Hola Family!!!!
After saying goodbye
to my favorite sector, and after a long plane, bus, and boat ride....I made it
safely to Chiloé!!! (P.S I saw Torres de Paine..idk how to spell
it...from the plane! So beautiful!)
I LOVE it
here!!! All the plants are so beautiful and it really does feel like an
island. It's hot, we can see the ocean from our house and everywhere we
are because our sector is pure hills, and there is so much fruit because its
summer!! The people here are also incredible and kind. It hasn't
even been a week and we have seen lots of miracles here!
My companion is
Hermana Canales from Ecuador. She’s great. She has 11 months in the
mission and has been in the sector for about 2 months.
An experience from
this week...
We were in the house
of the branch President eating with his family and at the end we shared a
message. I opened up the scriptures and it fell open to 3rd nefi 18 when
Christ is talking to the Nephites. I saw one of the scriptures where
Christ is talking and it basically says pray as a family that your wives and
your children may be blessed. We talked about the importance of
that. Christ was with them for only a few short chapters and He talked
about baptism, the Sacrament, and among other super important things, family
prayer. (That shows how important family prayer is. I know that as
families kneel in prayer together they will feel a greater peace in their home
and more united as a family over time). Anyway, as we shared the
scripture President was really moved. He expressed that he felt like
Christ was speaking directly through us to him and that he was really thankful
for our visit. Then we knelt with them as a family and prayed and it was
a really sweet experience. But the point of the story is that I learned
once again that the spirit works by small and simple means. I didn't feel
a huge overwhelming prompting to share this scripture. I just saw it, and
thought "that would be a good thing to share". Most of the time
that's how the spirit works with us---through good, kind thoughts. If you
have a thought that invites you to do something good, follow it! Almost
100% of the time it’s the Spirit(: I promise that as you do that you will
be able to recognize the voice of the Holy Ghost even more and work miracles in
your life and in the lives of others!!
A lot has happened
this week but right now nothing else is coming to my mind to share so I will
just leave it at that hahah. Have an amazing week I love you all!(:
--Hermana West
