Primeramente Dios My Eye!
Hola! Buenos Dias! Como esta todo?
Ok first things first! Was conference awesome or what? I loved it so much! I loved how missionary focused it was! We watched conference at the Stake Center here in San Rafael there were not very members here watching with us but there were a decent amount of members from our branch watching it in Spanish because that is one of the only and easiest ways to listen to it in Spanish.
Oh ya.... before I get into details with conference my new companion is Hermana Zurita she is originally from Bolivia but has lived in Provo, Utah since she was 17. So the most amazing thing is that she speaks fluent Spanish and she drives which is wonderful! She has such a strong testimony and desire to do this work it is wonderful. I can feel all of your prayers because it is hard but I just have this amazing strength to carry through all of this!
The training meetings were so wonderful and worth it! It was great to learn more about all of the responsibility and to be with all of the other Hermanas and other wonderful missionaries. Something that they really focused on was helping our companions develop their spiritual gifts and apply the atonement. I loved this emphasis because I think it is so important to apply the gospel to our own lives. It seems like it would be obvious that as missionaries we would think to use the gospel principles to solve our problems but sometimes it is hard to remember so I am really trying to help Hermana Zurita apply this to her missionary work.
Soooo life here in Novato with Hermana Zurita is AWESOME! We have had awesome lessons together! We teach really well together and the Spirit has been so strong and guiding us all the way!
We have had great lessons with so many of our investigators who we have not seen for a while and so it has just been so awesome!
I am really not that stressed and life is great!
Ok so now for our conference miracle!
So Faine was finally going to come to church for the first time and we were so excited because she needs to come to church a few times and then she is going to get baptized! The Sunday morning session started and she had not come yet and I was a little disappointed so during President Uchtdorf's talk I started praying so hard that she would come and that she would at least be able to see the prophet. So through out the session I just kept praying that by some miracle she would come before President Monson spoke. I just kept pleading that we would get a miracle! So then right in the middle of Elder Perry's talk Faine walked in and my heart sank. I was so happy! My prayers had been answered and it was wonderful! She was barely able to hear the words of the prophet! It was a conference MIRACLE! It was honestly one of the most amazing experiences of my mission! It was just so great to see her just soaking up conference! It was so great!
Ok to explain my title in Spanish Primeramente Dios is a phrase in Spanish that means only with the help of God is something possible and people say it all the time! This week I have realized that this phrase is so not true because we have to do our part and then God will help us. I have had so many experiences this week that have helped me realize that we can't expect Heavenly Father to just answer our prayers we must do our part and then we will receive so many blessings.
I hope you all LOVED conference!
I love you all and thank you all for all of your prayers!
You are all great! Have a great week!
Love,
Hermana Hillary
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