6/18/13

"You are the Elect Sons and Daughters of God"

Hello!!

 

 

One of the Senior couples, Elder Cropper said we are the very best of the best and the elect of God today at transfer meeting.

 

Just a few moments again my mission split into two missions. My emotions were on a rollercoaster. I wish I could explain, but I simple can't. I will NEVER forget that transfer meeting, the things said, the emotions felt, and the love expressed. My heart was full. My spirit happy and sad. My eyes full of tears. My mind had racing memories. My legs shaking....like I always do. My hands ready to write any revelation down. The LOVE that I felt from President Hall is the love I hope to gain. I look up to him very much. He is a great example.

 

We went to the temple last wed and it was sooooo amazing. One because it was the only day last week where I had no symptoms of being sick. Why?? Because God is so merciful and heard my pleading prayers. I'm still sick by the way.

 

Okay so something that impacted me the most from the temple was simply this : God expects us to be faithful, not perfect.

Ponder that. I wish I could write all that I felt and learned at the temple, but I can't. I have the assurance that I'm doing the right thing at the right time in my life and that God has had this planned since the premortal existance.

 

Thoughts:

Pride denies us blessings.

We all need to go through our own Gethsemane.

Powerful is the mercy of God, don't miss it!

The what informs the why transforms.

Application is key if willing to change.

Repentace is the only way to change.

The creations of the 50 new missions is a sign of the hastening of the work.

THE WORLD NEEDS WHAT CHRIST HAS TO OFFER.

I know how to get to where I want to go.

The mountains I'll climb spiritually and emotionally/mentally will help me become like Christ.

God doesn't expect me to become a "celestial being" all of the sudden. I learn line upon line and precept upon precept for a reason.

 

Oh It's my 17 month mark...Hna Zepeda reminded me. uhhhhhh.

 

NEWS about the missions:

Today we had 45 new missionaries come into our mission! 16 visa waiters.

29 will actually stay with all the changes.

Next transfer, I will be 1 of 8 missionaries returning home. That same day, we'll have 50 missionaries coming into the field.

After today we will have about 150 missionaries in this mission. About 75+ went to the NEw Bakersfield mission today.

Between new and sept 10th we will have about 100 new missionaries enting the field, of which 50% of those missionaries will have been in the mission for 12 weeks or less.

(AHHHHH this is crazy!!!! THE WORK IS HASTENING THESE NUMBERS ARE INSANE!!!!)

Our mission created 2 more zones.

 

 

I am still a Sister Training Leader and will have more sister now...not sure yet about everything we'll learn more this week. We were at 18...so we'll see what happens! Hna Redondo, my first trainee is now a sister training leader too in a different zone!

Hna Sanders and Higley are companions!!

 

There were 3 companionships today that have been in the field 6 weeks, and are now together...who's their trainer? President said the spirit, but that he feels so peaceful about all the changes that God needed transfers to go this way.

 

Saying goodbye to so many people was really hard. I won't go there.

 

 

 

This is a unique time, which calls for unique changes. I am part of it. What a blessing.

 

D&C 6:36

 

Okay well all I have to say is....AHHHHHHHHHH!!! This is soo exciting I'm going to be so tired and it'll feel so good. please pray for me and my investigators and all the missionaries...well and everybody!!

 

I love you all!!

Love, hna Arguello

 

 

Photos: my district.

 

6/17/13

....quickie!

Hello!!!!

 

Alright, so me and hna Vila have been asked to take out the new missionaries that came in today from 12-5pm....so I don't have timte tow rite today, but we scheduled time tomorrow after TRANSFER MEETING!!!!!!

 

 

AHHHHHH guess what? I have 6 weeks left to shine, be cut down, be hit by trials, and become who God needs me to be! awesome.

I'm staying here in North hollywood 5to with Hna Vila!!

 

So much to tell but I'll tell you tomorrow!

 

I love you all!

Hna Arguello

6/10/13

I hear and I forget. I feel and I remember

Buenas tardes!!!!

 

Well, well, well, parents, I hope your empty nesters dinner goes great, which I know it will!!! Too bad I can't be there....wait that would defeat the point huh? haha! Okay well I love all of you so much.

 

Something I've been thinking about how how much a person can change as they focus on everyone else BUT themselves. I've changed so much these last 6 weeks. I know that as we apply more fully the atonement of Christ, He allows us to be healed in ways we didn't know were possible. I know that God loves me and all of us with an infinite love.

 

As I taught this week, I though about how the only person that can go down into a hole someone is in spiritaully and emotionally, is Christ. I'll never comprehend the atonement, or understand it, but now I understand when missionaries always come home and say they became so close to Christ on their missions. I don't want to forget. I know that it is only through humility that we can access His grace to more fully use his atonement. We never forget what we feel, or what has been felt.

 

Random note. I love seeing a large group of missionaries bown their heads before a prayers starts. I feel so much pwoer from it. I know it's al ittle things, but it's amazing.

 

We had our mission leadership council on wed for all the zone leaders and sister training leaders, and it was amazing!!! I felt so blessed to be there. I love president Hall so much. He is a great leader and so humble and willing to do what God needs him to do. The spilt in the mission will happen next week with transfers. He broke down and weeped as he thought about having to say good bye to half the missionaries. To feel that love he has for us was so powerful I don't think there was anyone there without a tear in their eye. Who knows what will happen. It's such an exciting time in missionary work I love it! With this missionary split, I know that we will reach our goal of 1,000 conversions by the end of the year. WE are an amry working really hard to show the people the pathway to get home. I have that knowldege and I want to show the whole world!!!!!!!!!!!! The best way is by example, so here we go!!!

 

I don't have a lot of time, but guess what!??!?!?! We get to go to the temple on WED!!!!!!!! I'm super happy about that. It helps put my head on straight again.

 

Here are a few workds from President's email I wanted to share about the temple that I liked.

 

 

 

FROM PRESIDENT:

 

Let me share a few thoughts of President Boyd K. Packer to help you prepare and receive the greatest benefit from your time at the temple this week.

Seek for Revelation. “A testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ, a witness that the Book of Mormon is true, comes in a delicate, refined spiritual communication. It is described in the scriptures as light (D&C 88:11, 67), as burning in the bosom. It is best described as a feeling. (1 Ne. 17:45.) Ordinarily a testimony comes when we seek for it with a sincere heart and real intent. (Moro. 10:4.) “If thou shalt ask, thou shalt receive revelation upon revelation, knowledge upon knowledge, that thou mayest know the mysteries and peaceable things—that which bringeth joy, that which bringeth life eternal.” (D&C 42:61.) No message appears in scripture more times, in more ways than, “Ask, and ye shall receive.” (Matt. 21:22; James 4:3; 1 Jn. 3:22; 1 Ne. 15:11; Enos 1:15; Mosiah 4:21; D&C 4:7; and Moses 6:52are examples.) While we may invite this communication, it can never be forced! If we try to force it, we may be deceived.” (Boyd K. Packer, “Reverence Invites Revelation,” Ensign, Nov. 1991, 21–23)

Take time in the temple to have your testimony strengthened by revelation. Come in a spirit of prayer and ask the Lord for answers to the questions of your heart. Ask Heavenly Father for guidance on how to be a more exceptional missionary, how to love to find, and how to teach for conversion. Ask Him how you can love the people more.

Reverence Invites Revelation. In the same talk, President Packer taught, “Reverence invites revelation.” He continued, “Inspiration comes more easily in peaceful settings. Such words as quiet, still, peaceable, Comforter abound in the scriptures: “Be still, and know that I am God.” (Ps. 46:10; italics added.) And the promise, “You shall receive my Spirit, the Holy Ghost, even the Comforter, which shall teach you the peaceable things of the kingdom.” (D&C 36:2).”

During your time at the temple this week, both inside the temple and on the temple grounds, I would encourage you to practice great reverence. We are representatives of Jesus Christ and as such, He expects us to represent Him at all times. Please plan to arrive early and not be rushed. Speak softly and keep you talk centered on appropriate topics. If you greet someone with a hug, especially if you are in the Celestial Room, please do it in a reverent manner that does not make any noise. Once we have finished in the temple, please proceed back to your areas in a timely, reverent manner so that you can maintain the feelings of the temple with you as long as possible.


Do Not Disturb the Revelation of Others. On a different occasion, President Packer spoke the power of prelude music and personal revelation. He said, “Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation.” (Boyd K. Packer, “Personal Revelation: The Gift, The Test, The Promise” Ensign, Nov. 1994)

I would also suggest that we be very careful not to disturb the processes of revelation of others as we are in the temple or on the temple grounds. Be sensitive to your fellow missionaries who may be seeking important personal revelation during this time at the temple and do nothing that would disturb or intrude on their efforts to hear the Lord’s will."

 

 

I wish you all a happy week!!

 

I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!

hna Arguello

6/3/2013

He is a "RIGHT TIME" God.

Hello!!!!

 

 

Did you miss me?? I'm sorry I didn't have time for email last week we've been so busy. But I'll going to send a lot of photos this week just because they are neater than words sometimes....well that's what I think.

 

My whole life flipped upside down last week, but through acceptance, humilitly, and the Love of God, He helped me to understand He has more plans for me than I expected. I've figured it out with the help of angels sent from both sides of the viel.

 

This week we have the VERY  first Mission Leadership Council in the California San Fernando mission where we, as Sister training leaders will be giving sewardships over what has been happing in our new calling. It's going to be AWESOME!!!!!! It will be President Hall, the 4 assistants, and all the zone leaders...oh and the  6 sister training leaders of course :-) We are stoked!! We have gone where no zone leader could go to help the hermanas...the sisters, and it's awesome. President is so happy and it's humbling.

 

I know that everything I believe is true. I know that the way I act reflects how I feel about Christ, as do all of our actions. I know that if we live the gospel our lives will change consistantly for the better.

 

They will be broadcasting on the 23rd of June at 4pm mt time "The Work of Salvation" it is a mission presidents seminar. YOU ALL NEED TO WATCH IT! it will change your live.

 

Okay quick! The pictures are of some of the exchanges. The papers is the thing that impacted us most from the exchange.

 

I LOVE YOU ALL!!! Please pray for me and all the people here!

Thank you for your support!

Love always, Hna Arguello

PHOTOS:

• The bread and water was something we left at my old bishops door so he could "share the bread of life and the living waters" hahaha :-) sweet huh?

• Feel like your there? The weird awkward face of us three is because sometimes men open their doors only in their undies and it's awkward!

5/20/13

God Chastens Those He Loves.

Hello!!!

 

Well this is going to be a shorter one, but just know that I lovvvvvved this week! It was su eventful and Hna Vila and I are taking our calling to a great level. God is helping up and continues to prepare us with each thing we need to do here in the mission with the 18 sisters we are over. They are AMAZING. WE seriously have the greatest sister missionaries, pues missionare in general :-) I love them all so much.

 

Soemthing that I have been learing on the exchanges we have had is that God puts us in places or have us do things that might seem forgien to us at the beginning, but as we trust him and pray that he brings to us what we need, He does. God loves us so He gives us trials. The greatest lesson learned this transfer thus far is that Faith and trust in God fix everything. It's true. Believe it. I know that there are so many things that we as missionaries do well, but when God is leading that way, we do it so much better.

 

 I love this scripture Psalms 40:1, 4

"I ^awaited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry."

" Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust"

 

That was just a thought.

 

Another, "I'm a convert." We should all be able to say that, and if we can't, we need to work to be able to say that because it will completly change our lives. As we live our testimonies, we become even more converted.We face trials with faith and trust in God, and we are willing to accept whatever is put in our path. It's a process. That is why we should want to be learner for life, so that we can continue to progress. Thinking about it now, the day we stand in front of God to be judged, the only thing we will have are our testimonies, and knowledge.  I still have a ton to learn, but because of my mission, my life is on a whole different path and I couldn't be happier.

 

We need to Enjoy and endure to the end :-) Life is worth living well don'tcha think?

 

I love you all!!! Pray for all the missionaries coming out...our whole mission will be training! There are already missionaries double training!!

 

Love,

Hna Arguello

 

 

fotos: exchanges with Hna Clifton and hna Whetten!

 

 

5/13/13

I've been transfered.

Hello!!

 

I am now in North Hollywood 5th. I have been called to be a Sister Training Leader, which is Historic!!! This is the first time the Missionary department will be implementing this leadership position for sister missionaries. Before the only leadership was being a trainer. President has called me and my new companion, Hna Vila, to open a new area on car, and be sister training leaders over 18 sisters here in the valley. I think President said we have the largest stewardship and have to conduct exchanges with all of them. We are packing them all in so we have 9 exchanges that will take place. We are planning, planning, planning!! This week we will be implementing all our plans!! YAY!! We are supser excited because God called us to this position and that must mean that He knows somehting that i don't! haha

I AM STOKED!!

 

Okay so I got to call home yesterday yay!!! But now this will be short. I am so happy to be able to have this calling and I know this transfer IS going to refine me. Trust me, so here we go!!! Actually it's already started!

 

OHHH President also said, "There is no male equivalent to a visiting teacher it is that important." NEAT huh?!?!

 

Please pray for me and share the gospel!

 

All my love!

Hna Arguello

 

P.s. Please send all packages to the office...but my new address is:

 

6924 Woodman Ave. #203

Van Nuys, CA 91405

5/6/13

A New Era in the Church of Christ

Hello!

ADVICE: Don't yawn, or smile when riding a bike, it's a great landing place for bugs. Also, when your skirt gets stuck in the tire of your bike, make sure you have a sewing kit. 

Alright so as I write this I am very wet. It rained all night and is still raining. Haha can't you just see me now riding my Pixie in the rain getting spalshed by cars and getting hit in the face by big drops of water. Haha my face is like all awkward looking and wet. It's sooo much fun, and funny! Honestly, people HAVE to think we are crazy. Our maintaince man from our complex was like "NO! Don't go out! it's not fair" hahaha it was funny. Nothing stops us. Anyway it's been a blast on my bike pixie. She's done me good....

Now for the news. I have to say goodbye to pixie...and HELLO to CAR!!!!! hahaha we have transfers tomorrow and all I know is that I am getting transfered :( Sad day.It's always hard leaving. I don't like packing either haha but that doesn't even matter. Hna Sanders doesn't have her visa yet, but President must have gotten revelation that they are going to leav soon. Two companions are coming in to be companions with her. haha can't you just see it now, 3 bikers in skirts biking down the street...and one getting caught by the red light. Haha crazy huh? She is going to be in a trio. Hna Zepeda is telling the whole ward that it takes at least 2 sister missionaries to replace me. ha. Well all 3 peru visa waiters will now by in trios as of tomorrow....so they must be leaving soon. All I know is I'm going to car and graduating again. I thought I'd never go back in a car. So it's weird. I'm having a paradigm shift. I wanted to continue on bike, but I know that God needs me in a new area on car, it's for a great purpose right? :-) That's all I know, I'm leaving North Hollywood.

As I was studying this really impacted me:

Enos 1:12

12 And it came to pass that after I had ^aprayed and labored with all diligence, the Lord said unto me: I will grant unto thee according to thy ^bdesires, because of thy faith.

I LOVE THIS! Don't you? I don't know why you would'nt. :-) So I've been praying...being diligent...and have great desires and faith, so I know God according to His will, will grant unto me what I need.

In a 10 second contact in our complex elevator, this made wrote his number down on my planner and said we could teach him. He didn't live in our area, so we sent the referal in. The next morning, he was updated to "teaching." From a 10 second elevator ride, this man now has the opportunity to CHOOSE accordning to the knowledge he will gain. It is a miracle. God knows who is prepared. It was a tender MIRACLE.

Just a thought. We are commanded to follow the prophet. Moses was a prophet. Had the people not followed him, they would have still been in captivity. So if I follow President Monson, I will not be in captivity, but have liberty.

We have been working with a member we found knocking doors that hasn't been to church in about 6 years. He got baptized about 7 or 8 years ago. In this 5 weeks, we worked with him each week. At the beginning he said very firmly NO to going to church. The miracle is that yesterday he went to church and called us his angeles because of how happy he was. He told us, "You've done your job." It is amazing to feel the pleasant peace that comes from the Spirit telling you that God is happy with you. I'll send a picture. He's awesome and even wore a suit!!! :-)

Okay wel lI love you!!! take care. And I'll talk to you on Sunday for mothers day!!! I haven't decided if we'll skype of just call.

Love,

Hna Arguello

4/29/2013

I love being a Representative of Jesus Christ.

Hello!

 

this week was just so GREAT and it ended great on Sunday with stake conference. A bunch of RMs came to visit the mission and came to conference it was crazy to see them. Especially the sisters. They have legs! haha I always see them in skirts....but pants is a different story! Anyway, it was great, and I got to see a bunch of people from my first area! They even remembered me :-) That was great to have bunches of people running at me with hugs. Sweet experience. I saw Yari and Rosa and a whole ton of other people you have no idea who I'm talking about, but that's okay. Anyway, It was a great week. We found a lot of people this week too. We are working really well together! I'm so happy. Can you tell? I hope so.

 

I'm going to go cut my hair in an hour.

 

That was random.

 

On Sat we will find out transfer calls. We'll see what happens. They still don't have their visas. There are 2 spanish sisters coming out...that were unexpected next week. All of us are already trainging. Hna higley, me and Mulliner...are the ones that will finish training this week. They are also implementing now the "Exchange sisters". I have no idea how everything is happening, but it is. I wish you all could be in the excitment on where I'm at. Well I guess you can, go help your missionaries!!!!!!!!!!! ha.

 

Sorry this is short, I'll end with 2 thoughts. We taught someone for the first time and as he looked at the BOM he said "I've never had a book of mormon before." He looked at the book as if he already knew it was of God. People are prepared. Help the missionaries and give them names. Also, I feel that as members of the church of Christ we don't really understand what we have. Just a thought. okay but that's sad, so to end on a happy note, I know it's all true. Every week I get to sit in a church that was established when Jesus Christ came to earth and established it. It's changed my life.

 

I love you!

Hna arguello

 

 

This is what my Missiong president had to say.....I'm so excited!!!

 

"As you may know, last week we met with all of the other California mission presidents (and one from Hawaii) to be trained and taught. Elder L. Tom Perry was presiding and was accompanied by Elder Richard J. Maynes (our area supervisor) and his assistants, Elder Marcos Aidukaitis and Elder Gregory Schwitzer. The subject was Missionary Work, no surprise there.

Elder Perry was very clear that we as a Church have entered a new era. There has never before, in the history of the world, been anything like it. He says he daily thanks the Lord that he has one more day to see this all unfold. He talked a bit about the revelation to lower the mission age came to be. The Twelve had approached the First Presidency with the recommendation that the age of Elders be lowered. The First Presidency kept it under advisement for a year before putting it on the agenda for discussion in their weekly Temple meeting with the apostles. The original suggestion to lower the age was for Elders, the First Presidency surprised the Twelve with lowering the age for Sisters, also. Elder Perry testified of the direct revelation to the Prophet on that matter.

Elder Perry repeatedly stated that we are in a new time. That things are different now and that we are privileged to be a part of it. One Mission President who will be released in July, commented how he would give anything he owned to be able to stay two more years. But thanks to the Elders and Sisters who have come before, we have the strength and foundation to enter this new era. We are all standing on the shoulders of giants."

 

"As Sister Hall mentioned in her letter last week, we received some wonderful instruction from the Mission Presidents Seminar with Elder L. Tom Perry. There is no question in my mind that the Lord is preparing more of His children to receive the Gospel of Jesus Christ as He hastens His work. At this point it looks like we will be receiving 20 new missionaries next week and at least 30 new missionaries in June. That’s 50 new missionaries in the next two months – about 25% of our current mission size! And it doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. By the next transfer, we will have at least 100 missionaries participating in the 12 Week Training Program for New Missionaries and possibly more if we are assigned additional new missionaries or if we receive additional missionaries waiting for their visas. We will all need to step up our game to be prepared for this amazing hastening of the work.

I know that each of you have been called by a prophet of God to be a missionary in this unique and wonderful time in the Church. This truly is a new era of the Church, and we have been called to be the Lord’s servants in His vineyard. I am so grateful for the opportunity to work side by side with each one of you and am so very thankful for your diligence and faith.

We love you!

President and Sister Hall"

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FOTOS! we had mormon helping hand and we cleaned the L.A. river. I found a lot of things...one of which was a toaster. BBQ. People from my old area.

 

 

4/22/13

As instruments of God, we can affect generations.

Hello!

 

We had zone conference last wed...and some big things happening. July last year(2012) we had 28 sister missionaries in our mission. This coming July(2013) they are expecting and planing for 90 sister missionaries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OKay maybe you all don't get home neat that is. Just picutre me jumping up and down saying that. Okay not really. That's weird. BUT kinda not kidding. That is ao awesome! I love elders, but I love sister missionaries, don't you?? I'm so excited for our mission. Also, they are now having Mission training meetings instead of leadership meeting (those where where the elders in leadership positions would go to a meeting ever month...like zone leader, district leaders...etc.). Oh it was a great conference!

I was blown away with all the sisters that will be and could be coming in! That is just so exciting I couldn't help smiling the whole time hearing about it.

 

I have really been studying about the BOM and in it. There is true power from God there. I think my heros are those that burried their weapons of rebellion in alma 23-26. They would not break their covenant to fight. The missionaries taught them, and they were truly converted. Those that are truly converted will never fall away. WHat a promise. So they burried their weapons in the ground and covenanted with God never to fight again and keep their swords "bright". Later we read that their enemies came to attack and kill them, but those converted left their swords in the ground and prayed. They knew they would be ging to meet their Maker in a few moments. It would have been easy for them  to justify and say "God you know I need to protect my family so please forgive me and understand that I have to break the covenant I made with you." But they didn't. They were firm. Many were slaughtered, but those killing them had mercy and their hearts were changed. Many of them were converted because of it. I was thinking about our covenants. Do we justify?

I look up to them so much. They were willing to die for their God. Would we?

 

ALSO GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yaritza, (18 years old) my recent convert from El Camino Real (My first area), has decided to go on a MISSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is preparing to go in sept. (A year after her baptism). MY heart was so full to hear her news. What we do as instruments of the Lord affects more than one person every time we teach. What we do affects generations.

 

The missionaries that baptized mom will never know that because of that, I am serving a mission. How grateful I am for missionaries and the power of God. I know Yari will be a powerful missionary,

Study simple doctrine deeply. This is what we need to do. I was thinking about it. Seriously, think about. Enough with the "deep doctrine" :-) We need to get the basics. President Hinckely said that no matter how many times you read the BOM prayerfully, you will feel the spirit of God. Who doesn't want revelation?

 

Alma 26:22

 22 Yea, he that ^arepenteth and exerciseth faith, and bringeth forth good ^bworks, and prayeth continually without ceasing—unto such it is given to know the ^cmysteries of God; yea, unto such it shall be ^dgiven to ^ereveal things which never have been revealed; yea, and it shall be given unto such to bring thousands of souls to repentance, even as it has been given unto us to bring these our brethren to repentance.

 

I love you all!!

Hna Arguello

4/8/13

I love La Conferencia General!

Wow!

 

What a great weekend to a great week!! I was sooo excited for conference!!! At the very end though hna Zepeda said :It's you last one as a missionary" Boom I got really sad and then had to focus again. I had much revelation to what I need to work on and who I need to become. I love that the Spirit brings things to my mind and heart so that I can understand so much more. I had the more powerful revelation about why I was on my mission.

 

I'll let you in on a little piece of that. Before my mission I knew what I wanted and what I needed. I thought that I was going to have a pretty good and happy life. I was doing what I was supposed to be doing, I knew what I wanted to do with my life, I knew how I wanted to raise my family and so on. Anyway during one of the talkes, I had such a strong feeling and revelation about my life had I not come to serve my mission.

There is a talk from years ago that is that you can always have "good, better, or best." During the Conference I knew that without my mission and the enlightenment and understanding gained here, I would have had a "better" life. God's thoughts are always higher than our own thoughts even if we don't believe it at times. God wanted me to have the "best" life, so he answered a weak and willing Daughter's prayer to know whether or not to go on a mission. I felt that lvoe of God more powerfully than I had receiving that revelation knowing that my Father in Heaven wanted to give me EVEN more than what He has already given me. I was overwhelmed with those thoughts and so much more. I want the "best" and I know that God knows best....so all I need to do is follow Him. It all makes sense really. President Monson, a Prophet called of God, spoke on obedience. This life is the test os OBEDIENCE. I get it. Do you get it?

 

I have learned so much about agency as well. It all comed down to obedience. We choose, liberty and life, or captivity and death. It's not I choosing to steal or not to steal. Those are the consequences. I know that all the was said during the Conference is true and we just have to change continuously one step at a time to better ourselves so we can have the "best."

 

Any meeting we have is pointless if nothing changes after it. So Conference was great, but we can't just put the notes away in the bookshelf and not study the words or change. Changes and improvement need to be made. Will I change because of what I learned at Conference? I hope so. Will you?

I loved sooo many talk...but obviously we all loved Elder Hollands. Wow that was amazing. Seriously, we just have to believe or have a desire to believe.

 

Keep believing, keep loving, and keep loving God. For those whom love God, keep the commandments.

 

Love,

Hna Arguello

4/15/13

People are waiting.

Hello!

 

This week we had two unique instances that I actually have never had before on my mission. The week before we we knocking and found 2 potentials. We were going to go back the next week. WE had to really work hard for them to even say we could come back haha. Anyway, when we went back and talked to both of them, both had said they had been waiting for us and what we had to share. How neat is that. I've never heard that. I know that there are people waiting to have the knowledge that we have. We need to open our mouths even when we don't want to and share the gospel. They are our brothers and sisters. Don't we want to see all of them happy after this life? Yes I COMPLETLY understand how we all have our agency...sometimes it gives me a headache, but we need to do our part.

 

I was thinking that if we want future generations and our generations to stay active in church, we must hold FHE.

If we have desires to "see" we must, repent, walk uprightly, don't give into peer pressure, humble ourselves, bow down in mighty prayer, have faith, and do it with a sincerity of heart. (DyC 5:24) I want all the revelation I can get. Don't you? I think many people don't believe in God...or they believe in just a "higher power," but I know that if we want to know God, we have to pray and ask if he really does exsist. I know He does. I knew He answers prayers. I know that He will give us trials BECAUSE He loves us. I know at times we may think "If there was a God this wouldn't have happened." No That's WRONG. THere is a God and either "it" happened because of our own agency or because He wants to test us. I pray we all pass the test of obedience. This test of life. Living the gospel isn't hard. We just make it that way. I don't think anything good came easy.

 

I love that even though I was sick all weekend with a migraine (rude huh) God gave me the peace and assurance that no one was going to not find the gospel just because I had to get better. Good to know. 

 

1nephi 19:9

 

 9 And the world, because of their iniquity, shall judge him to be a thing of naught; wherefore they scourge him, and he suffereth it; and they smite him, and he suffereth it. Yea, they^aspit upon him, and he suffereth it, because of his loving ^bkindness and his ^clong-suffering towards the children of men.

 

Think about what He did for you.

Christ died for you. No one else did.

 

I love you all. Did you know? :-) Good because I do!

 

Love,

Hna Arguello

P.S. This is a super good article! I love the Ensign sooo much!

http://www.lds.org/ensign/2013/02/discipleship-at-all-times-in-all-things-in-all-places?lang=eng