Hi family!
This week was good! I feel like the work in the area is really moving right now which is always a nice feeling. We did have a couple of low points with Estella deciding she wanted to wait to get baptized and not being able to have a cita with Evila since we set the baptismal date with her two weeks ago, but other than that it's been good. Humberto still hasn't smoked and he says he's been feeling a lot better. 2.5 weeks now! He says sometimes he still has a hard time sleeping, but thats it. We're pretty excited for him. Everything is all set for Deyci's baptism for this coming saturday (changed again...long story). Despite feeling some nervousness she still seems pretty firm in her decision to get baptized. Yay for spiritual experiences at youth conference!
We've found some pretty cool new investigators the past few weeks. The first one, Maria, we found knocking doors and she told us to come back a few days later. She was there for the appointment and told us all about how she wanted her kids to learn more about the scriptures and God so they don't become like their Dad (who likes to drink) or any thing else thats out there in the world right now. We went back for a second lesson earlier this week and finished teaching her the first lesson. Her oldest daughter Jessica was listening too and they were just loving it all. We asked them if they would be baptized once they read, prayed and found out that this was true and they said yes. The only problem now is transportation to church because she doesn't drive and her husband doesn't like anything to do with religion in general and wont bring them.
We had another awesome experience yesterday. We've been doing pretty good on our miles this month so we decided to put some effort into finding people in the far end of our area where the Hispanics are few and hard to find but still there. We made a list of house numbers with hispanic sounding last names and went out to knock them. The street we were on, we discovered, was HUGE but we decided to walk to all the houses anyways. We were hot, tired, and having little success. Also these little tiny bug things kept landing on us and biting us. We have no idea what they are. When we got to the last number on our list we noticed it was in the 500's while we were still in the 200's. We decided to continue walking since we'd already come so far. Approaching the last house I had the thought of how funny (and awesome) it would be if this person let us in just like all the inspiring stories they like to tell missionaries at the MTC. Then it happened. A woman named Rosio answered the door and let us in. After talking for her for a few minutes she told us though gentle tears of how through everything she had experienced in her life she had often felt alone and that God didn't really care about her. She had recently decided though have God be more of a focus in her life. We testified to her that God did love her and that following His Gospel can bring so much comfort and peace. The spirit was strong as we talked about the Book of Mormon and prayer. She said yes when we asked her if she would be baptized after learning that these things are true! Walking away from that lesson we didn't even care how far we had to walk, or how hot it was. God really does guide us to the people who are ready!
We've found some pretty cool new investigators the past few weeks. The first one, Maria, we found knocking doors and she told us to come back a few days later. She was there for the appointment and told us all about how she wanted her kids to learn more about the scriptures and God so they don't become like their Dad (who likes to drink) or any thing else thats out there in the world right now. We went back for a second lesson earlier this week and finished teaching her the first lesson. Her oldest daughter Jessica was listening too and they were just loving it all. We asked them if they would be baptized once they read, prayed and found out that this was true and they said yes. The only problem now is transportation to church because she doesn't drive and her husband doesn't like anything to do with religion in general and wont bring them.
We had another awesome experience yesterday. We've been doing pretty good on our miles this month so we decided to put some effort into finding people in the far end of our area where the Hispanics are few and hard to find but still there. We made a list of house numbers with hispanic sounding last names and went out to knock them. The street we were on, we discovered, was HUGE but we decided to walk to all the houses anyways. We were hot, tired, and having little success. Also these little tiny bug things kept landing on us and biting us. We have no idea what they are. When we got to the last number on our list we noticed it was in the 500's while we were still in the 200's. We decided to continue walking since we'd already come so far. Approaching the last house I had the thought of how funny (and awesome) it would be if this person let us in just like all the inspiring stories they like to tell missionaries at the MTC. Then it happened. A woman named Rosio answered the door and let us in. After talking for her for a few minutes she told us though gentle tears of how through everything she had experienced in her life she had often felt alone and that God didn't really care about her. She had recently decided though have God be more of a focus in her life. We testified to her that God did love her and that following His Gospel can bring so much comfort and peace. The spirit was strong as we talked about the Book of Mormon and prayer. She said yes when we asked her if she would be baptized after learning that these things are true! Walking away from that lesson we didn't even care how far we had to walk, or how hot it was. God really does guide us to the people who are ready!
Random funny story that has nothing to do with missionary work:
Hermana Frandsen told me a funny story this week from her last companion Hna. Romney. At one point Hna. Romny worked giving tours to kids at a museum of some sort. Before the tour she was reading off all the names of the kids for roll call when she came across a name spelled La-a. Very timidly she attempted to read the name out loud a few times"La-ahh?". Pretty soon this black lady walks up with her daughter in hand and says "nuh uh. its Ladasha. can't you see? 'La'. '-'. 'a'. Ladasha."
Other cool and random things:
1. Fireflies have been out a lot! It reminds me of when Barry and I caught them with the Jennings when we went to visit them in Illinois when I was 14.
2. We see deer almost every day, multiple times a day. We even saw some bucks
3. Remember in the movie Nacho Libre when Nacho hits a corn on the cob to the ground saying "get that corn out of my face!". I had one of those and they're delicious. It sounds pretty gross because you put mayonnaise on it but it actually pretty good. You put the mayonnaise on first then put like parmesan cheese on it and some chile powder.
4. It's hot
love,
Hermana West
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