Queridos amigos,
Another amazing week has come and gone. I can´t believe how
fast the time is passing. It seems like just yesterday I left my family in the
Great Falls airport. Now, I´m more than halfway through and I´ve learned so
much.
I´m incredibly grateful for the opportunity that I have to
me a missionary. It is an honor to be the Lord´s representative here in
Argentina.
I´ve met some amazing people and I´ve come to know and love
many of God´s special chidren.
This week I had my first exchange. I learned a lot from
Hermana Hinrichs and I enjoyed being with her for 24 hours.
I´m coming to see that we all have individual talents that
we must share. Someone needs YOUR talents, YOUR testimony, and YOUR love. Don´t
be afraid to share what talents you have.
Saturday and Sunday we had the opportunity to listen to
General Conference. Last conference, I had the blessing of listening to it in
english. Unfortunately, I´m the only American sister in our zone and I can´t be
without a companion, so I listened in spanish. The messages were amazing and I
learned a lot. But, it´s just not the same listening in spanish. I could hear snippets
of the apostle´s voices when the translator would pause, and I missed hearing
the sweet voices of those men. My whole life I´ve heard those voices and
learned from them, and for a moment I wished that I could just hear their
voices without someone talking over them in spanish. The next speaker was D.
Todd Christofferson (who by the way, served a mission in Argentina). As I
waited for the translator to begin speaking, to my surprise I heard the
familiar voice of Elder Christofferson. He had recorded his talk in spanish in
advance! Even though it was in spanish, I got to hear it from his mouth! I was
so grateful in that moment for the tender mercies of God.
The words of those men and women are truly inspired by our
Heavenly Father, and we would benefit a lot from them. I hope to continue
studying their words throughout the following months and I encourage each of
you to learn from them as well. If you didn´t watch, go to lds.org and watch
them! Let their words change you. Don´t just listen and then continue on with
life as normal. Be the person God knows that you can be! He wants you to be
that person, but it all depends on you!
I know with all my heart that this is the true church of
Jesus Christ restored on the earth through His prophet Joseph Smith. I know
that we are God´s children and that He loves us. Read the Book of Mormon! It
answers your questions of the soul. It will guide you to where you need to go.
Trust in the Lord and love Him.
I love you all so much! Keep fighting the good fight, victory
will be yours one day if you continue with faith.
Con amor,
Hermana Chaffin
"A candle that lights another loses no light
itself." -Anonymous
