A lot of people have asked me how the weather is here. it is
a lot like Missouri, in that it can change so drastically in so little time.
but we had some fun thunderstorms this week and it was 85 degrees and sunny
yesterday. after we got home last p-day, we were getting our mail and a lady
said "you guys better stay inside for the next 3 days because it is
supposed to storm like crazy! DONT TRAVEL!" we agreed that we would to her
and walked a little further and we said to each other "yeah.....that's not
going to happen......we are missionaries" hahah. but thanks lady! she was
nice. but the storms weren't terrible. it rained/stormed for about 4 days
straight. nothing too exciting. but it really does feel like summer here
already. the air at night is my favorite...everybody is outside and all of the
windows are open. I love it!
DIET TIME! because Hermana R is going home next
transfer, she decided that she wants to lose 20 pounds before she goes
home...so I am doing it with her. why not? don't we all have some extra-ness?
but we are eating super clean and running 2 miles every morning! we feel
awesome and our days are so much better because we have a lot more energy!
L is great...as always. He is just growing and
growing and growing. He came to church yesterday and every member has told us
that he is great. some new people have asked him "how long have you been a
member?" and he doesn't know how to respond because he isn't yet.....haha.
but O brings him every Sunday and when we teach L, we try to bring a
different member with us every time so he can meet new people. One time this
week (the rainy time) we went to teach him. We can't teach him inside because
there is only the two of us so we have to sit outside. but this day it was
barely sprinkling/misting so we weren't worried. but as the lesson went on, it
rained harder and harder. by the end it was pouring and Leopoldo felt SO bad!
so what did he give us? some fruit. #Ilovehispanics but I have a lot of
pictures of the aftermath. but that lesson we just read in the Book of Mormon
with him. last night we went over to his house with Hermano and Hermana
Hernandez. Hno. Hernandez is in the bishopric and Hermana Hernandez is like our
mom in the mission. We always eat with them on Sundays and they said they would
love to come with us to his appointment. So they went and it was SO inspired
that they went. Hermana Hernandez changed everyone's life in the room with her
testimony. They really helped L and we think L feels really
loved. so many members are showing their love with him and making sure he knows
that they are there for them. most members in our branch are converts so they
can relate to our investigators really well! go with the missionaries! they
need you and your testimonies!
Because the #hallelujah video just came out, we have been
trying to find like crazy! the video is SO powerful, I love it. (You can watch it here – it’s only 3 minutes long! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2wdMwpYByI
)we received 500 pass-along cards to give out. we don't have a very big
teaching pool so we are trying to find people to teach right now. share the
video on your facebook page with your testimony! you never know the hearts you
will touch!
this week I have thought about a lot of things and realized
a lot. one of the biggest things was about the sacrament. I don't know if
I have mentioned this or not, but on Saturdays we have a specific study that we
do called "sacrament study" and it is only for a half an hour. we
pick one thing we want to do better for the week or one thing we want to repent
of. for example: pride, relying on the Savior more, daily repentence, etc. we
study about that subject, make a plan and then we discuss it with the Lord and
ask for His help. it is my FAVORITE thing I do on Saturday's. but we do it
because every Sunday when we take the sacrament, we are renewing our baptismal
covenants. we become clean every single week. before my mission, I would go to
church because I am social. don't get me wrong, I LOVED learning about the
things of the gospel and feeling the Spirit, but I didn't realize that we go to
church to be clean from our sins every week. we promise the Lord that we will
keep his commandments and always remember Him and He has promised us the Holy
Ghost, a member of the literal Godhead. I think we get the better end of that
deal, because He loves us THAT much! go to church next sunday with a different
desire in your heart. now with the knowledge that I have of the sacrament, I
can't wait to take it and be clean to start over with the new week. I love
covenants! (Hermana savage always said that)
also we had zone meeting this week which was amazing.
President Hall is really motivated to do the work right now. he is always
motivated but he is in the zone right now. he motivated us SO much this week
and we set some really high goals because we want to work harder. I loved what
he said. He said being on a mission really helps you prepare for life in so
many ways and one of these ways is setting goals. he told us about how he is an
Ironman and how much training and goal-setting it takes every single day. he
told us that as we set goals in the mission, we are getting good practice for
our life. if we want to achieve something we have a vision, set goals and make
a plan! he also went on to explain that Heavenly Father is the best goal setter
on the Earth! look at the Plan of Salvation! starting from moses 1:39 and on.
President Hall said "Heavenly Father rocks at goal-setting! and we want to
be like Him right??" he really motivated me! I love him!
I hope you all have a good week this week. thank you always
for the support and love! love you all so much!
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| this is Guillermo's family! they are one of my favorite families here. they wanted to take a picture with me on Sunday randomly....haha so here they are! |
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| all of the sister in my zone went out to Chipotle for lunch after the zone meeting! |
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| I love my companion! |
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JADE LOVED ME AGAIN! I'm telling you this is a legit
miracle. this was right after we did service!
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| in the parking lot outside of Leopoldo’s apartment!! With the fruit he gave us!! |
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after the lesson we went to a members house to eat and she
took all of our clothes, gave us new ones,
put our wet clothes in the dryer and after we put on our
warm clothes and went out again. but it looks like I peed my skirt here! its
water I promise.
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after the rainy lesson!!
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