p-day # 14

dear family. :) and esteemed fans... who read these on my blog. haha.

Today, we said goodbye to an hermana who lived in my house. :( It's super weird when people leave... I don't really know how, still, I'm supposed to think about the mission. haha. There are days when all I can think about is home and the goals i have for when I get back and what all of you are doing... But thinking that there are missionaries that are leaving here to go back to that is such a strange thought process. I'm super excited for hermana bates though. :) I love her so much!

well, this week... haha. interesting week. it was super rainy, so the work was a little slower in pretty much all areas. plus... way lame. my umbrella broke. I sent it in the package with your birthday presents, because I know it's under warranty. you'll have to look at it when it gets there, but I was mega bummed. luckily, hermana bates loves me and gave me hers cause she didn't want to take it with her. haha. But yeah, one day we were walking around in the rain, trying to contact, and we saw this little family trying to carry this gigantic dog house!! We ran over and offered to help... and so we carried this dog house that probably weighed like 100 lbs all the way to the other sector. And even though she didn't want to listen, it was still an awesome experience. plus, i got a really awesome forearm workout. haha.

We also had a ward talent show this week. my companion and i sang... and you should be so proud of me!! For the first time in my life, I wasn't super nervous to sing in front of people! haha. It went really well. Super fun, and there was this like 14 year old who had the voice of an angel. i told my companion I just want a little mini Bastian so that I can keep him in my pocket and pull him out when I need a little music. haha.

We sang in church too... my ward really likes our voices i guess. haha.

Our lessons this week were super awesome. It makes a difference when you decide to let your lessons be more guided by love than by a checklist. With the Espinosa sosa family, we taught them the plan of salvation. They have had dates to e baptized like 3 times, but they keep falling through because they're not ready to give up their work on sundays. But instead of focusing on what they need to do, we taught them about the blessings they will receive if they decide for themselves to do the things that we've been asking. It was a turning point, I think. I love this family so much, and I know that in time, they will be baptized. :) we just have to give them time.

With pablo, we taught the plan of salvation also. he has a girlfriend in our ward, and we met him at a ward activity one night. he is super prepared to listen to this gospel. and when we talked to him about the spirit worlds, it was like he had already known all about it, he just needed a refresher. He's just so golden!! i love teaching him because it all just makes sense in his head. I feel very lucky to be one of the missionaries that found him. :)

Then there's jessica. She is reading the book of mormon like its harry potter. In our lesson on saturday, she said that she just feels like shes not ready to accept a date to be baptized because she needs more knowledge. I bore a super strong testimony that satan was the one telling her that she should put it off. she accepted the 8 of july after that, and I am so excited for her! she is so ready to get baptized. haha.

then last night, to send hermana bates, we burned a skirt. It was so much fun. haha. I took a bunch of pictures of it, so I'll send them to you on my card when I get my other one. :)

I'm so glad I'm here as a missionary. I love teaching so much!!

I love you so much family!! Thank you so much for your love and support! i'll talk to you next week. :)

hermana spencer.