Loaves and Fishes

This week was actually a modern day story of the loaves and the fishes. Incredible! I started the week with an orange, two servings of pasta, 5 slices of bread, half a box of milk, and a box of oats. And somehow I MADE IT. God is so good. Not joking, He looks out for me all the time here. And always, with all his children! (Note: The Hermanas in the ward feed us lunch almost every day so I've never been starving. Not to fear, mama!)

Chile is beautiful and the people are so kind and loving-- being here is good and it grows on me more and more--a little every day. I'm feeling the difference between visiting a dirty place and living in a dirty place for sure though :)

This week I read an article in the Liahona magazine called The Gospel Path to Happiness by Elder Holland and I think it was written for ME. Joseph Smith said "Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof if we pursue the path that leads to it." Henry David Thoreau said "Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder." I love those two thoughts together because if we turn our thoughts away from the pursuit of our own joy, and serve others, or more specifically for me, try to invite others to come unto Christ, we will find our happiness. But not if we are looking for it.

Here' s a sad thing: I saw so many miracles this week, but I can't even share them all with you! This week has been loco and I have run out of time! Also, today we want to make cookies for our investigators, but we will need an extra miracle cuz we are working with limited resources here! Anyway, I will tell you all the other miracles next week.

That's so so scary about the hurricane:( I actually knew about it haha. The man across the street in a wheelchair likes to look up USA news and tell me all about it, but he couldn't remember the word hurricane so he just said there was a huge natural disaster in Texas and did a little twisty thing with his arms and I thought it was a tornado and that you might all be dead but then he remembered the word! Woohoo! So after three days of unnecessarily fearing for your lives, I was put at ease. Thank you Sandro.

Know that I love y'all! I hope you're smiling real big! Also, I'll be praying for all the lil' guys affected by the hurricane. So scary, but I'm glad to hear so few lives were lost.

LOVE YOU!

HERMANA SIEBACH