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| I baked 7 pans of Amish Apple Cake. Added whipped cream on top. |
Sunday, June 21, 2015
We did not have any capilla abiertas or capacitaciones this weekend. On Saturday we took the trailer and helped the Anderson's deliver furniture around to the different Stakes. Their huge "Employment Center" in the middle of Plaza Independencia is being closed. The church is making the transition from the old program of LDS Employment and moving to "Self Reliance". This program is to be run in each Stake Center throughout the country. They are sharing the FHC where one is available. So all the wonderful resources from that employment center are being dispersed. But alot of the Stakes do not have the resources (truck, van, trailer) to come and get large pieces of furniture. So, we with our handy-dandy trailer are helping.
Sunday was nice to spend in our own ward just to let them know we are not too "menos activos".
Then we had a delicious "Happy Father's Day" lunch at the mission home. Uruguay celebrates their Father's Day in July, but we decided to celebrate today, because we knew all our kids were celebrating as well and we wanted to join them.
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| Hna Cook made a delicious butternut squash soup. Remember it is winter here! |
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| We had salmon again because it was so easy and so good last time. I baked 1 hour rolls that Candiss had posted on Facebook and they were perfect! |
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
We had a multi zone conference today. Last week Elder Olivier called and asked for the recipe and the count of how many items to buy for (guess what???)...........Burrito Bar!!!
The missionaries love it! They were going to do all the preparing and cooking. Unfortunately, Elder Olivier got super sick on Monday. I told him to stay home and get better and not worry about Wednesday. We (Mike and I) could handle everything just fine. So we did. We did enough burritos for 75 people to have 3 each. I initially thought that I had made too many beans again, but we ended up right on the money! Everything was perfect. Hectic, but perfect.
Saturday, June 27, 2015
We left Friday because we had some deliveries and apartment repairs to do in the same area as our capilla abierta. I did most of the driving, just to give Mike a break. Country driving is pretty easy.
Today was the perfect capilla abierta. It was a blend of two branches, Asamblea y Estacion.
Hermana Sanhueza reported the following: She wrote it in Spanish and Google translated it so it is a bit off.
I'm so happy! .. This week
was of miracles!
Saturday we went to
an open chapel in Florida and it was so spiritual!
The first tour we did was a family currently being taught by the missionaries.They are a couple with a child of 14 years, They came because they are fulfilling their promise to come. They shared their
feelings of Jesus Christ and the family with us and we really felt who they are, the elect of the Lord. His eyes shone with such feeling and they were happy to have
attended.
Another tour was the
sister of a young member. She had never attended our church before. She came alone to the chapel
with her two daughters. As we were doing the tour, talking about Jesus Christ
and the Book of Mormon, she had her eyes with excitement and told us that she
had never had that feeling so much peace, so much emotion. She prays and
attended another church with her daughters but never had that feeling in that
church. We talk about the manifestations of the spirit and how we can recognize
them. We shared the plan of salvation and the temple. She was very interested in
hearing more.
Another experience I had
was:
In our city named "Hospital" in
Durazno, all the members say I look like a member who was a missionary in
Paraguay. and is now less active and lives in Florida,(Uruguay). Her name is Anna (name changed for lack of permission). We called her family and visited them a few weeks ago here in Durazno and they told us she was going through bad
times and would not give her address for anyone to visit.
Her mother died when she
was very young, she joined the church as a youth, her father married again and formed
another family, the little sisters were baptized
before her mission but her stepmother has not yet taken the desicion. Currently the only active member is her father.
When traveling to Florida
for the open chapel I felt that we should ask for the phone number to invite
her parents.
We called her and she said
if she had time they would attend.
We were starting another
tour with 2 girls and they canceled it and said they had to leave, and then
comes Anna! We hugged and she wanted to start a tour. We asked a member to
accompany us. It just happened to be that this member and Anna had been friends before serving their missions! They
embraced and they began to cry, the Spirit was very strong. I felt like
the Prodigal Son, one deep feeling of love. As we begin to share our testimony
of the atonement of Jesus Christ, we started to cry again and a the Spirit filled the
room. She did the tour and she looked happy as we taught the Restoration, the plan of
salvation and we were reminded each time and received a testimony of each one of those
things and feelings that had to acknowledge the truth of it.
After the tour, she
gave us her address so that the missionaries could visit her. She lives in Piedra Alta where Hermana Fragapane and Hermana Aquino serve. Now get this! Hermana Aquino is from Paraguay,
and Anna knew and visited her family. Hermana Aquino went with them to many missionary discussions there in Paraguay. So Hermana Aquino was a missionary for Anna and now she is still a missionary for Anna here in Uruguay!!!
It was exciting to help
and she returned to feel what you felt before inactivity. Now the mission will
visit and help.
Another experience this
week was out with the bishop to the talks. The told us he quit his job to work
more years in the Lord's work, his boss went to look for him back home he said
that this God first and then earthly things. Now he is taking a difficult
decision, and says he will go to the temple to fetch guidance and answers.
I am happy here and I'm
taking to the last minute of my mission to help those miracles for the Lord.
(Hermana Sanhueza goes home this next change)
YouTube: Capilla Abierta de Asamblea y Estacion
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| "I want to play the piano but I have no piano at my house." Elder Burnett: "You can come to my house and play the piano." "Where do you live?" "I live in the United States, in Utah." |
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| "Uhh..., I have to ride a plane to get there and I do not have enough money right now. Maybe soon though!" |
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| Anna and friend. Read the story above. |
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| Can't do these wonderful capilla abiertas without these faithful missionaries! |
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