Hello Familia!
Wow! It has been quite a week for us all. Mom and Dad thanks for the note and the face wash! PERFECT TIMING. I needed to buy more, so now i've got the right stuff. Thank you both for being so thoughtful. I am grateful to each of you my dear family :). But especially for the hand written note mom and dad, those mean so much to me.
I am so glad to hear of Jeshua and his friends having a good time and that jeshua has such great church friends. he is such a great young man, so you deserve the best jeshua---dont ever settle for less!
So ganae, ganae, ganae! I am so sorry to hear about BYU! My heart was a little sad, but you know what? you are so right, Heavenly Father knows what is best, and i suppose we all have to face things like that. Those who are persistent are blessed. Jonathan is also right: there a lot of good schools! So press forward with faith, I am sorry for any disappointment you've faced----but know this: I am proud of you. Follow the spirit, big time, you are now entering the decade of decision and now is the time for you to make some decisions then pray about them. You really are blessed with so many options, and know its agency time! My advice, talk to mom and dad, make a choice, pray about it, be happy and then act. and keep writing songs and music so that you and i can be inspirational song writers slash speakers :).
NOW what a week!! Its been busy and pleasant. Jonathan! I keep seeing President Peterson, your mission president. We had an appreciation breakfast, and he was there, lo and behold he is my mission president's contact in the missionary department. He is so nice!
So yesterday we had a great experience. We had to leave our studies early to take a spanish tour and it was a beautiful young family, or two parents and then 3 young kids. The youngest was the cutest little boy who loved pushing the stroller around really fast! We found out that they were going to be sealed in the temple today, on saturday, as a family. So we took them to God's Plan for Families, and wow, it was amazing. To see this family, ready, worthy, and happy to enter into the temple and fulfill the plan of God. Everyone was so touched by the feelings we had. I am just SO grateful, SO GRATEFUL for my parents being married in the temple, so that we can all be together forever----Eternal Families is what all of this is about. Can you think of a better way to start your day? To meet people who were about to enter into the greatest covenant, and who seemed so happy and humble to be doing so?
This morning I got a phonecall from the first person on my mission who I helped be baptized. I am so proud of him. Speaking to him was so wonderful, and we talked about being faithful no matter what. It reminded my of a story that I think President Monson told, i think it was him, maybe not. Anyways i feel prompted to share it: A man who was working in construction was often bullied and teased for his beliefs. But he never wavered. Gradually, with time, they respected him. The lead bully guy ended up passing away, and he had asked the valiant construction worker to speak at his funeral.
When we are honest and true to who we are, and more importantly, when we are honest and true to Christ and God, we change lives. In the end, it is those with standards who can stand tall. Be true to who you are, we cannot afford to be dishonest, use foul language, or have impure thoughts----be worthy of the blessings of heaven, and enjoy the sanctity that comes with cleanliness. Mom, I hope one day I get to meet your youth! May they stand in Holy Places and never move. May they BE a holy place.
Daddy, remember how I told you this was my mission of faith? This quote i heard really touched my heart---i heard it in the new Mormon message, Mountains to climb---check it out! Its about walking with faith, which is what you have done in moving here.
It says, "Serving God and others persistently with full purpose of heart and soul (is what) turns testimony of truth into unbreakable spiritual strength."
I know that every part of that statment is true, and that is what I hope i am doing. serving Him persistently, with all my heart and soul, and that my testimony will become a spiritual strength that is unbreakable. I wrote down in my journal, "when i hear and watch things like this, i am reminded of the times that i have chosen faith, when i have chosen to keep climbing, and now i am here! on a mission! because of the small times and big times where i have chosen the Lord's way and when he has sent me angels and priesthood power to bear me up."
Some of that priesthood power that I was talking about dad, was you, in India, when you gave me a blessing before I left back for school that one winter semester. I will never forget the word "shield" you used in that blessing. I have felt that shield, and i know the priesthood is real. I know of friends and family that God has put in our paths to strengthen us. Ganae, asking for a blessing, is something I invite you to do in your desicion making.
I best be off. I love you all, be safe, be strong, be true. I LOVE YOU.
Here is a picture of me and most of us in our district, just missing one companionship!
Love,
Sister Osorio
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