Hola!
This week was fun, not a ton of success, but we still had fun. One thing we did was we took a whiteboard down to Gran Avenida, the busiest road in our area, and we wrote the questions, "Que le hace feliz?!" (What makes you happy?") We set up the board right next to where people come out of the metro. It was interesting to see how people reacted. Some were excited and took no convincing, others glared and shook their little pointer finger at us as they walked away, and the best people were the ones who said no, but then as they read the board they convinced themselves to go back and write something. One mom first said no but I offered her little girl (maybe 3 or 4) a marker and as she watched her daughter get excited I offered her another pen and they both wrote something. People wrote everything from friends, family, music, rainbows, playing, spouse, Sleep, soccer, food, life, my mom, etc. We also passed out "pass along cards". We got a couple of referrals but for the most part we just planted a bunch of seeds. If all we did was help people take a moment to think about what makes them happy, then that's exactly why we're here. To share the joy.
This week we taught A----- (J-----'s wife) the first lesson, "The restoration of the gospel." She pointed out a cool fact. No other church has the restored gospel, this is a well known fact. This is why we are the only true church, we have the restored gospel which includes the keys to the priesthood. "Restored Gospel" is a common phrase for all of us to hear, but do you realize what it means? When I was growing up my gpa Merlin had an old chevy truck he used on the farm. With holes in the bed of the truck, paint worn off, and parts and pieces falling apart this little truck pushed on. Years later when I was in my teens gpa decided to "restore" the truck. The truck was taken apart, repainted, new engine, new bed, spiffed and shined up. He restored the truck back to its prime, the way it was when it was brand new on the car lot. Restore literally means to bring back the original quality. Now, in gospel sense "restore" means to bring back the original truths of the words of the prophets. Now, we believe that there was a long time when the gospel and the priesthood keys were not on the earth, this was because of the great apostasy. And thus the reason the church had to be restored. Many others believe the gospel never left the earth, and therefore no reason for it to be restored. What a blessing it is to us to have the restored gospel, the truths of all the prophets who came before us, and who received revelation directly from Christ and his apostles. Like the little old chevy was made new again, so was the gospel through the divine revelation to Joseph Smith. The gospel of Jesus Christ, no matter where you go, is the same. Truth never changes, and neither will the foundational principles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
So last week we were working on the "Kieffer" list, trying to verify addresses and members when we found the M----- family. The mom seemed very annoyed at us being there but agreed to let us come back, although she didn't seem too thrilled. So this week we went back, and ashamed to say, we didn't have much faith of her letting us in. But they let us in! The whole family was there and we were able to verify their records and visit with them including leaving a scripture and a thought. They also invited us back next week! It was cool to see, something changed during the week, and we are ready to help them in whatever way possible. I can testify that the spirit changes the hearts of those who are ready to accept help. This family seems ready, so we're going to have faith and see how next week goes!
The Lord Always invites. Nothing is a rule, it's a simple invitation or a council to guide us to the best lives we can have. I read the story of Christ walking on the water. His disciples are first scared thinking he is a spirit, but then the Lord says, "Be of good cheer. It is I; be not afraid." Peter being filled with faith asks the lord if he can come to him on the water. The lord says, "come." Peter too began walking on water, but when the wind gets bad he doubts his faith and begins to sink. I find it interesting that peter gets a lot of crap from this story because he doubted his faith. But remember, Peter is the ONLY one who got out of the boat. All the others stayed and watched. I think to myself, do I have the faith to leave the boat? Or am I just along for the ride?
So on Monday we were riding the bus to district meeting. Somehow we ended up on the same bus as 4 elders and 2 other Hermanas. All of us were joking and laughing when the other hermanas got off the bus early...an elder asked, "Where are they going?", as they were headed in the wrong direction. I said, "probably to the bank to pull out their money." And out of nowhere, Elder M-----r says, "HUH! It's closed!" We all busted up laughing then called them to remind them that it was closed. Monday was Chile's Labor Day so everything was closed! It was really funny how M----- said it.
A few funny nurse conversations I had this week:
Elder: "Hermana, I think I have an eye infection...".
Me: "Elder, what happened?"
Elder: "Well I climbed in a stack of tires and then everyone pushed me over and some crap got in my eye...."
Elder: (while on the phone) "Hold on a second Hermana, I'm trying to put my pants on and talk at the same time..."
Me: "Elder, on a scale from 1-10 how bad does your knee hurt?"
Elder: "12 like the apostles, it's really bad"
Well it's been a fun week, I've laughed a lot, and had fun. Life is good and the love of God shines forth. Take a moment to realize what makes you most happy and have a great week!
Love you all,
Hermana Sullivan
Ps. The elders try to tease me about being from Kanab....I'M NOT! Sorry mom and dad, it's just not Leeds. Anyways my nicknames as of right now are Queen Kanab & Hermana Enfermera.
This week was fun, not a ton of success, but we still had fun. One thing we did was we took a whiteboard down to Gran Avenida, the busiest road in our area, and we wrote the questions, "Que le hace feliz?!" (What makes you happy?") We set up the board right next to where people come out of the metro. It was interesting to see how people reacted. Some were excited and took no convincing, others glared and shook their little pointer finger at us as they walked away, and the best people were the ones who said no, but then as they read the board they convinced themselves to go back and write something. One mom first said no but I offered her little girl (maybe 3 or 4) a marker and as she watched her daughter get excited I offered her another pen and they both wrote something. People wrote everything from friends, family, music, rainbows, playing, spouse, Sleep, soccer, food, life, my mom, etc. We also passed out "pass along cards". We got a couple of referrals but for the most part we just planted a bunch of seeds. If all we did was help people take a moment to think about what makes them happy, then that's exactly why we're here. To share the joy.
This week we taught A----- (J-----'s wife) the first lesson, "The restoration of the gospel." She pointed out a cool fact. No other church has the restored gospel, this is a well known fact. This is why we are the only true church, we have the restored gospel which includes the keys to the priesthood. "Restored Gospel" is a common phrase for all of us to hear, but do you realize what it means? When I was growing up my gpa Merlin had an old chevy truck he used on the farm. With holes in the bed of the truck, paint worn off, and parts and pieces falling apart this little truck pushed on. Years later when I was in my teens gpa decided to "restore" the truck. The truck was taken apart, repainted, new engine, new bed, spiffed and shined up. He restored the truck back to its prime, the way it was when it was brand new on the car lot. Restore literally means to bring back the original quality. Now, in gospel sense "restore" means to bring back the original truths of the words of the prophets. Now, we believe that there was a long time when the gospel and the priesthood keys were not on the earth, this was because of the great apostasy. And thus the reason the church had to be restored. Many others believe the gospel never left the earth, and therefore no reason for it to be restored. What a blessing it is to us to have the restored gospel, the truths of all the prophets who came before us, and who received revelation directly from Christ and his apostles. Like the little old chevy was made new again, so was the gospel through the divine revelation to Joseph Smith. The gospel of Jesus Christ, no matter where you go, is the same. Truth never changes, and neither will the foundational principles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
So last week we were working on the "Kieffer" list, trying to verify addresses and members when we found the M----- family. The mom seemed very annoyed at us being there but agreed to let us come back, although she didn't seem too thrilled. So this week we went back, and ashamed to say, we didn't have much faith of her letting us in. But they let us in! The whole family was there and we were able to verify their records and visit with them including leaving a scripture and a thought. They also invited us back next week! It was cool to see, something changed during the week, and we are ready to help them in whatever way possible. I can testify that the spirit changes the hearts of those who are ready to accept help. This family seems ready, so we're going to have faith and see how next week goes!
The Lord Always invites. Nothing is a rule, it's a simple invitation or a council to guide us to the best lives we can have. I read the story of Christ walking on the water. His disciples are first scared thinking he is a spirit, but then the Lord says, "Be of good cheer. It is I; be not afraid." Peter being filled with faith asks the lord if he can come to him on the water. The lord says, "come." Peter too began walking on water, but when the wind gets bad he doubts his faith and begins to sink. I find it interesting that peter gets a lot of crap from this story because he doubted his faith. But remember, Peter is the ONLY one who got out of the boat. All the others stayed and watched. I think to myself, do I have the faith to leave the boat? Or am I just along for the ride?
So on Monday we were riding the bus to district meeting. Somehow we ended up on the same bus as 4 elders and 2 other Hermanas. All of us were joking and laughing when the other hermanas got off the bus early...an elder asked, "Where are they going?", as they were headed in the wrong direction. I said, "probably to the bank to pull out their money." And out of nowhere, Elder M-----r says, "HUH! It's closed!" We all busted up laughing then called them to remind them that it was closed. Monday was Chile's Labor Day so everything was closed! It was really funny how M----- said it.
A few funny nurse conversations I had this week:
Elder: "Hermana, I think I have an eye infection...".
Me: "Elder, what happened?"
Elder: "Well I climbed in a stack of tires and then everyone pushed me over and some crap got in my eye...."
Elder: (while on the phone) "Hold on a second Hermana, I'm trying to put my pants on and talk at the same time..."
Me: "Elder, on a scale from 1-10 how bad does your knee hurt?"
Elder: "12 like the apostles, it's really bad"
Well it's been a fun week, I've laughed a lot, and had fun. Life is good and the love of God shines forth. Take a moment to realize what makes you most happy and have a great week!
Love you all,
Hermana Sullivan
Ps. The elders try to tease me about being from Kanab....I'M NOT! Sorry mom and dad, it's just not Leeds. Anyways my nicknames as of right now are Queen Kanab & Hermana Enfermera.
Hermana Sullivan
Mission Nurse Specialist
Chile Santiago South Mission
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