What has even happened this past week. I feel like I have been here for over a month...nope. 1 week.
This
week was full of trying to find our investigators, looking for old
investigators that might have potential to progress and trying not to
get lost. We have a HUGE area...and we know probably like 5% of it right
now. But we are learning and will get there eventually...or I will get
changed to another area. haha.
First off, we have a family that we are teaching...I
think I mentioned them last week. Familia Pintor. Tomas is the dad and
his son is Edgar. If all goes according to plan, they will both be
baptized this Saturday! They are so awesome. Tomas loves learning about
the church and is so excited to have a calling and really contribute. I
gave a talk yesterday and he was like...one day I'll give a talk, too!
Edgar is married to Helen and Tomas is married to Fabiola. Fabiola and
Helen have baptismal dates in a few weeks and we are thinking that Tomas
can baptize his wife and that Edgar can baptize his wife. How cool will
that be?!
We were teaching them the other day and my companion
suggested that we kneel to pray at the end of the lesson. We all
kneeled down and RIGHT AFTER I kneeled, a huge cockroach fell from the
roof RIGHT WHERE I WAS SITTING! I am not kidding...I could have died. I
could have died. I told my companion later that her idea was inspired.
Prayer can save lives, people. :)
We went looking for a family that used to be
investigators of the sisters but their 15 year old daughter had cancer
and they were always out of town for her treatments so they couldn't
come to church much. We decided to pass by and meet them to see if we
could do anything to help. We got there and the dad told us that
Angelica, his daughter, died a week before and that we could come in and
say a prayer with them. We walked into their house and they had a room
with pictures of her and flowers. We decided to sing Families Can Be
Together Forever. It was a miracle that I didn't cry while we were
singing the song, but after the prayer, I lost it and began to cry while
I was telling them that they would be able to see their daughter again
some day. The dad was so calm and handed me some tissue. The spirit was
so strong as we explained a little bit of the plan of salvation. I was
so grateful for that knowledge and the blessing of the temple. That in
the temple, we can be sealed for time and all eternity and be with our
families forever. We are going to go back to see them again this week.
We also found some new people to teach and are
working hard to try and find new people every day. I wish we had a car
or someway to get around faster than the buses because it wastes so much
time traveling and we want to get to know our area more, but i know
that all will work out and that we will find the people who are waiting
to hear our message. We are going to see if it is possible to change
houses and live in our area. I have no idea why we live where we live
but we are going to work on it.
We gave talks in church on Sunday and I recycled my talk from Iguala since no one here heard it before. :)
I
hit 6 months in the mission this week. What the heck! Where has the
time gone. Although we have no money, we splurged and bought a lemon
cake at the grocery store and celebrated. Hna. Ward made me a sign and
she also made me cut a sock...I don't know why but it was fun. Also, our
house has the virgin mary everywhere. Our keys have a key change with
her on it, too. I think they belong to the landlord so we can't really
take them down so we covered them up with a picutre of Jesus and an I'm a
Mormon magnet. You can see the pictures attached.
I have to tell you all that the mission is the
weirdest thing ever. But also the best. Everyday I talk with random
strangers in a different country and different language and try to help
them change their lives. We meet so many different kinds of people (for
example I met a witch this week...awkward....) many of whom don't have
any desire to talk with us. It can be discouraging, it definitely is
tiring and some days are just hard. But then there are times where we
actually find people who are prepared or searching for the truth,and it
makes it all worth it. There is no doubt in my mind that the Lord is
directing this work. We are trying our best to do all that we can but
there is no way we can do it alone. This is the work of the Lord.
I love you all. Keep praying for me because I need
it. :) I will keep praying for you. Have fun at the Dodger game this
weekend...I almost cried reading that you are all going down there. Eat a
Dodger Dog, chocolate malt and Tito's Tacos for me. Love you!
Love, Hermana Durham
our splurge for the week
If you are wondering, yes...I always look that beautiful after the day is over.
Confusion...haha...the magnet goes over the virgin. :)
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