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Apparently I talk in my sleep in Spanish... progress?

What a spirit filled week! On Wednesday we took a bus to Temuco to listen to a conference by Elder Bednar for all of the South America South Missions. Elder Bednar really knows how to slap a person in the face with his words. He talked about a lot of things, and everyone felt very directed at me. At one point he begins talking about faith. Faith without works is dead, which is something we tell our investigators all the time. You have to act on the things you´re feeling are true. And then he said something really close to "how many of you have heard this during a prayer in sacrament meeting or church: ´please help the people who aren´t here this week to be here next week´. It´s a great sentament. And it´s utterly faithless!" I was down in my seat about as low as I could get at this point. He went on to say how our prayers should sound: "after this meeting is over, we´re going to drive to the houses of those people who didn´t come to church today, we´re gonna knock on their door, and we´re gonna ask them, ´why weren´t you at church today?´ We´re gonna help them and serve them, and we´re not going to sit around and wait for you to do it for us". You know how you know something, you´ve heard it said your whole life, but it doesn´t become a part of your knowledge until you have a moment of clarity about it? That happend for me. We are the instruments of the lord. In other words, we don´t ask the lord to magically make things happen for us. Don´t ask to magically somehow have this desire to choose the right and go to church and to have faith. You have to do your part! You have to act in faith before you recieve your knowledge! Open your mouth, start talking, and then after you display your faith will the promise be fullfilled and you will know what to say. Only after you step into the water will it be parted. It was really cool. Lots of miracles this week, lots of people to teach with no time. We found another absolutly miraculous person this week. He tried to go to church at 8 at night on Sunday because he had no idea when it was, but he wanted to go! WHAT? And the best part: He came to church yesterday! He has a fetcha and everything, and we´re hoping he´ll get baptized before the end of March!

Love you guys! Chao!

Sister Ashlee Bowling
♥ from Chile!