I hope everyone had a great
week.
This week wasn't too crazy for Hna.
Corriveau and I. We only did divisions once, but it was really awesome because
I got to do divisions with HNA. GARCIA!! It was so fun to be with her again and
teach together and see how much she has progressed since being with her. She
also caught me up on all the news from Iguala and told me that Luis's son,
Luis, was preparing to be baptized!! He is 9 and when we were teaching Luis
(dad), he didn't really have much interest. To be honest, I think we were just
so focused on helping Luis that we didn't spend too much time insisting with
him. He didn't want to go to church but Luis always said that with time, he
would want to go and well, he did! Apparently he got baptized this last
Saturday! She also said that the sister of Luis is preparing to be baptized. We
taught her RIGHT before I left Iguala, and I remember feeling like she was
super golden and needed the gospel in her life. The spirit was so strong in the
lesson with her but I was never able to see her again. But I felt so happy to
know that the little seeds that I helped plant were blooming and that more
people are joining the church. Luis is doing great and is the ward mission
leader now! I am not sure if I mentioned that before. SO COOL!
Taurino was going to get baptized
this week, but he still needed one more assistance in church. He didn't go last
week because his watch stopped working and by the time he knew what time it
was, he was late. He said, "It doesn't make sense to go if I miss the most
important part!" referring to the sacrament. Well, can't argue with that.
He did pass his interview for his baptism and he is very excited. He always
called sins 'pescados' which actually means fishes. Pecado is the word for sin.
He says, "when I leave the water, all my pescados will stay in the water
and I will be clean!" It is sad though, because he lives alone and has a
lot of sicknesses. He has really bad arthritis and other things wrong and he
feels really bad about it...but we just explain to him that one day he will
have a perfect body. He is awesome and we are excited for his baptism on
Saturday.
We also will have another baptism of
a little girl on Saturday, too. Allison is a little girl of a less active
family. Her mom is more active than her dad, but they have been having a lot of
problems in the last year and she just recently turned 9. Since her family
didn't really make her baptism a priority and the ward didn't do anything,
either, we are taking it into our own hands and making sure she is baptized. We
had mentioned it several times to the bishop and to the parents and they all
just "kept forgetting" so now that she is nine, she is our
responsibility. Sometimes, everyone here thinks the missionaries do
everything...but whatever. She is a really cute girl and her sister actually
just got a mission call to serve in Monterrey. We asked her how she felt about
her baptism and she said...I'm just waiting! poor thing. But we are going to
make it a special day for her and also for Tau Tau.
Remember Amada and Francisco?
Ok...Francisco is the one who is crazy with the Bible and he got baptized in
the church but was never confirmed. We have been working with them for the last
2 1/2 months. Amada is literally the coolest. We love her. She totally knows
that the church is true and she ALWAYS reads her Book of Mormon. I gave her my
gospel principles book and she LOVES it and was telling me everything that she
learned yesterday in church. We went to visit them this week and Francisco
started saying something like the Book of Mormon was just the same as the Bible
and so we explained yet again the Book of Mormon and what it is and how it
ISN'T the same as the Bible, and I really don't know what happened but we asked
him if he believed that it was a true book and he said yes. I wasn't sure if he
heard correctly because he has trouble hearing so I asked him again, and again
he said yes. I asked if he believed if the church was the true church and again
he said yes. I asked him if he believes that Joseph Smith was a prophet and he
said yes. I was in shock and I started to laugh! He asked me if I didn't
believe him and I told him that I did and Amada was like, "She is just so
shocked and happy!" Yep. I can't tell you how much time and effort we have
put into teaching them. Amada has accepted really easily the gospel, but
Francisco was being a stumbling block for her to progress because if he doesn't
go to church, she doesn't go. But we finally had a breakthrough and they are
both getting ready for their baptism. If it’s the last thing I do in Mexico...I
am making sure they are baptized AND confirmed members of the church. Amada
bought a subscription to the Liahona the other day and is literally so happy
when she is at church. I love it.
So about my back. Well, I ended up
going to the doctor to get it checked out because it was hurting still and I
was worried that something was wrong with the discs. We went to the hospital
and took some x-rays and everything was fine with the spine (thank goodness)
and the doctor said that it is muscle pain, so he prescribed me medicine and
told me I should probably do physical therapy but I said...I have 5 weeks
left...not gonna happen. He told me to limit the amount of walking and carry
less in my bag and gave me some stretches to do to help relax and strengthen
the muscles. I am mostly just taking ibuprofen and not carrying a lot in my
bag. I am just grateful that nothing is wrong with my spine! Just keep praying
for my back!
This week is going to be really
weird! Today is President and Sister Kusch's last day on the mission. President
and Sister Avila get here about 6pm. Hna. Corriveau and I will literally be in
Cuernavaca all week. We have divisions tomorrow and then Wednesday we will have
consejo and we will be able to meet President Avila! Then we are doing
divisions on Thursday, and on Friday we have a zone conference in
Cuernavaca...so we packed a suitcase for the week! So crazy but it should be
fun!!!
I hope you all have a great week and
a HAPPY 4th of JULY! We will be having 2 baptisms that day so it will be a good
day for us, too!!! And I will definitely be wearing RED WHITE AND BLUE.
Love you all!!
Hermana Durham
Divisions!!!!
We made pie de limon! I will make it
for you when I get home. It's super yummy!
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