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| Found Hermana Larsen today at the doctors in Aragon! She's in the Northwest mission but was in my district in the MTC. I was WAY stoked to see her! Sounds like shes doing well :) |
I
feel like I'm learning a lot about faith and trusting in the Lords
timing. We had an investigator pass away this week. The day after he had
gone to church. He was preparing to get baptized in a couple weeks and
was WAY ready. His faith amazed me. He had been in a car accident and
was in a wheel chair with metal legs and little use of his arms. We
actually still aren't sure what happened because he was only 50 and we
haven't been able to contact his mother and have only heard from the
neighbors. So that was sad but good to know that he had already accepted
the message and the only restraint he had was physically being able to
go to church. We had to arrange so members went to pick him up and
carrying him in their car and then out of it and it was really hard for
him physically so now he's in a place where he won't have those restraints
anymore. The Lord has a perfect plan for everything.
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| Hermanas de Balbuena! |
Got
to go on divisions this week with Hermana Wilkinson! She was in the MTC
with me too and it was really cool to see how she's grown and changed
over the past 6 months. It's been fun having her and Hermana Lovell in
the ward. Hermana Lovell is the girl that we met up with at the temple
in Rexburg last year and Miranda also trained her best friend in Peru,
Hermana Whitlock. We went running together this morning. I'm so grateful
Ive been able to run on my mission. Hadn't gone the last couple weeks but
finally was feeling up to it.
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| With Dani! Shes putting in her papers soon :) |
That's the other
really cool thing about this week.. I'm FINALLY getting better and
should be almost completely good in a couple weeks. Thursday my
intestines were way angry and huge so I had to go to the doctor again
and they were a little worried that it has been lasting so long and just
getting worse and said if it wasn't good by Monday I was gonna have to
go do some other tests and stuff that sounded really miserable. They also
gave be a pill to kill all bacteria and parasites and changed what I
was taking before and gave me a list with about 6 things that I was
allowed to eat which was super lame.
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Ward
activity Friday night for Mexican independence day!
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Then
Saturday still wasn't feeling much better and we came home a little early
and Bishop asked if I wanted a blessing. He actually speaks pretty good
English and we had a good talk with him about faith and healing. Then
in the blessing it said that my body was commanded to reject what ever
illness that tries to enter it and that I should stay and rest tonight
but that I would be able to wake up the next day as if nothing had ever
happened according to my faith. That it was the Lord's will that I would
physically be able to do the work that the Lord had for me here with out
the restraints that I had before. I'm so grateful to be a member of the
Church where we have the restored gospel and restored Priesthood power. I
was reminded that through the Atonement we can be healed in every
aspect of our lives.
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This is the Young
Women dancing. The Relief Society also danced and the Primary. It was
way fun and cool to watch. There was TONS of different foods too! Even
though I wasn't able to eat any of it... one of the members bought me a
couple cups of jello though :) |
And... it literally was a
miracle. Yesterday for the first day in weeks my intestines didn't feel
like they were popping out of my body and today the doctor was really
surprised how good I was doing. So I've been really really happy today!
Now just gotta be strict on food for a couple more weeks and finish some
prescription and I should be good :)
I know
that the power of the Atonement is real and that through Christ anything
is possible. This morning for personal study I read the His Grace is
Sufficient talk by Brad Wilcox and remembered how much I loved that
talk. Christ suffered so we don't have to. He paid the debt in full and
all we can do is show our appreciation to Him by living His gospel and
doing our best to change and become more like Him, that someday we will
be able to return to the presence of our Heavenly Father and feel
comfortable there. I know that this church is true and I love being able
to preach it everyday and see the blessings that people receive.
Hope everyone is doing well at home! Have a great week!
Con amor,
Hermana Rhoten 2
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