Week 20

Alright everyone! This week went so much better! I hope yours were great too!

Lunes: Today was such a good p-day. We were able to get so much done, like actually deep cleaning the house, shopping, and doing laundry.... Well, with the laundry.... I'm just going to say that you don't want to leave your clothes in a bucket of water and detergent for more than two days... You might just make a nice little science project that smells really bad.... Those clothes are going to the lavanderia...:P But other than that we had a good day. And we found two new investigators within the time we taught. One is named Belia and we've tried going over to teach her before, but she's never wanted anything. But today she let us in! And the other is named Maxelena and she is the wife of Hno. Hugo. And it was awesome because in both of these lessons we had Hermana. Limon accompany us:)

Martes: Today we started out with our weekly district meeting which went really well. And I finally got a packet from my parents that’s I've been waiting for at least 2 months. It was like Christmas:) Afterward we went and taught Eufemia and she now has a baptismal date! And then we taught la Familia Maison and taught about the Book of Mormon. We had comida with Hna. Rita again, which was really good, and taught her about tithing. We were also able to find Angelica and Daisy today too. Then we visited Hermano Hugo and taught him a little about Family History and why we need to do temple work. He said that he had an interview with the bishop for his recommend:) Then we had our meeting with Hermano Pino to finish the day.

Miercoles: Today was slightly hard. We spent about two hours trying to contact a reference we had, but it was like her house didn't even exist. But we were able to meet a lot of new people, experienced doors and windows slammed in our faces, and got some visits planned. It was great:) Then we went to la Familia Martinez for comida, and as always the food was great:) And we challenged them to read 1 Nephi in 2 weeks. Then we went up to la Familia Martel and shared the same lesson. That's one of our focuses right now is getting the members to read all of the Book of Mormon. For the rest of the day we spent contacting and knocking on doors because all of our citas fell. But it's good because I need to work on contacting. But we also had some other Hermana’s come stay in our house because they had a meeting with the president. Their names are Hermana Rodriquez and Hermana Rosero. They are super cute and to them I'm now Hermana Katy Perry:)

Jueves: This morning we said goodbye to the other Hermana’s because they needed to go back to Juchitan. Then we did our weekly planning. But today was kind of like Miercoles. We went and taught Hermano Hugo more about the importance of the Priesthood. Then we went to la Familia Pino for comida and it was super good. And we taught them about personal revelation and used it to find a reference. Then we went out to Loma Linda and found two more new investigators. One is named Inda and we have contacted her before. She works at a tienda near la Familia Ferra and she's really great. We also taught someone named Isabel and she is Hermana Rita's neighbor and she is so ready for the Gospel! The rest of the day was spent with contacting door knocking.

Viernes: Today we went out and taught Ufemia again. She's getting really excited for her baptism and coming to church this Sunday. We also met with la Familia Maison again and taught them a little about the Atonement. We ate with the Bishop today and we challenged him and his family to go visit la Familia Maison sometime within this next week. That's another this we want to work with, is getting the members involved with the menos activos. Then we had a really great experience. When we were going over to the Bishop's house, we saw this lady that I've seen before. Her name is Margarita and she can barely walk. But everyday she walks to find a taxi with this huge bag on her back and walking on two walking sticks. So we helped her and got her a taxi. But when we were back in Loma Linda we found her again, walking up this HUGE hill all by herself. So we found a moto taxi for her and took her home. It's just crazy that she does that all by herself and no one comes out to help her. We ended the night trying to visit Maxelena again, but she says she doesn't want to listen because she doesn't want to study. But we had the Bishop's wife with us and she started talking to Hno Hugo's mom and we ended up having a lesson with her:)

Sabado: Today we started out teaching one of the contacts we had this week. Her name is Mimfa and she is very religious, but her family doesn't really study with her so she feels alone. But she was so happy when we came to teach her. I think she will enjoy our lessons with her:) Then we went to comida with la Familia Ferra and gave them the same challenge to visit a menos activo. Their family is la Familia Martel. Then we ran into la Familia Trujillo and gave them the Book of Mormon challenge. Then we taught Ufemia about families. And it was great because her son in law was there and her grandchildren. They loved that lesson:)

Domingo: Oh my today.... So hard, but so good:) We tried passing for Maxalena and Belia to come to church, but they couldn't or didn't want to. So we waited at the church for Ufemia. And she didn't show up. We were so devastated during Sacrament meeting. But Heavenly Father answers prayers and they were in the back. and Bruno came too! Relief! So we went to all of our classes and they loved it. And Ufemia's grandkids loved Primary:) Later we went and had comida with the Bishop and helped celebrate the 1 year anniversary of his son and daughter-in-law:) And we gave them the Book of Mormon challenge. For the rest of the day we literally had no lessons! All of them fell. And no one wanted to listen when we contacted them. So we decided to go back to Reforma and contact there. And we got a few people! And we were able to get a hold of a lot of old investigators there. I think this transfer is going to go really well. We just have to do a lot of seed planting.

Alright, so before I go, I'm going to give you guys a challenge. I want to give you this Book of Mormon challenge. Your goal right now is to finish from the Intro to the end of 1 Nephi in two weeks. It's not that hard. It's like 2 chapters a day and I'm doing it too. And get a marker and mark anything that catches your eye and I promise you that you will feel so much better about your day and everything will go smoother because you have the Spirit of the Lord. Good luck and please write me any of your feelings or insights:) Love ya'll!

Hermana Walker