Novamante, eu sou muito muito grato por este oportunidade para escrever uma nova carta a meus queridos. As in the past, things are really just rolling along here. As Joseph Smith said, the work of the Lord will go forth boldly and nobly until everyone has the opportunity to hear it. I'm so grateful that everyday I have to opportunity to witness the work of God in progress.
So as the title of this weeks letter says, what I have to say really focuses on just that, being prepared for anything, literally anything that can come your way. So I have 2 experiences to share that really illustrate this principle, one more temporal and humorous, and the other instructive and of a more spiritual nature.
So the first experience was something that I just think is absolutely hilarious because it happened to my Father when he served his mission in Argentina (Which by the way I found out that Brazil and Argentina are rival countries. Ironic that I would get called to the country that rivals where my dad served). So when I went to our lunch appointment yesterday after church, I had to eat something that I really thought was only a joke, cow tongue. Yep. You read right, I had to eat cow tongue, or língua de vaca as it is called here. Oh boy I don't think I've ever gone blank like this when I heard that the kind of meat that was prepared was cow tongue. Well, I ate it, and just like everyone here told me, it actually was really good. I was super surprised by how well I reacted to eating it, but this completely reinforces the idea of BE PREPARED for literally ANYTHING that can come your way, even your stomach.
So the second experience is actually slightly embarrassing for me, seeing as I should have already learned to be prepared for this. Last night, as we were waiting to teaching a lesson, we were at the house of a member who was very sick. She asked for a priesthood blessing, and I readily accepted, willing to exercise my priesthood to bless this sister. But as I opened my bolsato get my oil I realized that I had not brought it with me and neither had my companion brought his. I was extremely embarrassed, because as a priesthood holder I should ALWAYS be prepared to give a blessing to someone, including being prepared with having the oil to do so. Thankfully we were able to go the the house of a member who had some and assisted us in the blessing, but I learned a great lesson. The scout motto isn't just a cute little phrase to say, in life we really have to be prepared. Many unplanned events will occur in our lives and we have to be ready to tackle them in every way possible.
Well my friends, that's all for now. Take care and have Merry merry Christmas!
Feliz Natal!
Elder Dimmick
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