So this week was great. One day during gym I decided to go ask a group of Latinos if I could play volleyball with them and that was the best decision I ever made. I had prayed the night before to have the opportunity to be friends with the natives so I could practice my spanish. They are the sweetest people and are so nice about my Spanish, which is terrible haha. We are taking pictures together today so I will send them next week. (we can only take pics on pday)
Yesterday they fed us hamburgers and curly fries for lunch and I almost cried. It was so good. I am so excited to be going back to the states for my mission! It has been so great to be at the CCM in Mexico and there are so many things I love about it here but I am so ready to go to New Mexico! 20 days...but who is counting? :) I finally met the two Elders that I had heard about that are going to my mission. There are only 4 of us total! It was so fun to talk about it and share what we knew about it already.
Last tuesday we watched a devotional and part of it was a talk by Elder Eyring. He talked about "pillars to God." This was such a great visual for me. I just imagine a direct pillar of light connecting me to God. As long as I keep it unblocked I can feel His love and direction so clearly. But as soon as I begin to pile things into this channel, the warmth and light is blocked. These things that block it are any personal weaknesses whether its negative thoughts, wasted time on worldly things, or sins. It is different for each person and we have to identify what they are so that we can eliminate them and reopen that channel. I hope that makes at least a little bit of sense.
Conference was so great. We watched in an auditorium so that was a new experience, but it was great. They were all so wonderful and inspiring. A few that stuck out to me were Jorg Klebingat, Larry S. Kucher, and Dieter F. Uchtdorf. I thought overall it was very focused on members actively and constantly gaining personal testimony and revelation. We need to be stronger than ever before. We have got to "Fearlessly strive to believe" (Uchtdorf)
Our Heavenly Father wants to have a relationship with us! We just have to have faith and seek Him out. Every day we must seek Him. My testimony of prayer has become so strong. Before my mission that is something that I worried about. I didnt have a consistent relationship with the Lord through prayer but I knew it was important and it was really something that I wanted to have a strong testimony of. As I came out here and realized how weak I am and how much I need His strength, I have prayed more often and harder than ever. He is so good to be and blesses me so much every single day. I know that when I ask for His comfort and strength, that He will give it to me as long as I have faith in Him and am worthy of it.
Yo se que Jesucristo es mi Redentor y que El me ama. Estoy muy agradecido por mi padre celestial y todas las bendiciones que El me da. Sin El soy muy debil pero con su amor y mercia, todas cosas son posible. Yo amo El Señor y El es mi amigo major.
Con amor,
Hermana Dearden
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