Chile con Grace-o: Meekness y Montañas

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Hi cute little ones! It's me!! Sorry about my group emails the past few weeks, they've been shall we say, breve?? :( Lo siento!!

I LOVE THE GOSPEL! Wow! These past few weeks have just been amazing. With general conference, the work that we're doing here in Las Condes, and all the things I'm learning from the scriptures and from my leaders... WOW!

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General Conference: I loved so many talks, but something that I have already been thinking about lately is what it means to be meek... so I really loved Elder Bednar's talk because he answered so many of my questions and inspired me to study the topic more. (READ IT HERE) Later in the week I was reading in the Book of Mormon in Alma 37 and found verses 33-34! WOW!

"33 Preach unto them repentance, and faith on the Lord Jesus Christ; teach them to humble themselves and to be meek and lowly in heart; teach them to withstand every temptation of the devil, with their faith on the Lord Jesus Christ. 34 Teach them to never be weary of good works, but to be meek and lowly in heart; for such shall find rest to their souls."

It mentions meekness, so naturally it caught my eye, but, what I really like is that it says to be able to withstand every temptation, we need to have a great faith in Christ. How can we have this great faith in Christ? Well, I have found that the best way is by getting to know Him and learning about His life and the amazing things He did for us, including the Atonement that actually washes us clean of our sins if we accept His sacrifice and repent. So how can we get to know him? Read the scriptures!!! I have seen a change in my life and in the life of many other people when I and they decided to really commit to read the scriptures everyday. Not just read them, but really internalize them and apply them and make them a part of one's life. This has made it so much easier for me to overcome the temptations that come my way, because I have a daily reminder of what is truly important. I LOVE the scriptures!!!

In other news, today I went from 600 meters above sea level to 3000 meters above sea level to a cool little ski resort town called Farellones! Casual! I also completed 9 months in the mission last week and I am OLD! But it aint no big thang.

There is a cute old little lady in our ward named Hermana Nilo and she just wants to introduce all of her cute old lady friends to the missionaries. Honestly a miracle! We have been praying to be able to work more with the members and she is one of the answers to these prayers!

I didn't eat anything too crazy this week, but this upcoming week an investigator that we have wants to feed us this weird orange sea algae! Prayers welcome!

Love y'all with the whole part of my heart that's not taken up by the Chileans!!!

Besitos! Hope your smiling and dancing and lovin' on the missionaries closest to y'all!

Love, Hermana Siebach