Dear Mom and Dad,
It really seems like you are all having much
more interesting days than I am!!! Especially with the first day of
school things. I miss the first day of school. It is a wonderful thing.
School in January, here I come!!!
This week really wasn´t that exciting from my point of view. Hna
Baker has been sick, but we were still able to get some great things
done. Lets see. What did happen this week?
Oh, we had divisions.
It was really fun. I was with Hna McWhorter, and we had a really good
time. It was fun to be teaching with my hijita again. I have missed her!
We got to teach couple of lessons toether, and it was fun to have equal
teaching time, and have her be as confidant as she was always hoping to
be. She really has grown a lot, and I am so excited for her!
We are also really excited for the progress that Miriam is having.
She will be getting baptized on Saturday! I am so excited. She really is
so great. She is going through so many things, with some family
problems, and various health problems, including cancer. But she is just
one of the most positive people, and she sees God´s hand everywhere in
her life. The branch has been really good at accepting her, and helping
her feel comfortable, so even though I won´t be here for much longer
after her baptism, I am confidant that she will be okay.
We actually started talking about her baptismal date during one of
our lessons, and she randomly started telling a story about a spiritual
experience that she had while she was a teenager. We got really worried,
because normally when we start talking about baptism, and people start
talking about spiritual experiences that they have had in other
churches, they are finding a way to tell us no. So we were both
internally freaking out and trying to think of a way to help her
remember that it is a good thing that she gets baptized. But we
didnt´know what to say. So we just sat there for a second, and awkwardly
said something about her baptism again, and she said, oh no, I´m doing
this! And we had a wave of relief wash over us. So she´s getting
baptized!!!
Hna Baker is doing a little bit better. Slowly but surely she is getting her strength back. It is a wonderful thing to see.
Some
of the Elders from Bahia came to fix our house up a little bit, and
heaven bless them. There were some sad things about the house, and
things are much better. For example, most of the sockets in the house
didn´t work, and now they do!! It is great! And our washer, (thats
right, did I tell you, we have a WASHER) works better now, and we have a
new stove, and a new fridge. It is like a whole new house! I´ll have to
send you pictures of the house next week.
Oh, speaking of next weeks email. On Sunday I officially complete my
18 month mark. Which, hypothetically speaking is when they are going to
cut off my email access. Which is really lame, as I will still have two
weeks of emailing left. I am going to talk to the mission secratay
about that, to see if there is anything he can do so that doesn´t
happen. It has happened to half of the sister missionaries that I know,
and the other half have been fine. I have no idea what is going to
happen. Please still write me just in case that I will be able to have
internet access. But if you don´t hear from me, don´t worry.
Also, I pulled out part of the money, but it isn´t letting me pull
out any more. I think I just may have hit the limit for the day, so I am
going to wait until tomorrow.
Okay, Pictures.
1. Hna Baker and I. We´re so pretty.
2 & 3 Pictures of a little bit of what is Pigue.
4. Pigue and I together.
5. The four of us Hnas with Pigue.
6. Hna Baker and I yesterday after cleaning the church.
All
of the pictures of Pigue have been taken from our roof. We live on the
tenth floor and have access to the roof. It is fantastic. I love it!
I hope you all have a great week! I am praying for you and I love you!!!
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