This week, well it was definitely one of my best weeks on the mission! On Monday we had a Noche de Hogar (family night) with Juan and Melissa and Hermana Maria Asmat (Melissa is not a member and is our investigator.. also the pareja - partner of Juan) and we had an amazing lesson on the Plan of Salvation. I had an amazing spiritual moment as I testified of eternal families and of my family, that I KNOW will someday too, be eternal. It was so amazing and the spirit was so strong. We hope to keep progressing with her. She seems very interested. We have another cita (appointment) with her tomorrow.
Also this week we were teaching a new family and at the end, the 8 year old girl wanted to learn how to pray. We taught her and she did so amazing. It was the cutest thing in the world. She was adorable and so sweet! I just love seeing and having moments like that.
This week I was studying and came across Romans 12:21 "Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good." I thought that was sooo great! Definitely one of the truest things I've ever seen. Sometimes it may not be all that easy, but with Jesus, all is possible (Philippians 4:13).
Speaking of spiritual moments, conference was AMAZING. Either the talks are getting better, or I'm just paying more attention, because every talk had something so amazing to learn. I didn't take advantage of that as much before my mission and boy, I wish I would've because it could've and would've helped me so much in my life in hard times. I tore apart Moroni 7:40-48 (it straight took me an hour to re-study these verses). I learned so much about charity and loved what President Thomas Monson said, "We do not honor the priesthood of God if we are not kind to others." In the two lessons I had yesterday, I tried to see people more as the Savior would, as emphasized so much in this conference. I could see and feel the difference in just two lessons of how much more connected I felt to my investigators and how much more of a love I grew for them in the short 45 minutes we taught each lesson. It was such an amazing feeling.
Also I loved Elder Joaquin Costa's talk. It was an awesome talk and I love putting my name in my scriptures when I read them. That's something I'm definitely going to do more with our investigators.
Other talks I loved were the talks of Elder Bednar, Elder Holland, and Elder Rasband. I wish I had time to bear testimony of their words! But something I did love that Elder Rasband said is that we should be spiritual first responders. It's so true, especially here on the mission! Like the Prophet Joseph Smith said, "9 out of 10 times you will have chosen the right path if you act on the first impression." I can solely testify of those things that he said and the others that spoke. As Elder Clayton said in his talk, "May we choose well". I promise and testify that this is the Lord's gospel and that "nothing else is more relevant" than the promises that our Lord has in store for us.
I hope you all have an amazing week and I love you all so much!!
Con mucho amor (With much love), Elder Rokovitz
Con mucho amor (With much love), Elder Rokovitz
I found Brother Miller in the choir. (Our good friend, Layne Miller, sings in the Tabernacle Choir. Our family loves to look for him during General Conference time. Whenever we see him, we all say, "Sing it Miller, sing it!!")
Riding in a taxi to lunch between conference sessions.
Lunch at TGI Fridays. Good ol' American food.
Me and Elder Johnson exchanging a 100 for two 50's. (If this is 100 sol in Perúvian money, it would equal about $30.82 in U.S. dollars, but I, Mom, don't know anything about Perúvian sol, so I'm not sure if what I'm saying is true.)
