Week 50

Well this week was awesome! :) A lot of really good things happened:)

On Monday I seriously deep cleaned the house. It was a mess. At our house we just have one closed up room, the bathroom, and everything else is outside and we have a "garden" too. So there was a lot of dirt everywhere, weeds, and we needed to clean and fill a water tank that they haven't filled for months. Now it looks awesome and I feel so accomplished :) We were also able to visit a less active named Catalina and we taught her about the atonement and invited her to church on Sunday. It was pretty good! :)

On Tuesday we weren’t able to teach much because we had to leave in the middle of the afternoon to go to Oaxaca for a zone conference. And it was really awesome.  A lot of times in these conferences you learn how to teach or contact or something that you already know and spend an hour practicing. But in this they used the time to teach us how to be successful and gave us little rules on how we can be. It was pretty awesome.  Of course we practiced contacting. And I'm the only American Hermana in my zone... Weird.... And Hermana Salcedo is in my zone! The red head from Guatemala :) That night we got to stay with other Hermana’s as well because....

On Wednesday we went to the temple!! It was so awesome!! I loved it! :) We almost didn't get to go in because my comp accidentally forgot her recommend in Zimatlan. But the temple president is super cool and let her in, but also because we made silent prayers during the wait. And it was awesome because in the session I saw Angela Pavey and Hermano Ferra from Reforma there! But the spirit was amazing and I can't wait to go next month :) We also had a really good lesson with Ines about the Book of Mormon. We explained with a map which helped a lot. And then we went in on what the story is. She loved it and said that she's going to read, but gave us bad news.... She's going to the U.S. until April! Gah!! I really hope she still has the desire to progress when she gets back.....

Thursday was a bit hard because my comp felt sick. But we had some really good experiences. We went and saw Reina and Eli and talked about families again. But this time we used the temple and gave them a picture of the Oaxacan Temple. I think that caught the eye of Reina more than Eli, but the spirit was really strong. We also talked to a less active named Refugio about the pre mortal life again and invited her to church. She always says that she will come but she never does.

On Friday we had a pretty good day. We went and visited a contact we had named Federico. And we went over thinking "oh, a new investigator".... but He got baptized back in '97! So we talked to him a little bit and he was pretty excited to listen again. We invited him to church too. We also saw Hermana Margarita again and taught her about the Word of Wisdom because she wanted to and we taught her another hymn. She loves singing :) We also saw Roman and Guadalupe! They got back from Chiapas and they got all of their papers done, but they couldn't get married yet. They have to wait until the 25th when they can do it for free. So we did the baptismal questions with them... They are so ready for baptism! :)) And they look super excited:)) Their date is the 28th!

On Saturday we made tortillas! It was super fun!  I finally learned how to turn them over. I'm way too scared to do it because the pan is SUPER hot. But it's awesome :) We also found a new investigator named Pablo. He drives a moto taxi and has a lot of family problems, so we shared with him a bunch from the Plan of Salvation. And we invited him to church with us and he seemed like he wants to. We also talked with Ismael again about Jesus Christ and his ministry. But afterwards his family invited us for hot chocolate and sweet bread. We had a good talk with them and the food was delicious :)

Sunday was pretty awesome. In church we only had Roman and Guadalupe there as investigators, but Federico, Catalina, and Refugio came! Three less actives! It was pretty awesome! :)) And after the meetings we got to stay after for New Beginnings for the young women.... There are only 4 here... But it was cool :) Afterward, an Hermana opened her mission call.... Guatemala Guatemala City Central. It reminded me on my call opening because it was absolutely not expected. But it was cool and she's super excited!:)

Well these are a few highlights from the week and I hope you enjoy!:)

Love you all! Bye:)