So! To start off the letter this week, I realized that last week the title was about rain and then i didn´t mention anything about rain in my letter... (we noticed that too and were wondering about it...) basically what´s been happening is that it keeps raining during the night (and it wakes me up because we sleep with the window right above my head open, or it gets too hot) then in the morning for a few hours, stops in the afternoon and starts back up again. It´s SUPER loco. So I guess now i´ll get to what happened this week :)
Tuesday: WE FINALLY WENT TO THE TEMPLE!!! (We go as a zone) After 7 months I finally got to go to the temple again, and it was really what I needed. I realized that I had forgotten some of the covenants I´d made with my heavenly father, and that made me kinda sad. I have a renewed need to be more obedient. I remembered a little bit more about the plan of salvation, and I felt the spirit SO strongly. As a missionary, we feel the spirit a lot of the time, but it´s always welcome when it´s a little more palpable. So, I´ve got an invitation for all of you: Go to the temple!! And please please please do it often, whether you are a youth or adult. As a youth, I was so blessed to have a temple 10 minutes away from my house, but i went less than once a month. I wish I would have gone more often! Preparing for my mission I went almost every week, and we went every week in the CCM and I have realized that the temple is SO IMPORTANT. The prophets aren´t just telling us to go frequently for no reason. :) The blessings of the temple are so very important in each of our lives, and I know that if you will make a commitment to go to the temple more often (make it a goal, priority, etc) you will feel the spirit more in your life and you will be better guided by the spirit. Our father in heaven loves us so much, and that´s why he´s provided temples for us, so we can come closer to him, feel more of his spirit and he can bless us with even more blessings! (yes, going to the temple is kinda like wishing for more wishes!) So... (here´s where i´d get you to commit to going to the temple jaja)
Wednesday: Happy Halloween!! Hermana Alvarado and I dressed up (but don´t worry, nothing crazy, we just had cat ears all day). My favorite part of Halloween is that we got to go visit an investigator that´s in the hospital because she had a spinal surgery. She´s doing well :) And seeing our cat ears brought her a little joy and amusement jaja.
Thursday: Happy Birthday Mom!! Today wasn´t super out of the ordinary for me, except that I was thinking about my mutha :)
Friday: We got to do service with the ward! We started at 8 am and went until 2 pm! We were so tired after that, but it was a really fun day! I didn´t bring my camera, but the bishop´s wife took some pictures, so we´ll see if I can send some next week.
Saturday: We got to help the Elders set up for their baptism and at the baptism I sang "Where Can I Turn For Peace" which apparently they don´t sing a lot here because a lot of the ward members were asking me about it afterwards. It was a really pretty baptism. It´s interesting to share a ward, because the baptisms of the elders feel like our baptisms too, since the people know us and we see them every week at church too. It really is a true joy that I feel every time I get to see a baptism.
Sunday: It was fast Sunday (I was thinking about scrambled eggs bacon and sugar muffins (that is what we have to break our fast every time. It's tradition!)) and then in the afternoon we helped the stake choir practice for HOURS!! The practice started at 4 and ended at 7, and it was in the stake center outside of our area. Super long time, but it was ok because it is a big service I´m doing for them! (playing piano)
Monday: Today was fun and pretty relaxed because we had a zone activity where an elder from Argentina made chimichuri which was super good! (it was big fat sausages on bread with this awesome tasting sauce) (and we grilled the sausages) We played volleyball and soccer, ate, hung out and talked with the zone. Super fun!
Ta-da! That was my week. I hope that each one of you gets the chance to go to the temple AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! I love you, and the hot Bolivia sun loves me because I got a super bad burn on my arms this week (i´ll send a pic)
Happy Fall!
Hermana Rowe
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