Hola familia y amigos !! (8-4-14 Email)
I know
I say this all the time, but I really mean it this week: this was
the fastest week of my life, I swear. Haha its like someone has pressed
fast forward and forgot to press play again. It was a good week.
Pretty normal. But I enjoyed it!
We
haven't been able to find Fabio all week, so that is a bummer. Apparently
he works from like 3am-6pm everyday, so as soon as he is home
he sleeps. And there are like 6 people that live with him and they all
share 1 cell phone, so he never has it really. But we have met some
of his roommates and shared a bit with them, so hopefully there's potential
there! We are really trying to find some more people to teach,
so we have been trying hard to talk with everyone and do good, effective
contacts with people. Sometimes it is hard to make it personal
towards people when you talk to a bunch of people in a day, but we
are trying hard to make them led by the Spirit. We did find a great
new family this week, the Gonzales. Their 11 year old daughter
seems especially interested, and I think that they might have some
great potential.
Anna
is doing great! She came to the ward Noche de hogar with all the kids
and she liked it. And the two oldest boys went to mutual. She came
to church yesterday too! The members are doing a good job of reaching
out to her as well. Still trying to ensure that her desires are
sincere, and I think the more and more she learns, the more sincere
they are getting. We tried to have a lesson where we just taught
the kids in English... failure. Haha we tried so hard, with activities,
balloon demonstrations, everything. But they would not hold
still or listen or anything. All they wanted to do was hit each other
haha. So little by little for the children...
The Ramirez family has
their family from Mexico here that they haven't seen for 14 years, so I
don't think we are really going to see them for the next 2 weeks...
But
Gina and Vanessa are doing great! We taught them about temples, eternal
families, and chastity. Monday was Vanessa's birthday so we made
her a cake and celebrated with her. It's kind of funny teaching her
because she is my age and I feel like I could be good friends with her in
real life. So it is funny to be a missionary teaching her. But I love
it.
We had a big miracle with them this week. We wanted to strengthen
their testimony on the Restoration, so we invited them to watch
Joseph Smith, Prophet of the Restoration at the Visitor's Center. And they came, and it was so great! AND they brought
their dad! Vanessa was crying throughout the movie, and at the
end you could see that Gina was really growing interest for herself
now as we talked to her after the movie. And their dad really liked
it as well and said he wanted to start learning! Vanessa is still
having to work on Sundays, which breaks my heart. But I am thinking
at least it is giving them more time to progress together as a
family. I was so happy after that movie!
So far
what I have noticed about being an Sister Training Leader is that it means a bunch more
meetings haha. But its great because that means I get to learn a lot!
We went to transfer meeting plus a few other meetings after that. At
transfer meeting President Jenkins told us a family history story that
he just found out: apparently his great-great grandpa (or something)
that he is named after is one of the original founders of Mesa,
AZ and he had no idea! Isn't that crazy? And then on Friday I had my first MLC. It was super long, but really great. I learned a lot, and I can definitely see how these things will help me serve in the
church for the rest of my life. We learned about a bunch of different
things, but especially what it means to be a leader and how to be
the most effective leader. And the importance of councils within the
church and how to hold a proper council. Then we counseled about a variety
of topics, including mission culture, etc. President explained to us
about his vision for the mission and some other topics as well. I have
to figure out what I want to do for the sisters I am over because
we aren't doing overnight exchanges this transfer, so I have to
figure out another way to train them. But I don't know them really at
all,so I am not sure what would be most beneficial for them. I think
I might meet up with them for a little bit this week to get to know
them and see where they are at. They are super sweet and I am excited
to get to know them better.
Want to know something really cool that I
am excited for? On the 16th we are having an MLC with Elder Lynn
G. Robbins, from the presidency of the 70. How cool is that?? So we
will get a pretty personal meeting with a general authority! I am going
to learn soooo much!
Well,
that was pretty much all for this week. Just want to let you all know
that I know without a doubt that the gospel of Christ is perfect. I want
to be a better disciple of Christ. We must live the things that we
know. I want my life to reflect His teachings. I know that God loves
us. And because He loves us He has restored Christ's church to the
earth. And I know that we have a prophet that leads us today! WE ARE SO
BLESSED! :)
I love
you! Have a great week!
Con
amor,
Hermana
Haynes
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