Buenas!

It´s been a pretty crazy week, we´ve been traveling all around the mission these past few days. On Thursday, we got a call from Hermana Douglas, the President´s wife, saying ¨Are these the singing sisters?¨ haha She asked us to sing ¨Have you received His image in your countenance¨ at all of the zone conferences. It´s pretty fun being the ¨singing sisters.¨ We sang at our zone conference last night, and we have two more this week. 

Well, my dear Hermana Hunsaker is gone, and I´ve really had to step up to the plate. I never realized it before, but I really leaned on her for speaking spanish and teaching. I was really nervous because Hermana Clove and I know about the same amount of Spanish, but the Lord has blessed me so much. I think I knew more than I gave myself credit for, but my Spanish has really improved the past week, and teaching is a lot easier. I guess I just needed an opportunity to prove myself.  :) 

Last night was our zone conference with the President and his wife. There were about four other zones as well. I always love zone conferences, because it´s a change to see old friends and to make new ones. Each zone put on a skit, and it was a lot of fun. The senior couples put together a Christmas dinner for us, and it was delicious. And I always love Hermana Douglas´s talks. She always tells incredible stories. Last night, she talked about how we can know Jesus Christ. She gave  simple but powerful steps that we need to take in order to know Him.

1. Faith

2. Prayer

3. Scripture Study

4. Take upon us the name of Christ (I love the talk from General Conference, ¨Sacarament: A Renewal of the Soul,¨ that talks about what this means)

5. Do worthy works of repentance

6. Become like Jesus Christ, or live how He lived

These steps are so simple, and we should be doing them every day, but I think today is a great day to stop and really think about if we are truly doing these simple things. I know that I have a lot to work on, if I want to become like Christ. The whole point of her talk was to help us understand how we can receive His image in our countenance. That´s why I´m here on a mission. I hope that I can give myself wholy over to the Lord and become like Him. The words to the chorus of the song we sang are ¨Have you received His image in your countenance? Does the light of Christ shine in your eyes? Will He know you when He comes again because you shall be like Him? When He sees you will the Father know His child by His everylasting image in your eyes.¨ I hope this week we can all think about our relationship with Jesus Christ. Are we living how He would want us to live? Are we reaching out to others, lifting those whose hands hang down? I share my testimony that Christ loves us. He died for us. We have been so blessed in our lives, and all He asks is that we reach out to others. I promise that in service lies true happiness, and it is only then that we can receive His image in our countenances. 

Have a wonderful week!

Love, Hermana Jorden