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| Spreading the Gospel in Puerto Vallarta |
First can you
believe it's been 2 months?! I think that is totally crazy and WOW it
has flown but also I feel like my first day in the CCM was forever ago...
I think feeling this way is a missionary thing ha. It was so good to talk
to you guys. It was so weird but awesome to see the house and I cannot believe
how much snow there was! It really didn't feel like Christmas to me
mainly because I am use to it being cold! But I loved seeing you guys and I
hope by Mother's Day i am fluent... That's the goal! I am so glad
you had a good Christmas and grandpa was able to spend it with you and of
course Cason and Alexx.
To answer dads question I was able
to get to say hola to Hermana Muros family too! All her family speaks some
English but only a little so it was a short conversation but she is the oldest
and has two younger siblings, a sister who is 16 and a brother who is 12. But
she had a lot of family over at her house and they did 3 way call with one of
her uncles, so lots of people! But I'm with dad. I have gotten really
lucky with my companions. They all have been hard working and willing to teach
me and super patient and cute. I hope I didn't use all my luck at the
beginning of the mission! I'll continue to pray for my future companions, ha.
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| Christmas Dinner with wonderful members |
So the investigator that was supposed
to be baptized Saturday didn't get baptized... We found him smoking Saturday
morning and he told us he didn't want to go to church anymore. It was
really sad and super confusing. He had such a strong testimony at one
point but then he did a total 180. So most of that morning we had to make
a bunch of calls to tell everyone there wasn't a baptism anymore
and since we had planned for a baptism we didn't have a lot to do on
Saturday so we did a lot of walking around and did some random visits. I
it was still a good day. We did our best to stay positive! I'm really
starting to get worried about the ward here not having a bishop. The
mission president knows and told me in this weekly email that if
there isn't one soon and if we keep having problems with members
helping us teach he will be moving us to a different ward. I really like the
people here so I hope they figure it out soon. The mission president said it is
almost impossible to have progressing investigators if the
ward isn't stable and I really am starting to wonder if that might
be part of our problem. This Sunday no one was assigned to give talks so it was a
pretty scattered sacrament... and it was raining and nobody leaves their house
when it rains so almost nobody was there...| It really makes me miss home and
how everything felt so organized and put together. I hope we can
help figure it out, who knows, maybe that's why I'm here. The
disorganization drives me crazy!
This past week I have really started
to feel like I'm getting the hang of this mission thing! And not
to mention after we have wrapped our beds in plastic we
have less bits! Hermana Muro hasn't gotten anymore because we
switched her mattresses. I told her she could have the new one because she
has so many scars and what not from the bugs. I have the one I did before so
I've gotten like 2 more since but so much better! The schedule makes more
sense to me. I understand more Spanish, it all just feels so much better!
In one of our lessons yesterday with a women named Raquel I was teaching and
you can obviously tell that Spanish is not my first language. She stopped me
while I was talking and asked "you've only been here 3 weeks," and
I was like ya. She then went on to tell me how impressed she was and then she
said it's amazing how the spirit helps people. Again, its sooooo nice
to hear people say these kinda things cause some days I feel the same
and that I'm not progressing. But then I see just a little light of
how much I've learned and it really is the coolest thing.
I'm starting to understand people when we pass them on the
street and answer people's questions when they ask them to me and even
grocery shop! It is coming slowly but it is coming! I can't think of
anything else out of the ordinary that happened with week
mostly because I told you a bunch on Christmas! I love you guys
and I hope you have a great week!
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con amor
Hermana Acor
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