Sister Dantzel Park

#NinjaTurttlesEnTacna

Wow!! Another week comes and goes… this week was so full. I can't believe we are in the last week of January!! But as always I have some fun things to tell so let's go!

Bulletpoints

▪︎ Another zone conference <3 I learned so much from President Elliott and all the amazing missionaries here in la misión Perú Arequipa!!

▪︎ I gifted a hair clip to hermana Asley (nuestro misionero del barrio). She loved it and wore it the next day! It made my heart so happy <3

▪︎ Divis con hermana Bautista de Iquitos la selva! (She is from Iquitos in the jungle). I taught her how to make no bake cookies and it was so good!!

▪︎ In our relief society class or teacher told us she counted the people sleeping in sacrament meeting and there were 15!! Haha

▪︎ We invited two of our friends to be baptised this week :) It's so powerful to see the desire of our friends to follow the example of Jesus Christ.

▪︎ We had a miracle Saturday night. We decided to go try and visit a less active family. And we ran into an inactive member from another ward! She told us that we were her ángeles and that she would go to church instead of work on Sunday. There were tears and hugs but I know that the spirit lead us to her so she could renew her covenants <3

▪︎ Divis con hermana Olortegui from Bolivia!! She is so cute and has an amazing voice :) I learned the importance of having an open mind to talk to everybody.

▪︎ Asley blessed me by breaking my 50 soles into 5's and 2's <3 This is a true blessing now I can take buses way easier :)

▪︎ Carlos who sings!!! He sang us a beautiful song and then sent us 42 tik tok videos… He is just a little weird and off key…

▪︎ Someone rejected a baptism date because he thought that we didn't believe in God? I was super confused…

Spiritual thought

Ok analogy time! So I always have my backpack, and water because it is summertime! I realized on Sunday after the sacrament meeting that my water bottle was slightly open… because the bottom of my backpack was all wet! I, like anyone else, immediately took everything out of my bag and drank the rest of my water that was in my bottle. I didn't want it to leak anymore! I pulled out my books and papers that were all slightly wet but not completely ruined. It was all ok because it leaked a little less than half of my water bottle that spilled. It could have been worse!

Ok, now the question, how does this apply? Why is Hermana Park obsessed with her water spilling in her bag? It's because it reminded me of how we can feel when we sin.

It was my fault my water spilled in my bag because my bottle was not completely straight up. I got a little lazy and I had consequences for it! I wouldn't have noticed that the water was spilling if I wouldn't have taken off my bag looking for something. Just like a small decision I made in the morning, not double checking my water bottle, sometimes we make small simple mistakes. Today I am going to compare it to lying. Maybe you say a little white lie and it slowly keeps leaking. You don't even notice because it is something so small! You could go days or even weeks without feeling an impact of what you said. Until you take off your bag to check something and find it all wet! Something that seemed so small weeks ago has made a bigger impact than you realized! The things in your bag are all wet and not the same as they were before. Papers are easily torn and writing is impossible to read because it has been washed away.

Something small that we say can have big consequences!! But you can take out your bottle and drink ALL the water. Take responsibility for something you did before and make it right. That doesn't mean your bag will dry instantly; you will have to wait for a bit so things can dry out. But, if you leave things as they are it will only get worse.

I invite you to look at the small things in your life! And to be more responsible than I was and put your water bottle in your bag right the first time. And if it was out of order the day before, fix it now so you won't have worse consequences!

I love you guys. I hope you have a great week :)

<3 Hermana Park