and shook his hand too!!
so this week we had a good time. we worked hard, had fun, ate food that was healthy (dont worry mom i am no longer eating hotdogs every day.) ate food that tasted good (and it didnt make me sick!!!). and we had an all around good time. now that i think about it i dont know why i was using the word we... i guess i could go back and change it to i... nah it is too late now. to fix it would mean erasing it and going back and writing parts of it again and i´m not very good at typing so i will just leave it.
so i am going to start with the food. this week we found a little food truck stand pace, for these sandwiches called lomitos. it is basically an egg a thin slice of steak, onion, tomatoe, on french bread. but oh is it good. i used to be a ittle scared of cooking, but look how easy it can be. just a sandwich made me smile. and i can unabashedly admit we went back to that food truck stand place again. the first time i was a little scared i would get sick. but no i was fine. and the second time too! so i wil probably go there again. it is only a $1.80 too. and it comes with fries.
so this week we had a multi zone conference, and elde Alonzo de the 70´s came. but it gets better. i got to shake his hand, but it gets better. he said my name, but it gets better. he mispronounced it and i corrected him, but it gets better. then he said it correct! but it gets better, then i sang infront of him! momma you would be so proud of us. we sang a prophets first prayer, but then after the second verse we had these two changos sing the first verse of come thou fount of every blessing. and then we sang the last verse of a profets first prayer to the tune of come thou fount of every blesing. and we slowly added more people until the end. and the power of that song was glorious. i could feel it like a wave spread through that whole room. and as i was singing i felt the truth of those songs too and the spirit bore witness to me that this gospel and the story of the restoration is not some cunningly devised fable. it is proof of god´s love for us his children.
And Elder and sister Alonzo de the 70´s were there!!! i sang in front of a man who has given general conference talks!!!
oooh momma i hope you are proud. because i am so freaking happy. i cant believe i did that. i dont normally do things like that. so that was crazy.
then Elder Alonzo gave a talk that was awesome. he started out by saying that he is a special witness of jesus christ and that he knows he lives. he doesnt believe he lives. he KNOWS he lives. except for the way he said it was perfect. it was a little louder than a whisper. just a simple "yo sé". but that whisper hit me like a freight train. this man hasnt given his live for something he hopes is true. he knows without a doubt that everything he is a representative of is true.
i hope one day i can have a testimony lik that. and really i kno that i can. you can too. realy the first step is to want it. faith isnt some magic gift bestowed on the general authorites, it is a choice. a choice to trust that he is there. and that trust and faith grows with time and study until you know.
elder bednar gave a talk about the brother of jared. he said that the brother of jared had faith and knowledge. and he asked the lord to touch these simpe rocks with his finger and they would glow. then as the lord touched each rock he came to understand that the lord had a finger, because that is what he asked for and as each rock one by one began to glow, his faith and understaning grew until it no longer was faith it was knowledge. and then nothing could be hid from him.
sorry there arent anymore spider stories.
elder arkoudas
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