Hi Everyone!
It's been another good week here! Though it decided to drop below freezing again. Yesterday we had zone meeting and interviews which was good. We talked about the importance of teaching with the spirit and what we can do to improve in that. It was good. In my interview President Doll told me he wants me to be making most of the phone calls from now on (I don't know how he was able to figure out my weakness) because starting in the next two months or so 6 Hermanas will be leaving and I'll be one of the "veterens" as he says. My companion thinks that means I will be training soon...which is a scary thought. Also scary is the fact that understanding spanish on the phone is a bajillion times harder than in person, though it actually hasn't been as bad as I thought. I'm hoping I can have at least one more transfer as Junior companion though (less stressful). This sunday I'll be speaking in sacrament meeting on service (In spanish of course) so that'll be fun. We finally figured out the whole less-active situation with the ward and the mission president. So hopefully we don't have any more problems with that.
This week we're really excited about Evila and Jesús. They both came to church again and are both even participating in the classes. We also had our first lesson with Jesus in like 2 months. We are planning to ask Jesús if he wants to be baptized too the next time we teach them. From the first time I taught Jesús to the lesson we had this week theres a huge difference. Before he was really argumentative and didn't really want to listen to us but now when he's talking to us he has this softness in his voice when he's talking about the gospel that I never would have expected before. It's neat how the spirit can work on people's hearts over time without us really doing anything. We saw him leave the church building on Sunday with a big smile on his face. We also want to try to move Evila's date up a little becuase she really is ready. The branch is really supportive of them too which is good, but also makes us sad at the same time for Humberto because they've all pretty much "given up" on him and he's also pretty quiet so he's kind of a loner at church. The last time we taught Humberto he was still going strong with the stop smoking program but he still felt really bad from the nicotine withdrawal. We'll be having another lesson today so we'll see if he's starting to feel any better.
Other than that nothing really new or exciting happened. I'm feeling more comfortable in my spanish all the time which is good. Me and Hermana Rojas have been cleaning the apartment all day. Oh and we've found like 6 spiders in the past 3 days. I don't like spiders. I think it's because there are cracks in the edges of the walls and floors. not cool. Thats also where the ants get in I think. Well, I hope that everything continues to go great back home! Until next week!
Love,
Hermana West
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