Bautismos por miles habrá!!!

August 4, 2014

What a crazy good week!!!

So this week just started out crazy!! We changed our last monday to a normal day so we could have p-day on Saturday with the AP´s and office elders. We had intercambios with Fuengirola and Hna. Lionetti came here to Málaga with Hna. Guerrero and I. We were able to teach a few people in the evening so that was good. Michael failed us so it made us a little nervous because he was supposed to be baptized on Wednesday. But we did get to teach Brayan (Edith´s 8 year old son). We also saw a Nigerian man named Aziz and we talked to him about baptism and he said he doesn´t want to make a mistake afterwards. Then after a lesson, we saw him and he told us he was going to buy a cigerette. He is a good guy, he just has to quit a few bad habits. Hna. Lionetti is hillarious. She has such a cool attitude. I just love her.

Tuesday we had district meeting then we ate together with the other district. Hna. Guerrero made a dish called papa de guancallino?? haha I don´t know how to spell it. Or if that is even close. But it was SUPER spicy, but still good. Then we saw Michael and we taught him the rest of the lessons. We had to teach them super simply, but he understood what was going on. Then he had his interview. It went great! 

Wednesday was a CRAZY day. I mean CRAZY. Probably the craziest day on my mission. We didn´t know if we could help get Edith and Brayan ready for their baptism. We saw Edith in the morning and finished the lessons, she said she still wanted to get baptized so we had her run to the church and said we would meet her there for after. We ran to Milagros and Mari and taught them and then ran back to the church.

Filing the Font

After being at the church, we talked to Edith then had to run to an eating cita. It was a little far away, and the food wasn´t prepared when we got there. Then when it was prepared, we ate appetizers first, then two giant lasagnas. It was good, we were just super stressed out because we had to go teach Brayan all of the lessons so that he could get baptized with his mom. We got there in time, taught Brayan and then he had his interview. Then it was the baptism. I had to give a talk in English, and it was so scary because guess who showed up.... PRESIDENT DEERE. We invited his daughter, Annie, because she invited Michael to be baptized. It turned out fine, but when they were baptized Michael had to be baptized 3 times because it was just a little rough. Oh man, I¨m just glad they were baptized and everything went great. 

Thursday we had weekly planning, then we went to Concilio. It was good. Last time was better, but it was still super fun. We were supposed to get kicked out to go sleep somewhere else again, but Hna. Deere asked us if we wanted to sleep on the couches again. We said sure. They were outside on the deck and she just asked if we just wanted to sleep out there. It was just like camping. Or the closest thing we could get to it on a mission. 

Concilio

Friday we had the concilio part and then President told us where we were going. He went around the circle. It was fun.

Concilio???

The only sad part was saying goodbye to everyone. It was really depressing.

My Compies:  Hna. Johnson, Nielsen, Grant

I sat by Hna. Johnson on the train ride back and talked to her. She was super depressed and it made me really sad. I hope she is happy when she gets home. That night, Jhardel accompanied us on a few lessons and we ended up teaching quite a few people. It was a good night. We saw Angelica and she is just the cutest thing ever.

Saturday we played sports with everyone. We played volleyball and I played with Gonzales and we won! It was fun. Then we played soccer and I got to be on the natives´ team. It was awesome! I loved it. That night Elenir invited us over to eat! It was super yummy, like always. The bishop´s family was there again too. IT was bbq and the best rice and salad! YUM!!

Sunday was great! We only had 2 investigators in church... but we had 8 recent converts there. All the ones that have been baptized since I¨ve been here have been coming! It makes me so happy. We taught Michael last night and we asked him how he felt about being confirmed. He said, ´´I felt something different enter my body. I don´t know how to explain it, but I feel different´´ He is the most prepared people I have ever met. He loves God and he just wants to do what God wants him to do. He is the coolest guy ever. He also said that he loves the way he feels when he feels the Holy Ghost. He is such an amazing guy. 

It´s been a good week. I´m super excited for a new transfer. It´s going to be a great one!!!

I love you!

July 28, 2014

This week has been nuts!! We had a ´´mini missionary´´ Annie Deere, President´s daughter.

It was so fun! She is amazing!! Last Monday, I wrote and said what we did for p-day right? Well, our plans were to go to the castle, and we wanted everyone to come. Hna. Samuelson and Morris were at the mall so we went and tried to convice them to come, Hna. Morris didn´t want to... I ended up staying with her while all the rest went to the castle. It wasn´t too bad. It made it worth it to know that Hna. Samuelson could enjoy her time away a little bit. That evening, Hna. Samuelson stayed with the Castillos and Hna. Morris was with us for a while, also Annie Deere came and we had to go on splits. We didn´t end up teaching anyone, but when we all got back together, we had a family home evening with Lucy and Magali. It was super fun. Their little son, who we were teaching to help him get ready for his baptism, is the cutest thing in the world. His name is Elias. I have pictures of him, but it won´t let me upload them. That night, Hna. Morris returned to Hna. Samuelson.

Tuesday we had a normal morning, but then Hna. Grant and I went to Almería (AGAIN) to help with a cosecha. The zone leaders asked us to go and help the hermanas there. It was a great success. Hna. Grant and I were kind of hoping we would be able to stay together and work in the cosecha, but they split us up and put us with Hna Roan and Becerra. I went with Hna. Roan and I think it was a good learning experience. At the first, she didn´t really contact with power and boldness, but with time, we were able to get more information of the people and teach too. Hna. Grant said it was good for Becerra too. As we contacted this one Bulgarian man went to give Hna. Roan besos and he grabbed her and she couldn´t do anything about it, then he came to me and I told him no. He called me rascist. It was funny. Also, another man told me he had heard a few things about ´Mormons´ and he said that Franco was a Mormon. We told him that was absolutely incorrect... haha and we said we would come and explain more about what we believe. Overall, I think they got a good 30 futures, which is pretty good for 2 hours. That night, we were supposed to catch a bus from Granada, but we missed it. We stayed with the Hermanas in Granada that night, and then caught a bus that morning. We were pretty gross, we didn´t bring clothes or a toothbrush, and by the time we got home, we had to go work. We were pretty gross. That morning, I went with Hna. Guerrero to go get her residency stuff done for Spain. We spent most of the morning doing that, but it was fun still. Then for medio-dia we ate with a crazy Argentinian. She talks SO MUCH. I can´t even believe how fast she can change the subject and just talk about whatever. Then, that evening we did splits. I went with Annie and Guerrero and Grant went together. We ended up teaching 8 lessons in total!! It was great! 

Thursday was the 24th of july and my year mark. My 3 companions made such a big deal and it was a great morning.

They decorated the piso and sang and bought a sign that says ´´mission complete´´ then put 2/3 after mission. It was cute! That morning we did weekly planning, with mustaches.

Planning in Mustaches. 

Don´t worry. I have pictures. Then after planning, we dropped Annie off and went to work again. We taught a bunch in English. During one of the lessons with Axis, he told me I have a china face. Then he said that Hna. Grant likes problems and Hna. Guerrero gets mad easily. It was funny. He has a crush on Guerrero and the other black man has a crush on Hna. Grant. I´m just the awkward chinese girl on the side. That night, weirdest thing... Hna. Morris called and Hna. Grant answered, then she asked to talk to me. I answered and she just called to ´´talk´´. It was weird and it really surprised me. I guess we´re alright. Oh... I also burned a shirt that night. It was crazy.

Friday morning we went to teach our muslim friend Terek, and a girl was at his house and she came in to listen. Her name is Erika. She is awesome. We want to teach her more, because she actually is there to learn. That night we did intercambios with Hna Rawle and Anderson. Hna. Rawle came here with Hna. Grant and I. It was good. We taught a lot in English too, but it turned out good. We had such a good lesson with Michael. He is a Nigerian that came to church last week. On Wednesday we asked him to pray to see if the Book of Mormon was true. He came back on Friday and we asked if he had prayed. He said, ´´yes, I did. I felt something really weird. I´ve never felt before. Like ice all over my body´´ We told him that it was the Holy Ghost. He got a huge smile on his face and said, ´´It is??´´ He was so happy and even more because the only thing he wants is to have the gift of the Holy Ghost. He is super prepared and super awesome. He asked us, after teaching the restoration, ´´What are the commandments? Because I want to keep all the commandments of God´´ We ended up teaching all of them in one lesson. He is getting baptized Wednesday! We went to visit Hna Samuelson and we played Uno with her and Hna. Morris. It was fun!

Saturday we taught a girl that moved into a member´s house. She´s cool, she´s pregnant and is from Paraguay. She will be getting baptized soon (: That night was Elias´ baptism.

I think Elias has a crush on someone!

I love that boy. He was super cute in his baptism, of course, at first it was a disaster like always, but it turned out great (:  That night, we went to see Edith. As we walked up to the park, she lit a cigarette, as soon as she saw us, she threw it on the ground. We had a good talk and she said, ´´I haven´t smoked for 3 days and now the only time I went to do it, you girls came´´ It was a cool thing, because we went earlier than we had planned and it helped her know that God is helping her. 

Sunday we walked with Cinthia and Axis (our nigerian friends) to church. Also Michael came and a Jehovah´s Witness and her daughter came!! It was good! (: Another week of miracles. That night we went to see Hna. Samuelson. We played Uno with some of the other Hermanas, then Hna. Samuelson asked if we could share a message with her. I had the idea to share Alma 29:9-10. Wow... it was a really strong spirit there. People were crying and maybe it´s what someone needed to hear. It was super cool!!! That scripture has changed my mission. It´s my favorite and I think if I ever had a doubt of the reason I´m on a mission, that would be the scripture to help me through it. 

I love every second of my mission. How cool it is to be here. I´ve become so much closer to my Savior. I´ve been able to make goals for my future, for the way I want to be. You gotta let the mission change you, if not - you´re not out here for the right reasons.

Love you so much! (: