Eu amo Voces!

FAMILY!!!! I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY SO MUCH!!!!! AAAHHHH!H!!!! I am so happy. :) 3-6-12

First of all, I want to apologize for last letter. When i mentioned what Elder Firouzi said, i wanted to show it as an example of how RIDICULOUS he is sometimes and i thought it was hilarious. That is all. I promise my relationship with the Elders is professional. Also, I mentioned Irma Rojo telling us about her ghetto High School because it truly humbles me to think of all that i have received and it makes me work harder because I know that because so much is given to me, SOOO much is required.

I also forgot to mention last week that none other than Elder Wilson came to speak for the Tuesday night devotional!! I was able to say Hi to them afterwards! His talked changed my mission. It was all about the Livro de Mormon- to use it in every single lesson, to be able to back up every single principle, to memorize scriptures, to read it with investigators. I testify of the power of the Book of Mormon. I promise that if you read it every day you will grow closer to Jesus Christ in a way that no other book can. Continue working on your conversion throughout your whole life. Do the Moroni 10:3-5 challenge every so often. Keep your testimony burning brightly. Feed the flames.

My ultimate dream came true this week. I was here when Elder Holland came and spoke at the MTC!!!!!!! IT WAS INCREDIBLE!!!! Because I learned so much and this talk changed me even more and I have been thinking about it every single day since he gave it, here are some notes:

-They (quorum of 12 and Prophet) expect A LOT out of us and they don't apologize

-Pull your socks up to your armpits and start running :)

-Change FOREVER. You owe it to yourself, the church, family and the Lord. Don't you dare come back the same.

-Not EVER supposed to go back to who I was. EVER.

-I want to be someone that when others look at me, they KNOW that I know.

-Every waking hour of your life- devote yourself to the Kingdom of God, to the Lord's work

-Don't idle on first gear, be in over drive

-B.O.M. + Spirit = unstoppable, most powerful tool

-B.O.M- book of revelation about revelation

-Make the best mission, I Elizabeth can make it

-Messenger worthy of the message

-Formula= do it, be it

-Before every lesson, make sure you are clean

-Walking shoulder to shoulder with apostles- same job, just different keys

-"Live it, love it, believe it, or why on earth are you here?"

-What can you sacrifice on the altar to become closer to God?

INCREDIBLE.

I think I talked about this a little bit last week, but my testimony has grown so much about the Dia de Senhor. Day of the Lord, Sabbath Day. I know that if we prepare for the Sacrament - we repent and if we prepare for church with questions specifico, we will be blessed and stre3nghtened and our questions WILL be answered. During a workshop we were told that if we were going to have a PPI with the Lord right now, what would we ask? We then had quiet time for 20 mins to write down our impressions. The Lord answered my question. And my comp pointed out that if we have questions like that, why don't we just ask all the time like we just did? This past Sunday I asked the Lord "how can I better learn how to listen to the Holy Ghost?" Low and behold there was a film of Elder Bednar that night we could watch entitled "how we can know if it is us or the Holy Ghost." ANSWER. Elder Bednar said QUITE WORRYING ABOUT IT. If we are a good boy or a good girl, if we keep the commandments, honor our covenants and do what we are supposed to do, the Lord will use us. He gave examples of things that he had done that he didn't realize was the Holy Ghost, he just did and they turned out to be huge blessings. Pretty much the Lord was telling me to take a chill pill. And I am so grateful and I can already tell a difference in my teaching. I am going to prepare all week for the Sabbath for the rest of my life. I LOVE it. I am so grateful for it. I urge you to experiment, try it out, do the same.

Yesterday I had a really special experience. We practice teaching each other in class all the time. Yesterday the teacher took out our comps/pesquisadores and gave them a really hard situation/problem. Irma Wilde's problem was the same as her sister's- alcohol. Every single thing I said was from the Holy Ghost. I was filled with the Spirit, scriptures popped in my head, words in Portuguese, My eyes were locked on hers and there was so much intensity. The whole time I kept thinking "I CANNOT lose her". Afterward Irma Wilde was really touched and said that those same things need to be said to her sister. It was such a blessing and i am so grateful that I can be a tool in the Lord's hand. It was ALL the Spirit during that lesson.

I love my companions. I absolutely LOVE Portuguese. I love you all. I LOVE as escrituras, i am so grateful for fasting and I know it works. You CAN change through Jesus Christ.

"Life begins when you step out of your comfort zone."

Scripture Plaque: 3 Nephi 5:13

Thank you SOO much for all of your support. I love all of your letters- they really mean SO much. EU AMO VOCES!!!! LOVE YOU LOVE YOU LOVE YOU!!!!