We’ve been doing
family home evenings with all the members who live in this neighborhood; they
all take turns hosting it and everyone else goes. Well, when they can. Cause
sometimes no one goes. But last week, guess who hosted it? The Robles! It was
their second time hosting it and they’re not even members yet. And not all the
members have even hosted it yet. They’re so in love with the Spirit and it is
so beautiful to see. Because sometimes I take it for granted, but when I see
how much it impacts them, I realize what a miracle it truly is to simply have
the Spirit in your life, in your home.
On Thursday we
went to see them and they told us that the blood draws they had done a couple
weeks ago in preparation for their marriage (I’m not sure if that’s a law in
the US? I assume so…) expired! They have to pay to have them done AGAIN. But
they’re not discouraged. They’re going to do whatever they have to do, even
though it means more sacrifices. We should all follow their example. Refuse to
let setbacks discourage us. Focus more on the successes than the frustrations
or failures.
Hermana Hererra and I
called our moms on Saturday (miss you, Mom!), and on Sunday we
had church and the normal lessons but we spent a good part of the day singing a
sweet mother-daughter song one by one to all the moms we know here! We didn’t
have room in our hearts to feel sad that we weren’t with our moms, because our
hearts were too busy giving love to be selfish. I know when we forget ourselves
in the service of others we find a really sweet peace and happiness in our
hearts. Because each and every one of us truly are brothers and sisters, since
we are children of God, we have the need to love and be loved.
In the April 2010
General Conference, Bradley D. Foster said:
"Perhaps the
reason we respond so universally to our mothers’ love is because it typifies
the love of our Savior. As President Joseph F. Smith said, “The love of a true
mother comes nearer [to] being like the love of God than any other kind of
love”"
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| Making salsa by hand, helping one of the hermanas |
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