¡Feliz diciembre!
Merry Christmas
season everyone! Even though it’s green (well, brown, and definitely not white
or snowy) and warm in Lima, we see Christmas displays everywhere, which makes
us very happy. We’re both feeling a little more familiar with the mission
office processes, but are very thankful that we have a good support system with
the Area office.
This week was
the “Mission Tour,” which occurs once per year and involves having a member of
the Area presidency and his wife visit our mission, speak with the missionaries,
and conduct training meetings. We weren’t too involved with the logistics of
this, but were able to attend Friday’s training and lunch. As part of the
president’s message to the missionaries, he encouraged the missionaries to
continue their efforts to learn English…which made me feel a bit guilty as I
haven’t been as diligent in teaching the English Connect lessons now that we’ve
taken over all the mission office responsibilities. I’m hoping to do better!
This week in
church, a young man from Las Vegas, NV (He’s married to a girl from Lima.) shared
his testimony. His Spanish is probably similar to mine, and he kept going back
and forth from English to Spanish (which was nice for me!) and made the
following remark:
“Our weaknesses
are our greatest opportunities for growth.”
Of course this
is obvious, but somehow it particularly struck me and reminded me of these
verses:
“And if men come
unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that
they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble
themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith
in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them. … and I will show
unto them that faith, hope and charity bringeth unto me—the fountain of all righteousness.”
(Ether 12:27-28)
¡Ten algunas experiencias buenas esta semana! (Have some good experiences this week!)
Love,
Lane & LeAnn
