Wow how the time does fly! Tomorrow is my 6 month
mark!!!! What? Am I supposed to be mature now? Well I am still not. I guess I
have a whole other year to work. J
This week was raining cats and dogs! (Literally I have
never seen so many dead cats and dogs) We had a special conference Wednesday
with all the sectors 'inside' (not in the country) and we came all pretty
dressed up to see our friends. We left the house with the sun in the sky. When
we left it was a different world. Without umbrellas and boots and anything else
for the rain, we got SOAKED! It was an adventure. Just glad I brought a plastic
bag to keep my scriptures dry.
We have been having a good time here in Hualqui B this
week. I might even dare say that it is again one of the most successful weeks
of my mission this far! We have so many awesome investigators right now! I feel
so blessed.
We are teaching a family of 4 right now that we were just
about to 'kill' they weren’t showing progress and then when we tried to call
them this transfer they had changed their number and we couldn’t get ahold of
them- We were thinking 'CHOW NO MAS, call us when you want salvation, but guess
what THEY CALLED woho! They asked “Where are you? Why, have you stopped coming
by? We want to learn more!” They came to church for the first time yesterday
and seemed to enjoy themselves. We will be visiting them more this week and
preparing them to set a goal for baptism date. It is incredible to see the
progress of the mother of the family. Originally she was so cold to us. She didn’t
even want to touch the Book of Mormon. Now she is participating in the lessons,
looking up scriptures and asking questions. What is even greater is that she
can see her progress. She recognizes she feels different when we come. I pray
so hard for them every day.
We also had 2 other investigators at church yesterday.
They are both the children of a less active women that we found when another
family of less actives invited them to a Family Home evening (talk about
Milagros). When we came by for the first lesson, the mother of the family set
up chairs all around us and dragged her kids in to listen. They have a baptism
date but first we really want to focus on reactivating the mother. She says the
father really isn’t interested in religion and doesn’t want to do anything with
'Mormons' but we are going to try and meet him this week, at least to gain his
confidence so that he can support his children in their decision.
I feel like the Lord is blessing us so much. I love
Hualqui. We have also had the chance to get to know more members this week and
it has been so fun. They are incredible.
I am finally starting to feel a little more comfortable
with Spanish too. Something that Hermana Prettyman is teaching me is that maybe
we won’t be able to say EXACTLY what we want, but we can still express
ourselves and teach effectively if you just change your way of thinking into
the words you CAN say. It has been a real adventure with her. She is a wonderful
companion.
That's all for now!
Le quiero mucho!Chow!
Besos
Hermana Saunders
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