Conference and Rain

Hola a todos!

Que tal la conferencia?!? Para mi fue muy, muy bien! Ahora para aplicarlo!

First, I got some questions from my family, so I'll answer those. The more questions I have, the better I can think of what to say. But I think even better, what messages have you liked the most? So that I can imitate that same type of information.

So, can you tell me a little bit about Elder Rodriguez? Where is he from? How old is he? How long a member? Any other tidbits you want to share since you have been with him a couple of weeks now?

Elder Rodriguez is from California, Utah and Las Vegas, Nevada. In that order. He's 19 like me, birthday February 28th. Since baptized at age 8. but his family has been members his whole life. He is really awesome, we talk a lot in English, but he speaks almost perfect Spanish since his parents are from Mexico. But that Spanish is different than here in Peru, thus, almost perfect.

He's great, he participates in the lessons great, has wonderful insights that are teaching me and he's dedicated. He found a gecko during the English class we teach, he called him "Lag-i-a-chris" (spacing for sound, never spelled it out, so...) He's really cool. He worked in the temple as an ordinance worker too!

By the way, where did Elder Quevedo go?

He went to Urcos by Cusco. Cold again, but it's by a scenic lake. I've heard it's great over there.

Who is in your district?

Elder Rodriguez and I, Elder Peña and Elder Rüeckart as the zone leaders, Elder White and Elder Villavicencio as other elders and Sister Arana and Sister Webster, the sister training leaders. We've yet to take an updated picture, but I'll get one sometime.

Anyway, conference was fantastic! It rained here between Saturday Afternoon and Priesthood sessions, but we had appointments, so we went out in the rain, and the guy wasn't there, but we contacted someone in his house. (mom, wife or sister, the rain was loud)

The talks I really liked in conference was all of them except for Sunday afternoon, that first hour I just didn't get anything out of what was said. Probably because we were eating a late lunch with people and sharing a short lesson before booking it to the church to catch the last half of that session, but I'm downloading those speakers as I write this. So I'll like them later.

But the important part is, we all liked different speakers because the Spirit talked to each of us something specific in each. I really like Elder Rasband's teaching on the 1st prompting, I sometimes wait for a second one justifying myself by saying, "If it was the spirit, I'll get a second prompting." No more of that! Act or don't. And as a prophet, John Taylor liked to say, "The Kingdom of God or Nothing!"

I hope that we all put in practice that which we've learned in the conference, be it little or great, the Lord will help us do it, if we but act.

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Hurrah for Israel!

~Elder Fincher