Let's go to the most dangerous zone in the most dangerous
city in the world for a missionary conference! Yeah, so we went back up to
Chamelecon (which is basically the southeast part of SPS) for the Multi-zone,
but we went with our 4 elderes, so we were ok. Mostly it's the bus ride that
kills, between 1.5-2 hours. So I slept some of it on Hna Escobar's lap, as I
was tired and still a little gripey (although staying home and sleeping a whole
day really helped me feel a lot better this time...last time we just kept
working and I was feeling terrible for over a week). And then the bus overshot our stop, so we had
to walk a few minutes to get to the actual stop and then head over to the
chapel. Everyone says that as a member you learn to recognize the presence of
the Spirit, and that as a missionary you learn to recognize when He's not
there. And in Chamelecon it is hard to feel the Holy Ghost. You just feel dark
and dirty and bothered and a little fearful. It was in interesting experience. I can't say I liked it very
much. But once you walk into the church, you feel safe and light and ok and
know you can trust the people you see. Quite a stark contrast, actually. Made
me wonder if that's kinda how people feel when they come to the church for the
first time. I'll keep thinking about that.
So had our conference, where I led all the music (as no one
else in the universe likes to / knows how to lead music) and had lunch, talked
with Pres and Hna Dester about how things are going with the members, ward,
general health stuff, and how I'm doing and everything. I like talking to them,
they're really good people.
Finished up the conference, hung out a little while
afterwards as everyone caught up with everyone, and headed back home on another
blessed bus, but this one drove really fast and we got there in about an hour
and 15 mins. World record. So we got home to Santa Cruz with it pouring rain, and the
power out. Fantastic! So we decided to go to the church and eat our dinner and
wait out the storm and the power outage. So we did that, and the lights came on
just in time for Hna Escobar and I to go back to our house. So that was our
day.
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| Notes from the Multi-Zone with a little chart
thing about the importance of the Atonement...I take notes in both Spanish and English, in case you were wondering. |
Fact of the day: Every time the phone vibrates on our
plastic table it startles Hna Escobar. So I hear a lot of sharp breaths and "gran
poder!" as she jumps in her chair. It's really funny, makes me laugh. I love Hna Escobar!
But today was actually a pretty good day, the conference was
mostly about the Atonement and what this implies in relation to the Creation and
the Fall. The Creation supplied many good things, and the Fall allowed other
good things, but only with the Atonement is everything complete. There's a few
talks in the Liahona that I was reading in my personal study about this as
well.
- The Temple and the Natural
Order of Marriage by Elder Bruce C. Hafen
- The Plan of
Salvation: A Sacred Treasure of Knowledge to Guide Us by Elder Robert D. Hales
- Where Justice,
Love, and Mercy Meet by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
- The Gift of Grace
by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
- The Eternal
Perspective of the Gospel by Elder Rafael E. Pino
And, it should be noted that the Atonement of Jesus Christ was in 3 parts: in
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