Hola!
What
a week!! (I feel like that is how I open all of my e-mails but it is
only because each week is a different adventure with its own ups and
downs) But really this week has been pretty good all things considered
(like NPR ;) - that was for you dad ;)
We had
exchanges this week. This has been my first exchange with an English
Sister Training Leader in a completely Spanish area... So I was pretty
nervous to be the only Spanish speaker. But let me testify right here
and now that the Lord qualifies those that He calls. He more than makes
up the difference when we humble ourselves before him and trust that we
will turn our weaknesses into strengths! I can honestly say that I have
never been so mentally exhausted as I was at the end of this exchange
being the only Spanish speaker teaching all day in Spanish, but it was
probably the most Spirit-filled day of my mission so far. I absolutely
LOVED it. I usually don't go off on how awesome the Spanish language is
but it is completely AMAZING :) yup, yup the Spirit will fill our mouths
all we have to do is stop worrying and stressing and just open our
mouths. Heavenly Father is just SOOOOOO cool. I can't even express it!
Can
I just say that homemade Mexican tamales are about the best thing on
the planet earth??? (i just wish it wasn't a 5 hour process...)
On
the 9th was the mark of a full year IN-FIELD! It is pretty cool that I
am with the same companion that I was with when I first came to the
field! We are just trying to tear it up in Spanish!
Yesterday
we got Bible bashed in Spanish by a drunk guy... it was interesting to
say the least... lol, you just gotta laugh when that happens because you
can never feel the spirit, they get upset that you don't get
frazzled... Anywho after about an hour and half because he wouldn't let
us leave I just stood up and said thanks for his time gave him an Articles of Faith card and left. I am hoping he can read the card when
he is sober...
We are starting to do more work
in the Benton and Bryant areas... a little far to travel but also very
untouched by Spanish missionaries :D pretty much a treasure cove full of
potential! We are very excited to go back next week (when we have a
car) and keep working down there.
This week is
walk week. I am excited to see the miracles and to meet new people
(maybe members ;) who will see us walking, have pity and drop us off on
the other side of town! It is going to be a blast. It is also nice that
the weather is really starting to cool down. Not that I don't love being
hot and sticky... but I am super excited to not be hot and sticky ;)
I
found some banana pudding ice cream... don't knock it till you've tried
it because it is DELICIOUS! So is blue bell red velvet cake ice cream. Yup, I am an ice cream addict pretty crazy stuff.
Oh,
another awesome miracle this week. We had the mission president's wife,
Sister Wakolo, come teaching with us this past week. To our
investigator Sarah. Sarah is super Catholic, not very interested in
changing, but you can just feel that she has so many family members on
the other side that are just waiting for her to get baptized so that
their work can be done. The only thing that captivates her attention is
when we talk about families or food. So naturally after talking about
family history we jumped to word of wisdom! lol, it was a pretty crazy
jump but we were able to have a pretty awesome lesson. She absolutely
loves her coffee, and was a little confused about how no where in the
Bible does it say not to drink coffee, but after a while she admitted
that she was a diabetic and that her doctors had told her 10+ years ago
that she needed to quit drinking coffee. So we invited her to pray about
it and if Heavenly Father wanted her to quit. Her response was, "If
Heavenly Father says stop, I'll quit, but if He doesn't say so, I'm just
gonna keep pouring." Who could argue with that. Sister Wakolo was able
to share with Sarah how difficult it had been for her to stop drinking
coffee as well. I think that really helped Sarah.
Can
I also say how awesome the members are here? They are willing to go
Spiritual harvesting (knocking doors) with us! Super crazy, I know
before my mission I would not have been up to that. Just so willing and
so ready to share the gospel! What a miracle and blessing.
Ummmm... yeah, that is pretty much my week....
I hope all is well!
Keep
going strong and loving life. (also a note, don't decorate your house
too scary for Halloween... it is hard enough to work up the courage to
go knock a door without having to work up the courage to walk past the
scary decorations....) Actually, maybe I'm just a wuss. But the closer
it gets to Halloween, the less excited I get...
Have a crazy successful week!
love,
Hermana Ives
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