Hi Everyone!
This week has been a pretty good week! We've had some really good lessons. I also feel like I'm getting pretty comfortable with spanish. We had 5 investigators at church this week with oldest daughter in the Lara family there for the second time! She's still pretty stubborn but feeling really welcome at church so we're hoping that slowly she will start to open up to us more. She will also be going to youth conference this week. Her two sisters Deysi and Estela are still excited about their baptism on the 25 and have been reading and praying almost daily! So we're happy about their progress. Yesterday their familiy had us and the elders over for dinner and one of the elders mentioned "P-day" to which Desyi responded "pee-day!? ewwww". Hermana Franden, Elder Anderson, and I immediately started dying laughing (as the mature missionaries we are) while the Elder Davidson (who often enjoys taking pride in moments where he can demonstrate his immense amounts of knowledge to people) corrected her (which just made it even funnier).
Interesting random observation of the week: In district meeting this week the zone leaders came and we had an Elder Davidson, Anderson, Harrison, Johnson. Lots of sons.
The weather was moody again this last week with a jump from 95 to 55 (again). My companion was starting to get cold symptoms again, but I've been good. I got the package you sent by the way, thanks for all the vitamins and Allergy stuff. Hermana frandsen was laughing as I kept pulling more things out. It was pretty funny. I think I'll be good now.
My trainer Hermana Gailey (who ended her mission 6 weeks ago) came back to visit with a small group of other return missionaries. They showed up to sacrament meeting on sunday so it was cool to be able to talk with them for a few minutes. Also she was able to come with us to a couple of lessons yesterday. The first one was with a less-active/part member family in the branch. We talked about the plan of salvation with them and were a little bit frustrated when one of them said she would be ok with going to the terrestrial kingdom. We tried the best we could to encourage her a little bit more...we'll see. The other lessons was with Evila (the one who's been investigating for almost a year and whose progress looks more or less like a roller-coaster). We went in with the midset to teach her the plan of salvation (again) and ask her to be baptized (again), even if her really catholic mother-in-law was there. And we did! It was a really amazing lesson we were able to resolve her concerns by sharing some experiences along with some great comments from Hna. Gailey. She accepted a date to be baptized July 9th. We promised her blessings and the spirit was really strong. Since she backed out her date in March, we'll probably have to help her out a lot to keep resolving concerns, but for now we're excited for her decision.
Yesterday I got a little bit sunburned on my right arm when a member fed us outside. It was actually really nice yesterday it was in the 70's (which the weather usually skips over its only like the third day so far we've had in the 70's mas o menos). Hermana Frandsen and I are really starting to get some pretty sweet farmers tans.
I am reading the Book of Mormon in Spanish now which wasn't too bad until I got to chapters quoting from Isaiah in 2 Nephi...hard even in English. I finally finished that part today though. Thats great to hear that Megan and her friends had a giggling fit while singing at the seminary graduation. Another thing to add to the list of embarrasing moments to share whith your children. To Barry I only have to say that yes that's the way it should be and that you may be getting over your head with your settlers of catan challenge.
Well I've used up all my time already, I'll try to send pictures next week!
Love you all,
Hermana West
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