A Nice Spring Cleaning

Hello everyone! 

I’m here in San Juan de Miraflores in Lima!!! And guess what my companion is Hermana Bond! Yes, from the CCM (MTC in Lima). The one and only Hermana Bond. I really think I’m still in shock. haha. I’m super excited to be here with her. We have a lot to do this transfer together so I’m ready to work hard!

So last week was super good. They closed a program in our ward to the other sisters took our program and Hermana Villena got transferred to San Juan as well so we will see each other all the time :) Sunday was good. All the members were SO sad that we were leaving. I’ve never had a ward like that. It was great. I made lots of lasting friends in Ica. I will really miss Edelmira and Alejandra and Marisol and Vanessa. They were all so cute and fun to work with. Leonardo and Marisol are still progressing really well for the baptisms. 

Alejandra, Hna Villena, Marisol, Hna Bott

So here in San Juan we are like kind of opening the area. The ward boundaries were changed recently and so we have all the new part and then we are working in family history as well. I’m excited to do both again. I was reading in

Hna Villena, Juan, Leondro, Alejandra, Hna Bott

D&C 128:17 And again, in connection with this quotation I will give you a quotation from one of the prophets, who had his eye fixed on the restoration of the priesthood, the glories to be revealed in the last days, and in an especial manner this most glorious of all subjects belonging to the everlasting gospel, namely, the baptism for the dead; for Malachi says, last chapter, verses 5th and 6th: Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

this morning and because God is so merciful He has given us the opportunity to do work for the dead so that everyone has the opportunity to enter into His kingdom. As we do family history we feel more love and we understand the Saviors sacrifice better. 

Hna Bond cleaning

Well, I’m emailing super late today because we cleaned our house from 10 until 1:30! It was soooooo gross. By far the dirtiest I’ve lived in during my mission but its character building right? Both of us like having our house clean so we cleaned and cleaned and cleaned. Now, it is bright and shining. As we were cleaning I was thinking about cleaning our lives up. In

Alma 60:23-24 Do ye suppose that God will look upon you as guiltless while ye sit still and behold these things? Behold I say unto you, Nay. Now I would that ye should remember that God has said that the inward vessel shall be cleansed first, and then shall the outer vessel be cleansed also.

 24 And now, except ye do repent of that which ye have done, and begin to be up and doing, and send forth food and men unto us, and also unto Helaman, that he may support those parts of our country which he has regained, and that we may also recover the remainder of our possessions in these parts, behold it will be expedient that we contend no more with the Lamanites until we have first cleansed our inward vessel, yea, even the great head of our government.

Hna Arroyo, Hna Bott

I love how it says we have to clean the inside vessel before we clean the outside. It was like our house today first we had to do the deep cleaning stuff. Throwing our papers, sweeping, scrubbing the mold off from the shower etc. before we could do the on the surface things like cleaning our desks. We clean our inside vessel through the Atonement and applying it generously daily. We also do it through repentance.

Mosiah 4:2-3 And they had viewed themselves in their own carnal state, even less than the dust of the earth. And they all cried aloud with one voice, saying: O have mercy, and apply the atoning blood of Christ that we may receive forgiveness of our sins, and our hearts may be purified; for we believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who created heaven and earth, and all things; who shall come down among the children of men.

 3 And it came to pass that after they had spoken these words the Spirit of the Lord came upon them, and they were filled with joy, having received a remission of their sins, and having peace of conscience, because of the exceeding faith which they had in Jesus Christ who should come, according to the words which king Benjamin had spoken unto them.

Hna Galo just went home this week. She will be missed!

As we apply the Atonement and repent we feel happy and we feel free. As we left the house to come to internet we both felt so happy and almost giddy. We felt like a fresh new page has been turned. We are super excited to work hard together this change. 

This was our theme scripture for leaving Ica, we read it a lot on Sunday. We applied it to us though with our names.

Alma 17:1-3 And now it came to pass that as Alma was journeying from the land of Gideon southward, away to the land of Manti, behold, to his astonishment, he met with the sons of Mosiah journeying towards the land of Zarahemla.

 2 Now these sons of Mosiah were with Alma at the time the angel first appeared unto him; therefore Alma did rejoice exceedingly to see his brethren; and what added more to his joy, they were still his brethren in the Lord; yea, and they had waxed strong in the knowledge of the truth; for they were men of a sound understanding and they had searched the scriptures diligently, that they might know the word of God.

 3 But this is not all; they had given themselves to much prayer, and fasting; therefore they had the spirit of prophecy, and the spirit of revelation, and when they taught, they taught with power and authority of God.

Love you all lots!!!!

Hermana Bott