First things first, we had Stake
Conference this past week here in Redlands and one of the Seventy came -
Elder Basset. It was such a good conference and I really got a lot out
of it.
Sunday
morning there was a special meeting for all those who are new members
of the church and the ones who have come back and started attending
again after being away for awhile. We were able to go and get some of
the less actives that have come back to come as well. It was such a good
meeting and so cool to hear a General Authority, one of the leaders of
the Church, explain gospel principles in such a clear, simple way.
The
only thing that happened at the meeting which wasn't the best was that
there wasn't a translator and they wanted me to do it! They had all the
equipment set up and were ready to go, I was on my way to the room to
translate (having a heart attack the whole way) when someone said that
the translator was there. I don't think I've ever been so relieved! I've
worked hard on my Spanish but to have all those people relying on me to
give them the message that the Stake presidency and a General Authority
are giving... that's a lot of pressure.
We did
our normal English class this week and I just love those people that
come! It isn't affiliated with the Church at all and only one of them is
interested in learning about the gospel. But I just love helping them
and seeing their progress and their increased confidence in speaking!
I'm
excited for this week, it's my last "normal" week in the mission field
because next week is going to be just CRAZY with all of my lasts and my
departing devotional and my departing temple trip and we have a service
day, etc, etc. So this week we're going to work harder than we've ever worked! (We always work hard, but even more now!)
Today
we got a really cool experience - the Redlands temple has been closed
for the past few weeks for cleaning. When they clean temples they deep
deep clean everything! So we went today to reset everything. Straighten
it all up and put it all back together after the cleaning. It was so
great to be inside the temple again, even if it was just to clean it! I
love the temple so much and we got to go in rooms where we normally
don't go, like the brides room where the brides get dressed and where
people are married and stuff like that. The temple is so beautiful!
Love you all! Hope you have a great week!
Hermana Granado
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