“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation”

2 Nephi 22:2

Monday, November 9, 2015

November here we come!

Hola My Lovely Family!!!! 

This week seemed to fly by--- lots of work and some hard times, but overall, I`m well and happy! I can`t believe it`s already almost November!! eek! Time is just ticking on!! 

Here`s the happenings of my week!! 

Moday: For P-day, we had a joint p-day with the Magnolias zone! We went to their stake center and watched The Lorax (MY FAVORITE!!! funny in spanish too) and also part of INSIDE OUT!! Ahhh.. it made me think of home and watching it with you guys ;) Love you. We also at delicious chaufa (chinese food is pretty big down here-- called chifa. Chaufa is basically fried rice, but with different types of meats! Yum!) 
That night when we were up in a hill, all the lights were shining! So beautiful!  I attached a picture! 

Tuesday: we had a zone meeting... and I GOT MY PACKAGE!!! A week earlier than expected!! What a sweet suprise! Thank you SO SO much. I could really feel the love and I loved all the letters! I love and miss you guys! 
That night, I ate this delicious food called Salchimixto....! Salchipapas is a popular dish here that is basically french fries and chopped up hot dog with different sauces like ketchup, mayo, and this stuff called Coppa (weird... I know, but hey, they love it!) and salchimixto is french fries with steak and chicken pieces! So good! I`m attaching a picture of it too! So yummy!! 

Wednesday: I reached 100 days on my mission!! woot woot! HAha.... Also... I got a letter from Madi-Kay!! Thank you Madi!! I loved it! I`m sending one your way sometime this week! Not sure how long it`ll take to get there, but know it`s coming! Haha. 
We also met a newly returned Sister Missionary who is in our ward!! Her name is Rosamia! She just finished her mission in Trujilio Perù on Monday and she`s awesome! She knows all the lessons (of course) and it`s nice because she knows lots of the members too! She`s so sweet and we`ll be using her help lots these next few weeks as my compi travels to go visit her old areas (at the end of your misson, you get 2 days to visit old areas! Nice for the sisters because they usually only have 3 or 4 areas their whole mission) It`s weird thinking that we only have this week and 2 more weeks together and then I`ll be getting a new companion, but we`re trying to enjoy this time! Lots of trunkyness, but we`re still working hard! 

Thursday: Just lots of work, as usual :) 

Friday: LINNAE´s BIRTHDAY!!!! Woot woot woot!! Linnie Lou, I hope the big 16 was good! I thought of you lots a sent my love your way! 
That night was crazy...!! We had a milllion things to do! Our zone was having a noche blanca Saturday and we were working with our investigators with basptismal dates... One of them is Katrina! She is 9 years old, her siblings (Delia- 15 and Ceasar- 12) were baptized in February, and she would`ve been baptized too--- but she was afraid of the water....! We worked a lot with our zone leader Elder Garcia and we set up a practice baptism to help her out with the fear. So, Friday night was her practice! It took her a long long time to even get in the water, and when she did, she didn`t want to do the practice.  Elder Garcia tried everything. We encouraged her and other missionaries came and cheered for her. Her mom was rooting for her, and she just wouldn`t budge... Finally, one of the awesome Hermano`s in our ward (Hermana Coco... the one with all the roosters for the fights) and her mom said I would go in a show her how to do it... Ahh... Sooo... I went in with all my clothes on to demostrate a baptism... Wow.. .was the water freezing!! Hahaha. I did the practice and she STILL wouldn`t budge... We decided that she just wasn`t ready and she has her agency. When she`s ready, we`ll be here to help her! (Maybe not us specifically, but the missionaries! Haha). 
Well..... I was soaking wet... and had no clothes... and it was our wards Missionary Night (2ce a month we have a big noche misional where we teach a little lesson to members of the ward and investigators, play a game, and sing some hymns). we had no time to run home, so I was gave my portion of the lesson in wet clothes! Afterwards, we went and ate pizza so I was in my wet clothes until about 10pm.. Haha.  It was quite the day! Haha 

Saturday: Hmmm... a little bit rough.... Estrella, our other baptism, called and told us she didn`t want to be baptized without the support of her dad.... and he is so hard-hearted, he wouldn`t sign the permission... so both of our baptisms fell... That was rough. And sad. However, we`re not losing hope!
Also... The Elder`s had a baptism in the afternoon! Their investigator is 70 years old and was a little sick, so they did the baptism in the afternoon instead of the night. We went over to the church and helped them to clean the font and the building. It was the most humble baptism I have ever attend.  Only 2 other people attended-- His nieces-- but he was SO humble and so ready to be baptized.  It was sweet. Unfortunately, the representative from the bishopric was an hour late and we had to eat lunch so we (the hermanas) msised the baptism itself, but we were there before and after.. hehe.. He seemed so happy! It was very sweet. 
That night, we went and taught one of our recent converts-- Albina! She has a couple of granddaughters and I gave them each one of the "Soy un hija de Dios" pencils from my package!! They loved it!! The picture I`m sending is of Jackie, the youngest with her pencil! She loved posing for the camera! Haha 

Sunday: We had a really special Stake Conference and broadcast from Salt Lake City! The broadcast was for all of Perù and Bolivia! WE started the conference with a message from the stake president and then watched the broadcast! All but 1 speaker spoke in Spanish! Including Neil A. Anderson, the apostle presiding! It was cool! I liked it a lot because they spoke slowly and clearly and I could really understand it! Haha. 
That night, we did a Noche de Hogar (Family Home Evening) with Albina`s family! We taught a simple lesson, played a goofy game, and ate cake and some hot chocolate milk! Yum!! 

Welp, Family... That`s my week! I`m sending a letter out this week, and I`m not sure when you`ll get it! 
Oh yeah, Mom-- I got your letter from September 1st this week too! so it takes a little bit over a month for a letter to get here... maybe longer? But I loved it! I even laughed out loud at a couple of the things ("It`s boring here") Haha. Love you lots 

I love you guys lots and hope things are well! I hope work is good and life is fun! 
Sending my love from Perù to you! 

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX

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