Hola Amigos!
My weekly is coming a little late today. I typed it up when I didn't have wifi.
Today
was a fun day! I played ping pong at someone's house for a while with
some other Sister missionaries. I haven't played in a long time, but
don't worry; I'm still not great at it.
This
past week has been full of adventures. We had several set appointments
and not much time for finding new people to teach. On Saturday we went
through a very long list of people who have spoken with missionaries
once or twice before missionaries lost contact with them. We even set up
a few return appointments! On Sunday, (happy Mother's Day) while Sister
Pratt FaceTimed her family, I called several people on the list we
didn't get to on Saturday. I'm excited to see what happens this week in
the lessons we set up. It's neat to see that as we take care of the
people who we or other missionaries have already met, we find that they
still have a great desire to learn about the gospel of Jesus Christ.
That includes all of you, so keep learning about Him!
Alan
and Selena are two teenagers we are teaching right now. I'm not sure if
I have mentioned them yet. Alan is reading so much in the Book of
Mormon lately! We stopped by Monday, and he was pretty far into it. On
Friday, he looked a little sad when asked him how his reading was going.
He told us that he had only read twenty pages. Twenty pages is a lot!
They are doing great. Now they just need permission from their dad to
come to church.
The Estrada family has decided
they don't want us to teach them anymore. It's kind of sad! We've been
working with them for so long, and each of them have come a long way. I
hope they continue to let Mariza read in the Book of Mormon and compare
its teaching with the Bible. I know they both teach about Christ and His
gospel.
The 100 day countdown is going great. Or interesting. I don't have pictures for two events. This week (Tuesday-Sunday):
92: wave at 50 people
91: sing a Christmas song
90: do someone's hair
89: give to a homeless person
88: High jump (The track was closed on Saturday, so Sister Garrity couldn't teach us how to high jump. It's ok. Workouts still happened.)
87: shake 40 hands
If you want to have fun with me, feel free to do the next activities for this week:
86: go on a walk
85: play 20 questions 3 times
84: play the piano
83: eat something you don't like
82: study outside of home
81: tti 30 ppl
TTI
means teach, testify, invite. So, you can bring up something about
Christ in a conversation and ask someone if they want to learn more. You
can invite them to a church activity, to go to Mormon.org, to meet with missionaries, to watch a Jesus video... lots of options. Inviting is important.
Hasta luego!
Hermana Valentine
Pictures
1. I waved at sooooo many people. The videos will be of me waving at people while we drive. People loved it.
2. We sang Christmas songs at a meeting
3. Kimberley is great. Sister Patterson and I almost forgot to do someone's hair, so we braided her pony tail.
4. They were grateful! I meant to get a pic of the two people, but I didn't.
5. At church I told people that I was playing a game to see how many handshakes I could get. They thought it was pretty funny.
Hola Amigos!
We had a solid week. We
were pretty busy each day with set appointments whether people were
there or not. We found a handful of new investigators who seem genuinely
interested in increasing their faith in Christ, and I look forward to
helping them in the weeks to come!
Alan and
Selena are doing great. They read the Book of Mormon like crazy, and
they ask thoughtful questions. This past week we taught and reviewed the
plan of salvation several times to help them understand it. The plan of
salvation explains where we came from, why we are here, and where we go
after this life. It reminds us that we must have faith in Christ, be
repentant, be baptized by proper priesthood authority, receive the gift
of the Holy Ghost, and continue faithful for forever. We focused for a
little while on what repentance is and what it means that Christ paid
for our sins. Selena picked it up really well! Alan even prayed hoping
that his family could be together forever.
Tony
is getting baptized! We started teaching him this month, and he is a
super cool kid. His mom is already member, and she helps him out! He has
a lot of desire and real intent. I think I've sent a picture of the two
of us with a cat.
An update on doing things each day before finishing the mission: we changed a few things.
This past week:
86: go on a walk
85: play 20 questions 3 times
84: play the piano
83: eat something you don't like
82: study outside of home
81: push cars for work outs
80: pet a dog
This week:
79: buy something you've never bought
78: cry
77: drink a gallon of water
76: go to bed 1 hour early (because of the schedule change, we are actually encouraged to do this!)
75: climb a tree
74: wear zero makeup
73: share a comment in relief society
My adventures will be displayed via pictures. I don't take a picture each day, but some fun things happened.
Hasta luego!
Hermana Valentine
1.
Day 84. I only know the very basics of piano playing, but it's not
enough without practice. Sister Patterson is the only actually playing.
2. Day 83. I really really don't like banana flavored candy.
3. Day 81. You know. Practice for when we have to help someone push a car.
4. Day 80. The people I asked told me that their dogs were too vicious and would bite me. Enjoy.
5. Sister Patterson was sick one day, so we did splits. I stayed with her. I laughed so hard I cried.
