Atalaya Week 7!

Hola Amigos!
This week was great!

On Tuesday it was the birthday of the bishop's daughter. We made a little card and 23 things we love about her. We stopped by to drop them off and her grandma and an aunt and an uncle were there too and everyone told us to sit down for a couple of minutes. SO we were sitting and talking with Brenda and her family and Hermana Vargas out of nowhere asked us whose house we were going to for lunch. Well, that morning when we had called to confirm lunch with the people who feed us every single Tuesday, the wife wasn't going to be there so we had to cancel. We told Hermana Vargas that we were going back to the pension to make lunch and well, she doesn't like that. We ended up coming back an hour later to eat lunch with them. That family is just great! 

Wednesday we woke up at 4:30 in the AM to be in Ramos Mejia (the mission offices) at 7. Buuuut, it was worth it. You know why? Because the reason we had to be in Ramos at 7 was because we were travelling to a chapel in the North Mission for a special conference with ELDER BEDNAR!!! IT was a conference for all the missionaries in the area Suramerica Sur, and it was transmitted from Buenos Aires so the 4 BA missions and the MTC all went to a big chapel in the North Mission. Oh man, Elder Bednar is my favorite. He's so inspiring! He's also really funny - well, with the missionaries. There was a meeting for the youth and one for the Young Single Adults in the area as well and he was pretty serious with them, but with us he was making jokes and throwing random spanish words in just about every 3 sentences. 

I know, I know, you all want to know what I learned from sitting 50 feet (or so) away from and apostle of the Lord for three hours. The answer is, nothing. I learned nothing from Elder Bednar. Now, that's not to say I didn't learn anything that day. I learned a ton. I have three or four pages of notes. But, everything I learned, I learned from the Spirit. Yes, having an apostle there saying what the Spirit was telling him definitely helped. However, I learned everything from the Spirit. That is my counsel to all of you this week. Pay more attention to what people say and do and more to what the Spirit says and does in your heart and mind. At first it can be really hard, but do it and you will be blessed! Also, something else I learned was what it means to ask in faith. When we are praying we are told to ask in faith. This doesn't mean to ask and sit around and wait for your answer! Ask and act! Faith is a principle of first action, then power.

That's all I have time for! The gospel's true, God loves you! Love you all!
-Hermana Cheever