studying. I’m also reading out loud from a little Spanish book to my companion so that she can correct my pronunciation. I think it is helping me feel more comfortable speaking Spanish. It is so important to speak there language and tounge so reading aloud is helping it get engrained in my head. I’ve also been reading from the Book of Mormon in Spanish every chance I get, and I hope to finish it with the rest of the missionaries by March.
Thank you so much for the privilege to have lunch with Hermana Patty Leal everyday as my Mamita! I love her so much! She is a valiant virtuous woman of truth! She was a previous missionary and she helps me understand more about the gospel from a Chile stand point, and when I talk to her I understand the needs for the investigators and members in Alerce. Wow! If you haven’t met her or talked to her you should. She is an example to me because she follows the example of Jesus and lives the gospel. I want my family to be like hers. I love watching the love that her husband and children have for each other and for the gospel.
Hermana Carmela promised to be baptized 17-Enero-2009! I’m so excited for her and hope she realizes how important this is in her life. I don’t think I did when I was 8 years old but I’m so eternally grateful! This gospel is my life! I’m so grateful for my faithful ancestors that started this legacy of following Christ and enduring to the end.
Sincerely your sister in the work,
Hermana Wade
Hermana Wade
OH, OK HERE IS A COPY OF THE LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT
Presidente Lovell!
I’m so excited to see you tomorrow! Wahoo! It will be great to meet again and to be spiritually uplifted with my missionary friends in the work of the Lord!
This week was great! My companion is patient with me and we have become close friends. I love talking with her! She has so much to offer and I live off of her words of wisdom. She is a great teacher. The more we talk the more I learn and love her.
The language is getting better everyday. I’m understanding the Chileans better because I’m listening to every word that I hear and I peace together all the words I learn and then if it is appropriate, I ask what a word is that I haven’t heard before. When I’m not talking with the Chileans I’m reading and studying. I’m also reading out loud from a little Spanish book to my companion so that she can correct my pronunciation. I think it is helping me feel more comfortable speaking Spanish. It is so important to speak there language and tounge so reading aloud is helping it get engrained in my head. I’ve also been reading from the Book of Mormon in Spanish every chance I get, and I hope to finish it with the rest of the missionaries by March.
Thank you so much for the privilege to have lunch with Hermana Patty Leal everyday as my Mamita! I love her so much! She is a valiant virtuous woman of truth! She was a previous missionary and she helps me understand more about the gospel from a Chile stand point, and when I talk to her I understand the needs for the investigators and members in Alerce. Wow! If you haven’t met her or talked to her you should. She is an example to me because she follows the example of Jesus and lives the gospel. I want my family to be like hers. I love watching the love that her husband and children have for each other and for the gospel.
Hermana Carmela promised to be baptized 17-Enero-2009! I’m so excited for her and hope she realizes how important this is in her life. I don’t think I did when I was 8 years old but I’m so eternally grateful! This gospel is my life! I’m so grateful for my faithful ancestors that started this legacy of following Christ and enduring to the end.
Sincerely your sister in the work,
Hermana Wade
Monday, December 29, 2008
Hola From Chile!
Mon, 29 Dec 2008
The first day I was in Chile I went straight to work! As all the missionaries were standing around trying to figure out the bus situation. I looked at my companion and said ‘Contactos?’, she said ‘ok.’ So we contacted people at the bus station and it was great. Even though I didn’t understand everything I could understand there body language. I’m glad I had a companion that spoke the language. I was just so excited to be doing real missionary work, because I had been working and praying for these people for 3 months that I just wanted to be with them and hear them talk. When we got home we went to work again and we contacted the people on the street. It was great! I knew I wouldn’t know what they were saying, but I knew that if I put my effort in and worked, the Lord would bless me and the people we taught.
When we got home my companion was talking to me about what I needed to do better the next day and I just started crying because I just wanted to do my best and teach, but I could hardly talk because I couldn’t understand what anyone was saying unless they did pictionary and acted it out which also makes me feel like a child. So I just broke down and cried. She would say words that I didn’t know, so she would repeat her self louder and that didn’t help. I’m so thankful when she is patient with me. I’m thankful that she is my companion because she knows the language and she has great faith. When I was crying she told me to have patience and that we were going to start a fast tomorrow for me to understand the language fast. Her faith touched me deeply and it was a very successful fast because the next day I could understand everything she said in the companion prayer. I know it was an answer to prayer and I consider it as a great blessing!
The first change for me to adjust to is the language then of course it is the culture. I love how nice the people are and how they give kisses on the check and they are very welcoming in the home and give you food. One difficult time was when I was walking down the street after a lesson and I heard some men yelling about Soccer, which I heard was a huge sport. So I was looking and smiling out of interest, but my companion jumped in front of me and yelled ‘Don’t smile! They want to rape you! Listen!’ This took me by great surprise that the men in the culture would do that just by me smiling. It was also very embarrassing because it was in front of a member of the ward. I tried to explain the difference in culture and how I always smile because I’m a happy person, but I guess i just need to change that while I’m here.
I’m so thankful for the prophet Joseph Smith. My testimony of him grows everyday. Whenever we teach about the prophet Joseph Smith I feel the Holy Ghost so strong my body quakes inside even to my very core that he was a Prophet of God! So I know that everything else is true especially the Book of Mormon and I know that I need to follow all the commandments. : D
How are you? I hope you had a great Christmas holiday with your family. It is a great time of year to be with family, give service, and reflect about our Savior Jesus Christ. My Christmas was Chilean! I asked everyone what there Christmas traditions were and they said just be with there family. I was able to have a very nice Christmas dinner on the 24th that was picture perfect! Hermana Claudia and her daughter, and Hermana Veronica and her little son, and my companion and I ate a delicious feast. We ate in the living room of Claudia’s log cabin home around a circle table. Everyones faces glowed as we laughed from the glow of the candles on the table and the light of the Christmas tree. It was a spectacular moment filled with love and service that I will never forget.
I’m so glad that I have this opportunity to serve a mission for the Lord at this time in my life to learn and grow. I know that I’m going to serve missions with my future husband, but I wanted to experience it on my own first so that I can become that person I want to marry. I also wanted to learn more about the scriptures so that I can be well versed by reading and applying. It’s very important to me to know the Lord’s purpose for me specifically is. I also wanted to give Heavenly Father 18 months of my life to Him because he blesses me so much. I’m a very loving and service oriented person and I wanted to share that love by working hard for others.
The first day I was in Chile I went straight to work! As all the missionaries were standing around trying to figure out the bus situation. I looked at my companion and said ‘Contactos?’, she said ‘ok.’ So we contacted people at the bus station and it was great. Even though I didn’t understand everything I could understand there body language. I’m glad I had a companion that spoke the language. I was just so excited to be doing real missionary work, because I had been working and praying for these people for 3 months that I just wanted to be with them and hear them talk. When we got home we went to work again and we contacted the people on the street. It was great! I knew I wouldn’t know what they were saying, but I knew that if I put my effort in and worked, the Lord would bless me and the people we taught.
When we got home my companion was talking to me about what I needed to do better the next day and I just started crying because I just wanted to do my best and teach, but I could hardly talk because I couldn’t understand what anyone was saying unless they did pictionary and acted it out which also makes me feel like a child. So I just broke down and cried. She would say words that I didn’t know, so she would repeat her self louder and that didn’t help. I’m so thankful when she is patient with me. I’m thankful that she is my companion because she knows the language and she has great faith. When I was crying she told me to have patience and that we were going to start a fast tomorrow for me to understand the language fast. Her faith touched me deeply and it was a very successful fast because the next day I could understand everything she said in the companion prayer. I know it was an answer to prayer and I consider it as a great blessing!
The first change for me to adjust to is the language then of course it is the culture. I love how nice the people are and how they give kisses on the check and they are very welcoming in the home and give you food. One difficult time was when I was walking down the street after a lesson and I heard some men yelling about Soccer, which I heard was a huge sport. So I was looking and smiling out of interest, but my companion jumped in front of me and yelled ‘Don’t smile! They want to rape you! Listen!’ This took me by great surprise that the men in the culture would do that just by me smiling. It was also very embarrassing because it was in front of a member of the ward. I tried to explain the difference in culture and how I always smile because I’m a happy person, but I guess i just need to change that while I’m here.
I’m so thankful for the prophet Joseph Smith. My testimony of him grows everyday. Whenever we teach about the prophet Joseph Smith I feel the Holy Ghost so strong my body quakes inside even to my very core that he was a Prophet of God! So I know that everything else is true especially the Book of Mormon and I know that I need to follow all the commandments. : D
How are you? I hope you had a great Christmas holiday with your family. It is a great time of year to be with family, give service, and reflect about our Savior Jesus Christ. My Christmas was Chilean! I asked everyone what there Christmas traditions were and they said just be with there family. I was able to have a very nice Christmas dinner on the 24th that was picture perfect! Hermana Claudia and her daughter, and Hermana Veronica and her little son, and my companion and I ate a delicious feast. We ate in the living room of Claudia’s log cabin home around a circle table. Everyones faces glowed as we laughed from the glow of the candles on the table and the light of the Christmas tree. It was a spectacular moment filled with love and service that I will never forget.
I’m so glad that I have this opportunity to serve a mission for the Lord at this time in my life to learn and grow. I know that I’m going to serve missions with my future husband, but I wanted to experience it on my own first so that I can become that person I want to marry. I also wanted to learn more about the scriptures so that I can be well versed by reading and applying. It’s very important to me to know the Lord’s purpose for me specifically is. I also wanted to give Heavenly Father 18 months of my life to Him because he blesses me so much. I’m a very loving and service oriented person and I wanted to share that love by working hard for others.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
9th week/ last week at the MTC
December 11, 2008
I have seen many times this week where the Lord has shown His love by answering my prayers and giving me a lot of comfort by sending angels my way. In the R.C. (Referral Center) where people around the world can call and ask for free Bibles, Book of Mormons, and Church videos and we call to make sure they get them. People can also go onto www.mormon.org and ask us missionaries questions about the church. It is a great learning experience.
This week my companions were not with me because they were sick so I went with the rest of the Elders in my district and my teacher Hermano Gillis, there was a sister that was in charge of the RC that I sat by during my chats but it was difficult to answer these questions with no companion. During one of the phone calls in it was so bad I couldn't understand her Alabama accent and I was stumbling over my words because I didn't want to sound rude by asking her to repeat herself over and over again. So all of a sudden I heard a voice as if from heaven say "bare your testimony"...I was like WOW! So I stopped everything and I bore my testimony! Then the women said to me that she didn't want to be disrespectful but her ride just came to pick her up. So then I was at a loss of words again, so the voice told me this time "end the conversation"...so I stopped and told her to have a great day and ended the conversation. Ha ha ha! Later I found out that it was my Hermano Gillis listening in on the conversation. We talked about it and I re-listened to it to do better next time.
Then I received a call that was completely different. This woman called me and bore her testimony to me that the church is true and that she lost the church once, and she said the people are so nice that she would never turn her back on the church again, so I just thanked her for her testimony and committed her to share it with her family and friends so that they could be as happy as she was.
Then I got a call from a woman and she said that she had a question about Joseph Smith and I was so excited because I received my own personal testimony of Joseph Smith when I went on a family trip back East. But then she asked me "If Joseph Smith was a prophet of God then why did we break Gods commandment of not having multiple wives? She told me that he had 36 wives!!! I had never heard this before so I told her that I didn't know and that, I only knew of Emma. She told me that I had bad resources and that I needed to talk to my supervisor. So I was irritated and felt worthless not being able to answer the question. So all I could do is bare my testimony that I know that he was a prophet of God and that he followed his commandments.
My companion Hermana Griffiths was able to help me feel better by sharing the scripture of Nephi sharing Laban and how that was a commandment that we're not supposed to kill yet this was a commandment from God. Then Hermano Jensen bore his testimony about Joseph Smith, not even knowing my situation. Then Nathan sent me a letter bearing his testimony about prophets. What a great blessing!
I love you all! Have a great day!
I have seen many times this week where the Lord has shown His love by answering my prayers and giving me a lot of comfort by sending angels my way. In the R.C. (Referral Center) where people around the world can call and ask for free Bibles, Book of Mormons, and Church videos and we call to make sure they get them. People can also go onto www.mormon.org and ask us missionaries questions about the church. It is a great learning experience.
This week my companions were not with me because they were sick so I went with the rest of the Elders in my district and my teacher Hermano Gillis, there was a sister that was in charge of the RC that I sat by during my chats but it was difficult to answer these questions with no companion. During one of the phone calls in it was so bad I couldn't understand her Alabama accent and I was stumbling over my words because I didn't want to sound rude by asking her to repeat herself over and over again. So all of a sudden I heard a voice as if from heaven say "bare your testimony"...I was like WOW! So I stopped everything and I bore my testimony! Then the women said to me that she didn't want to be disrespectful but her ride just came to pick her up. So then I was at a loss of words again, so the voice told me this time "end the conversation"...so I stopped and told her to have a great day and ended the conversation. Ha ha ha! Later I found out that it was my Hermano Gillis listening in on the conversation. We talked about it and I re-listened to it to do better next time.
Then I received a call that was completely different. This woman called me and bore her testimony to me that the church is true and that she lost the church once, and she said the people are so nice that she would never turn her back on the church again, so I just thanked her for her testimony and committed her to share it with her family and friends so that they could be as happy as she was.
Then I got a call from a woman and she said that she had a question about Joseph Smith and I was so excited because I received my own personal testimony of Joseph Smith when I went on a family trip back East. But then she asked me "If Joseph Smith was a prophet of God then why did we break Gods commandment of not having multiple wives? She told me that he had 36 wives!!! I had never heard this before so I told her that I didn't know and that, I only knew of Emma. She told me that I had bad resources and that I needed to talk to my supervisor. So I was irritated and felt worthless not being able to answer the question. So all I could do is bare my testimony that I know that he was a prophet of God and that he followed his commandments.
My companion Hermana Griffiths was able to help me feel better by sharing the scripture of Nephi sharing Laban and how that was a commandment that we're not supposed to kill yet this was a commandment from God. Then Hermano Jensen bore his testimony about Joseph Smith, not even knowing my situation. Then Nathan sent me a letter bearing his testimony about prophets. What a great blessing!
I love you all! Have a great day!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
6th Week at the CCM
I cried last night because I'm worried about all of my family back home around the holiday times. I prayed to bless my family and that the Lord would give me comfort because I had not heard from a couple of you for awhile, and since my roommates and companions are so intuned with the spirit they knew that I wasn't myself and they're arms around me. And talked to me and gave me comfort. I know that the lord will bless my family as I'm gone on a mission. Elder Pili shared a special scripture with me D&C 31 which gave me great comfort.
Me gustaria compartir mi testimonio,Yo se que vivimos con dios antes la tierra. Yo se que Jesucristo fue unperfecto ejemplo por ustedes. El Senor sufrio por nuestro pecados. Yo seque Las familias pueden eternas vidas. El libro de Mormon la palabras dedios y orto testamento de Jesucristo. Estoy gracais por la sacederciodel evangelio. Estoy gracias por opurtunidad servio en mision y el ccm.Gracias por el templo y trabajar en el templo cada semana. Gracias pormis companeras y mis maetros. Yo amo ustedes mucho. Digo estas coasa enel nombre de Jesucristo, Amen.
~Hermana Wade~
P.S. HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING! TE AMO SIEMPRE!
Me gustaria compartir mi testimonio,Yo se que vivimos con dios antes la tierra. Yo se que Jesucristo fue unperfecto ejemplo por ustedes. El Senor sufrio por nuestro pecados. Yo seque Las familias pueden eternas vidas. El libro de Mormon la palabras dedios y orto testamento de Jesucristo. Estoy gracais por la sacederciodel evangelio. Estoy gracias por opurtunidad servio en mision y el ccm.Gracias por el templo y trabajar en el templo cada semana. Gracias pormis companeras y mis maetros. Yo amo ustedes mucho. Digo estas coasa enel nombre de Jesucristo, Amen.
~Hermana Wade~
P.S. HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING! TE AMO SIEMPRE!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
CCM Weeks 4 and 5
20 Nov 2008
Family!
I’m going to tell you all about my weeks here at the MTC!
I’m in Zone 20!! I’m in District A with Hermana Moemai, Hermana Griffiths, Hermana Demers (advanced because of previous Spanish experience), Elder Brailsford, Elder Mclean, Elder Hansen, Elder Barnwell, and Elder Turner! All of the Elders are going to go to Chile Santiago East with Hermana Griffiths; the other three of us sisters are going to Osorno Chile! My last letter gave you some detail on each person so please refer! District B is Elder Keeler Spanish wise, Elder McDonald sweetie, Elder Thatcher red head, Elder Jacoby has a great testimony, Elder Bedingfield thinks that I look like his sister, Elder Arthur says that he is my favorite, Elder Berry spoke in church this week and has a great testimony about rainy weather hard times and getting through them with hope in Christ, and Elder Barber has a great testimony! All are going to Riverside California! This district came in after us I especially love this district because they are so kind, they stick together all the time, they act like I’m there big sister and they are like my little brothers. District C is fun! There is Elder Ngatuvai our poly elder, Elder Parker short companion, Elder Avery gentleman, Elder Marcelino sweet heart and down to earth, Elder Demers proper and musical, Elder Redfurn dancer, and Elder Stout left to Peru, all the other missionaries are going to Tampico, Mexico! District D has our Zone leaders Elder Gunderson from Alberta Canada who is very good at volleyball, Elder Hrabar who has changed his handwriting just for his mission and is very good at drawing/ doodling, Elder Maddock is the gym man that is always doing weights during gym, Elder Hamm is from Arizona always competing with my companions to see who has the best agenda, Elder Geisler is always missing in action but when I do see him he is always making cool weight balancing objects out of tooth picks forks and salt shakers, Hermana Westwood previous coordinating sister with 11 kids in her family, Hermana Maple is our new coordinating sister. It was really cool to have all of the Hermanas in our zone sing the song “I Need Thee Every Hour”.
Sunday we go early to Relief Society to listen to the “Spoken Word” sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It is so beautiful! I love listening to them tell stories before they sing the song. It is a time to distress and enjoy the Spirit through song. Then in Relief Society the sister missionaries have the privilege to here from known people in the church. My favorite was the primary presidency! I can’t wait to go to teach the little Primary kids in Chile that Jesus loves them so much and that even though some of there family doesn’t accept the gospel that they can strive to make there own family an eternal family as they strive to keep the commandments.
At 2pm we take a temple walk with our district and take pictures. I love going to the temple, it is so beautiful, and I know that the ordinances there are eternal and sacred! I can’t wait to start my family one day inside after I have served the Lord and His children on my first mission. Then we have Sacrament with our zone. Then we have choir practice for the Tuesday devotional with the choir director who is just as funny as Brian Regan, but of course he is a lot more spiritual all of the missionaries enjoy bring around him. Then after the fireside you have a choice of watching a couple of different church movies, but all of the poly sisters and elders with there companions get together and sing great church music. It was put together by my companions because all of us have a love for music! Hermana Griffiths is great on the piano and makes up her own rendition of all the hymns on the spot and Elder Pili (Hermana Moemai cousin) is a great singer because he was previously Baptist so he has that great soul sound to his voice. It is the Highlight of our week to sing and it is very uplifting and a great way of making friends.
Mondays are the days when we have Large Group Meetings. It is fun because we watch The District which is a movie that is put on by the church watching missionaries using Preach My Gospel. It is the MTC soap opera! It is great filled with insights, spiritual experiences, and it is an eye opener to what really happens out there in the mission field.
Tuesday we have our TRC were we actually teach the lessons to volunteers, and now we are teaching it in Spanish! Yay! My companions and I get better and better every week. Afterwards my teacher gives us feedback on how we did and he always talks about how my district blow him away every week with how much we improve. Then to end the day right we have Tuesday night devotional this past Tuesday Elder Jeffery R. Holland spoke to us and it was amazing! He has become one of my favorite speakers because he is so bold! He shared his love for me and my Saviors love for me. He told me that I need to become that missionary that I want my investigators to be! Ha it was really funny when he described us missionaries like superheroes flying in the air looking down at the world watching for evil and attacking and saying, “Oh, I see evil let me attack! I will save that soul!”
Wednesday we have our weekly planning, were we plan out everything we have to get done as a District. My favorite part of Wednesday is the new missionaries come in and I decided to make myself the official missionary welcomer! So for every missionary that has an orange dot to show that they are new I give them a big handshake and smile with a big welcome greeting saying “Welcome to the MTC!!” Wednesday is also great because we get ice cream for lunch and dinner with toppings from the BYU creamery! Yummy!
Thursday are Preparation day were we get to go to the Provo Temple! Last week was my first time doing Sealing’s, and this was my first week doing Initiatories at the Provo Temple. I love the temple! It is so important to go there often! After all we are ushering the second coming of Jesus Christ! Then we have till 6pm to do letter writing, laundry, and email.
Friday is the day when we speak only in Español! It really helps! Soon I’m just going to speak all the time in Spanish because according to the MTC, I’m on my 7th week and leaving to Chile on December 15th!
Saturday is fun because we have service at 6:30am and straiten chairs and clean the girls bathroom to get ready for Sunday!
Everyday we have personal study were we study the things we need to personally. We also have Companion study where we can study as a companionship to become closer and to focus our efforts on teaching better and studying. We also have Language Study Time were we have different ways of studying the language through a computer program called TALL. It helps a lot drilling the vocab into your head. I also like the flash cards and reading the scriptures in Spanish.
The MTC is filled with lots of good meals. Sometime that’s all I feel we do is study, listen to great talks, eat, study, have class, eat, study, go to the gym, and then eat and study and listen to a great talk. I really enjoy every bit of the MTC experience!
I love you! Talk to you later!
Family!
I’m going to tell you all about my weeks here at the MTC!
I’m in Zone 20!! I’m in District A with Hermana Moemai, Hermana Griffiths, Hermana Demers (advanced because of previous Spanish experience), Elder Brailsford, Elder Mclean, Elder Hansen, Elder Barnwell, and Elder Turner! All of the Elders are going to go to Chile Santiago East with Hermana Griffiths; the other three of us sisters are going to Osorno Chile! My last letter gave you some detail on each person so please refer! District B is Elder Keeler Spanish wise, Elder McDonald sweetie, Elder Thatcher red head, Elder Jacoby has a great testimony, Elder Bedingfield thinks that I look like his sister, Elder Arthur says that he is my favorite, Elder Berry spoke in church this week and has a great testimony about rainy weather hard times and getting through them with hope in Christ, and Elder Barber has a great testimony! All are going to Riverside California! This district came in after us I especially love this district because they are so kind, they stick together all the time, they act like I’m there big sister and they are like my little brothers. District C is fun! There is Elder Ngatuvai our poly elder, Elder Parker short companion, Elder Avery gentleman, Elder Marcelino sweet heart and down to earth, Elder Demers proper and musical, Elder Redfurn dancer, and Elder Stout left to Peru, all the other missionaries are going to Tampico, Mexico! District D has our Zone leaders Elder Gunderson from Alberta Canada who is very good at volleyball, Elder Hrabar who has changed his handwriting just for his mission and is very good at drawing/ doodling, Elder Maddock is the gym man that is always doing weights during gym, Elder Hamm is from Arizona always competing with my companions to see who has the best agenda, Elder Geisler is always missing in action but when I do see him he is always making cool weight balancing objects out of tooth picks forks and salt shakers, Hermana Westwood previous coordinating sister with 11 kids in her family, Hermana Maple is our new coordinating sister. It was really cool to have all of the Hermanas in our zone sing the song “I Need Thee Every Hour”.
Sunday we go early to Relief Society to listen to the “Spoken Word” sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It is so beautiful! I love listening to them tell stories before they sing the song. It is a time to distress and enjoy the Spirit through song. Then in Relief Society the sister missionaries have the privilege to here from known people in the church. My favorite was the primary presidency! I can’t wait to go to teach the little Primary kids in Chile that Jesus loves them so much and that even though some of there family doesn’t accept the gospel that they can strive to make there own family an eternal family as they strive to keep the commandments.
At 2pm we take a temple walk with our district and take pictures. I love going to the temple, it is so beautiful, and I know that the ordinances there are eternal and sacred! I can’t wait to start my family one day inside after I have served the Lord and His children on my first mission. Then we have Sacrament with our zone. Then we have choir practice for the Tuesday devotional with the choir director who is just as funny as Brian Regan, but of course he is a lot more spiritual all of the missionaries enjoy bring around him. Then after the fireside you have a choice of watching a couple of different church movies, but all of the poly sisters and elders with there companions get together and sing great church music. It was put together by my companions because all of us have a love for music! Hermana Griffiths is great on the piano and makes up her own rendition of all the hymns on the spot and Elder Pili (Hermana Moemai cousin) is a great singer because he was previously Baptist so he has that great soul sound to his voice. It is the Highlight of our week to sing and it is very uplifting and a great way of making friends.
Mondays are the days when we have Large Group Meetings. It is fun because we watch The District which is a movie that is put on by the church watching missionaries using Preach My Gospel. It is the MTC soap opera! It is great filled with insights, spiritual experiences, and it is an eye opener to what really happens out there in the mission field.
Tuesday we have our TRC were we actually teach the lessons to volunteers, and now we are teaching it in Spanish! Yay! My companions and I get better and better every week. Afterwards my teacher gives us feedback on how we did and he always talks about how my district blow him away every week with how much we improve. Then to end the day right we have Tuesday night devotional this past Tuesday Elder Jeffery R. Holland spoke to us and it was amazing! He has become one of my favorite speakers because he is so bold! He shared his love for me and my Saviors love for me. He told me that I need to become that missionary that I want my investigators to be! Ha it was really funny when he described us missionaries like superheroes flying in the air looking down at the world watching for evil and attacking and saying, “Oh, I see evil let me attack! I will save that soul!”
Wednesday we have our weekly planning, were we plan out everything we have to get done as a District. My favorite part of Wednesday is the new missionaries come in and I decided to make myself the official missionary welcomer! So for every missionary that has an orange dot to show that they are new I give them a big handshake and smile with a big welcome greeting saying “Welcome to the MTC!!” Wednesday is also great because we get ice cream for lunch and dinner with toppings from the BYU creamery! Yummy!
Thursday are Preparation day were we get to go to the Provo Temple! Last week was my first time doing Sealing’s, and this was my first week doing Initiatories at the Provo Temple. I love the temple! It is so important to go there often! After all we are ushering the second coming of Jesus Christ! Then we have till 6pm to do letter writing, laundry, and email.
Friday is the day when we speak only in Español! It really helps! Soon I’m just going to speak all the time in Spanish because according to the MTC, I’m on my 7th week and leaving to Chile on December 15th!
Saturday is fun because we have service at 6:30am and straiten chairs and clean the girls bathroom to get ready for Sunday!
Everyday we have personal study were we study the things we need to personally. We also have Companion study where we can study as a companionship to become closer and to focus our efforts on teaching better and studying. We also have Language Study Time were we have different ways of studying the language through a computer program called TALL. It helps a lot drilling the vocab into your head. I also like the flash cards and reading the scriptures in Spanish.
The MTC is filled with lots of good meals. Sometime that’s all I feel we do is study, listen to great talks, eat, study, have class, eat, study, go to the gym, and then eat and study and listen to a great talk. I really enjoy every bit of the MTC experience!
I love you! Talk to you later!
Monday, November 10, 2008
3rd Week at the CCM
Everyday gets better and better. The MTC is a rollercoaster filled with ups and downs. I love my district! Hermono Jensen is my teacher he is such a great teacher he goes to BYU and is a Poli Sci major, he is extremely wise in the gospel too. He is definitely a stud, but I think his love for the gospel just makes him that much more amazing. Hermono Gillis reminds me of Mr. Bean! He is hilarious because he is so nerdy. LOL! He wants us to be our best and he is always trying to improve. They speak a lot of Spanish to us so our board is always full of Spanish words that they say. Elder Turner is our District Leader he is from Georgia, "the bible belt", and helps us out in that department. He is companions with Elder Barnwell the charming comedian who is from Montana, they are in a trio with Elder Hansen who is our Mexican from New Mexico. Then Elder Brailsford is your all American Mormon Utah Package! He makes all of us laugh, he is a tall skinny blond. He is companions with Elder Mclean who is from Utah. He is so sweet and focused and he definitely keeps Elder Brailsford in line. All of these Elders have a great spirit and testimony! I feel privileged to share this experience with them.
My sisters are amazing and we take care of each other!We just got 3 new sisters in our room a total of 6!
It snowed, and I loved it! I got sick but the elders gave me a blessing and I feel better.
Sister Julie Beck, relief society president, came and spoke to us during the Tuesday devotional, and I gave her a great big hug!
I love all of you, family and friends!
Much Love!
Hermana Krista Wade
My sisters are amazing and we take care of each other!We just got 3 new sisters in our room a total of 6!
It snowed, and I loved it! I got sick but the elders gave me a blessing and I feel better.
Sister Julie Beck, relief society president, came and spoke to us during the Tuesday devotional, and I gave her a great big hug!
I love all of you, family and friends!
Much Love!
Hermana Krista Wade
Week 2 at the CCM
Hola family and friends!
I had another wonderful week at the CCM! Each day gets better and better! I'm learning more and more and applying what I learn everyday! We had a great Fireside about the Atonement on Sunday and he said that either you need to go talk to your bishop/ mission president and clear things up or you need to forgive yourself and move on. If you don't forgive your self then you don't understand the Atonement and you are being unChrist like! That was interesting! When ever there is a talk going on like that, or on any other topic, telling you to get up and do something you GO and DO! For me, it was something that happened awhile ago that i didn't think was so serious that I needed to talk to a bishop about it, but when you are a servant of God and when you are close to Him 24/7, then those things seem so much more important to fix. There is a scripture in 2 Nephi that my companion helped me find that doesn't give a list of things that you talk to your bishop about, it's anything that is weighing on your mind. I'm so glad that I was able to confess and forsake my sins. Now the weight has truly been lifted because I was made clean by the Atonement! Christ has already paid the price are you going to accept His great sacrifice for you or not? Now that I have personally experienced the Atonement I will be able to teach this from my own experience to the Chileans!
We also had a Tuesday devotional and L. Tom Perry came and spoke to us! It was such a privilege to be there with an Apostle of the Lord!
3Ne 5:13 I am a Disciple of Christ! I love this work!
I love all of you! Please write me at dearelder.com and send me written letters.
Your, Hermana Wade
I had another wonderful week at the CCM! Each day gets better and better! I'm learning more and more and applying what I learn everyday! We had a great Fireside about the Atonement on Sunday and he said that either you need to go talk to your bishop/ mission president and clear things up or you need to forgive yourself and move on. If you don't forgive your self then you don't understand the Atonement and you are being unChrist like! That was interesting! When ever there is a talk going on like that, or on any other topic, telling you to get up and do something you GO and DO! For me, it was something that happened awhile ago that i didn't think was so serious that I needed to talk to a bishop about it, but when you are a servant of God and when you are close to Him 24/7, then those things seem so much more important to fix. There is a scripture in 2 Nephi that my companion helped me find that doesn't give a list of things that you talk to your bishop about, it's anything that is weighing on your mind. I'm so glad that I was able to confess and forsake my sins. Now the weight has truly been lifted because I was made clean by the Atonement! Christ has already paid the price are you going to accept His great sacrifice for you or not? Now that I have personally experienced the Atonement I will be able to teach this from my own experience to the Chileans!
We also had a Tuesday devotional and L. Tom Perry came and spoke to us! It was such a privilege to be there with an Apostle of the Lord!
3Ne 5:13 I am a Disciple of Christ! I love this work!
I love all of you! Please write me at dearelder.com and send me written letters.
Your, Hermana Wade
HOLA FROM THE CCM (MTC)!
I am learning the Spanish language, and loving it! The first few days were hard just because I was tired and didn't get much sleep when I left the MTC, everyone told me the first few days of the MTC were hard and that it would get better after Sunday....boy were they right!! I was tired and falling asleep in the meetings and Nathan was right about all the rules!! I had the attitude of only keep the commandments, but I know that if I keep the MTC rules too I will have more blessings. This is the greatest once in a life time experience! I have the choice and time to read the scriptures and come closer to God and my Savior! I'm going to make my MTC experience Heaven on Earth!
Today I just got out of the Provo Temple for the first time of doing a Endowment session as a Hermana Missionero! It is so important that all of us go to the temple often because it is hard to come into the ceiling room and not see your family there. I had a wonderful time there in His Beautiful and Holy House! I hope the work was accepted by those waiting up in heaven!
Please tell me what has been going on! I already told some of the Elders that I have younger sisters that I can set them up with! haha! They liked the idea and said that you could right them! haha! I have been showing everybody your pictures! Guess what they said?!?! I've never heard this before...they said you were beautiful and that we all look alike!!! Isn't that crazy!!
Love,
Hermana Wade
Today I just got out of the Provo Temple for the first time of doing a Endowment session as a Hermana Missionero! It is so important that all of us go to the temple often because it is hard to come into the ceiling room and not see your family there. I had a wonderful time there in His Beautiful and Holy House! I hope the work was accepted by those waiting up in heaven!
Please tell me what has been going on! I already told some of the Elders that I have younger sisters that I can set them up with! haha! They liked the idea and said that you could right them! haha! I have been showing everybody your pictures! Guess what they said?!?! I've never heard this before...they said you were beautiful and that we all look alike!!! Isn't that crazy!!
Love,
Hermana Wade
So Long, Farewell!
Krista was set apart as a missionary on October 14th. She received a beautiful blessing from Bro. Peterson and President Greer. Afterward, Krista bore her beautiful testimony for the first time as a missionary. We're sure going to miss her! We all woke up really early(before the sun) to see her off at the airport on the 15th. She was so excited! We all took pictures and gave her a hug goodbye. I didn't tear up until I took the last picture of her before she walked through the checkpoint. She gave us the biggest smile, wave, and the I love you sign! We couldn't see her after that, so we went outside to look at the planes before going home. My mom got to go with her to drop her off at the MTC. She said that she really liked being able to help Krista put her badge on for the first time. Krista will be an amazing missionary! We Love You Krista!
I Love To See The Temple
Krista received her endowments in the Mesa Arizona Temple on August 20th. Thank you for letting us share in your special day, Krista! Congratulations! You are going to be a great missionary! We love you!
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