So,
this week we had a lesson with one of our investigators that has accepted a
baptismal date for the 21st of this month. Her name is Maleny and she is 16
years old. She lives with her boyfriend Brian, who is also 16, in his house
with all his family (aunts and uncles and his mom ets..). Anyway, she and Brian
are both really shy...it was really hard to have lessons with them because they
both spend like the whole time looking down and they glance at each other when
we ask questions and laugh and like, I don´t know it was really hard...so we
have been praying a lot lately that we could have more love for her and that
she could feel our love for her and that we could have more trust and
confidence with her. Well, this week when we went to see her (actually I think
it was yesterday) she actually laughed more with us and she answered our
questions without looking at Brian first and she had her head up for a lot of
the lesson instead of hanging it down and looking into her lap! It was
amazing!!! She made a ton of progress and we were super excited!! Also, she
told us that she and Brian have plans to get married either the 12th or
17th of this month and her date is for the 21st so if she can just read
the things we leave with her from the Book of Mormon and if she can come to
church every Sunday until her date, she can still be baptized! I don´t know,
for me it was a Little miracle :)
Another
miracle that we had was that we were able to have five new investigators again
this week! It is amazing how the program of ¿Cómo se llama? Works! (Our Mission
President told us that he wanted us to use this in our lessons) and it totally
Works! Basically we just ask the members, less actives and investigators
"¿Como se llama su vecino?" or "What´s your neighbor´s
name?" and we ask about their families and all that until we receive a
bunch of names! Then we go and contact them :) And we find a ton of new people
to teach every week :)
Oh!
also we found a new investigator (well, he´s an old investigator of other
missionaries but he is new for us so he counts) but he knows EVERYTHING!!! He
has a testimony of the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith and the Restoration and
everything! He was quoting things from the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and
Covenants and all that...I was blown away!! I was sitting there all innocent
thinking "Holy cow!! He´s perfect!!! He´s gonna get baptized!!" and
then there was my companion on the other hand "Nope. This guys a member.
He´s excommunicated." hahaha!! We had completely opposite opinions about
him. But I was right! He isn´t a member! And we have plans to ask him and his
son-in-law to be baptized this week. (not that they will be baptized this
week-we are going to ask them this week. Sorry, I am not writing very clearly
today haha).
Um,
what else.... we had two mice in our house and caught them with those sticky
traps! And we put peanut butter on the traps because I remembered that dad did
that when we had mice in our house. It worked like a charm! (Thanks Dad!
:) But who could blame ém? Peanut butter is enticingly delicious! ;) Well,
Heidee and I love it a lot... I know there´s a lot of people who don´t like
it...
Oh
yeah, we also have another investigator who is super excited about
the church! Her name is Guadalupe but we call her Lupita :) She
wants to enter the temple haha! But her husband told her that she can´t
yet because she isn´t baptized... she can´t get baptized because she isn´t
actually married to her husband and he isn´t divorced from his wife...yeah it´s
a bit complicated....there´s a Little bit of a problem with the law of
chastity here....and I was studying that last week and it is really bad to
disobey this law....but I don´t know how to teach it in a way that they
understand how serious it is.... but yeah, Lupita loves the church and she
likes to learn and read and she really wants to enter the temple because she
told us that it looks beautiful on the outside and her mother-in-law
told her that it is even more beautiful inside. So she is super excited and
she´s a really good person and has a lot of potential as an investigator!
I
went to the colonia this week which is another part of our área. (our área
is HUGE!!!) The path to get to the colonia is like hiking. Literally. It
is a Little dirt path among trees and bushes but not only that-it´s
dang hard work to hike! It is super steep going down and super steep going
up...and it´s long...it´s like hiking up a gorge... the colonia is on the other
side of the gorge haha so we live in Ixtaxihuatl on one side of the gorge and
we have to walk through the trees and shrubbery to the other side of the gorge.
It´s crazy!! :) I took a picture but it might be hard to tell how steep it
is and all that...just believe me when I tell you that there are some days
when I want to die...I don´t know how my body can make it through the day
without killing over and how I am not sore the next day haha. It´s a miracle!
Alright
well, apparently this computer doesn´t love you guys because it won´t let me
upload my potos haha...so you will have to wait until next week and I will
bring the cord and try again because it doesn´t like my memory...
Well,
I shared a lot of things about the mission/the work I am doing in the
mission (for once haha) but I hope that you guys have a really great week!
I love you a lot and I am really thankful for all you love and support! I have
a scripture for you all :)
Moroni
6:4 :) I want you to read it and apply it to your lives this week...and
actually for this whole month since it would be really hard to only apply it
for one week...
It
talks about new converts to the church and like, our responsibilities as
members of the Church. But I also thought that it could apply to our
less-active brothers and sisters. There are a lot of things that I can
take from it as a missionary but also as a member of the church and it is
something that I am going to work harder at when I get home.
I
hope that you can all read it and ponder it during this month and that you can
find ways to apply it to your lives :)
This
week my testimony of the Plan of Salvation was strengthened because we taught
it a lot this week and I was able to feel the Spirit distinctly testifying to
me that this plan is true. I know that God created the Plan of Salvation
because he loves us and wants us to be happy. I know that every part of the
plan has a purpose and that it´s order is perfect because every step makes
perfect sense. I am so grateful for the chance I have to be here on the earth
to receive my body and to have experiences that help me grow. I know that the
fall of Adam was necesary in order to fulfill God´s plan and I know that Adam
truly did fall so that we could have joy because if he never fell, we would
never be able to come to earth, we would never know the sweet from the bitter,
the good from the bad. We would never understand what it feels like to be happy
because we would never feel how it feels to be miserable. If we never came
here, there would be no reason for a Savior because there would be no
imperfection nor people on the earth to save. Our Heavenly Father is
intelligent above all and He knows us perfectly and he knows what we needed to
be able to become like Him. That is why we have this marvelous plan of
Redemption-so that we could be redeemed from evil and sin and return to live
with Him in His kingdom of glory. I know that these things are true and that I
am a part of the true góspel on the earth today. There is no doubt in my heart
or my mind. I share this testimony with you guys in the name of my Savior Jesús
Christ, amen.
Have
a fantastic week! It´s almost Valentine´s Day! Do something special! :) I love
you all!
Love
always,
Hermana Walker
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