hello family and friends!!!!
today was an amazing week! we saw a lot of people and
miracles happened!
We have a new investigator! His name is L. He is from
Mexico and he is in his 30s probably. We had a referral for someone that lived
in his apartment so we went to contact him (the referral's name is P) and
L opened the door. We started talking to him (L) and he was SO
friendly and seemed interested. We set up an appointment and we went and taught
both him and the actual referral Lesson 1. L asked amazing questions and
P was just kind of there listening. We invited both of them to be baptized,
P said no and L didn't answer. We figured he didn't because P
said no. We set up another appointment and only L was there and he
accepted a baptismal date for April 9! We are SOO happy and excited. He loves
when we come and he is so prepared. We invited him to come to soccer with us on
Friday to meet all of the men that go and he came and loved! he even scored a
goal which made him and us super happy. Heavenly Father had him open that door
first for a reason.
R is doing super well! We are trying to get more members
to come out teaching with us and it has been working out super well! our branch
president wants all of the recent converts to come out teaching with us. so we
took rony! we were in a lesson with Y and he bore his testimony so
powerfully! he even invited them to church!!! he did super well for being
really shy. we were soooo proud of him. also when we went to the temple with
him last week, he got fancy scriptures with his name on them and he asked if he
could put our initials on them! So it says on the scriptures, "RR
S.R.G" he is the best!!!!! oh also he took L to soccer!
English class was fun this week. the lesson that we taught
was how to ask for help in English. it was hard to teach and hard for them to
understand but it was fun. we did this activity where I had to speak suuuuuper
fast in English and they had to say "slow down please". they had a
list of phrases that they had to choose from like "I have a
question!" or "I don't understand" or "please speak
louder" stuff like that. I was the station/,missionary that had to speak
super fast. And I was the first one. so one by one they came to me and I said
something like
"hellomynameishermanagarnerandiamamissionaryhereinhoustontexaswhatisyournameiliketotakepicturesandplaythepianoalsoiliketoeat"
hahaha. and the look on ALL of their faces was so priceless.
they just stared at me with blank faces blinking a couple times. it was the
funniest thing to me.....but I couldn't laugh.
So because Hermana S
is going home tomorrow, you can imagine the amount of people who want to see us
and feed us before she leaves. so we have been out to breakfast, lunch and
dinner and have eaten multiple dinner meals in a day a few times this week. my
subject line is "good food" por eso. I will send pictures! I started
a sugar fast a week ago and plan to go until my birthday in May. I have been going
strong! pray for me! haha.
Goodbye Hermana S
Sister Hall, the mission president's wife came to our
companion study on Friday. Sometimes she visits companionships just to see how
they are doing and how their area is. it was really fun and good to have her.
we learned a lot and we loved how she read outloud in Spanish. she is the
cutest!
One of the many delicious meals we had this week was at
F's house, the woman who is going through the divorce and has 3 amazing
little girls. She fed us TACOS AL PASTOR!!! the famous tacos in mexico that I
miss dearly. they were AMAZING. it made me miss my country, mexico!
Tacos Al
Pastor
These are the daughters of F. They all got overalls that day, they are
so adorable and we love being with their family! they crack us UP!
I gave a talk yesterday! I was SOOOO nervous. It was on the
Sabbath Day. Thankfully the topic was super simple because the branch needs
simple things and simple reminders. My companions said I did super well but I
think I did ok! My accent is getting better!
I have seen my Spanish grow this week. I have felt since I
have gotten here that I have been in a hole with my Spanish. It was hard being
at home and not speaking it and coming back. But I have fasted and prayed for
it a lot recently and I think I am progressing again. No, I am not fluent but I
am getting closer and closer everyday. When I was in the MTC I remember I heard
a General Authority say in a talk "Whatever language you speak in your
mission, Heavenly Father knows that is the language that you testify the most
powerfully in" that has always stuck with me and helped me a lot! I love
this work and I love the Spanish language and I'm so grateful that I get to
speak it all day everyday.
This week Hermana S is going home and I will miss her
so much! I'm not getting transferred (SOOO HAPPY) and I will be with my other
companion still, Hermana R which was just what we were expecting and
wanting. it will be different but I'm excited that I don't have to leave here
just yet. I love it.
have such a great week this week! say your prayers!
this is A. she is from Mexico City pretty much exactly
where I lived! she is visiting her family here who is in our ward. she said
"mi amor" 74 times during dinner..we kept a tally. that is how sweet
she is. we were eating pazole (one of my favorite Mexican dishes) and she gave
me us aprons because we kept on spilling on ourselves and mine was mrs. clause!
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