Why do we serve?

HOLA my lovely gente. It has been a great week here in the hills of Quito. Tarqui has been treating us well. This week we had ward conference. Ward conference here is got to a whole new level, we had activites every single night leading up to Sunday. It really helped our ward spend time together and be more unified.Our teaching pool right now consists of only Columbians, my accent might start to change. We found some HUGE miracles this week. After a good hour of contacting some Colombians contacted us and told us they wanted to be baptized in the street. the lord blesses the dilligent. 

I read a talk from Dallin H Oaks this week that really impacted me, it is called Why do we Serve? Most of the time we focus on the "How" do we serve but to apply the "how" we need a why. Why do we serve others? Just to look good infront of leaders, to gain a reward? Or do we serve out of Love and in Hope to have an eternal reward. "Therefore, O ye that emark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with all you heart, might mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day." DyC 4:2 It is not enough to serve  with all of our might and strength. In order to stand blameless before God at the last day, needs to serve him with all our HEART and mind. Such service is unselfish and us motivated only by charity the pure love of Chirst. 

This week we have our Chirtmas dinner at the presidents house and a hosptial visit for my companions knee. I love this work there is no better place to be during this Chirstmas season.OH and a Pday update, today we went to the downtown where the president of Ecuador lives, and comes out to say hi Mondays, that was pretty awesome, I guess it could be called the White house of Quito?! sweet. and some good ole KFC in Ecuador after.

Con Amor

Hermana Merrill:)