Well sounds like everyone is staying busy right now! Mom I almost forgot about wind in Montana until you mentioned it. I have to say that I don't miss that one bit!! Holy COW!! You have 13 weddings this summer! What the..? Is that like a record for you guys? I have to be honest in saying that I'm not going to miss that at all either! :D
Anyways, THANK YOU for the
money!! I finally got it! I'm going to have to buy water boots first!!
Because they don't have very good draining systems and so the water just
builds up in the streets like a river! Yesterday after church I was
walking too close to the road and a car totally sprayed me! HAHA But it
wasn't too bad and we were really close to the house anyways!
But I have
to say that I completed 7 MONTHS in the mission last Saturday! HOLY
COW!! I still can't believe it! Where does the time go? But so far I am
absolutely loving it! It is sooooo amazingly nice
to be able to talk and have real conversations with people. I still
can't understand everything, but at least now I can understand when they
explain something to me. Que Bendiciòn!
So this week was pretty good. Bueno, it started out really really
good. We put 4 fechas for baptism this week in Linderos, which is
totally a miracle. 3 with one family, and another with a 9 year old
girl! I think I told you about this family last week, but they are all
really receptive to the missionaries and our member friend Marcela, has
gone way up and over her call of duty as a member missionary. Seriously,
I'm going to be like her after my mission!! I have already decided. But
she has been taking the Book of Mormon cds over to their house, because
the mom and dad can't read, and explaining and teaching them too. Well, we
went over to their house on Saturday because it was the sons birthday,
but we also had an appointment with them. We started to talk to them
and then they told us that they don't want to get baptized. We talked and
asked questions and we realized that they don't completely understand
the importance of baptism. The dad said that he
thought that he was just gong to be baptized and then go on living his
life and not have to change anything. Well, it is obvious that we need to
teach with more clarity and go much slower in our lessons.
But although it was a bummer that they told us this, they still want
to take the lessons. It is actually an answer to my prayers, because I
have been praying really hard that they would receive their own
testimony the gospel. Because I don't just want to baptize people, I want
them to understand, have a testimony, and become active members of the
church after their baptism. I think that there are so many that get
baptized here without knowing how to cultivate their own testimony, and
after time they can't keep that burning fire of the Spirit and then they
become inactive.
I am actually really excited that we have this
challenge with them because I think now we are really truly going to
help them with their needs. But the best part is that ALL of them were in
church yesterday, plus the sister of our investigator!!!!! AND it was
raining! (It's like death when it is raining, no one wants to leave their
house.) It was really neat. My comp and I and our
investigators, all 5 of them, the President, and Marcela were the only
ones in the capilla at 9:55. Mormon standard time is the same all over
the world...go figure!! :D
But it was really cool! We also found two really amazing
investigators. A young couple that are living together and not married
(welcome to Chile :D) but are so receptive to the gospel. Yoseline went
to church with us too and we had an activity in the church Friday and she
came then too. The little things like this really keep me going in the
mission! One of the hermanas that is in our zone asked me if I wanted to
stay in Linderos for another change and I said heck yes!! And the she
asked, but Linderos is kind of difficult isn't it? (We had divisions and
she came to Linderos for the day with my companion) Yes it is a little
bit difficult some days...but it makes the little moments of success
that much more sweet!!!! AND I LOVE IT! I think I love it more because I
imaging this is what it is like to work in Shelby. It's like my home. We
live with members too, but we have our own little house, and they feed
us when we don't have lunches.
(Received June 18, 2012)
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