So what has happened this week..... I live in a really nice apartment now ha ha which is a huge change. There is no dust and there are still a bunch of dogs, but I am in the city!!! yaye!! The people are great and I have met people from lots of different places. In addition to a new place, I tried chicken leg soup. ummmmm. no comment. its like fat with a bunch of bones. Some people really like it..but I have a hatred for chickens so my opinion was different. but I ate it and was polite :) hahaha of course. Next week, we`re eating worms and "cui" (guinea pig). Lots of stuff to try here!! hahah sooo Hna Erika from my last sector was baptized this last Friday and I am sooooooooo happy! She is soooo happy too!! Her husband is getting baptized soon too :) Ahhhh man sooo good!! And crazy story, but IDK. haha soooo there we are walking in <Nayon, a little Pueblo in our area and we saw this Gelateria and were like ommmmmmggggg I need this. So we went in, and the girl behind the counter was wonderful and i seriously know her from SOMEWHERE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE BUT I KNOW HER!!!! AND she was like OMG I KNOW YOU FROM SOMEWHERE TOO!!! but its impossible because she was living in Spain for the past x amount of years and I haven't been to Spain. and I was like maybe you FB stalked my friends from Spain and saw me? Or saw someone who looked like me? and shes like NO!! It's YOU!!! and so we are in agreement that we are friends from somewhere, but not here. My conclusion in the premortal life. Ha ha it was a joke at first, but I really think so, and she is so happy that we came to get gelato because from there we contacted her and taught her about the restoration and she is so excited about the Gospel too!! I just love her. Love her. :) That was a cool story.
We have been with Hna Finley and Hna Davila the past 2 weeks because they have been showing us around since we are opening the area and its been great. One night we were in Nayon, visiting with some members in their restaurant and one of the sisters was like," hey do you want to go visit this sister", and we were like yeah!! So Sister Finley and I left and went to go visit said sister, but I think we went to the wrong sister´s house. So, there we are walking along and we see Brigitte, a little girl who was recently baptized, and we were like "gurll!! how are you!!?? :)" and she was like good... and I was like, no you're not, you look so sad. What's wrong? And she started crying and told us that she lost her phone and she can't tell her mom because she'll hit her and she was so scared. So, we're like, OK this is fine we are going to say a prayer! And we had her say it, and then we started looking for the phone. We had the idea to call the phone and look for it, but weren't hearing it anywhere! Sister Finley had the feeling that someone had the phone and we asked Brigitte to retrace her steps and what happened. Then, she mentioned some lady walking by and asking if she had lost something, but she said no, because she was scared. ( this family is super poor and at this moment in the story, we were looking for the phone in a field of trash and lots of times you just don't talk to the people who ask you things)- and so, when she told us that, we´re like OK, that lady has the phone! and so we are like lets call it one more time, and then we'll go ask her. Then, this group of kids came walking along and we're like" hey do you have a phone?" and the little boys like yeah, let me ask my dad!! and so he ran away and there we are standing with two 12 year old boys and Brigitte who´s also 12 I think, and we're like, hey are you guys friends!? and they're like No...... and I was, like enemies? and they're like...mm mm.... and Hna Finley and I "ooooooh girl nuh uh!" and got all defensive about Brigitte ha ha . Then the little boy ran back and was like OK lets look for the phone!!! and he brought two others to look for the phone.
There we are in cow pie field looking for a phone with 6 little kids. Didn't find it, so we're like OK lets ask the lady ( who happened to be one of the kids moms!!) so we went to the house and guess what! she had found it!! how she found it?....I have NO CLUE. there was the possibility that a cow or a pig ate the phone. and what the heck was the lady doing over there? whatever....We found the phone and all the kids were like "OMG!!! PRAYERS WORK!!! and they wanted all of our pictures of Jesus and wanted us to go and visit them again. Yeah they'll totes get baptized :) we talked about how awesome God is and we left them with a prayer. so cute!! I wish I took a picture!!
A couple days ago, Sister Finley and I went to go check up on a family who is preparing to enter the temple. We really didn't know where to start, then sister Finley shared her preparation and experience in the temple and how she needed to learn how to forgive people and forgiveness and everything. Then the wife lit up and was soooo interested. We told her we would write down all the scriptures on forgiveness and hope for her, she was stoked!! We returned two days later and gave her the sheet with the scriptures, she was soooooo happy!!! yaye for following the promptings of the Spirit :)
Last Monday, we had a family home evening with the Granda family. We had a video planned, but when we got there, we realized they temporarily removed the TV or something, but there was no way that we could watch a movie. So, we just thought alright, lets talk about that Family Proclamation! and so we did, and well, everyone was crying because the Spirit was so strong. I have no idea what I shared, but the husband was so happy to hear it, and so was the wife. It was good, so peaceful, such a joy. When we left, sister finely told me that the last time they came to the family's house, there was something wrong and there was this tension in the house. Before we left, the family was like crying and said that this is the message that they really needed to hear. Sister Finley and Sister Davila were like hmm that is what it was!!! We had one thing planned and the Spirit led us to teach something else. The exact thing that this family needed to hear. I LOVE THE GOSPEL.
Ha ha, this one is like my favorite! One of the sisters has a hard time with the topic of eternal marriages and marriage in general, because her parents are divorced, and just when all that went down, did everybody dirty. It was messy, and the marriage that the mom is in now is not the best. So, this is why this sister has a hard time with this topic. Coincidentally, the topic of yesterdays lesson in Gospel principles was "Eternal Marriage". So, last week (we all) but her studied it really hard to understand it better, then came yesterday. We're sitting in class, waiting for the teacher, but to our surprise, there was no teacher, so the responsibility fell on this sister to TEACH the lesson. Ha ha ha it was so cool! I have pictures of her in front of the board and the map and pictures of the temple that she drew. She did such a great job! I am sooo proud of her. The Lord is sooo funny. He knows that she has troubles with this topic and somehow she was the one who ended up teaching it. Good times. Great times.
The same with me. The Lord heard my prayers. I prayed for patience and charity. Two things that I felt I was alright at, but very soon, I found out that I was wrong. My companion Hna Calderon is great. she's from Guatemala and has only been on her mission for 4 months. This is her first time training and opening an area and she gets stressed easily. I CANNNNOOOOOTTTT work when people get stressed out. I can't. CAN'T. The Lord gave me certain trials these past weeks (and now) that have REALLY been making me exercise and learn patience and charity, I had no idea how much more I really needed to learn patience. But, all is well. It has been probably the biggest help having the other sisters here helping us because we all learn from each other and sister Finley and I can speak English with, which is a DE-stress-er. Ha ha its great!
Everything here is so cheap. I love it! Except for American things and imported things. The mission is the best thing ever. There are super highs and super lows, but it is essential to have both so we can see the contrast and see the blessings the Lord bestows upon us every.single.minute. :) Teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ has helped me so much in my testimony and just understanding the world. The Gospel is 100% true. I can PROMISE YOU THAT. I cant wait to share it with all of my friends when I get back home and even with my family. I have seen the BIGGEST changes in families for the better when we have introduced the Gospel into the families. I have seen lives CHANGE. I have seen my life change. I wouldn't be here sharing this if I didn't KNOW it was true, and we study it so deeply EVERY day and we just learn more and more every day. Nothing falls apart or doesn't make sense or leads to a dead end. It doesn't, because its truth. God LOVES us and this is why He has revealed His Gospel to us, so that we can be happy and return to live with him!! :) I know Christ lives and I know that the Lord wants me to be here , right now. I share this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
I love you all and please write or email me!!! Sometimes in those lows, I read your e-mails and letters and they make me soooo happy that you actually care to write me and see how I am doing and let me know how you are doing!!! I love them ALLLLLL!! EVERY SINGLE ONE!
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