The Happiest Place

Last General Conference without our Gracie Gurrl!

BREAKING NEWS: Hermana Siebach will be released on December 12th and she will give a report of her mission on December 16th. Home for Christmas with the family--Yay!!

Hellooo!!

I am in the happiest place!!! This past week was tough. I was taking care of my sweet companiera until she went home Saturday afternoon, and a lot of that time she did not want to be taken care of. But what am I to do when she is my companiera? I stayed with her even when she didn't want me to. I am praying that everything works out for the best for her and that she will get all the help and care and love she needs at home! We spent the whole week in Apoquindo (to be closer to the offices and president and everything) with two other hermanas who are two angels sent from heaven quite honestly. I felt so lifted and like a huge burden was taken from my shoulders just not having to be alone all the time. Blessings :)

My old area, Enrique Olivares, was white-washed again when I got, newsflash...transferred out! I really love the members and all the people there. I will miss them!! Right now I am with Hermana Hawkes!!!!! She's my new companion. She is Hermana Ence's (a companion I trained) trainee here on the mission, which makes her my granddaughter in mission lingo, and she is the cutest thing. We are going to work so hard and have so much fun here, I could not be more excited! 

Now... CONFERENCE!!! Last week you asked me if I would be watching it live so that we could watch it together and the answer is yes!! We were basically sitting right next to each other I'd say! But I didn't get to cuddle or eat any of the tasty things y'all were eating...la proxima!!!

• I really loved Elder Andersen's talk -- it really spoke to me. Like really. As he was talking, parts of my patriarchal blessing came to mind.
• Elder Holland's talk was really good. Heal and be happy. We don't need to carry around old sufferings and past mistakes. We can repent, we can forgive, and we can let things go and our lives will be exponentially happier.
• I feel like Elder Gong's talk was directed right at me, that was happy :)
• I really liked Elder Rasband's talk about fear. I fear so many things, but when I really think about it, and remember whose side it is that I am on, there is nothing to fear.

Something that I wrote in my notes was Don't give room for demeaning thoughts; instead do the work necessary to make yourself worthy, able, and qualified to do the things that the Lord has asked of you. Sometimes I am scared of things that are asked of me or I think, How the heck am I supposed to do that, I am just me. But I can trust in the fact that if the Lord is asking me to do something, it is because he knows that I am capable of it, OR I can be capable if I make a few changes in my life. There is no need to fear, there is no room for negative thoughts.

President and Hermana Brotherson are two angels who saved me multiple times in the past month. They came to the rescue! I love them so much. They are also really concerned about me right now, even though I don't think they need to be, but I am grateful for their concern. I know that they love me and each of the missionaries here.

I love y'all! Thanks for everything!

Love, Hermana Siebach
grace.siebach@myldsmail.net