Dear Mom!
I am doing well. I am sorry that I couldn't email yesterday. Yesterday was a holiday here (the day of the flag I believe), and every single ceber we went to was completely full, and after looking for a while, we had to give up because we had a FHE we had to get to. So instead we are emailing today!!! Your questions first, my headaches are okay. Nothing really exciting to report in that area. I cannot remember what medicine I am taking, and I forgot to bring it with me, I knew you were going to ask! That being said, if you could get some more ibuprofen to send at some point, that would be great, it is ridiculously ridiculously expensive here. President is doing okay as far as I know, we haven't heard anything else, so I am assuming he is alright. But you know what happens when you assume.... And yes! Damian's baptism is still on for this Saturday! We are so excited!!!
Happy Fathers Day Dad! I hope you are feeling better and that you had a great day! I was thinking about you! I love you Dad, thank you so much for all that you have always done for me. I know I don't give you enough credit for all that you do. Thank you so much for the support that you have never failed to give me. It means more than you know. I love you!
This week was pretty good! We had a goal to find 15 new investigators, and we found 10, so we have high hopes to be able to reach our goal this week! We didn't get to teach as many lessons as we wanted, but things are slowly and surely getting better.
On Tuesday we went to district meeting, and as always had a really good time. The elders in our district are really funny, so we laugh a lot. It nice because it makes our practices more relaxed. I always get really tense and embarrassed, but the elders help me feel relaxed, which is really nice. We also had a meeting with our obispo. He is really is great. We don't have a ward mission leader, but obispo is really great about meeting with us every week and making sure that the members are helping us out.
On Wednesday morning we did weekly planning, and got some more things in order for the baptism. Without a ward mission leader, we have a lot to do! We also visited a bunch of people and had a FHE with a less active member named Andrea. Her husband is now an investigator, but he wont be able to get baptised for a while because they aren't married. And they want to get married, but they cant. They are both in the military, and she has just recently had their second child, so she hasn't been able to finish some school thing with the military, and if you are both in the military, if you want to get married, you have to both be finished with the school, or it is against the law to get married. So we are doing our best to help them see the need for the gospel so they still have the desire to go to church even if they cant have callings for a while etc...
On Thursday we went back to Bahia because I need to get my DNI. I don't actually know what it stands for, but our visas are only good for one year, and then after that we have to get residency. The DNI is the document that gives us residency, and the sooner you get it the easier it is to renew when it is actually essential to have it. So we went to go get it, and it turned out that we couldn't get it. We left super early in the morning and everything, but they set up this new system that the office elders didn't know about, so we will have to go back in a few weeks.
Friday was a busy day, we had appointments set up all day. We got five lessons in, and found 2 new investigators. We also got to pass by a couple investigators, and set up appointments with future investigators.
On Saturday we found 6 new investigators! It was great! We went to go visit an ex investigator and see if she had any interest, and not only did she have interest, but so did her husband, and their 4 friends that were there! Ah! It was so great! We have more lessons set up with them and I really hope that things go well for them! WE also had a lesson with Damian, and I love that little boy, but sometimes he is so difficult to teach! He has an attention span of a gnat!
On Sunday we had a really good sacrament meeting! They had the primary children sing and since our ward is so tiny, they had all the dads come sit right in front of the stand and listen and it was super cute! We also went to visit the bishop and his family. They are so great. I am going to try to get a picture with them at the baptism so you can see them. They do so much for the ward, and I think they really needed our visit. They live in such humble circumstances, but are so happy and do so much for the ward. I would love to be like them when I grow up.
Miracle of the Week: Even though my Spanish is severally lacking, the members are still understanding what I am saying. I am finally starting to feel as if I belong here, not just the tag a long of Hermana Durham. And, the kids like me. I don't know why, or how, since I really don't understand what they are saying, but somehow I can still mildly communicate with the children. I love it! It is great!!!
Well, that is about it for this week! I love you so much!! I am praying for you!!!
Corinne
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