Hola todos!!

So this week has been a little slow, but we´re still working hard! It went by so fast because we went on a LOT of divisions, or intercambios...or exchanges. Not sure how to say it in english. But lots of traveling around, and it´s always fun to work in other areas to meet new people.

We had a super awesome ward council meeting this week, and we´ve got so many plans for bringing less actives back to church and inviting new people to investigate the church, and it was just so fun to see the ward council actively involved in the missionary work. Because after being here, I realized just how much we depend on the members to get anything done. The whole ward is responsible for the missionary work, not just the full time missionaries. It helps us out so much when we have people excited about it, and it´s made me want to be a better member missionary when I get back home :) We´ll see how that goes, haha. But really, I just never want to stop contributing to the edificación de la iglesia!

 

Today was also really fun because we had a zone activity for the last p-day of the cambio (transfer period). Lots of running around buying things to make cake, and then lots of getting wet with water balloons! And sack racing and getting sunburnt and nica cake! And chips and coke for lunch. The best. I´ll see if I can throw in some pictures for you guys :) It might take until next week...sorry. 

 

My spiritual thought. I just went back and reread all of the general conference talks from April of this year, and I loved the talk by Elder L. Whitney Clayton. There was one part that really stuck out to me near the end. I don´t remember it word for word, but it was basically talking about how we don´t choose to believe any more than we choose to pray or pay tithing. Having faith is a choice, and a choice we need to make for the rest of our lives.

 

Sometimes it´s hard to have faith in the midst of doubts. But if we just remember Pres. Uchtdorf´s advice to doubt our doubts before our faith, and choose to have faith even when it seems everything is telling you not to, we´ll be blessed with the reassurance and a testimony. God has promised this to us. I just hope you all can press forward in your faith, even when there are doubts, because we will never cease to have these doubts. It happens. But what matters most is how we respond to these, and we are so blessed when we choose to actively pursue this faith that we desire. 

I love you all, and have a fabulous week!

Love, Hermana Oliphant