Mi Familia Preciosa! :)

Como han estado? Este semana fue una semana un poquito loco...15 de nuestras citas con investigadores cancelaron....15 out of our 16 citas we had set up for this week cancelled:( peoples agency is a bit frustrating sometimes. but alls well that ends well. we still ended up having a week of miracles:) and now its the week of thanksgiving so its gonna be even better!

We had a really awesome lesson with Miguel Ramierez on Monday-his wife is a less active member who has been working on Sundays and thus hasn't come to church. And we go over and visit with them every Monday and we went and saw them and had the thought that we needed to invite Miguel to come to church and what is so interesting about all of this is that earlier that week he told his wife "hey I think we need to be putting more focus into going to your church." and Mariana she has talked to her boss and he has finally decided to give her every 15 days that's Sunday off. so every other week. and Miguel is planning on coming to church even without his wife there this Sunday :) He told us that through the book of Mormon and reading it he understands the gospel better like when people talk to him about the gospel he understands it better. :)

We also got to see some awesome priesthood power in action this week. There was a less active in our area that went to the hospital and had never received a blessing other than when he received the holy ghost and the priesthood. so our zone leaders got to come and give that :) and then the next day we had another investigator her name is Nury. and man has she had some problems in her life. She has an abscess in her mouth, a blind eye that needs some surgery,she has really bad circulation that makes her fingers and toes turn blue and she has now torn ligaments in her foot preventing her from doing any walking. she lives alone with a big french poodle and doesn't have a Job or any family near by. Which is why we invited the elders to come over and give her a blessing. The elders then asked Nury if there was anything in specific that she felt they should know before giving her a blessing that she would like some help with...and she proceeded to tell us that there is someone that comes and videotapes her every night outside her window, shes gotten creepy pictures sent to her on her phone. there are drug dealers that live above her are making her sick and turning her sink pink, and the druggies beneath her are making her toilet bubble with chemicals and the cops are lying to her and telling her that they have checked it out when they haven't and now shes talking to the FBI about it, she was in the hospital for 21 days and a psych doctor came in and told her that she was delusional and that her brain had swollen but he hadn't even done any tests on her and then it turns out that he wasn't really a doctor but a crook and a felon who's now ruined her nursing career. After the hour passing of hearing those stories The elders then ask again well nury is there anything else? and she then tells us well actually yes there is....she then tells us that her car is broken and how every time she gets in the car she gets pulled over by the police and that if anyone tries to take her dog away then they are gonna be in big trouble. The elders finally got to give her an blessing and we left that appointment learning that we are teaching someone who we are pretty sure is a paranoid schizophrenic. I wonder what stories we shall hear today :) 

Last Wednesday we helped Carlos Gomez paint his house--thanks mom for giving me lots of practice:) because of that he was super impressed by my "[painting skills" along with my bow hunting skills and my computer hacking skills. 

We also learned how to make konchas (mexican pan) that it absolutely divine! yum yum yum. 

  Yesterday Hermana Layton my first companion and Elder Whatcott came up to visit the mission and took us out to lunch! :) it was so cool to be able to see them again. and we had a jolly time:)

  As for Sotero.....still no news. its been hard to talk to the whole family all at the same time. we had an appt with them last week and Sotero was supposed to be there and when Noberto came down to let us in Sotero escaped! and left. and you know why? because he was too embarrassed to see us. He enjoys it so much when we come over that He didn't want us to be mad at him for being mad at his kids! so he came to church on Sunday and we talked with him for a bit and told him we were gonna talk to him more and then i turn around and hes gone! he went home! man its been like strangely humorous...maybe cause i know that hell be baptized and that hes just acting like hes 5 years old right now and throwing a silly little tantrum.. but we have an appt with him on Friday and we will set everything up for him to be baptized. :) its gonna be great!

I hope you all have an awesome thanksgiving! love you mucho!

paz y amor,

Hermana Maughan