Hola mi familia!
Say
what?!? A year and a little bit. Man oh man. Time really is flying by!
Good news though! I'm NOT being transferred! Hallelujah! I love serving
with Hermana Stevens so much and this area is about to explode. (Which
is awesome because these last two transfers have been a crazy lot of
hard work!) We found 49 new investigators this transfer!
This
week was crazy cool because for the first time in my entire mission we
reached ALL 6 key indicator goals in a day! What really makes that
awesome was that they weren't all 1s! teehee! So that was pretty
awesome. We got a member present lesson without even asking a member. We
went to teach Roberto y Flor Barrientos and they are actually relatives
of the branch president and he just happened to be over there visiting
his family when we showed up!
Hey, I was wondering
if all of you amazing peoplee reading this e-mail would be up for a fun
little service project. My companion, Hermana Stevens, is having a hard
time right now (and her mail hasn't been getting to her) and I think it
would be really cool if you would send her one of your favorite
"pick-me-up" quotes/ scriptures/ pictures/ anything you feel so inclined
or guided by the spirit to send. Sound fun? It could even be turned
into an FHE activity! Could you please help me out :) Thanks you are
all the best!
What is super duper awesome is that I
first met Hermana Stevens and served with her for the first three weeks
in field. And we will get to be together exactly one year from then!
Boo-yeah!
Fun fact. From actually serving in an all Spanish area. My Spanish has actually been improving! So that is really cool too.
Hermana
Stevens and I have a goal of 15 baptisms this transfer. It is going to
take a ton of work, a ton of faith, and a ton of prayers. But all things
are possible with God. And he does all things according to our faith!
It is our dream and goal to turn this branch into a ward!
Ummmm...this
week I have learned a ton about staying motivated. And really something
crucial that I've been learning this week is that nothing, I mean
NOTHING has besides the Savior has the lasting strength to keep us
motivated. There is a youtube video entitled, "Missionary work and the
Atonement" we were able to watch this video at Specialized Training. (It
focuses on excerpts from the talks found at these sites, https://www.lds.org/ensign/2001/03/missionary-work-and-the-atonement?lang=eng and from https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/04/act-in-all-diligence?lang=eng) This world and this work is hard. But with the Savior we can be and will be given the strength to endure and to do His will.
I
kind of left my old planner at the apartment and it is kind of hard for
me to remember everything that happened this past week...
I love y'all! Remember always that I love you and more importantly you have a Savior and a Heavenly Father that love you!
Miracles are real and they surround us daily all we have to do is open our eyes.
I love my mission,
I love you,
I love our Savior,
Hermana Ives (it's pronounced Eeeee-vez)
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