Hi everyone! how are you all doing? Thank you so much for your emails to me today. It's so nice to hear about how things are going at home. I really am so focused on this work that I forget there's another world sometimes. haha. So thank you for reminding me that there is and that you are going about life just like you were before. I have definitely been thinking a lot lately about my life before the mission and how much i wish that I would have realized just how important this gospel is in our lives. I am excited to use the things I am learning here in my life at home, because I have learned so much about what this gospel really means, and what it really means to devote your life to God. I am so grateful to be serving this mission, and I wouldn't be doing anything else right now. I love this work so much. :)
This week we saw so many miracles. :) Our president asked us to double our contacts, and the week previous, our goal had been 50. we only got 27. So when the president asked us to double our numbers, we realized that we really needed to work on this. We set a goal to contact 100 people this week. and guess what. 103!!! I was so exhausted last night when we came in from our last meeting, but I was so happy. Because being exhausted means that I worked my little tush off all week long. and that is exactly how it should be. :) I have such a strong testimony that when we work hard, the lord blesses us and we see the fruits of our labors in great clarity.
Now to tell you about my investigators:
Maureen is 20 years old, and has been investigating the church for about three or so months. she is such an incredible girl. Her best friend is serving his mission in Argentina right now, and she wanted to understand why he's giving up these 2 years of his life. this week, her mom came out of rehab and started coming to the lessons with us. :) And seriously, mom and dad, I cannot even explain the excitement in my body. This week, I decided to abandon all embarrassment and start speaking the words that i had in my head, even if they were wrong. haha. They both have accepted the invitation to be baptized, and we're shooting for the 25 of June. :) I actually feel like I have taken a part in this too, so I am so excited for this family to continue progressing and be baptized. I just love them. :)
Mauricio is living solo, and he is working in a little corner store. Since he works all the time, he told us that he wants us to teach him at night time in his store. And even though it's a little strange to teach over a cash register and pray in a store, hoping that no one comes in to break the spirit, he is just incredible. We left him with a chapter to read this week, and when we stopped by again 2 nights later, he was BOUNDING up his stairs to find his book of mormon to talk with us. He just has this hunger in his eyes that I have never seen before, and it makes me want to yell with joy because that is exactly how it should be. :) I hope that he can figure out a way to find someone to work for him on sundays, because he told us that he would love to come to church if he can. :)
Liliana and Andres are a couple that are not married that have been investigating the church for 4 years. she has been waiting for the divorce of her previous marriage to go through the courts for this entire time. And they just found out this week that they should be officially divorced on the 1st of june! We have been praying so hard for them that it will happen, because they have such incredible faith! when we went to their lesson with them, they both had all of their books ready with notebooks and we taking notes while we were teaching. It was such a wonderful lesson, and i know i'm probably not supposed to do this... but they are my favorite investigators by far. haha. they have the cutest little boy named mateo, and he's 4. he is so smart! he asked me why i had long hair when i was there. haha. and then he asked his mom why we have bodies. she answered because god gave them to us. and he responded, que fome! or how lame. haha. so dang cute.
this week, i woke up to words coming out of my mouth... spanish words. haha. i taught the first lesson to the other hermanas in our room in my dreams. haha. I totally thought it was real, and i was so confused when i opened my eyes and we were all laying down and it was dark. hermana tripainou said that my spanish was perfect, and that if she were an investigator, she would have been baptized on the spot. haha. I had heard of that happening, but I didn't think that it would happen so soon. So funny. haha.
This week, we had a meeting with all of the greenies, so i got to see hermana nielsen. :) her companion's name is Hermana Jones, and they are actually from the same hometown. She seems like she's doing soo good. which makes me really happy. :) My mission president is just awesome, and he told us that he served his mission in bogota, colombia! but i'm pretty sure it was a few years before you got there, dad. but still. way cool connection. haha. We watched a talk by elder holland called Leave Your Nets. I don't think that you will be able to find it, but if you can search google and see if it's on there, i really suggest that you watch it. It is such an incredible talk. I actually felt really overwhelmed after I watched it, but in reality I am so grateful that i have heard it's message. Because it's true. I have been called to serve as a missionary, and I can never turn back. I will be forever changed, and forever a missionary because of this decision and calling. I am a disciple of christ, and that means that i have left all to follow him. And i am so willing to do that! I just love my savior so much, and I am so grateful to be a part of this work because it is helping me to realize how to be that disciple of Christ. :)
I love you family! Thank you for being such a wonderful support system, and for being so loving. I have grown up to be who I am because of my wonderful family.
til next week!
dev.
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