Sister Danzel Park

Sanding Flowers With Raw Fingers

Hey guys! How are you doing? No really… How are you? I would love to hear from you!! Anyways if you are reading this it's because you want to hear how I'm doing, the answer is good :) My hands however not so much, I'll get to that…

Bullet Points

· It was Hermano Marcos's Birthday!!! FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS!!!! We made him a cute card and gave him a little chocolate

· Cesar Vallejo… There was nothing to say about this. We went to a part of our area we don't go to often and we realized why. The best explanation is a ghost town with maybe the exception of 2 people who live there.

· Gato y Raton means Cat and Mouse. We had a missionary night and played this game. It was so funny to watch everyone's faces, I was really stressed but it was fun! We played with two ties and passed them around but, if you get stuck with both ties then you lose haha! It was so entertaining =)

· We found a new friend whose name is Mauricio, he is awesome and has really good questions. When we shared phone numbers he asked what to put our name in as. We told him to put the missionaries in and he said no… I am going to put mis blancitas amigas… HAHA I don't know where that came from.

· Peach cobbler!! That is all that needs to be said other than I have the best comp ever!

· The miracle of Evelin, We found her last Monday night. The Tabernacle choir is singing in Lima the 22 of February and we are inviting people to come and see. So we knocked on a random door… the first door we knocked was Evelin!! She is so cute and we had 2 lessons with her this week. Miracles are everywhere :)

· Walter… Yeah… No one believed us on this one… Let me explain. Walter is our friend, he is interesting. We can't text him because he can't receive texts. So we call him for everything. Well he answers the phone but he doesn't talk. The elders who sent the reference thought it was so weird so we had them call the district council. HE ANSWERED THEM!! Hermana Mortensen and I were shocked!! So we set up a lesson with him with the elders to have a passalong lesson. Great idea! well the elders waited with us for 30 minutes with Walter on the phone not saying anything… We were right… but we will keep trying to contact him :)

· REJECTED!! I have been told not a lot this week. I think I know how to take rejection with a smile now. I've practiced :)

· Alexander!!! We put him on date for baptism!! 15th of March here we come!! :D Please pray for him.

· Sad truth of missionary work :( We dropped two baptism dates this week and it was sad. We have been working so hard to help our friends but we will keep working hard!

· Now about the title :) I will write more about it in my spiritual thought

Spiritual thought

I am so excited to share this spiritual thought with you guys!!

We sanded flowers off a wall by hand :) It was a service project and it was really fun and really hard. Peruvians make their houses out of cement. And they paint directly onto the cement… We held the sandpaper and took all the flowers off the wall! It took a lot of work and time to scrub this wall until the paint was gone because there are air pockets in the cement. But just like our lives sometimes we choose to do something that is hard to get rid of. They chose to paint the flowers and they liked them at first, but with time we realize we might not like the decisions we made in the past. That is why we have people who can help us grow and clean the walls in our house. Through the power of Baptism and repentance We can be completely forgiven of all our sins and past decisions. Even if we liked them at the time, things change. Find forgiveness in your life through the power of the holy ghost. Start slowly removing the paint and other debris on your walls. One part at a time even if it hurts a little. It's not supposed to be easy. Sandpaper is what we used to remove the paint and little by little we began to see the cement once again. Keep going. You might not be able to get it all, but you can find the sure foundation again, Jesus Christ.

I love you guys! Hope you had a fantastic week and don't forget to shoot me an email if you have a few minutes:) You're the best, remember who you are. And my new quote takes it with a smile! Keep me updated!!

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