Buenos Dias,
This week has been pretty good overall. Also, I figured out how to attach pictures so I'll definitely include some of those.
Monday
was fun because we had a zone activity down in San Fernando and talked
and played a little bit at a park. We were also able to stop by the
office and get supplies. We were sad because there was no mail, but we
found out later that there was no mail because our district leader had
stopped by to pick it up earlier that morning. He just didn't give it to
us until two days later! :)
Tuesday
we didn't have district meeting. We did have an amazing lesson with one
of our investigators named E. She's an older lady who takes care of
her grandchildren during the day, and she is so sweet. We talked about
the Restoration, and focused a lot on the nature of God. It's funny
since I'm serving in an area where almost everyone has a basic
Christian/Catholic background so you wouldn't think that was necessary,
but so many people seem to not have the same understanding of the nature
of God that we do. I love that we can know that God is our father, that
He loves us unconditionally, that He has a body of flesh and bones, and
that everything He does is intended to help us gain true happiness.
Wednesday
we started weekly planning, and had a lot of appointments fall through.
:) Luckily our dinner appointment with the P family didn't fall
through. I just love them, and I love talking with them about their
conversion. They are recent converts who got baptized about a year ago.
We are working with them towards going to the temple as a couple.
Talking with them this week was so cool because I asked what the
missionaries did that helped them become converted and their answer was
so simple. They said that the missionaries were humble and they
practiced what they preached. Other than that it was just patience since
the Hno took almost an entire year of lessons before he was baptized.
That conversation really strengthened my testimony that there are people
who are prepared and willing to read and pray and come to church and
eventually will receive that testimony for themselves if we are willing
to be humble, loving, honest, and patient.
Thursday
we had the one week follow-up training for new missionaries. It was a
good meeting as always, but this time was different than the other times
I've gone because we were the only Spanish missionaries there. There
were a lot of English sisters, 2 companionships of Korean sisters, 3
companionships of ASL sisters, and one companionship of English elders.
The best part was that the new 'English' elder is from Mexico! He just
spent 6 weeks in the MTC trying to learn English because he's only
spoken Spanish before! We sat next to them so that I could explain
things that he didn't understand. I was so impressed with his
understanding and ability to speak. I'm also excited because that means
we'll be getting more Spanish referrals in from the English
missionaries!
Friday
we had Zone Training Meeting, and it was wonderful! We talked a lot
about "Dominate Chapter 8" which is the goal setting and planning
chapter of Preach My Gospel. It was so well timed because that's exactly
what I've been working more on lately. Afterwards we had a reading
appointment with E, and read the title page and introduction with her.
We're trying to see her as many days a week as we can even if it's just
for a few minutes to read with her. We're also working on getting a
large print Book of Mormon so she can follow along with us and
eventually read on her own.
Saturday
we had a finding activity with the Hermana Training Leaders which was
great. I got to work with Hna Warren, and I just love her. We didn't
find very many Spanish people, but we wrote down a few houses that
people said speak Spanish that we want to go back to. We also got an oil
change for our car, kind of finished weekly planning, and got to go to
part of the stake talent show. One of our members brought her non-member
mother and wanted to introduce us. It didn't work out as well as we'd
hoped since she was going back to Mexico today and we didn't have time
to set up a meeting, but we tried.
Sunday was a good and very busy day. Hna Ellingson had to give a talk (her 2nd Sunday
in the field!) so we went over that and practiced in the morning before
we went out to try to help our investigators come to church. Church
itself was wonderful, and Hna Ellingson's talk was AMAZING!!! Everyone
complimented her, and said they couldn't believe she'd only been in the
field for 2 weeks. Later that day one of the Hno's in the ward went to a
cita with us and we were able to teach J and her young son J
about the Restoration again. She committed to read in the Book of Mormon
and pray to know if it's true. The best part is that I think she
understands a little bit better why that is so important!
This gospel is true! I know that God loves us and wants us to be happy!
Love,
Hna Marin Hardy
Rainy days
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