From: Camille Weller [mailto:camille.weller@myldsmail.net]
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 11:24 AM
To: Melissa Wheatley;
Subject: What an amazing week!!
I know i say this a lot but this week was amazing!! It felt
good to finally get back to chivay and be "home" on monday(: Tuesday
we had english class which is always fun, we played a lot of games this week,
and then had a surprise birthday party for Elder Maylett who turned 21. It actually
turned out to be one of the biggest ward parties weve had! There was 13
investigators and 6 members and then the 6 of us missionaries. I think were
going to have birthday parties more often, they love em here! Wednesday and
Thursday me and my companion were both super sick and didnt leave the room
much, we think it was something we ate because the elders were all sick too and
tuesday we all ate lunch at the same place. But being in the room so much gave
us time to read and think a lot and the desire to get out and work was just
killin us. So finally friday and saturday we got out there and worked our butts
off. and it was worth it! we got some new investigators and also got some very
good news from brenda (our 14 year old investigator)!! We walked in and as soon
as we sat down she told us that she had been thinking a lot and that she wants
to get baptized and knows that its going to change her life... we were in shock
but so happy!! it had been so long since someone had told me that, it was like
music to my ears (: She told us that she wanted to go to church and then we
would talk more sunday night. Saturday we also cleaned the church and had our
weekly movie night with all the kids. and the relief society had another
activity! the church was hoppin! i got into one of those cleaning moods and man
that church got a good cleaning and organizing. As it should be since its the
house of the Lord (: Sunday we found out that Elder Tenorio(the branch
president) was getting transfered.. and also Elder Maylett. they both gave
talks and everyone was crying. I think its hard for the members because they
get so attatched to the elders here being their leaders and president. Elder
Hulett is going to be branch president now and were excited for that! I had my
YW class and it was a good one, we talked about prayer and read bednars talk
called "pray always" one of the challenges is to say a prayer and
only thank god for all the blessings you have.. to not ask for anything. So we
all agreed to do it that night and It was actually one of the coolest
prayers ive had in a while.. i reccomend we all do that once a week to
remember how blessed each one of us is in our lives and to be reminded of all
the things we have to be thankfull for. Sunday night we had an amazing lesson
with Brenda and her Brother Junior (who´s 8). First Brenda told us about how
she pretty much read the whole first part of the Book of mormom.. introduction,
and the testimonies and that she knows that the book of mormon is true and that
Joseph smith really saw Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and that this is the
true church! She told us that when she was going to the catholic church that
she never felt the way she does when shes with us or when shes at church.. so
cool to hear someone who has felt that differnece! We read Alma 32 with
her and she is just so amazing. she has so much desire to change her life and
to follow Gods will for her. i just love her. Then we talked to her little
brother, who by the way is a little on the trouble maker side, and taught him
about baptism and asked him if he wanted to be baptized... he sat there with
his head down for a while and then my companion asked if he was
sleeping.. he told us that he was meditating.. that he knows he doesnt listen
to his parents and hes not being a very good son.. and that he wants to
change.. It was the sweetest most sincere thing ever! They both have been
coming to church the past couple weeks and its cool because junior is in the
primary with hna stone and brenda in young womans with me so we get to be there
teachers all week, even on sundays (: were really excited to be a part of their
change and growth and to help them grow closer to their heavenly father, and
were hoping they will be examples for their parente! i know how much we love them
and cant imagine the love their father in heaven has for them. She reminds me a
lot of the change that i made in my life and i love sharing my testimony about
that... anyone can and has the strength to change.. if you dont believe that
than you are denying the atonement of Christ.. He made it possible to be
forgiven of our past mistakes and to have the power to change and be better
than we were... we are not set in stone.. especially not our weeknesses, but if
we turn to him he will help us to know our weekeneses and be able to change
them.
Ether 12:27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them
their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace
is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble
themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become
strong unto them.
I have felt this, especially as a missionary. Being a
missionary isnt easy but it is the best and most amazing thing i have ever
done. I know that i am weak but with the Savior as the third member of our
companionship i can overcome them and be the instrament in his hands that he
needs me to be. I know that there are more people here that are ready to change
their lives and grow closer to our Heavenly Father we just have to keep working
and find them (: Keep the little branch of chivay in your prayers(:
I love you all so much!! Thank you for your prayers, love
and support!
Hermana Weller! (:
Good morning, how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because through them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are very small countries with very few population, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this, I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Peru? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Peru in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally, I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez