I wish could
wear a Go Pro on my head because sometimes it's inappropriate to take a photo
but you want to save the memory.
The people here are sooo very loving.
In Sacrament Meeting today, Presidente and I stood at the pulpit together and I
bore my testimony first and then Presidente bore his testimony next. When
Presidente was speaking, I had the chance to look out over the congregation and
every eye was riveted on Dad. Nobody was sleeping. Nobody was looking at their
hands or in their lap. 100 pairs of eyes, looking together for instruction. I
wish I had a picture.
After sacrament meeting we met the
branch president and he was so loving toward one of the older women in the
congregation, he held here hand with fingers entwined and I thought she was his
mom. I wish I had a picture.
When I went into the bathroom after
our meetings, three little girls with pig tails poking up everywhere came up to
me one at a time and wrapped their arms around my hips and gave me a hug. They
had never met me before and that was our first greeting. How they win your
heart.
The photo of the woman in front of the
chalk board is the Relief Society President. (I snatched a photo of this
scene). They turn the chapel into the Relief Society room after sacrament
meeting. The women all stood up together and in one voice repeated their theme
from the Book of Mormon:
Moroni 7:46 'Wherefore my beloved brethren, if ye have not
charity, ye are nothing for charity never faith. Wherefore, cleave unto
charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail."
The people here have all different
shades of skin, from bowling-ball black, to French vanilla white, and
everything in between, cafe, brown, cream. It's beautiful. It reminds me of a
painting of a landscape, with amber waves of grain.
I have already had to make difficult
decisions regarding the missionaries’ health. I have felt the Holy Ghost
confirm to me in a most powerful way that each decision was correct. We are so
blessed to be instruments in the Lord's hands to do his work.
Go and Do!
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