Well... I´ll just confess that I will not be able to give a good amount of info about what has happened in this past week and a half... that´s a long time to cover... sorry.
Super pday: played and ate lots. Last night we saw (for the first time for 99% of us missionaries) the new pioneer movie by the Church, "17 Miracles." Wow... it´s incredible. Everyone must see it... even if you´re not a member of the LDS Church. They had an incredible amount of faith in Jesus Christ. They trusted in Him, His Atonement, and His promises. Wow. I just love pioneer movies and stories, because they´re true and life-changing. You know it´s powerful when you hear a room full of 20-ish year old men sniffling and crying.
We went to the temple this morning and it was so refreshing. I was able to think a lot about families and realize how essential they are to God´s plan. I need to re-focus my goals as a missionary. We need to find and help everyone... but the families are so so important. I was also able to ponder about the covenants that I have made with the Lord. I have a lot to live up to. The Lord expects so much, but really so little from us.
President Brough talked yesterday about the "privilege" to suffer (or at least what we think is suffering) for Christ and his Work. We really don´t deal with very much at all, but when times are hard, we must realize the incredible opportunities that the Lord gives us to grow, trust in Him more, see miracles, and receive blessings.
A few days ago, we were with Anibal and Jenifer. We were talking about faith (he has told us many times that he is a man of faith and that he believes that he has more faith than even us), when Anibal asked me," Hermana Marin, do you believe in God?" It was a little surprising, but I responded in the affirmative, of course, and he said, "Because I know that God exists, but sometimes I feel like you just believe that you believe." I was caught so off-guard and it actually hurt for a milli-second and then I got my head on straight, asked for the Spirit, and responded.... boldly. I told him that I know without a single doubt in my heart or mind that Jesus is my Savior and that God is my loving Father and that nothing could change that. I told him that if he truly had more faith than I do, then he should be able to give up drinking, because he would know that God can do anything and everything and that his faith would be enough. I truly feel like I felt, for a moment, Godly anger. I felt as if he was mocking God.....
Well, I´m out of time :)
Love,
Hermana Marin
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