Hola!
Today was a great day to ride a
llama. Yes, I rode a llama today,
well, I sat on it and got my picture taken. But! It was
really awesome and one of the highlights of my time here! We rode this telefenco (I believe that
is what it’s called) . . . up the side of this mountain to Monserrate. At the top we got to see an amazing
view of Bogota. The city went on
as far as you could see and apparently that was only a third of the city. The culture here blows my mind. I’m definitely not in America
anymore. We got to go shopping for
probably 40 minutes or so and it was really fun seeing all of the different
crafts. Everything is so
colorful. The people are also
really nice.
We went to the temple again this
morning and I met some great people after the session. It’s nice finally knowing enough
Spanish to have an actual conversation with someone. We met this lady outside the temple named Camilla. (I got so excited! I told her my sister’s name is
Camille. Not exactly the same but
close enough.) She introduced us
to her friend who isn’t a member whom she brought to show her the temple. Her name is Lucienda I believe? Names are really hard for me to pick up
in conversations. But she was
really nice and let us ask her questions in our Spanglish. She also has a daughter named
Camilla! I love talking to the
people here.
Oh! Speaking of talking to
people, so last Friday we went proselyting/contacting for a couple hours in
another part of the city and it was awesome! Our goal was 18 referrals for the 3 hours, which was a huge
goal for us because my companion is still working on her confidence to open her
mouth and speak.
So I knew I’d be asking most of
the questions and doing the majority of the talking, so 18 was A LOT! Then by the time we got to the area, we
had only 2 ½ hours, so I wasn’t to sure if we were going to reach our
goal. But I decided to not focus
on the number and focus on each person we talked to. We ended up getting 21 referrals! We also gave out all our Books of Mormon and only had 3
pamphlets left when we finished!
Our district in total got 43 contacts. The idea that two of us made up nearly half of that number
blows my mind. The number doesn’t matter
to me so much as the fact that we surpassed what we thought we were capable of
and we were able to meet some AMAZING people along the way. The Gospel is for all of God’s
children, and that means everyone!
I wish I had more time to tell you all about some of the amazing
experiences we had that day but for now just know that I am loving this
work. Being a missionary is the
hardest and the best thing I’ve ever done.
General Conference was amazing by
the way! I took more notes than
all of the past conferences combined!
I went in with 10 questions and came out with every single one answered,
and then some! It was as if every
talk was custom tailored around what I needed to hear. I hope you got your questions answered
or received the support you needed from conference. If not, go online and watch the talks! They’re amazing! My favorite was by Elder Durrant on
ponderizing! My goal is to ponderize
one scripture per week my entire mission.
You should join me! My
scripture this week is D & C 6:36-37.
It has already helped me so much even after only two days. The scriptures contain so much hidden
treasure, we just have to go and find it!
Use the footnotes! Start your
scripture study with a question in mind.
I know you’ll receive an answer!
I can’t believe Ecuador is two
weeks away!
Much love and prayers from my
Columbian casa to yours.
As always,
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