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Monday...October 13, 2014

BUENOS DIAS!

Best part of conference was when Elder Holland was like, "Bien hecho EDUARDO." HAHA

J. is doing amazing. Found out that she used to smoke 3 cigarettes at the same time back in her youth.. what amazing progress she has made.

So we visit her everyday and every day she dedicated her prayers to something! She has dedicated a prayer to Africa, the homeless, the druggies, yeah name a type of person and YOU¨VE GOT IT! She prays for everyone. It is actually really cool but hilarious. Especially the other day when she asked us who should pray for today! And we were just like J. pray for yourself and for your son today! And she was like Okay! Then she starts her prayer and then was like, "Father, today I am praying for all of the PROSTITUTES out there.. their life is a sad hard life and they need your guidance. And please bless all of the drunks, some do it out of hardship and some do it out of pleasure, and some will soon will be with you." Hermana Braithwaite and I just about BURST out laughing when that came out of her mouth. Lets just say she gives the best, very specific and literal prayers in a gangster kind of way. I LOVE HER! 

We went to Santiago a few weeks ago for a conference and had some time during medio dia to walk around and see the Cathedral.  

It honestly was one of my most favorite things I have seen in Spain!

 It was SO cool. I feel so truly lucky to be in such a beautiful place that people come to from all over the world! We went there and there are just THOUSANDS of people who have hiked who knows how many miles to get there from all of the world. It actually is a really spiritual experience for a lot of these people! My favorite was this one guy from Poland (see the picture) just sprawled out there having just recently arrived. We went up to him and asked up what brought him here and you know what he said?? "I came here to find God."

It made me think of HOW many bazillion people there are out there that are looking for God! And how much a LOVE being a missionary. How much of a meaningful experience that God has given me. And how much MORE that the Lord gives us

Nothing else, no other choice we make can make of us what HE CAN.

HE CAN MAKE ME BETTER THAN I CANE MAKE MYSELF! It is when we TURN outwards and not inwards that the atonement makes a different in our lives.

The most rewarding part of a mission is coming to understand the atonement more for myself! The atonement is not only for sinners. It is for EVERYONE. It is for the weary, the downtrodden, the broken hearted. Its for anyone who has loved and lost. It is for the simple frustrations, anxieties, and tears. The Atonement of our Savior and Redeemer is for every time the demands put on us go on beyond our natural ability, every time we are stretched beyond our resiliency. It is what allows us to reach beyond these earthly limitations and change our hearts, our very cores, to become like HIM. It is more real, further reaching, and more potent than any comfort or cure. It is the means by which we can become more able, more fulfilled and more perfect, the means by which each child of a Loving Father in Heaven can return to Him and become as He is.

There is so much that we don´t understand when it come to our purpose as people! But have what we need to make it back to the Celestial Kingdom! I love love love teaching people of the plan of Salvation. We taught it to a man the other day and it was just so cool seeing the dots connect in his head as he felt the spirit testify of the truthfulness of this plan. I love the gospel so much with all of my heart. Dad I remember right before I left you and I were talking about the process of learning the gospel throughout our whole lives and how mine is about to hit WARP SPEED on the mission! Its true.. I have grown and been stretched in a number of ways that I never could even imagine! Thus making the statement true that NOTHING else, no other choice we make can make of us what He can.

https://www.lds.org/bible-videos/videos/charity-never-faileth?cid=HPTH100214400&lang=eng

Well.. it has officially gotten cold we think! It has been raining everyday the past few days and my little umbrella didn´t quite make the cut out here in good old GALICIA so I bought myself a legit Gallego umbrella that is HUGE! Completely HUGE! HA not we say I truly look like a Gallega. You should see the umbrellas out here they are huge but they keep you dry until the wind!

I love you all SO much and I hope that you have a great week this week!

Hermana Ny