Hello my Family!
I am so happy that you received my letter/package! yay! I am glad that you liked the videos...something different and fun! Now you pretty much know a little bit of my life and the personality of my oro! She is a blast!
What a fun weekend that you had...snowmobiling for the boys and a girls retreat for the girls! I want to go on a girls retreat! haha. When I get home, we will have to do it again, ok? Glad to hear that you are all healthy and strong again. Wow the temple will be dedicated next week! That is so exciting! I feel like there is so much going on at home!
This week was a good one again! (Well really they are all good ones!) On Tuesday, we went to the temple as a zone. The temple was exquisite and it was a well needed temple trip. I really enjoyed being in the temple again. I havent been to the temple since el CCM in Buenos Aires. You probably remember, but we went every Thursday to the temple in Argentina. It was a treat and 7 months ago in the CCM, I didnt understand anything in spanish! The whole session, I remember, was in spanish and i was lost. But it was a miracle! The whole session on Tuesday, I could understand! It was amazing to see and witness the progression of learning a new language! I can I just say GIFT OF TONGUES! Wow! I thanked by Heavenly Father big time for this blessing. The spirit in the temple is impresionante. I had many memories of being in the temple for my first time and then going with you many times after. I started to cry and the spirit was so strong. In the celestial room I sat and read my patriarchal blessing. In the temple, we feel el amor de Dios aun mas en la vida. He has a perfect plan for his children. Then I walked past the sealing room and tears came to my eyes even more! haha. I know that we are children of God.
That temple day, we fasted, and then were spiritually drained from the temple. My poor comp, Hermana Fuentes and I were drained...emotionally and physically! Funny story...so the next day, Hermana Fuentes couldnt even walk in a straight line, so we decided to find a little spot on the side of the dirt road to take a rest. She instantly fell asleep...her bed in the rocks! I was so tired too, so I closed my eyes. If you can just imagine it...2 sister missionaries sleeping in the road...so funny. It was seriously the story of the Great Samaritan...we had 2 people walk past us on the other side of the road, they didnt really say anything, just looked at us strangely. Then the 3rd person brought us water and made sure we were okay. We were so thankful! The cool thing is...we ended up inviting them to be baptized and putting a baptism date with them and they said yes! How cool! The lord works in mysterious ways, let me tell ya!
Another cool story of the power of the priesthood! We asked our leader misional de la rama, Hermano Sueldo, to give a recent convert a blessing of comfort and after the blessing, he showed us his hands, and he literally felt like his hands were on fire! (and it wasnt because the house was hot and filled with flies,) it was because there is power in the priesthood. A literal power! How cool is that?
One thing that i think is a little difficult about a mission, or about life in general, is submitting to the will of the Lord and trying to understand His will. This is something that I am not very good at, but continually working on. Its a process right? Hermana Fuentes and I spoke in church yesterday about the Spirit and its function. We had the coolest experiences this week as we literally had no food and no money, but what we did have was faith! Faith that the Lord would provide...and He did! Everyday. We would be walking down the street at 8 30pm wandering what we were going to eat for dinner that night because we had no food and then a random man comes up to us and gives us a bag of apples! DINNER! Then Saturday morning, we were thinking the same...What are we going to eat for lunch? (as our stomachs rumbled) No member had signed up to feed us and we had no food in the house. Then, during companionship study, our neighbor and relief society president called us randomly. She asked us if we had food and lunch for the day and we were a little embarassed to tell her no. She was inspired by the Spirit to call us and ask us this! WOW! It was such a powerful experience of the Spirit! We ate a huge lunch with her and her fun family and we didnt go hungry. The Lord always provides!
Glad to hear that you are collecting many healthy recipes for when I get home...I am dying for something healthy. My body is falling apart and the little muscles that I had are nonexistant. Sad but true haha.
Love you fam. Keep up the awesome work! I love you so much! Have a happy week!
Hermana Coon
Now you pretty much know a little bit of my life and the personality of my oro! She is a blast!
Do you like our futbol team??? I DO! The funny thing is...they think I am good at soccer! Never played in my life! They are just nice! haha.
My LATINAS!
Zona de Las Piedras! I spy Hermana Coon! Love you all!
My LATINAS!