WE GOT TO GO TO
SALVADOR'S BAPTISM!!!! We both taught Salvador in Ventura! Maria had
already been baptized while Hna Hurley was there and then I got to teach
Salvador for a few weeks. We were able to go to witness their WEDDING
and Salvador's baptism! It was such an incredible experience.
Last
transfer was so amazing! I really feel like I grew the most that I ever
have on my mission. Hermana Hurley taught me so much! I was really sad
to leave her, but I know her little trainee is so lucky to have her.
Fast forward to this week:
Hermana
Eames is so awesome! She came into the area with all of these crazy
awesome goals that she has for us to accomplish. It is so fun to work
with her because we were together at the beginning of our missions and
now we get to see the growth that both of us have had! And man it is
amazing how much spanish you can learn in a year. haha both of us can
actually talk to people now. woohoo!
Side note:
Hermana Eames is telling me right now to tell you thank you for the
cookies and ice cream card and everything in the package, and that she
still has the sticker from dad's hotdog stand that you sent us a year
ago, and she still wants to go eat at it when she gets home. :) I second
that! Thank you so much for the package!!! And I am excited to eat some
hotdogs with you all. hahah
So last night we
decided to text everyone in our phone Happy Valentine's Day, and we got
like 5 lessons set up with random people out of it! And like a billion
more pending that haven't answered yet... One of the people called us
right after and told us thank you. After talking to him for a few
minutes we realized that he is someone that Hermana Eames and I get a
card to a few days ago and Hna Hurley and I had also met him like 5
weeks ago (Hna Hurley - it was the man that was standing outside of the
Orozco's apartment holding the Virgin Maria picture). Anyways,
apparently he is a former investigator that really wants to come to our
addiction recovery class! Heavenly Father must really be telling us to
teach this man.
Also, do you remember that
miracle a few weeks ago about the family that just let us into their
house and let us teach them? Well we stopped by his house like 20
minutes before the addiction recovery started and asked him if he would
come. And then he ended up coming!! He was so nervous and did not want
to ... but he ended up l.o.v.i.n.g. i.t. And his wife was super excited
too! Pray for them!
We were able to listen to
this amazing area broadcast yesterday and I learned that the church is
more than just a social club! It is a safe refuge for people to go to
that will protect them from the attacks of the world. We can't afford to
just live comfortably in the gospel picking and choosing the things we
will apply and the things that we won't. The prophets give us guidance
for a reason! If anything in the church is hard to accept, all of it can
be answered through having a testimony that Joseph Smith really saw God
the Father and Jesus Christ. And that testimony can be obtained from
reading and praying about the Book of Mormon. If all of that is true,
then we really do have living prophets today! And they will guide us
through these hard times. I am so grateful to be a missionary. I have
felt Heavenly Father's love for me so much throughout my mission and I
am so honored to be his representative. I know he loves us!
I am out of time, but I hope you all have a wonderful week and a happy valentine's day! I love you!
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