So first of all, this week's pronunciation fail:
After our lesson, (our teachers act as our investigators) our teacher
nonchalantly asks, "Gwondung wa dim gong 'revelation' "? (How do you say
revelation?) And I'm like 'Kaisih.' And he's like, "Yes. Not 'keisih.
Which means racism." Me: *face palm*
So I had told him in our lesson "Moses, through racism learned of the Ten Commandments."
Anyway,
Cantonese really is coming along. Besides those occasional very
unfortunate mishaps, our lessons go well. Plus, they always know what we
mean. We are working on asking inspired questions, as Christ did, and
it is amazing how much it helps during lessons. Even though it's hard
because sometimes we don't understand their whole response, the Spirit
helps us, and we can answer them very simply.
Last night Elder
Anderson came and spoke for Tuesday night devotional. It is always so
amazing to hear an apostle of the Lord speak. It was broadcast to all
the MTCs around the world. My favorite part of devotionals are District
Meetings. After the devo we go back to the classrooms and share our
favorite thought with our district. We usually combine with one more
district, and I feel like I get more out of these meetings than the
actual devotional! Things I had missed or not pondered are shared in
detail, and the testimonies I hear strengthen mine so much.
My
dad mentioned in a DearElder that in Rio, a team of Refugees came in
waving the Olympic flag. For the first time in history, there was a
refugee team. I thought that was SO cool! In Elder Anderson's talk he
briefly mentioned the Olympics. I was thinking 'I wish I could watch the
Olympics' but then I thought 'This is kind of like the Eternal
Olympics! I am here with thousands of young people who have sacrificed
to be here, we are from all over the world, going all over the world, to CHANGE the World!!! It
really is amazing. Elder Anderson also talked about not letting our
flame of faith dim or die. I know that we are all born with a spark, an
ember: the Light of Christ. With Heavenly Father, Christ, and the
Spirit's help, we fan that ember into a flame, and then teach them to
continue to nurture that flame into an unquenchable fire. I know that
because we are children of God, that flame can never really die. We are
children of God. We have the potential to become like Him. Our souls are
infinite in nature. We have already accepted Christ as our Savior in
the premortal world. "Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever."
~Elder Uchtdorf. Our job is just to not let anything get in the way of
that flame. Distractions, sins, doubts, fears. Do not let them get in
the way. Heavenly Father will constantly fan our flames if we allow him,
and then we will be able to be a light to others. "We do not condemn
others for the amount of light they may or may not have; rather, we
nourish and encourage all light until it grows clear, bright, and true."
~Elder Uchtdorf.
This also made me realize that when other
people, governments, and disappointments abandon us, Christ will not. We
are all refugees in a sense, but we are all part of one eternal family.
I love this scripture: "Nay in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
For I am persuaded that neither life, nor death, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor
height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God, which is in Jesus Christ our Lord." ~Romans
8:37-39.
It is true. I know the gospel of Jesus Christ is
true. There was a man that lived upon this Earth that died for you and
for me. So that he could understand us and love us more perfectly. So
that one day we will return to our father and live forever as the
glorious beings that we are. It is miraculous and amazing. It is true.
Don't let anything block your flame, it can "grow brighter and brighter
until the perfect day."
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