1.20.14

Hola Familia!

This week was good! Little by little we are getting to know the

members more and working more with them. Our numbers are going up

every week and we have some good goals for this week. Oh I forgot to

tell you that, YES I got the credit card. Thank the heavens, I thought

that it wouldn´t make it. So you don´t have to worry about that

anymore.

We had intercambios (I can´t think of the english word for the life of

me) this week. Hna Rivera (my granddaughter, the comp of Hna Choque.

she is from Ecuador) was with me in my area and Hna Contreras went

with Hna Choque in her (my old) area. That is one of the things that I

have to do as the sister training leader is have intercambios with the

Hermanas. It was great! I love being able to know more Hermanas and

learn from them and help them out. I have so much respect for so many

Hermanas here. Hna Rivera, her dad isn´t a member and the rest of her

family is inactive and her Dad has a terminal illness so she doesn´t

know if she will see him when she returns from the mish. Isn´t that so

sad? How strong is she? and Hna Contreras is the only member in her

family and didn´t have any support from her family about the mission.

And I was unsure about the mission because of how old I was, or that I

wouldn´t be able to take naps. How ungrateful and dumb am I? I love to

hear how people have so much desire to serve the Lord that they will

sacrifice a ton of stuff.

Hna Contreras is super great! The only thing is that she doesn´t like

to kill bugs and I am more than happy to step on a bug to end its

life. We have some serious problems in our companionship. haha

We were able to find a couple this week that are really great. Milton

and Blanca. They are an older couple. It´s funny how we found them.

About a week ago we talked with some guy in the street and set up and

appt to visit him. When we went we asked for him and it ended that the

guy lives in the La Paz and gave us the direction to his parents

house. But we were able to talk with them and the first thing that we

taught them was the Word of Wisdom. haha But it was a super good

lesson and they are super willing to obey! He was saying how he needs

to throw away his coffee and tea. And... They came to church

yesterday! Only for the first hour cause Milton has diabetes and

needed to eat. But they tell us they are going to stay all 3 hours

next week. And they have a baptism date for February 15th. So pray for

them that they can prepare well and still have the desire to get

baptized. Milton told us that he was thinking about baptism because he

got baptized at 3 years and doesn´t remember and didn´t know what he

was doing so he wanted to be baptized again. So now he can, and in the

correct way (with the priesthood and by immersion).

We are working with a less active family right now and we had a super

great lesson with them Saturday night. And their 9 year old daughter

wants to get baptized so we gave her a baptism date for Feb 8 (The day

after my b-day, if you forgot) so we are excited for them. BUT they

didn´t come to church yesterday :( But the hermana told us that next

sunday they are going to come.

We are also teaching another family. The mom, her mom is a member and

gave us the reference. In the family the whole family aren´t members

except for one of their daughters. They are a great family and I see a

lot of potential in them. The Mom reminds me of Chrissy. I don´t know

why so many people here remind me of Chrissy. haha they are super

great!  I truly feel love for these people.

Julie, the hermana that came to church the other Sunday is great but

she is super hard to find. She is almost never home. So we were only

able to teach her one time this week.

We are lunching everyday with a less active and it´s great. I really

think we are going to be able to help her go back to church by being

at her house everyday. haha It´s also super entertaining. they are a

funny family. The other day we were eating casually and what not and

out of no where the hermana (Elvira) says, "My mom smokes" and her mom

just stops and looks at her so funny. We were dying. So we are going

to help her mom quit smoking.

I don´t have much else to say. The work is progressing here and I am

happy. Keep praying for us and the people that we are teaching that

they can progress and be baptized and receive salvation! I love you

all so much! I am forever grateful for your love and support. The

church is true. Talk to you next week!

Hermana Wursten

Hna Arias and I. She was in my zone but has problems with her knee so she had to go to Santa Cruz for surgery. So we went to say bye to her at the airport. (we live right next door to the airport. haha)

 

Me with my novio.

 

Me and the Pope :)