General Conference

Well, it's been another week here in Granados. I got to have an intercambio (exchange) with Hermana Lee which was the best! I also got to watch Saturday conference in English with three other gringas!! Conference is such a blessing, every single talk had something that I needed to hear.

So on Sunday, we had four investigators at the morning session of conference. Irving and Diego went, and we went with Aura and her two daughters. They are 3 and 8 years old and it was terrible!! The 8 year old was bored, so she was trying to talk to us through the whole meeting, and obviously the 3 year old was bored too, and at one point we had to separate the two so they wouldn't fight, and Aura got mad at the 3 year old and made her cry. Needless to say we were very happy when that session was over and we watched the afternoon session in peace. 

Irving and Diego are doing really well!! Diego has almost finished  2nd Nephi and they are both praying about baptism. The bishop went with us to visit them last night and that was a super great lesson. We have a noche de hogar (FHE) with them and some members tonight, and we're planning on October 21 for their baptism! 

Funny: so Hna Inmunda has told me various times that I talk in my sleep (which is not new), but that whenever she's heard me sleep talk, that I’m speaking in Spanish and teaching someone or inviting someone to be baptized! If that's not a 100% dedicated missionary, I don't know what is!!! hahaha  

So Elder Holland's talk on Saturday was one of my favorites. Lots of times I feel inadequate and that I’m not doing well enough, but his talk was a perfect answer to my doubts.

"Every one of us aspires to a more Christlike life than we often succeed in living. If we admit that honestly and are trying to improve, we are not hypocrites; we are human. May we refuse to let our own mortal follies...make us cynical about the truths of the gospel, the truthfulness of the Church, our hope for the future, or the possibility of godliness. If we persevere, then somewhere in eternity our refinement will be finished and complete. …"

Love,

Hermana Stevenson

  a peruvian dog

 eating a pb&j sandwhich (thanks to packages from mom and grandma)

eating lunch between conference sessions with our mission leader and his fam