Week 28

Alright. This week was filled with a bunch of crazy, sad, and awesome things. Here you go:

Lunes: Today was so fun! We hurried and cleaned the house, then went to the doctor for Hermana Molina. Dr. Morales looked at her ultrasounds we took last week and said she has a ball of fat in her back that's going to keep growing if she doesn't get it taken out... EEP!  So going to have to have surgery, we just don't know if she will have it done here or at her house. Then we hurried and bought a new chair for her too because it completely collapsed our first week together. And then... ¡Centro! We totally pumped some tags and went thrift shopping:) I found this really cute shirt shirt for Sept. 11. Then we went around to other shops, and we found this shop with tons of cheap Mexico decorations for Independence Day so we're going to dec-out our house:P But ya... We were in Centro for about 6 hours... Walso had a really good lesson with Hugo today. We talked about following the prophet and we added in that conference is in a few weeks! Best birthday ever! But he loves the idea that he can listen to the prophet and he's going to prepare for it by thinking of questions he needs answered.

Martes: Today we started out with our district meeting and we talked more about working with the members and helping them with their fear of sharing the gospel if they have that. Afterwards we walked a lot trying to find people in their houses, but no one was there, which was kind of sad. We had some good contacts with a couple of construction workers. They were taking a break and we started to talk to them about their work and then into the gospel. They seemed very interested, but they work all day, but they immediately asked where the church is! Ahh! We also ate with the familia Corso. I found out that when they went to Utah last month they tried JCWs and loved it. Yay! Then we had a lesson with member with Hermano Pavey and we saw a new investigator named Vicente. But this lesson was kind of hard because he has tons of energy and loves to talk, so we didn't really get to say anything. And he thinks there are no good people in the world, that the Bible was written by people who wanted money, and when we tried saying differently, he didn't exactly listen. Luckily we had Hermano Pavey with us because he's calm and is such a friend to everyone. We also had a good experience with Hermano Pino today. We got to the church for our meeting, but he wasn't there. So we called him and he told us that the other Hermanas told him that we changed times and that we were going to call him to confirm that... We didn't hear anything about this... But he came and we had an awesome meeting. We put together his goals with numbers and our goals of visits and we now have an awesome plan.  And We talked about how we're going to reactivate a less active family in the ward. Everything is really coming along for us and Hermano Pino.

Miercoles: Haha! Today was fun:) We walked all over today... Again... And no one was home! Why?! We ate with Hermana Sollo in her restaurant and course I had my favorite: torta de tasajo y quesillo. And while we were there we saw the rain come, so we went home, grabbed our umbrella, and went out to Loma Linda. We had a cita with Marcos, but he didn't show up. Then we went to see Bruno because we had a cita with him... He left for Chiapas three days ago!! What?! Gah! So frustrated... And as we walked away, it was like Heavenly Father was crying for us because we hadn't visited anyone all day. It was raining so hard!! Our umbrella weren't doing anything for us, so we headed home. And that walk was like we were on Splash Mountain. We were jumping over puddles, no lakes, crossing the streets, and when cars passed by, waves crashed on us like the sand. It was crazy! And when we got home I geared up like an army man, with my rain jacket and my wellies. I was so prepared:) We tried visiting Hugo, but he had to leave, so we visited Hermana Margarita. It was super sweet. She gave us a little bit of food and this drink with hot water, sugar, and oats. Super good:) Then we shared a message about how she's helping Jesus Knock on the doors of other people when she shares her testimony:)

Jueves: Today was pretty great. We first had our weekly planning and then we went to Hermano Hugo's house and taught him about the 10 commandments. I'm not sure if he understood it all or what because when we asked him questions, he gave us answers that really didn't relate to the lesson... But afterwards we went to the bishop's house for the comida and it was super good. It kind of reminded me of this teriyaki/Asian food my mom makes. Then we shared with them a message about sharing our testimonies. And we tried inviting them to a couple of lessons, but they couldn't. So we went to Julia's house for her cita and we talked about how she feels the love of God in her life. She shared with us her thoughts, but she also confided in us with some things that are going on in her life. Then we went to our ward activity, but none of our investigators or converts were there, so we had to leave. We tried seeing if Hugo was home and could go, but he wasn't home. So we decided to go get a cita with Velia and go home and dry off because it was POURING RAIN. But when we got there she had us get into the house and she gave us a towel and pan dulce with tea. And we just talked with her. It was a really good day:) Oh ya! And I wore red, white, and blue:)

Viernes: Today was a little rough... We left early for a cita fija with Marta, but of course she was there. So we went home until about 12 when we left for Hermano Hugo's. But he wasn't there. Then we tried the familia Martinez. But they weren't there. So we tried contacting. And there wasn't anyone on the streets. There was no one to talk to this morning! We walked everywhere, knocking on doors, everything and nothing came out of it. So we went to the comida with Hermana Margarita. And of course it was amazing! I'm stealing recipes from her:) And we had a good talk with her. She was a bit frustrated with what happened at the activity yesterday. It was a Noche Mexicana and the bishop only told certain people about it, but she's one of the people in charge of activities. But then because everyone hangs out in their social groups. So we talked about how one of our goals is to help fix the social class problem in our ward and help others feel comfortable around each other. And she said she could come with us to see la familia Martel. So we went up to Loma Linda to see if we could find people there, but the same thing happened! Every single house we passed no one was home! Gah! And when we met up with Hermana Margarita and her grandson we walked forever to get to the Martel's house.... And they weren't there wither! In fact they moved! None of their stuff was there, so we walked to their old house and luckily we found some of their kids there, but it was kind of awkward. So we got a cita for when their whole family is there. Then we left for Reforma again and we saw a couple of black 7ft. basketball players near an OXXO. It was pretty great:) We ended our day trying to see Hugo again, but he still wasn't there. But ya... Today was a bit sad...

Sabado: Today I felt something different when we walked out of the house. I prayed the night before asking why we aren't having success in the area, what we need to do, and if we can help make someone's day today. And when we went out we immediately started contacting. We contacted this old Catholic man who really didn't want anything, and then this old lady who was interested in the plan of salvation, so we're going to pass on her address to the Hermanas in her area. Then there was a little boy, younger then Ian, that asked us if we could buy some bread from this basket he had. We didn't have money, so we gave him a pamphlet with our names and number and told him that if his family ever needs anything to call us. He was all smiles with that:) We tried visiting Hugo, but he wasn't home, so we headed out to the Ferra's house for the comida.... And they forgot... But they let us in and we ate Tlayudas and talked about how I look like Katy Perry and how we need to put it in the news to freak her out. We decided that I need to buy a shirt that says "I'm not Katy Perry" in Spanish because people keep staring at me on the street and telling me I look like her. And I got eaten by their dog! I was just playing with it like we normally do, and he snapped with half my hand in his mouth! But I survived:) Then we had a lesson about the Fall with Marcos. He is so intelligent! He knew all the answers to our questions and everything. And when we were walking around today, we got followed by a drunk... We saw him walking towards us, so we turned down the road on the right. And when we tried going back, we saw him waiting at the corner for us... Scary!! We ended the day trying to visit Hugo, but he still wasn't there. But today was really good. But I think my favorite part was the little boy with the bread:)

Domingo: Today was pretty good:) The talks in sacrament were full of inspiration and we talked more about the family in gospel principles. David came today! And Relief Society was good too. We talked about the importance of temples in family history. Then we had comida and it was awesome because we went to the house of Julia:) It was super good! But the best part was her agua. It was agua de avena but with walnuts in it:) I drank a ton. Then we had a lesson with her about families, but it got really off track because she just went on and on about her own thing and by the end we weren't talking about families. Then we went to Hugo's house and talked about the law of chastity. We thought this was going to be a bit awkward, but it wasn't. He understood it all and we had a nice flow within the lesson:) To end the day we found Marta on her porch and we just started talking to her and we were able to turn the focus of the conversion onto families and she loved it. She loves her family a lot:)

Well that was my week... Full of experiences:)) And I hope that you are all still doing the Book of Mormon challenge. Just know that I am doing it with you. I'm just a little behind because I'm doing it in Spanish:) But this week we will be reading the first 10 chapters of Mosiah. Enjoy! Love y'all!

Hermana Walker