Week 9: General Conference - The Best!

Hola!!

First of all conference is the best! I know with all my heart that Russell M. Nelson is a prophet and is called of God. I just feel love and happiness whenever I even see a picture of him. I got to listen in English which was amazing! All the gringos had a room in the stake center and we bought food and had a little party watching conference. haha! It was really fun. I love the missionaries in my zone they are the best. 

Also our investigator Alejandro came to conference and said it answered all his questions!! He came to the Sunday morning session and in between the sessions called us and asked if he could come to the second session!! We said OF COURSE! He came back and is just so awesome he wants to learn and has a baptism date! We also have dates for two other investigators! Cristobal and his uncle Oscar. They didn't come to conference but we had an FHE with them after and brought a Brazilian cake that Hna Wurdel made! It was super fun and I think they are progressing! 

Hermana Wurdel and I are getting closer. She really is a great missionary...very hardworking and obedient and good at talking to people. She is super duper positive and happy all the time which is awesome!! I still get frustrated with not being able to communicate, but we are figuring out how to deal with it. 

Also this week I had a pretty life changing experience. We got a reference from other elders about a family they were teaching that just moved into our sector. We went to visit them and the little girl came out to the gate after we said Halo! We noticed that she was blind and started talking to her. Then the son came out and we realized he is blind too. They said their mom was cleaning the house so we offered to help and they let us in. We discovered that the mom is blind too and the house was filthy. some of the rooms didn't have a floor and there was just trash and filth everywhere. The bathroom was nasty and the kitchen was awful. We started to help her clean and it was really hard for me to see a family in this situation. We talked to the family a little bit about the gospel and the mom said she believes in God but doesn't want to ¨be Mormon¨ or get baptized. We just talked to her and told her to call if she ever needs help. We left the house and I just sat on the curb and cried for like 20 minutes. It broke my heart to see a family that is all blind and is living in a situation like that. I realized that I honestly have nothing to complain about. Ever. I have been so blessed with my family, education, knowledge, home, this gospel. Seriously everything. I don't know why I have been blessed so much while others live such different lives.  I don't know what I can do to help this family but i want to do something whether they want to hear the gospel or not. 

Nevertheless I know God loves all his children. I know this church is true and I have never been more sure of anything in my whole life. The book of Mormon is so true and I feel the love of God so strong when I read it. I know with all my heart that Christ is my Savior.

I love you all and hope you have a great week!! My heart is with you, but more than that, it is with the people in Chile and with my Heavenly Father!

Love Hermana Snyder

p.s. One of the pictures is us with Cristobal. He sells socks and we bought some and took a picture with us all wearing our socks. haha!

General Conference Party!!