buenos dias mi familia!
Soooo this week was interesting as usual haha...Hermana G got really sick after we cleaned a less active's home..Like, I'm surprised she hasn't coughed up her lungs! So we had to stay in for a couple of days so she could rest up! But we still got to teach people..don't you worry about that!
My favorite lesson was with Sylvia..She's from Peru and she's the caretaker of one of the ward members who had a stroke and has really bad dimentia (spelling?)..That woman's husband is also not a member so we also taught him. It was certainly different teaching a lesson in both spanish and english! One time, Hermana G started talking to him (he doesn't know a lick of spanish) in spanish so I giggled and nudged her. Then she was like, "Oh! I'm so sorry, I didn't even realize what I was doing!"
Teaching Sylvia was a little bit hard for me because at the last second, we changed out lesson plans to the Ten Commandments (I had been preparing to teach the Plan of Salvation for the past two days)..Soo...I did my best and left the rest to Heavenly Father. At one point she said that she was confused as to why there are so many churches on the earth and how there are so many different interpretations of the Bible. I felt the strongest prompting to share with her an analogy. Fear struck me because I thought I wouldn't be able to do it in spanish. So I just opened my mouth and let the Lord handle the rest. I was able to say what I wanted to say! The analogy goes like this: Imagine drawing a dot on a piece of paper. This dot represents the bible. How many lines can you draw through this dot? Countless! These lines are a representation of all the different interpretations of the Bible. But, draw another dot next the the Bible. This represents the Book of Mormon. How many lines can you draw to connect the Bible and the Book of Mormon? ONE. There is one doctrine, one gospel, one church (see ephesians 4)! And that doctrine and gospel is found in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! How lucky I am to know of this. Every day I think about the BILLIONS of people on the Earth and I am one of the few that knows of the truth. This is my motivation to go out and serve the Lord's children. EVERYONE needs to hear this joyous message!
Last p-day was BEAUTIFUL. We went to the Harris' and after we ate lunch, Brother Harris took us on a safari :) They've very wealthy so they've purchased some deer from Africa and other animals! No lions though...It was so beautiful to stand in the back of his truck and drive around his 500 acres. I felt like I was on a National Geographic documentary! There were herds and herds of deer running around. And at one point, we got to watch these two bucks fight from like 15 yards away! I tried to get an action shot for yall!
When Hermana G was sick, I got to study spanish like no other haha..She said that everytime she has gotten sick while on the mission, it has actually been a blessing for her companions because they grow so much in that time. And it is so true. I'm surprised by how much I can say! The Lord has truly had mercy on me and I'm really picking up the language! I can understand almost everything that people say, as long as it's gospel related and I can feel the Spirit work within me when I communicate with the people.
We had zone conference this week! It was so uplifting and I got my spanish name tag so it's official! Wahoo! At the end of the meeting, President usually picks 4 or 5 missionaries to give a short talk about Christ-like attributes. Well...I got picked and I'm a lame person and forgot to prepare. But the Lord really helped me out because the day before, I had studied a talk about faith in Jesus Christ. The talk is called, "Remember Lot's Wife" by Elder Holland...Yall should read it! It's actually a BYU devotional..But anyways, I had written down a couple of quotes that I really enjoyed so I was prepared for this talk! I also shared the story of when Peter walks on the water towards the Savior. Everyone focuses on how he faltered, but we should focus on the amazing faith that he had to walk to the Savior on water! Peter grew afraid when he saw the waves and the wind but he cried out to the Lord. If we do our best to ignore the waves and winds of life and focus on the Savior, we'll make it! That is a promise! We need to put our trust in the Savior that He'll make up the rest!
Hermana G has taught me so much, she has the coolest analogies! One was this: Imagine having a beautiful grand piano in your living room. The piano can't play itself, we have to come to it and play it. Only then, will we be able to listen to the music. The piano represents the Savior. We have to come to the Savior and then the beautiful music of the Spirit will be played!
My purpose is to help others come unto Christ. I want people to hear the beautiful music of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Yo se que vive mi Senor. Yo se que el Evangelio de Jesucristo ha sido restauro atraves el profeta Jose Smith. Yo se que la Iglesia de Jesucristo de los santos de los ultimos dias es la iglesia verdadera!
I love yall so much!
Hermana Seymour
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