Hola
Familia,
This week was good, we were in the apart lots i felt like, Hna Parada just
isn´t so good with health, sometimes i wonder if she´s trunky, or really sick
because once we leave, she seems fine for the most part and it´s just in the
mornings or when we don´t have citas planned so who knows. Lots of lessons to
learn and patience to be tested, right? Kinda a bummer to be in the apart
lots... I just want to work. i love this area. lots of people just waiting, i
know it!
this week we´ve taught a few people that are still accepting us and
reading.
Isabel- we went and she told us that the mom of her nietas doesn´t want
them to listen and participate and that they need to be reading their school
books and not the LDM. SO SAD. she said that they all read 3 chapters together
and felt really good about it. But she had to stop because her daughter. She
promised us that she was gonna come to church, but no. Triste. She´s really good
though, i think with more lessons and time to really teach her that it´ll come.
The other good thing is that her daughter works in the shop our Bishop owns. I
gave him homework to win her over! ha!
Elizabeth- she´s the one who called us.. which i still find incredible. She
can only be taught sundays because she works far away all the other days. but we
were teaching her and she told us that she understands why the LDM was written
and that it makes sense people were here in the americas. We explained Joseph
Smith and asked her to read the LDM and pray to find out if its true, she said
she believes it. i was just like woah! super bien,still is gonna read and pray
and we´re hoping the next lesson to put a fecha with her! She´s great. super
inteligent in the bible and all, but understands that Christ had his church and
all... there is definite hope with her!
Conny- Conny was baptized a while back and went menos activa fast... sad,
she´s just not animated to have anything to do with the church. We taught her
Lesson 1 again and were talking about it all. she just told us she doesn´t know
anymore if she believes it and doesn´t really want to because she wants to
return to her old life... my heart just hurts for her! The YSA people are so
good to her though, she goes to the activites and all, just not to church and
doesn´t want to live the gospel anymore. I´m hoping it´s just for a short period
of time and that we can help her realize that this is TRUE!
Omar- no one else is a member in his fam, and we passed by the other night
to see if he was home, he wasn´t so we shared something short with his family
and when we were leaving he showed up, i just got the strongest impression that
i need to teach him and that he is gonna except! His family is so great to him,
always helping him in the gospel but i just had this feeling! Hna Parada feels
like we can´t be too persistent in teaching him but i honestly feel like he will
except soon! I just have the mind set with him... be bold. He knows alot
already. go and read the LDM with him and ask him to pray!
Everytime we have a cita with a miembro it falls through. well, almost
everytime! It drives me crazy. I just know it´s because these people are perfect
and they have something to say that will help the investigator. I just know its
Satan because he knows it as well.
We had a zone meeting the other day and President showed up for about 15
minutes. he was watching Hna Parada and I teach, it´s always so intimidating,
but afterwards he paid me some compliments so that´s good. He is so nice. I
don´t even know him that well, but i just feel love for him and for his desire
to help us improve and see success as missionaries! I love that he is a
go-getter! just do it type attitude. it´s great! I wish i could know his wife
more, but she is always busy with the children, they have 4 under the age of
11... crazy life for the next 3 years, right?
We had a ward activity that was great. we had a few investigators and
menos activas come as well :) It was Lehi´s Dream. we had different rooms of
tempations and everyone had a blindfold and had to ¨hold to the rod¨ when the
arrived to the tree of life they could take a ¨fruit¨ marshmellow and eat it.
Then we gave a little short lesson of 1 Nefi 8 and ended the night with a
festival de postres! everyone seemed to enjoy it. Some people fell away from the
iron rod and it was really sad to see that. seriously, so easy to intice them to
come to a party or to a room with lots of sports stuff, ect! Thats life though,
we always have to be strong and firm to hold to the rod!
I was reading earlier this week in 2 nefi 5 when the nefitas y lamanitas
split and the nephites were all happy and i was looking for the things that made
them happy and i found 7.. 1. Familia (vs 6) 2. Obediencia (10) 3. Scriptures
(12) 4. Preparation (14) 5. Work (15) 6. Temple (16) 7. Church callings (26)
I was applying these things to my life and when i have these 7 things i
really am happy and when i am accomplishing them all i´m even more happy! Just
some food for thought!
oh funny thing.. the other day it was raining and we got in the bus and it
was packed people standing and everything. I was really close to the driver and
inbetween 2 men, and my umbrella popped open and the driver was like... ¨what
the heck?¨ the two men looked at me like i was a crazy gringa! which might be
true. but i just said ¨lo siento, no creo que hay lluvia en el micro¨ (i don´t
think there is rain on the bus) and they all just started laughing. easy way to
start a conversation with them all! ha.
Hna Ramos got this quote this past week that i liked... ¨sometimes were in
an area to invite other people to come unto Christ, to invite our companion to
come to Christ, or to invite ourselves to come to Christ.¨ Super good, right?!
Also, people have asked for my breakfast food i eat... ha! Either oatmeal
with blueberries and banana or Cheerios and Herbal Tea! :)
the weather also is starting to get warmer. i love it!
Robs.. mission prep. Read Our search for Happiness. Just started this week.
LOVE IT!
Well family,
I love you all, know that i pray for you all lots and that i am happy here
in the mission. IT´s a time of trail and faith, but so much more learning and
love that comes from those trials. We are blessed to have this gospel.
Love you all.
Keep Smiling,
Hermana Sargent
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