Hello family! (10-20-14 Email)
How are you all? I am glad to hear that you are
all having
such a nice time in Texas. It sounds like everything is going great!
I hope you all enjoy the time you get to have together and that you
travel safely!
This
week was good! We kept pretty busy with a bunch of random things to do.
On Tuesday we had a district meeting and I gave a training on the
importance of using the Book of Mormon while teaching. It was a great
reminder to me and was a great testimony builder for me as I prepared
and shared it. The Book of Mormon really is such a powerful tool
to help ourselves and others to come closer to God. It was a really
inspiring district meeting!
We
have been meeting lots of people on the streets and things like that,
but it seems like we can never find them again for a follow-up appointment.
Hopefully this week things change around for us in that. They seem so great when we meet them, but then we find out that
they gave us a fake name/phone number/address or all three fake. Haha
it has been happening surprisingly a lot this transfer. Or else they just
hide from us and turn off the lights and pretend they aren't home.
Haha that's okay though, sifting the wheat from the tares! I just
am ready to get to work though with some people who are actually ready
and prepared to receive and act on the message.
We are
doing good work with the Valdez's though. They are progressing
nicely, and I think started working on the divorce this week!
They are doing pretty good about reading the Book of Mormon, especially
Ellen, and she really sees the blessings from it and is excited
about what she is learning. We were a bit disappointed though when
they called us on Friday morning and cancelled the temple trip we had
planned for weeks and taught them about. So we started calling any sort
of investigator/less active/ recent convert we could think of until
we found someone that could go with us that night. We were able
to find someone last minute! It was a miracle.
At dinner that night
all of our district thought we had great plans but they were all about
to fall through, but one by one they were fixed and we all had miracles!
It was great. So we went to the temple with Andrew (RC/LA) and
his brother Brian (RC of a few years) and this cute lady in our ward
who wanted to come with us, Hna R. It was such a great experience!
It was so fun to be able to go farther out of the mission
and see much more of Arizona. (I hadn't seen skyscrapers or city
traffic for over a year! It was crazy! And we got to see the state
fair all lit up and all sorts of stuff haha little things that get
missionaries excited).
The temple was absolutely beautiful. Much smaller
than the Gilbert temple and a little less extravagant, but still
beautiful. There were lots of people there and it felt so special
to be inside. The baptistery was gorgeous and the paintings were
amazing. I like some of the new features they are putting in the new
temples.
So we
got transfer news on Saturday! We are losing Hna Taboada from our
companionship :( but she will still be in the same ward/our roommate!
Hna Leon is leaving, so she will take Hna Leon's place with Hna
Greene. So me and Hna Brons will stay here! That will be 4 transfers
together! It's hard to believe that this is my last transfer.
This transfer has gone by so fast. This week has been a big goodbye
for Hna Leon and it's sad to say goodbye to her and everyone else.
And it's so weird to think that it will be me in 6 weeks. I'm not
ready for that... But I just want to do all that I can with the time I
have left. I want to work hard and be the best missionary that I can!
I know the Lord has miracles in store! I am so happy that I am a
missionary! Nothing in the world makes me happier!
I love
you all so much! Have a great week!
Con
Amor,
Hermana
Haynes
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