Mon, May 9, 2011 8:21:39 PM
Wow. So.. we had changes of course as you all know. It has been a crazy ride. When we were in changes, they named the people going to the mountain areas first and I wasn't going and I was like.. oh my goodness.. where am I going.. I REALLY HOPE NOT CHINANDEGA! (the hottest). But here is the surprise! I have returned to León! Not to the exact same area but to another sister area. My area (Los Repartos) shares borders with my old area (Coyolar), as well as the same building on Sunday. I see people I know all the time and I'm not even going to bother going into how weird my first Sunday was. It is weird seeing all the same people again. And as well to see the people that we baptized when I was here before. I know I was called back at this time for a reason and that it is not coincidence. Also, the smells are the same, sounds are the same, etc is the same! I even live down the street from my old house and eat at the same food appointment! It was special also to find out that the people here really loved me. Multiple times I was hugged by people in tears, which was Wow. That was a surprise.
My comp is amazing. I love her a lot! Her name is Hna Padilla (she is from el Salvador) and we are complements to each other. What I don't have she has, and she tells me that what she doesn't have, I have. Which is cool. I love working and learning with her.
My comp is amazing. I love her a lot! Her name is Hna Padilla (she is from el Salvador) and we are complements to each other. What I don't have she has, and she tells me that what she doesn't have, I have. Which is cool. I love working and learning with her.
THE HATS!!!
I wanted to express to ya'll my complete joy that I have right now. For the first time in my mission I consistently feel peace and happiness and accomplishment. And I'm consistently having spiritual experiences which has never fully happened for me, well at least not like it is right now. I'm so happy, you don't even know. This change is doing wonders for me.. In the mission right now there is a lot of pressure about finding and helping families to be baptized, especially since I am with the super missionary of the mission, but even though we don't have baptisms or anything right now we really feel like that is okay, we feel peace - that we are serving sufficiently for the Lord and that is what counts. I'm understanding more what Preach my Gospel says in the ´Successful Missionary´ section like you feel good even when people fall apart because you know that you did your part and you did it with the spirit. I am really learning more about how to work with the spirit and how to not kill myself. I am really loving the mission - it was truly the best decision directionally that I have made in a very long time.
We are currently working with 2 families. Well, we are working with more than that but we have 2 really positive families. One of them has received confirmations and answers to prayers the times that they have come to church activities and stuff. The guy is an ex-pastor or something so he has a lot of knowledge and it is lovely watching the gospel testimony grow within him. The other family - well it is kind of interesting because everything seems to be happening against them. RIGHT after the appointment where we put the baptismal date with them, they were kicked out of their house. In their move, ALL of the money they had for food was lost. The day after we told them we were going to bring a dvd for them to watch, their dvd player broke completely (doesn't matter if you are poor - everyone has a tv). When they sat down to study the pamphlets and read the Book of Mormon together, the power went down in their entire sector. When the guy called us really positive one day, the call got cut off because he ran out of minutes or something and then because of bad connection we couldn't get ahold of him again. When they were going to come to church, their son accidently locked them out of their new house for the entire day and they had to wait for keys. Tons of stuff is headed their way! And the wife told us yesterday that she knows that the adversary is putting all these things in their way and so it must be a good thing they are doing. Yea! Way to be! Things are cool in the mission and I'm hoping to really have some time to enjoy this peace right now because it is delicious.
We are currently working with 2 families. Well, we are working with more than that but we have 2 really positive families. One of them has received confirmations and answers to prayers the times that they have come to church activities and stuff. The guy is an ex-pastor or something so he has a lot of knowledge and it is lovely watching the gospel testimony grow within him. The other family - well it is kind of interesting because everything seems to be happening against them. RIGHT after the appointment where we put the baptismal date with them, they were kicked out of their house. In their move, ALL of the money they had for food was lost. The day after we told them we were going to bring a dvd for them to watch, their dvd player broke completely (doesn't matter if you are poor - everyone has a tv). When they sat down to study the pamphlets and read the Book of Mormon together, the power went down in their entire sector. When the guy called us really positive one day, the call got cut off because he ran out of minutes or something and then because of bad connection we couldn't get ahold of him again. When they were going to come to church, their son accidently locked them out of their new house for the entire day and they had to wait for keys. Tons of stuff is headed their way! And the wife told us yesterday that she knows that the adversary is putting all these things in their way and so it must be a good thing they are doing. Yea! Way to be! Things are cool in the mission and I'm hoping to really have some time to enjoy this peace right now because it is delicious.
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