Yeah, well you should look that up on Google translate :)
Before
I tell you about all of the amazing things that happened this week, I
wanted to tell you something hilarious that happened the other day. So
learning a new language is super hard, right? When you´re learning how
to speak a new language, there are just SO MANY things that you don´t
understand. In my zone, there are a ton of new American missionaries,
and a few of them are struggling a little bit to learn. The other day,
one of them was sharing a scripture in the Book of Mormon, in a book
called Third Nephi. In Spanish, the word for third is "tercero". So the
elder confused that word with another word and said, "Vamos a buscar en
trasero de Nefi" instead of saying TERCERO. The bad news is that trasero
literally means "rear" or "buttocks". So instead of saying "Let´s look
in THIRD NEPHI", he said ....well, you can figure it out. Let´s just say
that his spiritual thought turned out to be a pretty good one. :) :)
Well
this week was absolutely amazing! One of the General Authorities of the
Church came to visit the mission. Elder Waddell, from the quorum of the
seventy. We had a conference with him on Friday,
and it was SO COOL! The night before, one of the elders called us and
told me that I was going to have a personal interview with him before
the conference started in the morning. Holy cow, let me tell you that I
was pretty nervous. But I felt like it was a huge answer to my prayers,
because I was going to be able to talk to someone who knows a lot more
than I do.
Before I continue with the story,
whenever we go to a conference or to a meeting, our leaders always tell
us that we should go prepared, with at least one question in mind. So
the night before the interview and the conference, I was thinking about
something that I could ask him. For a really long time now, I´ve been
wondering something. Why God chose ME, out of 6 billion people, to find
the truth, accept it, and teach it. So that´s the question that I took
to the interview and the conference..."Why did God choose ME?"
...And
so that´s what I asked Elder Waddell. It´s kind of a goofy question to
ask to a general authority, who could have answered any other question
about profound doctrine, but that´s what I asked him. And he really
helped me understand. He shared with me a scripture in Doctrine and
Covenants, which is a book of revelations that the Lord
communicated to Joseph Smith during his time as a prophet. In the last
part of that book, we read something very important -
"Even before they were born, they, with many others, received their first lessons in the world of spirits and were prepared to come forth in the due time of the Lord to labor in his vineyard for the salvation of the souls of men."
So
we can understand that there are no coincidences. We were all prepared
at one time to come to the world, with the hope that we would come to
the knowledge of God and His gospel. There are lots of things that try
to make us forget that we are children of God - lots of people,
influences, temptations. But God knew that it would be like this. We
were prepared before, and we`re here NOW for a very specific reason.
I
can`t explain exactly all of the things that I felt in that interview. I
felt like God had heard my request, and He helped me to understand. As
we all listened to Elder Waddell talk that day, we all felt that he is
really a servant of God, called in this time to help guide God`s
children.
Is it weird that I love being a
Mormon so much? I really love being a Mormon, and I also really love
being a missionary. I am so happy! And I am really excited to talk to
you in about 1 month!
Have a great week, and know that I love you SO much!
Con TODO mi amor,
Hermana Scott
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