HEat!!!! Wow. It is January 21st and it was
already 75 degrees when we came to the library today. Craziness. My
hair is gonna be SUPER blonde after a summer that begins in January!
No
transfers for me:) Both Hna Adams and I are staying here in Mission
Viejo. BUT they are taking one set of elders out of our district and
putting Hermanas here!! So that is exciting:) I love hermanas:) We will
find out who comes up here after our english class tonight.
Things here are good. My comp and I are recovering from a little cold- EVERYONE here is sick...ridiculous. Seriously.
Iris
had her baby!!! Little Brian GIovanni- he is a little cute bug:) And
it was so sweet- the Relief society president in the ward wanted to
throw her a surprise baby shower, but she went into labor the day
before. So instead she came over to the house while everyone was at the
hospital to drop of some gifts for her. Remember- Iris and her now 4
children, live in ONE bedroom (that they rent from a very small
apartment). Their room consists of a closet and crib and a tv. No bed.
No privacy. No room to breathe hardly. So when the RS pres dropped off
the stuff and saw all the stuff that she was going to come home from the
hospital to sleep on the floor again, she went right out and got a bed
for them. I have no idea where or how she got it, but she did. and she
has been dropping things off all week for Iris and the family. It has
been such a cool experience to see! I hope it softens Iris' heart to
let her kids be baptized.
Andrea
came with us to another baptism this week. Poor girl. She balled her
eyes out almost the entire time because she wants to be baptized SOOOO
BAD! IT was heart wrenching. She is loosing all hope that her mom willl
ever say yes. It really just breaks my heart. Sometimes i just want to
walk up to Iris and slap her in the face and say "Don't you get it?
just say yes!!" And we have done that....not the slapping part, but the
bold part about baptism. And she just wants to wait....no matter how
strong the spirit is there- she pulls away and says no. It is
INFURIATING!!!! WE keep praying and fasting for a miracle. we have a
GREAT relationship with her and her family. And we talk about baptism
often, because that's our job as missionaries. But we can't force her to
say yes. And we can't drop the ninos, becuase they WANT to be baptized.
Dilema. yup. but a miracle will happen. i just KNOW it!!
Julio-
we just picked up this new investigator- he's crazy, but he definitely
felt the spirit. Everytime we share the vision of Joseph smith, the
spirit is just SO strong! there is such power in that story, becuase it
is so miraculous and TRUE! I love it. I love the Restored Gospel:) he
wanted to see us tomorrow too, so that is just great. Tomorrow we will
be there:)
Guadelupe...pretty
much dropped off the face of the earth after our first lesson. No one
answers when we go over and she won't return our phone calls. I think
we've been to her house everyday this week at different times and no one
answers...EVEN if someone is home. Oh well- it truly is sad though, she
is missing out on something that could give her more happinness than
any other thing in the world! Her loss. Sometimes I understand Satan's
desire to take away people's agency...cause I just want them to make the
right choice!! but that was never God's plan.
Lisbeth-
is pretty much Golden. She read the whole Chapter that we left with
her in 3Nefi 11 and understood all of it. She said that when she read
it, it just felt familiar to her. So soooosooo sweet. I love it. She
wouldn't commit to a baptismal date just yet, but when we asked her if
she knew that thesse things were true, would she be baptized...and she
said yes without hesitation. Then we asked her how she thought she could
know if these things were true, and she said. "WEll- reading the book
of mormon and praying about it". Heck yes! The only thing that is going
to be an issue is church. She always goes and does laundry on Sunday
and runs errands. We have tried to get her to church these past 2
sundays but she always says she can't. We are going to fix that this
week and get her to come to church! WE are excited about her too.
We also found Karina this last week. In short- we are finally picking up Lots of investigators and it is lovely to be teaching so much again. It is so satisfying to teach, love it.
Other
than that we are just working:) work work work. There's nothing much
more to report here...sorry not the most exciting email.
Momma/Daddio- Thanks for mailing me the contacts:) Haven't gotten them yet, but hopefully I'll get them by next week.
Katie- lookin snazzy for Preference! (although that dress was very cute
it loooked a wee bit short...! Careful there girly:) Sorry to hear
that you had to go to the ER yesterday. No fun at all. That is
exciting about you room though that you are getting it all reorganized
and everything:) It sounds super cute!
Cami-
yes it is a Church wide mission rule that missionaries must exercise
6:30 -7:00am every morning. It is just a CArlsbad mission rule that we
have to run during that time:) And what's this I hear about you
moving? Are you leaving Alpena or just moving houses? Do tell:) I am
so sorry that it is so cold there! Wish I could sent some of the warm
weather we are having up ypur way!
Ali- you never told me, did the package I sent you for Christmas ever get there?? IT"S A BOOOOYYYY:) Knew it:) Congrats!!!!!!!
Tara-
Glad you had a fun day off yesterday and enjoy time with the kiddos:)
That is a sweet story about them saving that baby! Wow- soo cool!
Jame- bummer to not hear from you this week, but I hope all is well there! Mucho amor a su familia!
Sorry
all, I haven't been very good at taking pictures this transfer...I will
work on that this week and try to send some next week with my email:)
WEll--
Love you all! WE've gotta run...always:) But I love you all!! This
work is marvelous and miracles are happening everyday! have an awesome
week my dearests!
-Hermana Whicker
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