Sadly this week wasn't as eventful as last week but it was still great! This last Saturday there was a Stake activity- and International Festival where each ward in the stake was in charge of representing a Spanish/latin American country with food and a dance. So we got to try foods from Mexico, Italy, Honduras, Guatemala, etc. I don't know whose idea it as to have a YSA branch be in charge of a table because the guy who was supposed to being the refried beans (which was the main component in our dish) showed up an hour late. But it all worked out and there were dances/ performances from all the countries which was so fun. Since our branch is so small Sister Toone and I as well as the Elders in our branch went up with our group to sing our song- "Yo Soy Puro Guatelmalteco" (which no one actually knew so thank goodness that the recording had someone singing) Needless to say, our branch really razzle dazzled the crowd. But when we had to step and clap I put a lot of enthusiasm into it so I got yells from the crowd. Which at the time I thought were positive but now that I'm thinking about it they were probably shouting stop but just in Spanish.
The last song that was sang was God Bless America so that made me happy because it reminded me of my mom's family. Shout out to Reed Olive.
ALSO. I guess the Elders didn't learn from last time so we went knocking in another Jewish neighborhood. Where everyone has Hebrew over their door. So I was knocking with Sister Semaia (a sister who lives in the same apartment as me) and we decided we were going to ask them what the scroll symbolized thats on the right of all their doors. So we knocked on a house and as soon as we said we were missionaries he slammed the door and so I thought to myself "Ok next door you're just going to cut to the chase and ask what the scroll symbolizes" BUt then as we knocked I had a second thought "is it rude to just assume their jewish" even though they had the scroll on their door frame which only jewish people have. SO anyway the next guy opens the door and my opening line is "Are you Jewish?" Sister Semaia thought I was so funny and couldn't believe I said that. Thinking back on the experience I probably could've gone about it a better way. But the man did answer our questions so I got what I wanted.
This week at district counsel we discussed the talk by Richard G. Scott called "The Transforming Power of Faith and Character" which is a really cool talk connecting faith and character and I challenge everyone to read it. A quote that I like from it reads "This mortal life is a proving ground. How well you meet its challenges determines how strong your character will be. Your faith in Jesus Christ and His teachings fortifies your character." We are on this earth to be tested and those tests build character. It makes me think of a Calvin and Hobbes comic where Calvin is pretending to be his dad and says, "Calvin go do something miserable it builds character." But hard things help us grow! So read the talk and consider you faith and character. So sorry this got so long but I love you all and hope you have a great week!
Love,
Sister Seibert
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