Buenas! Hi everyone, this week has been really fun!
This Thursday and Friday we had a Specialized Training meeting for
missionaries. Both days the conference was 6 hours long more or
less. It was rather long but it was so spiritually uplifting. The
highlight of this week was actually when Elder Cluff and I had to put together
the class for the Elders Quorum in 5 minutes for church. The lesson was
about being happy through difficult times. It was a very good reminder
for me. The biggest thing that impacted me from the lesson was the fact
that being happy is our own personal decision.
A great example of this is
one of the members in the ward here in Vilafranca. He is the Patriarch
and is the owner of a Nescafé factory (a coffee making factory, ironic huh?)
and but is very humble. A couple months ago he showed up to his work with
his wife and they were both late. The employees (several of which are
members here) asked him what had happened and his wife shakenly replied that
somebody had set their new car on fire. Now without a car they had made
it to work and without missing a beat the Patriarch kept on working like normal
and was even singing Hymns with a big smile on his face! His example
impacted many people in the ward and reminded me that the best way to be happy
in this life is to keep an Eternal Perspective.
So for all of you back
home, I'd like to invite you all to be happier this week. I'm definitely
going to try and change it up so I know you guys can as well! Have a
great week!
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