this week was good but a little rough as well!
we started out the week going to......KEMAH (Megan’s old area)! my companion needed to go to
the chiropractor and it was super close to Kemah! so we went the long way home
and drove into my old area. it was so fun to be there again! when we were
walking out of the office, a family from the branch was walking out! Heavenly
Father loves me!
something funny about my current branch is that they BEG to
come out with us. they get mad when they don't get out with the
missionaries...the hermanas in Relief Society I guess. so we saw a lot of them
this week! we ate dinner with the cute little Hermana Regalado and we ended the
lesson with a three part harmony with the hymn we sang! she wants to do a
musical number with us soon in sacrament meeting
(church service). she is adorable and one of the strongest little
grandmas in the church I have seen.
the next day the Relief Society President fed us and she is
from Mexico City and her family goes to one of the chapels in my Mexico mission
and I have been to it before!! so cool! so we talked and talked and talked
about our beloved Mexico City. she showed us her dancing dresses she used when
she lived there and promised me that she would take me back with her. her
husband was the former branch president and now he is in-active and all of her
kids too. it is super sad but she is one of the strongest women! she went out
with us yesterday to visit Tomasa and a less-active and it was amazing. she is
just such a genuine person who has such a big heart. I love her!
Friday was the Fiesta for las fiestas patrias! the Hispanic
Independence Day! I remember a year ago we had to stay indoors in Mexico because
it was so crazy outside. We went on top of the roof at midnight and watched the
fireworks and yelled "Viva Mexico!" good memories. here, we had a
little fiesta in the chapel. we, the missionaries, shared a cool message about
how we are all from different countries but the gospel unites us. it was really
neat! a ton of our less-actives came!! it was awesome! Tomasa was so close to
coming but something came up. one of our less-actives came, Hna. Torres and
Hna. Mederos ran up to her, hugged her, ate with her and danced the whole time
with her and made her feel so loved. like I said, the people in this little
branch have such big hearts.
also, that night, Bruce, Hna. Aguilar's son came home from
his mission! he came to the fiesta (right from being released) and everybody
just clapped and hugged him. it was super cool. the whole branch knows him
super well because the branch isn't big at all so it was really neat. I love
being in this branch family!
As for our investigator friends, they are doing okay. Tomasa
was suuuper busy this week with work so we only saw her a few times for not too
long. We brought Hermana Regalado once again and she just loves Tomasa and
Tomasa loves her. It is a really cool relationship! Hna. Regalado calls her at
night and they talk for a while, she said. yay for member friends! prayers that
she accepts a date to be baptized tonight! we are super excited.
also, Kayla sent us a text on saturday saying she was good
to coming to church! but on sunday, she didn't come. so we are going to talk to
her tonight about how we can help her and her family come back. we just want
them to be an eternal family so bad!
this week was hard for a lot of different reasons and I had
an interview with President Hall today about all of it. he is such a great man
and always helps and motivates me. He shared this scripture "And behold,
all that he requires of you is to keep his commandments; and he has promised
you that if ye would keep his commandments ye should prosper in the land; and
he never doth vary from that which he hath said; therefore, if ye do keep his
commandments, he doth bless you and prosper you" later it says "And
secondly, he doth require that ye should do as he hath commanded you; for which
if ye do, he doth immediately bless you..." he read to me one of my
all-time favorite scriptures at the time I really needed it. Heavenly Father
hardly requires anything of us, only His commandments. yes, they are definitely
hard to keep sometimes, but He says if we keep them, he blesses us
immediately!!! who wouldn't want those immediate blessings? No matter what
happens or trials we face, we need to be obedient to His commandments and we
will receive those blessings He already has for us. I love the nature of God
and how He has a perfect plan for us. I have talked to Him a lot on my knees
this week and it is such a blessing!
this week read: Alma 36 and how beautiful repentance is!
Love you all!!
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| the fiesta! |
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| the fiesta! |
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| Hermana Regalado said to make the biggest smile so here we are. |
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Hna. Aguilar and her son talking at the party. it is one of
my favorite pictures from my mission. Her face was lit up the whole night and still was at church yesterday. can you just imagine how happy she is?
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| the comp from Idaho in her natural habitat (potatoes and the kitchen) |
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| TACOS AL PASTOR!!! whooooooo! |
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cutest little Tomasa!
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cutest little Hispanic girl. her name is Zarahemla.
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