Well, I know what you may be thinking, ´´Fangirling over Nephi?´´ But it is true, Nephi is an incredible example of courage, faithfulness, and obedience. AND the actor who plays Nephi in the Book of Mormon videos is actually a missionary in my Zone. So when we had Zone Conference on Wednesday President Miller asked him to bear his testimony about his experience making the videos and that was super inspiring!! He said 3 things that really stuck out to me:
1) The part in the 2nd video (1 Nephi 3-5) when Nephi tells his brothers the idea to go and get their gold and treasures to trade for the plates with Laban, he said that the director told him that at that moment, he received inspiration from God to give that idea. However, the plan did not go well and they had to leave their gold and treasures with Laban and still did not have the plates. Why did God´s plan fail? Why did they have to do all that for nothing? As a matter of fact, them not being able to get the plates WAS part of God´s plan. It was a plan for Nephi and his brothers to show their faith and trust in God. And they did. So the next time when Nephi went alone, he already had an experience of faith and had more confidence in the Lord and knew that this time would still go the way the Lord wanted.
2) Nephi was 15 or 16 years old at this time and his 2 older brothers were 32 or 34 so there was a big age gap and they were not exactly the nicest older brothers. So, for Nephi to stand up to them took A LOT of courage. Nephi loved the Lord and wanted to follow him faithfully and righteously in all things. Do we at sometimes have road blocks of fear or uncertainties that we feel we cannot overcome? Remember, that when we call on Christ, He is there with us to strengthen and be our aid. He is always with us if we trust in Him, like Nephi did.
3) We can all be like Nephi! Valiant, courageous, obedient, and faithful in keeping the commandments and trusting in our Heavenly Father.
On Friday, 2 youth came and did contacts at a little lake in our area with us and it was so fun!!! We had a really great time together and they even made a contact with a girl all by themselves! Her name is Kaylane and she wants to hear more about the church, so the girls did a super awesome job and they were super happy after wards! The joy of spreading the gospel is true and real! Just like Elder Uchtdorf said yesterday in his talk, we need to share the gospel with everyone in our path so that they can join the journey and path that leads to happiness forever. We can leave our comforts behind like Bilbo and explore new ways to help others on the road to discipleship.
General Conference was really amazing and spiritually filling! At the end of Elder Holland´s talk on the Saturday session, the Portuguese translator guy began to cry and it was very spiritual. I loved Elder Uchtdorf´s talk about the Hobbit and how it is so important to share the gospel and go out of our comfort shoes. Let us follow the counsels we individually received from the Prophet and the apostles of Christ. Look for ways this week to put them into practice and keep reading the Book of Mormon and Come, Follow me to be filled with the Spirit and light of Christ!
Our investigator Adelia shared her testimony to us about eternal families and how she wants her husband and her 3 kids coming to church every Sunday with her, it was very special! I love being able to see testimonies grow and mine as well! I love the Book of Mormon and know that it is true!
Thank you for all your support and love! I love you guys! Have an awesome week!
love, Sister Giles
1&2&3) Zone conference! all the sisters, me with Sister Jeppson (she´s from California too!) and with a super fun Elder who is leaving this transfer
4&5) little Elana who celebrated 1 year and we got her a baby Mulan doll that she didn´t stop hugging, she is super adorable!
6)with Rebecca and Isabella- they are so fun!
7)thanks for sending the family shirt mom! i love it!
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