¡Feliz
Año Nuevo! I hope you all had a great new year and are busy setting
goals for the coming year. It's strange to think that all of 2016 I will
be here in Ecuador serving the Lord, but I'm so excited. I am so
exciting for the all growth that will come and everything I will learn!
So
a little about New Years. So on Christmas and New Years we are
imprisoned in our house and can't leave...haha it's okay though. Ok so
the benefit of living in the hobbit hole, is that we live below the
stake president so technically it's the same house so on New Years Eve
we went upstairs to his house at like 8 and had turkey and vegetables oh
and rice, never forget the rice...and ice cream, it was great! The next
day we watched movies again and that was good (except for the fact that
they were in Spanish and there weren't subtitles and so I couldn't
understand that much...but oh well it was still fun). Also, I was sick
again. Like what's up with that? I guess my body doesn't like being
stuck in the house haha it was okay though and got a little better
throughout the day. Also, we made Rice Krispie Treats and they were
fantastic! My companions from Peru had never had them before so they
tried them and they like them. Well, that pretty much sums up my New
Years..oh and hearing fireworks throughout the whole night was fun
too....
So,
I just want to share something about the testimony meeting here in this
ward. So on fast and testimony meeting there are so many people that
get up and share their testimonies. Like, the stake president or bishop
has to get up before and remind everyone to keep their testimonies short
so that there is enough time to hear everyone. Really, there are so
many memebers that get up and bear their testimonies and it really hit
me. Their testimonies aren't long but they are powerful. They are all so
strong and know that the chruch is true. It made me think about fast
and testimony meeting in my home ward and how different it is. I
encourage you all to share your testimonies. If not in sacrament
meeting, then with other people just at other times. Be an example of
Jesus Christ! Bear a simple testimony, that is enough. You can bear your
testimony through your words and through your actions. Remember who you
are and what you stand for! Oh and remember the words of this little
kid that bore his testimony in sacrament: "We can't go to heaven if we
aren't baptized..." haha it was so funny. that was all he said and then
got down haha
Right
now, we are looking for new people but also teaching Stefania. She is
so great and I feel really close to her. Like, she's also 19 and likes
to run and she is just so great and she likes coming to church so that's
even more great and we are just trying to help her gain a testimony so
that she will want to be baptized!
Another
just fun thing, the other day we forgot to bring our umbrellas with us
and it started to pour and we were pretty much soaking wet on
Saturday...haha good times. I now bring my umbrella with me... :)
Love,
Hermana Roylance
