Hermana Y Elder Borup

It feels like life has just been accelerating these last few weeks. It is certainly never dull. This week seemed to feel extra special. Maybe it was partly because we heard that the Prophet is coming to the Dominican Republic next week and will have a special meeting with the missionaries. This has made all the missionaries (including us) very excited with anticipation. Back to our week, Most of the week was filled with visits to members and investigators with a few people that need physical assistance. One of the highlights was a lesson we had with Hermanas Duffy and Hill in a small village called Las Lomas. They started teaching a man that is 50 or 60 and a neighbor who is in her late 20's. They taught the message of the Restoration and the first vision, which always has an amazing spirit. They were both visually touched by the spirit. One accepted the invitation for baptism the other wanted more time to pray and ponder. I'm going to part from my usual banter. I want to ...

WOW! What an amazing jam-packed, fulfilling week. I try not to just give a day to day report when I write this blog but that is what I might have to do this week. Every day was filled. We started our week by having Zone Conference which included Elder Alanzo who is a member of the quorum of the seventy and a member of the Area Presidency. During the previous week, I had been thinking about our experience here as missionaries. I was wondering how effective we've been not knowing the language very well and just wondering about why we were called here in the first place. Don't get me wrong I wasn't down or depressed or anything just pondering. I have been reading the Book of Mormon in Spanish and on the morning of the Zone conference I just got through reading Chapter 11 of  3rd Nephi, the visit of Christ to the people of the Book of Mormon. When I picked up the zone leaders for the conference I was telling them how amazing the doctrine is in Chapter 11 and how much the Savior...