This week was a crazy week in Spain with Semana Santa. Every day the centro
was packed full of people and there were processionals every day in the centro
of Jesus Christ and the Virgen Mary. It´s an interesting thing to see. Some of
it´s sad though when they have the processionals of Jesus being crucified and
the music is just so haunting. I love that we celebrate His resurrection and
that He lives. What a wonderful gift we have with the knowledge of the
gospel.
General Conference was absolutely great! With the time difference, the
first session are from 6:00-8:00 at night and then we watched the second
sessions the following day, but I was able to watch them all, including the
General women´s session, but not the Priesthood session. I heard that it was
really good though and I´ll probably go back and read/watch the talks from that
later. I loved every talk, but my most favorite talks were by President
Uchtdorf, Wilford W. Andersen, and Michael T. Ringwood. I learned so much and I
can´t wait to apply it in my life in the mission and my life after the mission.
One of the things that really stuck out to me was the saying, "Don´t let the
fear of failure overshadow faith." Do we have true faith to do anything and
everything the our Father in Heaven asks of us. At times it´s really hard. It´s
hard to share the gospel. It´s hard to stop a bad habit. It´s hard to change
your life for the better to follow God, but we shouldn´t let the fear of failing
to do so overcome our faith. Faith is the first principal of the Gospel. Without
faith, we have nothing. I encourage you all, if you missed any session to go
back and watch it. There is NOTHING more important than hearing the word of God
from the prohets on what we need to do in our lives in these last days. I have
really learned to love General Conference and I hope all of you realize the
importance of it.
That was the highlight of my week and not much else out of the ordinary
happened. Our investigators are doing good and some of them came to Noche de
Hogar and some others came to General Conference. The work is slow, but it´s all
in the Lord´s timing. I hope you all have a wonderful week and I can´t wait to
hear from you all about how everything is going. I love getting e-mails! ;) Love
you all and have a fantabulous week. Make it the best week of your life.
Love, Hermana Rowley
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