March 30, 2009

pequeñas y sencillas cosas‏

Hey everyone thank you for you emails. It is always a great support and fun time to hear from each and everyone of your lives. It is always nice to hear that you are all progressing and living life to the fullest.

So the biggest news that I seemed to hear this week was that of the Greater than us all concert. When is Easter this month. I think that Easter is one of the holidays most misunderstood really throughout the year. When we think of Easter, we think of chocolate, eggs, candy. But what we don´t put enough emphasis in is that really we celebrate one of the days most important throughout the history of the world. The day that our Savior overcame the grave, the physical and spiritual death. the day that we really received the great gift to be able to once again go and be in the presence of our Father in Heaven. We were a lost people before this great moment, hopelessly lost in our imperfections. but our Savior Jesus Christ made it possible to overcome all of our weaknesses, all of our faults. And now He Lives.

It is kind of funny to write with these keyboards here, because they have some different letters. In the Spanish alphabet, there are 30 letters. Interesting, eh? The extras are CH, which is pronounced chay; ñ, which is pronounced enyay; ll, which is pronounced ayyay; and rr, which is pronounced errrray, with a roll of the tongue. It is pretty interesting to see the differences even in the alphabet.

THings are going well as always here, and we had our multizone conference this past Friday and interviews this past Monday. So we had a pretty full week. Well, it is always full, but this week especially. WE are teaching a family, the Olivera Family, and they are so great. Hermano José and Hermana Ingrid are the parent, and Katya and Angela are the daughters. We are really excited for them, Hermana Ingrid has said that she wants to be baptized this 11 of April. We are preparing for this date now, and we hope to help the whole family be baptized for this date. REally it is amazing how much these people feel like my own family, and how in the mission really Ï have come to understand that we really are all brothers and sisters.

We will be watching the Conference this weekend, and I am really looking forward to it. Of course we will be watching it in Spanish, and that is alright, because I can understand a little better now than i could six months ago. :)

Well, I was going to say something else, but I can´t remember. ANd I only have three minutes. I love this Gospel, and I love My Savior Jesus Christ. I know that My Reedemer Lives, and is ready to guide us in all aspects of life. But we need to let Him do so. So much depends on our own decisions. But all things depend on His grace.

I love you, y ustedes son la mejor familia de todo el mundo!

Elder Kenneth Milner