I just tried a super tasty banana pastry thing from the
panadería across from this internet place that we´re currently at. almost chose
manzana, but I thought I´d switch things up.
So I know everyone´s nearly dyinggg to hear all about my new
companion that I´m training! She´s a cute tiny 19 year-old from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I was really anxious to
meet ¨mi hija¨ back on tuesday and finally met on Tuesday at the mission home.
we had a really good training meeting with the new AP´s and President and Hna.
Marler, lunch, then headed back to our areas. My peruvian familia (the Cubas´)
welcomed her with so much love and we all are enjoying Hna. Sosa!! I took her
to meet the Bishop, 1st counselor, and another family in the ward on her first
night to get settled in.
Her first few days have been super busy, the RS prez gave us
a list to work with of members that don´t have visiting teachers assigned to
them, so our job´s to visit the names and addresses and report back to her.
Lots of them have moved and live outside of the ward boundaries, so
obviously
they don´t need visiting teachers. through the process, we
contacted lots and found some new investigators! wooot wooot!
We started teaching a widow named Jose, whose son is one of
the architects for the Trujillo
temple! How cool is that, right? He´s a nice old man who unfortunately couldn´t
make it to church yesterday cause he´s viajando...oops I mean
vacationing.
Julito, remember little Julito? He´s back from his vacation
with his mom!! that awkward moment when during the lesson, his mom brought us
cake and a little snow globe from his baptism last week.....hahaha classic. so
yeah-thats where we´re at. she´s cool with us coming over to teach him and come
to church with us, but idk about permiso para ser bautisado.
Cesar. still talking about stomach pains and his family´s
really worried about him. idk what to do. his neighbor was over, selling
cosmetics to his mom and recommended seeing a therapist, which could help a ton
with what he´s told us about. the neighbor, Lily, was super friendly and
mentioned that Elders used to visit her and that she´s been to church before to
visit.
so yesterday, we visited Lily and her mom carmen and it went
super well! a really kind family with desires to learn more about our Savior
Jesus Christ.
had a really cool experience this week, a recently returned
missionary who served in colombia
randomly called and asked if he could accompany us. a member calling US to ask
if he could teach with us?!? that literally NEVER happens & when we met up
with him, he was telling us that while he was preparing for the talk that he
was asked to give at church yesterday, he felt the impression to ¨llamar
hermana boody Y preguntarle para acompanarnos¨. entonces, it was awesome. we
needed him! we visited marlene and hart cause the last time we visited, she
nearly passed out (delicate health). so I talked about a priesthood blessing,
but hart doesn´t knwo how to give one since they´re inactive, so hno. Ricardo
was able to give her a blessing of strength and she was in tears of gratitude
afterwards. it was so powerful!
and we visited the familia correa that I´ve been visiting
for ages, but they still don´t come to church. having a member with us to visit
the less-actives certainly helps a ton, build a friendship with whom they can
ask for help. yesterday, for example, pappa roger cubas came to accompany us last
night to visit Luis Galvez. He hasn´t been able to make it to church the last couple
of weeks and it helped so much having a member there with us! he invited hno.
Luis to join their family´s fhe tonight and we talked about institute classes
in centro that he can go to and talk with other members about the scriptures
and basic gospel principles.
We had a ward missionary activity this week, look for your
hero. it was a church bingo, filled with names of prophets and apostles in the
bible and Book of Mormon. not very many investigators came, but a handful of
members. each companionship of missionaries in the ward brought prizes and it
was pretty fun. we´re planning another for this Friday, noche de concierto.
people are singing and playing instruments and its gonna be legit!
hna. marnith, stake RS prez, asked if we could help with a
service project at the school she works at and we invited our whole zone to
help! the colegio was HUUUGE!! and its all outside. I loved it! everyone´s
vacations from school are over and everyone´s back at school, so it was time
for some spring cleanin´.
Training has certainly been really humbling, but really
good! I figure to be the best example that I can be is the best way to show her
how to be a successful, effective, and happy missionary. The ward has been
really kind and welcoming. its super weird to be hearing chamamiento, chamar,
cho instead of llamamiento, llamar, and yo. oh those argentinians. haha it
drives me crazy! it just sounds so weird. like we were singing a song with
halleyuah and I had to use all the self-control I had to not burst out into
laughter hearing hachuya. and sometimes its hard to understand what she´s
saying. But yeah, gotta love it.
She has loads of energy and desires to GET WORK DONE in the
lovely monserrate 2. Its perfect cause after 6 months here, I´ve lost a little
bit of my drive/motivation
That I had when I first arrived. but she´s helping me get back my strength and desire again and we´re making a great team together!
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