FAMILIA!!!!!!!
I can't believe another week has flown by! I have been here in the
MTC for 2 weeks... it is madness. So good to get your letters and your email,
Mom! You guys seriously have no idea how much it means. Every day, we all wait
in anticipation to see if the district leader has a letter for us at the end of
the day, and if he does... it is the greatest thing ever. So anyway, thanks to
those who have written! I love you all :)
So this week has been kind of crazy. A lot of people have been sick
in my district and I was doing so well at staying healthy until Sunday rolled
around. Then my turn came, and it still isn't over haha. I lost my voice hard
core and just barely got it back yesterday! Lots of sneezing and coughing
still, but I am feeling much better than I was! Two of the awesome elders in my
district gave me a blessing on Sunday night when I was starting to feel pretty
nasty. They are so great! It was amazing because my hermanas and I had just had
a discussion earlier that day about how grateful we were for the Priesthood,
and the worthy boys and men we know that hold it and then I got the opportunity
to feel that power in my life. What a blessing! Brothers... don't you ever
forget that! :) I am so eternally grateful to you and to Dad for being worthy
to hold the Priesthood.
Anyway, the rest of my week has been really great too! We got two
new investigators, Alan and Yira. Okay, so in answer to your question, Mom,
this is how teaching in the MTC works. Our first investigator, Daniel, we taught
through the end of last week... and then he ended up being our second teacher!
They are all actors here in the MTC. His real name is Hermano Zuznaga and
Daniel is someone he baptized on his mission. Hermano Zuzunaga is
seriously one of the coolest, most spiritual people I have met. His eyes glow
with the spirit, as do all the teachers! He is really strict and wants all of
us to be exactly obedient, but we totally need that and he really makes us all
want to be better teachers and Spanish speakers. Teachers and investigators! We have
only met with Alan and Yira once, but I am so excited to meet with them more!
On Sunday, my companions and I taught the district lesson (they
did most of it cuz I had no voice haha). We were assigned to talk on enduring
to the end, and it ended up being the greatest discussion ever with our
district, so I just wanted to share some of it! :) As we were preparing,
we came across the story of the Ammonites and their sons the 2000 stripling
warriors and were amazed at how they faithfully endured to the end, and how
that endurance spanned across generations starting with the sons of Mosiah
who converted them. It is amazing to me that once they were converted,
"they never did fall away." Think of the faith they
must have had... and about the faith that their mothers would have
had to have to send them into war. It is so amazing! The spirit was so strong
as we discussed that story, and talked of how we can help our investigators
endure to the end as a district. I love my district so much!
I also love my Savior so much. My testimony has grown leaps and
bounds since I have been here, and I know without a doubt that he is my Savior
and Redeemer. I am so grateful that I get to serve a mission for Him. There are
so many people that need His help in Chile and I can’t wait to bring them to a
knowledge of Him! :) I know He is so pleased when we remember Him and
pray to Him. One of my favorite scriptures, 3rd Nephi 19:25 says, "And it
came to pass that Jesus did bless them as they did pray unto him; and his
countenance did smile upon them, and the light of his countenance did shine
upon them, and behold they were as white as the countenance and also the
garments of Jesus." I love that scripture so much!!! I know that Jesus
literally smiles upon us when we pray to Him and that one day, if we endure to
the end, he will encircle us in the arms of his love and we will be able to see
that smile shining upon us once more :)
Okay, I am out of time! Sorry I didn't get pictures this week. I
need to figure out how to do it haha. Also, I can't believe Emily is engaged!!!
So crazy!!!! But I am so excited for her!!! (If she is reading this though, she
should really REALLY dearelder.com
me and tell me about it herself too! ;) Love you family!!!
Your favorite missionary,
Hermana Teeples :)
What a great Hermana! You can tell that she is starting to speak a lot of Spanish. Soon, she will be thinking and dreaming in it! We are so proud of her; she will do great things!
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