Whats Crack-a-lackin-y'all?
Well first things first. we did an awesome thing this morning....and I know that dad will even be proud :) There is this member in the English ward here that lives on lake side property---HUGE HOUSE. and anyways he has like his own private fishing backyard and he invited us to go and said we could use his poles and bait and stuff. So yes. We. Went. Fishing. and it was fun. and the best part....me and Hna Reyes...Only ones to catch anything. The other elders. nope. zip. nada. mind you the fish we did catch...little things. but nonetheless caught. Hermana Reye's fish short fat little thing. name: Tina. Mine. Skinny short thing. Name: Larry. And next week were doin it again! :) but probably more later in the day cause that's when the 8/9/10 lbs catfish come out to play. so well see what happens there next week :) but it was actually a really neat thing to do this morning. Something different, that I haven't done on my mission and it was pretty relaxing for the most of us~ except poor elder sommer who didn't get to do very much fishing since he was going around fixing every ones knots and hook problems...so this week was a warm up. next week:game on!
As for the work this week. Things are going good. Hermana Reyes and I have been in "finding mode" since most of our investigators just got baptized. so we have been hitting the streets. knockin doors and talkin along the way. its actually not been too bad. I just know that I will not come home and sell pest control. or security systems where i have to go door to door and bleh. not happening. but actually yesterday we got 3 new investigators from our contacting. We met this really cool couple the other day-he is from Poland and she is from Italy and they have been married for 11 years. he has a ton of questions about religion and knows a lot about history. and we taught them about all sorts of things with an emphasis on the book of Mormon and the importance of it and are actually going to order a polish and Italian book of Mormon. but as we were leaving I said the closing prayer and asked god to bless them and stuff and after I asked if there was anything we could do for them. and you know what never ceases to amaze me? is how comfortable and trusting people are of us so quickly. How when people feel like someone is listening to them they really open up and want to tell you...They proceeded to tell us how they have not been blessed with children and asked if there was anything we knew of that could maybe help them with adoption or something. So we are still finding out so information for them to check out. but I seriously love being a missionary.
Even though we have faced a lot of rejection from doors slamming in my face...I have learned one thing...Hay alguien que nos gusta muchisimo. mosquos. nunca van a rechazarnos. nunca. and I have the bites on my legs to prove it. and with all this humidity there is a TON of them out here that we get to face every day!
Well first things first. we did an awesome thing this morning....and I know that dad will even be proud :) There is this member in the English ward here that lives on lake side property---HUGE HOUSE. and anyways he has like his own private fishing backyard and he invited us to go and said we could use his poles and bait and stuff. So yes. We. Went. Fishing. and it was fun. and the best part....me and Hna Reyes...Only ones to catch anything. The other elders. nope. zip. nada. mind you the fish we did catch...little things. but nonetheless caught. Hermana Reye's fish short fat little thing. name: Tina. Mine. Skinny short thing. Name: Larry. And next week were doin it again! :) but probably more later in the day cause that's when the 8/9/10 lbs catfish come out to play. so well see what happens there next week :) but it was actually a really neat thing to do this morning. Something different, that I haven't done on my mission and it was pretty relaxing for the most of us~ except poor elder sommer who didn't get to do very much fishing since he was going around fixing every ones knots and hook problems...so this week was a warm up. next week:game on!
As for the work this week. Things are going good. Hermana Reyes and I have been in "finding mode" since most of our investigators just got baptized. so we have been hitting the streets. knockin doors and talkin along the way. its actually not been too bad. I just know that I will not come home and sell pest control. or security systems where i have to go door to door and bleh. not happening. but actually yesterday we got 3 new investigators from our contacting. We met this really cool couple the other day-he is from Poland and she is from Italy and they have been married for 11 years. he has a ton of questions about religion and knows a lot about history. and we taught them about all sorts of things with an emphasis on the book of Mormon and the importance of it and are actually going to order a polish and Italian book of Mormon. but as we were leaving I said the closing prayer and asked god to bless them and stuff and after I asked if there was anything we could do for them. and you know what never ceases to amaze me? is how comfortable and trusting people are of us so quickly. How when people feel like someone is listening to them they really open up and want to tell you...They proceeded to tell us how they have not been blessed with children and asked if there was anything we knew of that could maybe help them with adoption or something. So we are still finding out so information for them to check out. but I seriously love being a missionary.
Even though we have faced a lot of rejection from doors slamming in my face...I have learned one thing...Hay alguien que nos gusta muchisimo. mosquos. nunca van a rechazarnos. nunca. and I have the bites on my legs to prove it. and with all this humidity there is a TON of them out here that we get to face every day!
here is the translation:
There is someone we like very much. mosquitoes. will never reject us.
Lupita is progressing really well. She cam to church again on Sunday and loved it. and then we had a lesson with her and brought some members with us and boy what a powerful lesson. We have actually taught Lupita everything she needs to know to be baptized and she already knows its true so we had a lesson on the priesthood power. and man oh man. the spirit was so strong. I love the spirit and how Strong the spirit can testify that something is true. Luptia actually has traces of cancer in her body and she cant do anything about it because shes 5months pregnant (having a little girl!) and so blessing of health here she comes :)
Oh. other thing i did. spoke in church on Sunday. yep. in Spanish. oh boy did it seem to take forever to prepare it. but the topic was on obedience and it was actually a pretty good Sunday. I mean I'm glad I had the opportunity to speak but its like even harder to do it in a different language....all the things I'm learning on my mission to do right? :)
But that's the update this week!
Mom be ready to thaw "it" out this week on your way back up to the HEAT! :)
and HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK! :) I have your gift I just need to put it in the mail. I'm gonna try and get that done today so you can get it this week....:)
But I sure love all of you! have a blessed week! :)
Paz y Amor Hermana Maughan
Lupita is progressing really well. She cam to church again on Sunday and loved it. and then we had a lesson with her and brought some members with us and boy what a powerful lesson. We have actually taught Lupita everything she needs to know to be baptized and she already knows its true so we had a lesson on the priesthood power. and man oh man. the spirit was so strong. I love the spirit and how Strong the spirit can testify that something is true. Luptia actually has traces of cancer in her body and she cant do anything about it because shes 5months pregnant (having a little girl!) and so blessing of health here she comes :)
Oh. other thing i did. spoke in church on Sunday. yep. in Spanish. oh boy did it seem to take forever to prepare it. but the topic was on obedience and it was actually a pretty good Sunday. I mean I'm glad I had the opportunity to speak but its like even harder to do it in a different language....all the things I'm learning on my mission to do right? :)
But that's the update this week!
Mom be ready to thaw "it" out this week on your way back up to the HEAT! :)
and HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK! :) I have your gift I just need to put it in the mail. I'm gonna try and get that done today so you can get it this week....:)
But I sure love all of you! have a blessed week! :)
Paz y Amor Hermana Maughan
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