Hola, Monday,
May 19, 2014
Well...this week was interesting!
hahahaha Like every other week. Last week was my 5TH WEEK!! Which means this is
the last week before my first transfers!!! Ah!! Come back, time! I'm not done
with you yet!! I'm pretty sure Hna. Bobadilla and I will stay here, because
she's my trainer, but I don't know about Hna Navarrete. D:
Bagh. Anyway. Lemme start with Lunes
- Monday. We had P-day of course. Probably the most boring p-day ever. But at
7:00 we taught for the first time a man named Victor...at the Capilla!!(chapel
- you're all gonna learn vocabulary whether you like it or not :D) He came TO the chapel! I actually
think he walked. I don't know if you understand the significance of that
statement. Okay, maybe you do, but here it's difficult to get people to keep
commitments, but Victor is definitely one of a kind. He talks REALLY fast!! He
says what's in his head, which is a nice change. He asks sincere questions and
keeps his commitments, except he didn't go to church yesterday. That's
everybody's problem in Mexico. They have to work on Sunday. It's really very
annoying. We're going to teach him tonight and see what happens.
Miercoles - Wednesday, we had a
multi-zone conference with Elder Johnson (an area seventy, I believe). It was
REALLY good. He even knew how to speak Spanish...hahaha so I probably missed
some stuff. But he started out with chastising the Hispanic missionaries,
reminding them that they made a commitment in the MTC to learn English while on
their mission - I had NO idea of that, so that's good to know :D. And made them
promise to have language study from then on.
Anyway, we talked a lot about
working with members. And efficiency. And if we don't have baptisms each week,
we're doing something wrong. Mostly it was about finding people that are
ready to hear the gospel and CHANGE. For example, we found a really cool
family - la familia Padilla. They accepted what we taught and said they wanted
to hear more. But they never kept commitments or went to church. It's
frustrating, but if we can't progress with them we have to make others the
priority.
Victor, hopefully, is ready. We'll
see today and tomorrow.
And so, Elder Johnson asked how we
find the chosen people that are ready for the gospel right now.
- Talk with EVERYBODY
- ALWAYS ask for referrals - Less
actives, miembros, investigators and even those who say they aren't interested
right now in the gospel.
Anyway, I learned a lot, and it was
awesome.
Sábado (Saturday) we had an interesting
change. Our whole zone - 18 of us, I believe, went to one district where
they're having a hard time. So we all went, put us with different companions
and had us go out into this district and contact for 1 1/2 hours. I think they
ended up with 80 references in total. Elder Rock and Elder Millerberg have
their work cut for them!!
También (also), we had a Baptism on
Saturday!! The missionaries have been teaching Lixys Sarahi for a while and a
few weeks ago she chose the day. It was a really good program. And you know how
there's that time gap after the baptism because they have to change back into
dry clothes? Usually they put on a video, but Hermana Bobadilla (my
companion) told me I should play the "Restoration Medley" by Paul
Cardall. I had been playing it for a few days for them. And I really needed
more practice, but I guess it turned out okay. It was awkward because I really
didn't think anybody was listening, but I got a couple of really nice
compliments after. And the bishop told me that we should have an activity and I
could teach piano. Ha! That would be good...except that I can't really teach
more than one person at a time. And I highly doubt anything will actually
happen with that. But I guess my point is, I'm really glad I play the
piano :)
I had to teach Relief Society
yesterday!! I was so stressed about it all week! But they talked forever about
other things, so it turned out I only had to teach for 15 minutes!! It was
almost harder, because I kind of had a lot planned, But it's okay, because I
learned a lot while preparing it.
Like, did you know learning is a
commandment and responsibility? Especially about gospel knowledge. I'm safe in
that department right now, but we'll see if I can keep it up after I get back.
Pero no importa ahorita.
Hoy (today), we went to el faro (the
lighthouse). And whoever came up with the idea is nuts, because we walk every
single day. The last thing I want to do is hike in the really hot sun. But it
was still good. Even though we got up at 4:00AM!!! My companion is crazy!! But
we had to clean the house, but especially do laundry. But it's a good thing we
did it because it was done for the day and had time to shop and stuff. And I
FINALLY got a Spanish-English diccionario. Yeah...I accidentally left mine at
the MTC. Who does that!?!?!?! AGH!! Me :)
Okay. I think that's all that's in
my brain right now. Have a good week :) Stay awesome. Write me more letters.
And, learn something new every day! I was also reminded this week that we're on
this earth to learn poco a poco. Little by little so that we can become like
Heavenly Father. And the more knowledge we gain on this earth, the greater our
advantage will be in the next..
I think that scripture is from
D&C...no sé...don't quote me on that.
Love,
Your favorite Hermana Daniels
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