Aug 26, 2013
Hola Familia!
Well. This has been a very
interesting week. Where to even begin…
Good news first! Yes! We had our
very first baptism this week and it was wonderful! I am definitely going to
attach a picture. The whole day was a bit hectic but the baptism was perfect.
L. is so incredible. We are so excited for her. The only sad part is that we
won´t be able to teach her and see her as much as before :( But our ward
is incredibly supportive and loving and have welcomed her in and loved her and
she is in good hands :)
This week has been super hectic for
several reasons. I feel ok telling you about this now because I´m better now,
but I had the flu this past week and had a fever for several days. Last week I
wrote my email wrapped up in a coat and blanket in the internet cafe by our
house because I was so cold and feverish :P So that made working a bit
difficult and the three of us have been fighting off sicknesses all week, but
we´re doing better now and are going to be working even harder this upcoming
week.
Our zone also had an emergency this
past week with the other Hermanas of Independencia. They had to move out of
their apartment immediately but couldn´t find an apartment in their area.
So....emergency solution? Move in with us! So. We now have six hermanas living
in one house, with one bathroom. It’s been...interesting so far. But super fun
as well because we all love each other. They will probably be with us for about
another week and a half. Our zone spent the better part of the morning last
Thursday moving them out, then in, and rearranging our apartment to accommodate
the six of us. Our lideres de zona are worried that we´re gonna have fiestas,
but we assured them that we are mature sister missionaries and can handle it ;)
This has put a halt to our current
search for a new apartment, at least for now.
On Friday we had the matrimonios!(weddings) There were 14 couples that got married, and
then baptized the next day. It was a super awesome experience. We got to do a
musical program for it and it was great.
And on Saturday we had our double
mission conference! It was SO AWESOME. For several reasons. For one, our zone
got to do the musical number which was fun, for two, I got to see all of my
friends from the CCM and it was like a family reunion! We were so happy to see
each other. And third and probably most important, Elder Tad R. Callister from
the Presidency of the Quorum of the Seventy (I think? I can´t remember for
sure) came and spoke to us and it was incredible! Especially because we had the
musical number and were sitting on the very front row. It was basically like
having front row seats for general conference ;) haha.
Our other investigators are doing
well. We´ve had some disappointments and some hard times finding people, and we
have a REALLY hard time getting people to come to church on Sunday because it’s
at 8 AM in the morning (They can´t get baptized until they have two asistencias
a Iglesia) (attend church) So when we are hoping
to have 5 or 6 investigators at church and none of them show up, it’s a bit
frustrating. So, keep praying for them and we´ll keep working hard and
hopefully they will come to church next week! :)
I´m so anxious to hear about Kylee’s
mission call!!!! I hope it gets here this week! Also, mom, I also almost
started crying when I heard about the check you received in the mail. That’s
incredible! It’s so awesome to hear about how Heavenly Father is blessing our
family. I love you all!
Also, the pictures I am sending, the
first one is with Lucia at her baptism and the second is all the Hermanas of
Zona Independencia a couple of P'days ago when we went to a natural history
museum in central Lima. I´m hopefully gonna send one more email with a couple
more pictures.
I love you all! I look forward to
hearing from all of you next week about school! ;)
Hermana Shelton
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Looking for a reference up in the hills of Independencia
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