I'll admit now, this letter will be
really short. I spent a lot of time writing my president this week. I am
very excited for this new start of a week! I got to wake up early, go
on a run, clear my head a bit and I have done a lot of praying lately. I
have been falling asleep on my knees lately. Ouch . . . I have been
growing up a lot in this area. Chascomús has tried me in a lot of ways. I
am taking advantage to refine myself and make the necessary changes to
reach my true potential as a missionary.
Congrats to Kiki! You survived the Dennis reunion!!!
ha ha! Those are always so much fun! I miss the old cabin! And HAPPY
BIRTHDAY GRANDPA!!!! :) 90 year-old and younger looking too!! Well, I
honestly don't know. I haven't seen you in a year and a few months. I
love you though! I hope it was everything and more than you had wished
for. For your birthday, I'm just going to keep serving the Lord and help
in the strengthening of the Kingdom of God. I know that's what you'd
really want from each of us, your grandchildren.
Anyway, I loved hearing from Justin this week! It
was one of the biggest highlights I've had in a while! Some of the best
news I've received from home besides the crazy changes like an
engagement.
Well, let's start talking about the week a little
bit before I have to go. So we weren't having too much luck with our
investigators this week. The rain causes problems. It has rained non
stop ALL week! There are flooded houses, streets, and anything that can
hold water is overflowing! SO that means that everyone's schedules were
ruined and they all weren't home, or wanted to refix the lessons we had
fixed previously. SO we didn't get to teach many this week.
We did get to teach Zoe and Marisa! These two girls
are so much fun! They're about 10 and they are the cutest little best
friends and have the grandest desire to learn more about our Heavenly
Father and Jesus Christ. Zoe's mom is a member and she is very
supportive of them learning and getting baptized. They are so fun to
teach because they love it so much and just eat up any information that
we can give them. My companion is pretty happy teaching them too because
he always understanding better what we are talking about and contributes
more to the lessons. They will be baptized in September easily! We are
going to try and baptize the girls and try to invite the father, who is
very kind, to listen to everything and go to the baptism so he can feel
the spirit and have a desire to do the same! :)
SO we all need to pray for Ludmila this week! We are
trying to get her baptized this weekend and she has only had a few
short lessons and it's all very complicated lately! Since she lives in
the orphanage, it'll be hard to do the interview with her. I really want
to see her get baptized so that we can end August on a real high note!
Plus, I have been feeling like I'm leaving in the middle of training.
Next week is the transfer meeting and I have been impressed to really
focus on preparing my companion a lot so that he can know the area and
get along just fine here. We'll see what happens.
We had an amazingly spiritual zone conference the
other day and it was all about reaching our potential individually as
missionaries. It was exactly what I needed in the moment! I am so
excited and ready to give my all! The bummer of the zone conference was
that we went so late that I couldn't get to the bus or get a distance
taxi in time. Neither did the elders and hermanas in Dolores. SO we all
had to stay the night in the Plata! Elder Armstrong, Elder Brown, Elder
Haynie, and I had to share two tiny mattresses Friday night and it was
the worst night of my life! I didn't sleep just about anything. Then
we had to travel back to Chascomús and we almost missed the stop because
I was sleeping and then we crashed in the pench for a few hours because
we hadn't slept the night before and then we went out to work and the
bikes broke, then we had to go help clean the church. SO, we didn't get
much done.
Sunday was pretty good! We had 33 in sacrament
meeting. We had a few lessons and then finished the day cutting our hair
with Paola and she told me all the drama in her life and we had so much
laughing about things. She's like one of my bestest friends and she's
33 years old and I only met her about three months ago!
Well, I'm out of time. I got to go! I love you all
so much! Thanks for all the letters! I am so happy being a missionary!
It's the best. I had a dream that Mom and Dad came to get me and I cried
thinking about finishing the mission. I am no where ready to start the
count down yet. I can't believe it's more than half way over.
Till next week,
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