GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE. I FINISHED "JESUS THE CHRIST". It only took me 7 months for heavens sake.
HEY FAM! I'm glad that all is well after the freak flood that apparently happened over there. I had no idea about it until the senior couple, the Scotts, told me that my house was lost in the flood and Colorado was the new Atlantis because it was under water. So I am glad to hear that all is well! For some reason, we have been having incredible luck with KIDS. We went and visited a less-active who we never see, and the first thing that their 10 year old says when we came through the door was "I want to be baptized, please!!". Uh, ok! We can set that up for ya! And then a couple of days later we went to another less-active and we taught their 12 year old boys about prophets. Somewhere along the line they asked why we don't baptize babies, and when we told them about accountability and making the choice, one of them said "well, I think I just made the choice right now. I want to be baptized.". "Behold your little ones" just took the top spot on the "Best one-liners of the scriptures" list. We're so stoked! The only problem is that we really need the help of the ward with these kids, and our bishop is still in Alaska (2 months....). We set up a ride to help them get to church and told the kids and they got SUPER excited, but then the sister we asked to pick them up showed up at church without them. She said she "forgot". We went to go apologize to the kids but they ended up going to another church. Bout broke our hearts. So if you could keep Ashley, Jesus, Ivy, Demarys, and Kimberly in your prayers, it would be muchly appreciated.
This week, we ate chicken soup with the feet (complete with talons) in the broth, and menudo. Menudo is never happening again. OH MY GOSH.
We have been really working on getting members coming with us to our lessons and it's been amazing to watch people connect with our investigators!! We have been taking less-actives and that has probably been the coolest thing to see on my mission-hearing them bear their testimonies and "remembering" why they joined in the first place. Now if they would come to church, thatwouldbegreat. But still, miracles! We took an older member to a lesson with Marbella (we taught her a simple "Lehi's dream") and when we asked her what the great and spacious building represented, she came out and said "THE CATHOLIC CHURCH" and went on a rant about it....uuuhh.....that was a fun one to clean up.....Might need to teach that one again.
I hit 6 months in the Valley tomorrow! It feels like I've been here for a week haha, time is going by so fast. It kindof hit when we started talking about general conference and I thought to myself-"i was here the last conference!" Weird. The members call me the "White Mexican" and it's basically the best compliment I've ever gotten haha. It's definitely been a hard 6 months, but it's been incredible at the same time. I couldn't have asked for a better way to start out my mission! The more I'm out, the more grateful I am that this is hard. It's made the sweet moments practically all-consuming. Little things like hearing a kid bear his testimony, or seeing a Less-active want to go on a mission, or just seeing the personal changes that are taking place is pretty cool. Missions are cool things, people .Go on one.
DAVID HESS WRITE ME A LETTER. WITH PICTURES. I love you.
We have been teaching Herminda (the Catholic woman who said that 'baptizing babies is stupid') and while we've been teaching her, her sister just sits in the back and listens but never wants to participate. We went over the other day and Herminda wasn't home, but Carmen was, so we taught her the restoration and invited her to be baptized (which freaked us out, because she never seemed to like us). She said "as long as you keep teaching me, of course!" It was so cool! She said that she never really wanted to listen but "just couldn't help it" whenever we came. It's a major testament to me that you really never know who is listening, who is ready. We always just thought she didn't like us, and it turns out she just needed to listen. She needed to find out for herself without the influence of anyone else. It's amazing how Heavenly Father works. You really never know who He is putting in your path. I need to be better at paying more attention to that and I am so grateful that God didn't let Carmen slip though our fingers.
My thoughts and prayers are with you mom and dad, as the Cougs and the Utes meet together. I pray there will be good feelings all around. I will be wearing my aggie gear in support.
Sorry that this is a boring email! I hope all is well on the home front and I hope you know that I'm forever thinking about you and praying for you! Be happy!!
LOVE YOU TONS AND TONS
Hermana yells-a-lot
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