Yeah that experience was one that I will never forget, I loved it so much, and I learned so much from him mom. I am so thankful to have had that experience with elder Amado and it is something I will cherish forever. I had another really neat experience this past week also where we went on divisions again and there was this one man in the area for where I went to visit that needed a lot of help, he was a great guy. A year ago his son died and he had a very tragic experience. His son was murdered. I cannot even imagine the type of suffering he is going through. Anyways we were talking with him a little bit, and then he just broke down, he told us, "elders, I just want to know one thing, I want God to reveal to me if my son is ok or not". It was quiet for quite some time and then I just told him, "Ronnie, I know for a fact that your son is ok. I know for a fact that your son is receiving the exact same lessons that we are teaching you right now. I know that your son is being taken care of by some of God´s finest and that everything is going to be alright. Your son wants you to know that everything will be fine and that he wants you to make the covenants with God, so that you can help him make the covenants as well in the temple". It was a really touching experience and we all felt the spirit so strongly there. I am so happy that we were able to help him.
These past couple weeks I have been putting very little thought into that and I just have no idea what it is I am going to do. I have been reading my patriarchal blessing over and over again but nothing. I have prayed a lot though but I think I am not getting any revelation because now is not the time. Ha, duh… but one day I will know and it will be a good day.
Does my room still look the same or have you changed anything a little bit? (Your room is still a shrine!) I can’t even remember how my room was back then. That was so long ago, but I know that once I get back I will remember how things were.
That would be great to send Hermana Guinac something in the mail, she loves receiving the simple things in life, she is a lot like you, and maybe that is why I love her so much like you mom. Anything you send her would be great for her.
How much weight have you lost by the way? I have gained some weight, and so I am going to start working on going back down now. Yes I got the picture of Max, they look good. I have not decided if I want to sell alarms, or if I want to go and be a counselor at EFY. I think I would like to do that because I have always wanted to do that since I was a kid.
The hermana who was in that picture with me is called Hermana Mendez, she finished her mission and she is from Honduras, she was one of the hardest working hermanas' here in the mission. We are good friends, but she has now gone home.
So Mother’s day, ha, the long awaited last call of my mission. We are going to Skype on Sunday and we will be doing so at 6 in the afternoon Guatemala time. Yes, I can Skype with everyone so set it all up. There is apparently a way that you can do a 3 way, so figure that out and then explain it to me so that we can do all that on Sunday. I will probably give it a test run on Tuesday or Wednesday so we can figure it out if it works from here in the office.
That is pretty funny about the elder in the temple. Things around here are still going normal. I love the mission so much and I am learning so much. We are always out working hard and doing the work so that is what keeps me happy. We have 2 new secretaries that do most of the work for us now so we barely go into the office anymore. We are just out and teaching doctrine.
That is so true mom what you mentioned about the plan of happiness, this gospel of Jesus Christ does just that. It teaches us the really important things in this life. It takes away the temporary things that the “world” would have us think are important and makes us open our eyes and see what is it that God wants of me. What am I doing to make God's church better, God's children better, and etc? What is it that I am doing that will help me return to be with my family and with God once again? I love that question, what am I doing? It makes us reflect and look at ourselves so that we can really see what is it that we must do. I hope I get to meet this Andre guy.
Recently my allergies are acting up a little bit here but not as bad as they do there in Arizona. The weather is perfect here always, the food isn’t that is why I get sick, but everything else is perfect. I am really starting to realize that, how fast the time really does go. It is not worth it being mad, or upset, it just makes the “journey” not fun. We really must take advantage of every moment, and to be happy always. We can do it; we just have to choose to do so. I love you so much mom and I miss you a ton. I miss everyone a ton, but I still have 3 and a half more months of hard duty and work to do here. Les amo mucho
Elder Shipley
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