Sorry I am writing you a little bit later today! We had a very interesting P-Day as we had to be in the offices EARLY and then went to capital and ate in Ramos Mejia with some of the Hnas... ha ha including Hna Svedin and Hna Tucker... so needless to say I was pretty happy! So much for the relaxing P-Day I was hoping for however!
Today I found a scripture that I really liked. It´s in 3 Nephi 5:13 and it says (roughly as I am translating it from spanish yet again...) "I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have been called by Him to declare His word among His people so that they can gain eternal life." Obviously that had special significance for me at this point in time as I am a full-time missionary. But I know that as we are all called to be servants of God, His disciples, we are all called to declare His word and help others come unto Him. I´ve found on my mission that often the people that I least expect to be helping, are often the ones that need my help the most. As I have constantly been praying for miracles in my life and especially in the lives of others, I have found that almost NEVER do things turn out the way that I would have planned, but they always turn out far better than I could have expected. I know that as we put our faith in the Lord and open our mouths, He will guide us by the hand into far greater paths and unto those that will recieve us and His word.
(thanks for believing)
Ha ha alright now for some funny stories that I actually remembered to write down so that I could tell you. So we have a man in our ward who is a little excentric and we have been teaching his brother for a few weeks who isn´t a member. Last week we went to their house 3 days in a row and each day after lunch we had been determined to fast and had started our fast so when we got to their house each day... we had indeed been fasting. Well the first two days we had to break our fast early for various reasons so we planned the next day to start the fast again and have a full fast. But on the third day of our going to their house and refusing to eat or drink anything one of the men gave us a puzzled look and then broke into a smile and said, "Oh that´s right, 'las santas' can fast for a longer amount of time!" He now always refers to me as "Santa Scanlon" and every time I have a hard time not laughing because I know that he is being completely serious!
Before I forget to tell you, next week we will be having our Christmas P-Day which will be on the 21st (Wednesday) so we will not be having P-Day on Monday. So when you don´t hear from me on the 19th don´t be too concerned cuz I will be writing you on the 21st... and maybe be telling you where I am going to be in my new area... ha ha who knows!
Alright I have to go but I love you all tons! Until next week!
I think about you often, pray for you always, and love you forever!
Hna Scanlon
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