Re: Faith

These are pictures of the day that we were caught in a rainstorm on the way to an appointment with the Mayhua family. We´re making memories. :)

On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Jacqulyn Arroyo <jacqulyn.arroyo@myldsmail.net> wrote:

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From: Jacqulyn Arroyo <jacqulyn.arroyo@myldsmail.net>
Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 11:56 AM
Subject: Faith
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So, long story short, my compi is my best friend! She came back from Cusco on Friday and we have been having a blast since.

This Sunday a ton of our less actives that we are working with came to Church. (It is seriously the best to see them walk through the doors smiling!)

We´ve recieved more references from the members.

Every morning we do Insanity. (We started a new video today, and I was so close to puking.)

Oh. And chocolate. We eat chocolate daily. :D

Hermana Chipunavi and I are putting in our everything this week because after all of the time that she has been away, we only have two more weeks together! And we feel that it is about time that we had cambios. We are almost positive that she will be the one leaving because of the sensitive skin condition she has here in Puno. AND those 30 new hermanas will be coming to the mission in the next transfer! Who wants to bet that the both of us will be training and/or opening new sectors? We try not to think about it too much. :)

This week has made me think even more about my purpose here in Puno as a missionary. It seems to be to help others return to church, and the other is to strengthen the youth. We have received several references to teach part-member families whose kids and cousins have desires to be baptized. But the main things that are keeping them from progressing is the permission we need to teach them, and we also would rather teach whole families with parents who will support their kids in the gospel. We as misionaries, dont work hard to bring others to the gospel for them to fall away from it shortly after. And so we are working out the details in order to be able to teach these youth and their families. It is maybe the funnest thing that I have done!

This Sunday we rounded up the three girls that we are meeting with to attend Young Womens. Each one of them has her own background with hard challenges and is shy, so Hermana and I made a special effort to join them in this class. And as we sat in to learn, I couldnt help but take in the moment and consider how lucky we are to teach these girls who need to learn the gospel early in life in order to bless their own families. Each one is so good, inocent, and full of hope in the future! And because of the challenges that they have had, they know who Heavenly Father is and have been able to recognize the truth. It is so great! Can you tell how excited I am to teach them what i know and to share my testimony? They are going to be my daughters. :D

Other news! This week I had a bomb-day of personal study. Have you guys ever read in Hebrews 11 about faith? It is really similar to Ether 12, but with different examples of faith. Go and read it and study it! I went through the day feeling so inspired.

Would we study if we didnt believe that we could recieve more knowledge? Would we work if we didnt believe that we could receive wages? Everyday we act on things to receive an end that we cant see from the beginning. This is faith. And this is the principle we walk by every day of our lives.

We are here on the earth to progress and become more like Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. We have trials and sicknesses in order to learn obedience and faith, because these are things that They live by.  And so, we cant reach any of our goals here if we dont develop our faith and obedience. These things are so simple, but are critical to our happiness and salvacion!

This letter of the week is a bit longer than usual, so I hope you can learn with me from my experiences.

Haz lo justo,

Hermana Arroyo