Week 18

This week not very much happened.... We actually kind of had a really pitiful week... And I forgot my planner so I don't remember much of the details...

Lunes: Our first actual P-day!! We woke up and just laid there in bed, excited that we didn't have to do ANYTHING special. We hurried and cleaned the house and did our laundry... And it was only noon:) So we ate lunch with a couple of other hermanas and went grocery shopping. Then we spent the rest of the day resting because we could. Afterwards, we tried meeting with some investigators, but no one was home. So we visited Hugo and Familia Martinez.

Martes: So instead of meeting with our districts, we had another zone conference. But we got to meet our new mission president, President Madsen, and he did interviews with each of us too. He is so chill!! I love it! He is super excited to be the new president and I feel some big, really good changes coming:) And his wife is super adorable! She served a mission in the same place as her husband, but she hasn't practiced since then, and she's forgotten everything! So it will be a real reason for the latinos to practice their English and us Americans to practice our Spanish:)

We also met with our mission leader and told him what happened within the past week.

Miercoles: Today me and Olsen both felt a little sick so it was a little hard to get around and doing things. But once we got started we felt a little better. And again we had a really hard time finding people who were home, so that was slightly depressing... We did find a new investigator today. Her name is Adrianna and she is the mother of Hermano Corso and she is super Catholic. Her son is the only member of the church in the family and his mom still doesn't know why he changed and went on a mission. But she said we can come in and teach her is we'd like, but she's not getting baptized. But we found out that her oldest son died in an accident so we decided to teach her the Plan of Salvation. She totally felt the spirit in that lesson!! And she wants us to come back:)

Jueves: Today, again, we had a hard time finding people. We ate with the ward mission leader and his family and it was super good... Super picante.... And we taught them a really good lesson about the Liahona. After that we tried finding people, but no one was home or they were preoccupied with the World Cup. And we couldn't find Edgar again... He's been gone for a week now...

Viernes: Today again, was hard. We felt sick and we couldn't find anyone. And it didn't help with the fact that we knew transfers were coming up on Sunday.... EEEP.....We did eat with the bishop and his family, and, as always, it was super good:) And we had a really good lesson with them about coming with us to lessons and shared the story of Alma and Amulek. They really enjoyed it and are excited to come.

Sabado: Today Olsen woke up feeling sick and her ear was killing her. It was really strange. But today we ate with la Familia Ferra and we ate Tlayudas which is really only known in Oaxaca. It's this HUGE tostada with frijoles, carne, salsa, queso or quesillo, and shredded cabbage. The tostada is folded up and you toast it a little more... It's super good! But so hard to eat it all... But I think either I was super hungry or my stomach is getting bigger because I ate 1 1/2..... Ya.... But it was good.... And the World Cup was on.... Dang! Holland is good! 5 goals within the first 45 minutes. And they were beautiful goals too:) We also visited la Familia Martel and used the story of Enos to teach them about prayer. I absolutely love that family:)

Domingo: Today church was really good. During Relief Society we made a presentation on how to give a Book of Mormon to a friend who isn't a member and why it's important. We ate with the bishop's wife and her daughter-in-law whose my age. And it was super fun because she showed us her photobook from her wedding.... One day soon:)... But the food was really good:) We ended up going to Loma Linda and we contacted a reference and tried to visit Hermana Rita, but she wasn't home. But we did find a few menos activos to visit. And guess who we found.... Edgar!! After 2 weeks we finally found him! And oh my goodness! He looked so different. He cut his hair and is slicking it back, he shaved, his eyes aren't as red anymore, and he had new clothes. He's doing so much better at saying no to drinking! But it was so sad because we had to tell him that one of us might be leaving the area... But whoever stays will continually teach him...

Alright. Here are the transfers......

I am staying here in Reforma 2 and my new companion will be Hermana Adelman. Hermana Olsen is leaving to the area Ixtapec, Ixtapec in the Istmo and her companion will be Hermana Mitchell.

Well I hope you guys had a good week. I love ya'll and keep sharing the Gospel with others:)

Saying goodbye to Hermana Olsen

Happy Independence Day! 

Love Always,

Hermana Walker