Week 26

Alright this week.... Was full of great stuff:)) Sorry I just feel weird because I have exactly a year until I will be in my house.... I don't want that to happen yet!

Lunes: Today was so much fun! We woke up and did our grocery shopping and washed our clothes. Then we got together with Hermana. Salcedo and her comp to do hair. Best day ever! I cut her hair and then I dyed and cut my comp's hair. I absolutely love doing this sort of thing on people:) Then we went out to write y'all. We tried to go out and work today, but it started pouring rain, like super hard! So we stayed in to do our analysis of our numbers to see if the rain would die down, but it didn't. So I introduced my comp to the music of Sons of Provo and the dance to Word of Wizzum.... Let's just say I was on something today....:))

Martes: Today we had a really good district meeting about contacting, because our district is having a hard time finding new people to teach. And our practices went really well. And I got to use my muscles today in carrying this huge box of Book of Mormons home. We have an activity on Thursday about the Book of Mormon and we're going to watch The Testaments:) Today we were able to go visit Hno. Hugo and we taught him about baptism. He was able to understand a lot more about the importance of baptism and was able to appreciate more that he took that step. Today we ate with Hermana. Sollo and we had memelas and tasajo. Tasajo is kind of like a really thin steak and memelas are tortillas with whatever you want to put on it and then you heat it up a little bit more on a stovetop thing.... We tried contacting a lot and we found a new investigator named Norma. We contacted her a few weeks ago and we went to her house to teach. She's very religious and had a lot of questions about the rules of our church, so we helped clarify a lot of things she has heard about the church.

Miercoles: Today was really good. We were able to have mormon.org time and I was able to get some music I want to listen to:) We also ate in the house because we didn't have a member to eat with. We made spaghetti with avocado:) We were able to teach Hermano. Hugo today about the gift of the Holy Ghost. he had a lot of questions this time, so we answered them and he had a better appreciation that he has the spirit with him always. We also met with Hermana. Margarita today. She is just like my Bunka, it's ridiculous... She was making little stuffed bears and rabbits to sell in a shop. We taught her about the importance of the members, because there are a lot who think that this work is for the missionaries and they don't have a part in it. But that's not true. They can share this gospel as much as they want. She really loved it and is willing to come with us to lessons:)

Jueves: Today was super great! We had our weekly planning session that went great! And we also had comida with the Familia Martinez which was amazing as always:) We also taught about the importance of the members with her and she really opened up about this with us and how she feels as a convert to the church how important it is for the members to make the investigators feel comfortable. We also went up to Loma Linda to find a reference and we have a cita with her today! Then it was time for our activity! It went so well! We had tons of members and investigators there and by the end there were tons crying. And they were all willing to take books to give to their friends and everything. And I got to bear my testimony of the Book of Mormon, which was a great experience:)... But we were late to get home.... And Elder Wagner was not happy...... I'll just end it with that...

Viernes: Today was quite a day. We went to the offices to get a name of a doctor Hermana. Molina needs to see for her back. And I found out that Mexico is keeping one of my packages because it has my retainers in it.... Bizarre.... Then we went to comida with the bishop and his family. It was super good!! We also taught them about the importance of the members and it was great because we had their son in the lesson who is a returned missionary and he gave a lot of good comments. Then we visited Hermano. Hugo and taught him about enduring to the end. He was a lot of doubts about this because he feels he has a lot of problems and can't. So we helped him feel better and know that he can! Then we spent the day contacting.... It was a long day... But we were able to contact almost 20 people in 4 hours!:)

Sabado: Today was pretty good. We started our day with Hermana. Marta and we talked about Heavenly Father and families. She absolutely loves her family and wants all the love for them. She did talk a lot again though so that was a little hard.... Then we went to Hermano. Hugo and we taught him about obedience. This was a pretty good lesson because it was pretty self-explanatory to him. We ate with the familia Montalvo and we had pizzoli, which was so good! And we had a really good lesson on faith. We had to go home after that because there was rain and Hermana. Molina has a cold. But when the rain died down we went out to contact again. It was hard though because no one was outside.....So we didn't have much success...

Domingo: Today church was great! Julia was there and in the middle of Sacrament meeting Marta showed up! It was so great! We taught the gospel principles class and it was about the law of sacrifice. They understood it and we had a good discussion. The third hour we had an awesome lesson by the bishopric about how everyone has problems, but we can be lifted up by the love of our Savior:) We had comida with the familia Ferra and we were able to teach one of their friends who has been coming to church with them. His name is Marcos and he's 12 years old and loves the church. He's going to get baptized on 11 de octubre:) We also saw Edgar and helped him feell better. He has a problem with his brothers right now and we taught him about the atonement to cheer him up. And we're going to bring him a pizza for not drinking for almost 2 months in our next cita:)

Well I hope y'all had a good week. I know I did:) And I hope that the Book of Mormon challenge is still going. The next section is Enos-Words of Mormon. I know that reading this book will bless your life. Read it and love it!

Love Hermana Walker

Week 25

Alright everyone! I just started a new transfer so hopefully everything goes well with my new, and first, Latin companion Hermana Molina:)

Lunes: Today we started out with cleaning the house for the other Hermana’s and after that we left for the ADO to get our temporary companions for the day. I stayed with Hermana Martinez while Hermana Delgado went with another Hermana that's going home. We were at the ADO for a bit of time, talking with other missionaries and taking pictures... I have a feeling I'm going to be the one leaving from this place in six weeks... After that we went emailing and rested at the house in the other area. Then we all left to go back to the ADO to get our companions. Hermana Molina came here with 7 months in the Istmo and she only has one more transfer than I do. When we got to the house we unpacked (because I had my stuff still packed from the week before) and we bought a pizza because we hadn't eaten all day. It was pretty great:)

Martes: We didn't have a district meeting today. Instead we took our 3 hours of study and then went out to buy food because there wasn't any in the house, like our fridge was literally empty... And I love that Hermana Molina eats so healthy too. All fruits and veggies:) Afterwards we went to la familia Pino for the comida. Super good entomatadas:) Teaching today was a little hard because no one was home.... Weird... It's Martes... We did get to teach Hermano Hugo before our meeting with Hermano Pino. This meeting was really weird... He only wanted to meet with us because of what happened last week. But he made it really secretive with us... And consejo was awesome! We were able to get a lot across for the things our investigators need.

Miercoles: Today we didn't have district meeting either because we found out that we were going to have a zone conference en Viernes. So we did our 3 hours of study. I love doing language study with my comp because she seriously wants to learn English and she really wants to help me with my Spanish. So we work really hard in this study:) Today was just like Martes... No one was home and no one was on the streets to contact... We had comida with la familia Padilla and that was really good as well... Tacos durados:) Afterwards we needed to go see Dr. Morales for Hermana Molina. I guess she has like a cyst or something that's growing and keeps hitting her spine so sometimes it hurts to walk and sit up. He told her it needs to come out, so he's going to talk to President Madsen about it.... Not another comp!!! We were able to go meet with Hermano Hugo and then we were told to go home so Hna Molina could rest.

Jueves: Today we did our studying and after we started on our weekly planning.... Took almost 4 hours in the morning to do and we still didn't finish... But then again I had to introduce our investigators and we're also planning an activity for next week. We're going to watch The Testaments movie:) After we went and tried to contact a reference that went all wrong. They didn't want anything to do with us and they told us this in an English southern accent I want to steal... Then we went to the Pino's house for the comida and after that we went to go teach, but literally no one was home.... We met with the familia Maison and tried to meet with Eufemia, but she seemed to be very standoffish to us and said she was leaving.... Weird.... We finished our weekly planning that night and found a bunch of old investigators that we're going to try finding and teaching.

Viernes: Today we had our zone conference and it WAS AWESOME!! It was all about how we can better our teaching in specific principles, how to drop investigators nicely, and that the line of authority really isn't something to worry about because all missionaries are equal. It was so great, especially with dropping investigators because I feel that the people I've been teaching here for a long time haven't been progressing and I don't know what to do with them. After we went out searching for these old investigators and it was hard. Some only had phone numbers, some only had house numbers, some didn't want anything, some houses didn't exist, or they weren't home. Ooh! And I had my first soft pretzel in a long time! It was so good! Again we tried with Eufemia, but she still seemed standoffish and wouldn't give us a day that we could come and pass by... So weird...

Sabado: Today we stayed inside for the most part. Dr. Morales still hasn't talked to the president so the sister training leaders wanted us to stay home. So we stayed until the comida. We went to the familia Ferra. And it was really good and super healthy:) After this we had no idea who to teach. No one was around, but also we were having a meeting for stake conference, so anyone we could teach would be at that. We tried to see if Eufemia or Martin were down by the bridge, but they weren't. Just the borrachos. We talked to them and one had this big issue that all women have wickedness because his wife left him for someone else. We tried teaching him about the responsibilities of the family, but he still doesn't believe that women are equal to men. We did find a new one who wants help with his drinking problem. He's from Italy! And he introduced us to him mom as well:) And the meeting for stake conference was awesome too.

Domingo: Today we went to stake conference and Julia came this week. This conference was so awesome. We were taught that each person in the church has a responsibility, with a calling or not, especially with the mission work. There was another talk about the temple and that we don't know our Heavenly Father is we are not going to the temple because there we earn the most sacred knowledge. It was so great!! We didn't have comida with anyone, so we went to la familia Limon with the other Hermana’s. But afterwards they told us to go home because they don't want hermana Molina working with her back......

Well, I hope y'all had a good week. And remember the Book of Mormon challenge. Now we are going to read Jacob in a week:) Good luck!

Love ya'll!

Hermana Walker

Week 24

Alright.... This week was a little slow… But here you go...

Lunes: Today we woke up early and cleaned the house and did our laundry. And the other Hermanas helped me in learning how to effectively wash my clothes here:) Then we went to Centro so Hermana Delgado could buy stuff before she goes home. She dies this transfer! *Gasp But it was fun. And we ate tlayudas for lunch with some other Hermanas in our zone:) Then we came home and rested for a bit and then went out to teach some investigators in their area.

Martes: Today we had our normal district meeting and took pictures with everyone. And we got to work in my area today:) We had comida with the familia Matinez andof course it was so good:) Then we went out to Hermano Hugo and taught him about pre-earth life and the creation. He understood it very well. Then we tried seeing if Belia and Julia had time for a lesson, but both of them were leaving the house and the daughter of Julia has denge, so she's taking care of the kids. So we went to our meeting with Hermano Pino... Or our fight with him... Ya we kind of got into an argument with our mission leader today. He doesn't think that we're working right and we're lazy because we aren't with the members as much as he wants. But he just doesn't understand that we have other key indicators that we have to do as well... Oh well...

Miercoles: Today we rested because Hermana Martinez got sick. She had big pain in her stomach and she couldn't work. So I studied a lot and wrote letters while she rested. Then in the night we went and taught one of their investigators about the Book of Mormon. She really felt the spirit in this lesson because she started crying and said it's an answer to her prayers. It was awesome to see that:)

Jueves: Today we started out with going to Betesda for Hermana Martinez and her sickness. Then we went into weekly planning... And I kind of got chewed out about the way I do it. With my past comps we've figured a way to do it with less amount of time, but doing it in the same effect as Preach My Gospel.... Yup.... But it's okay... We spent our day in the area of the Hermanas. We first went to comida and it was super good:) Then we went super far away and talked to a menos activo family and the importance of coming to church. But Hermana Martinez started to not feel good, so we started heading home while handing out invitations to investigators to our ward conference this week.

Viernes: Today we started out by going to a meeting for the leaders But since I'm not one I went to my area with a new missionary and we contacted for 2 hours. For comida we went to the bishop's house and the food was good:) But we were running low on time so we just went around my area and gave out invitations to my investigators. Then we had a couple of lessons in the other area.

Sabado: Today I woke up sick...:P..... To my stomach. So I rested for a while. And it was sad because when I felt better Hermana Delgado felt sick. Really sick.... We didn't leave until our ward pre-conference activity started. But we went and ate really good food and watched some of the activities. There was also a baptism going on, so we invited the investigators that came to the activity to watch it. And experience! After the baptismal ordinance the bishop of the ward holding the baptism called me over and asked if I could sing a musical number. Aah! I got to sing Divina Luz and the bishop played the piano. And it was fun because he added his own accompaniment :) After the baptism we tried to work, but Hermana Delgado was NOT feeling good. So we went home and she slept while we watched the Testaments in Spanish:)

Domingo: Woot! All of us felt healthy:) Ward conference was awesome! Everyone participated and we had David and Julia with her grandkids in church:) And we took a lot of pictures with the other Hermanas. Comida was with Hermana Erica and Humbeto of the other area and it was super good. True comida Oaxaqueña:) Then we tried visiting a few of their investigators, but none of them were home. We did find the same investigator that we taught about the Book of Mormon. We taught he how she can gain her own testimony of the gospel. Then we ended the night with a member who made us hot chocolate with pan dulce.

Alright now for transfers.....

I will be staying here in Reforma 2 and I will have my first Latin comp. Aah! Her name is Hermana Molina and she has maybe one more transfer than me so she's still a little new too. So excited:)

Alright. Now I need to go. But I love y'all and hope you're having fun. And don't forget. You have one more week to read 2nd Nephi. I know you can do it. And please. Send me any insights you get while reading. I'd love to hear:)

Love Always,

Hermana Walker

Week 23

Alright... This was a strange week...

Lunes: We had a really good P-Day. We were able to get all of our laundry, cleaning, writing, and buying done with tons of time to spare to lie down for a little while. We also saw Dr. Morales again. Then we went and taught Julia again and it was a little hard. We were explaining about prophets and she didn't exactly understand everything. Then we tried explaining that those who wrote the Book of Mormon were prophets too, but what she understood was that the Book of Mormon was just pieces of the Bible. So we tried explaining that to her that it was written by people here in the Americas. She still didn't understand, so we're going to keep working with her until she does. We then got to visit Hugo and taught him about the restoration of the church. It was so cool! He's spent this entire time thinking that Joseph Smith made the church on his own. But then we went to explain that he saw Heavenly Father and Jesus and through their power he was able to restore the church. He just looked up at us and said, “So what you're telling me is that this is the true church that I've just joined?”  We just smiled and said yes. Then he said the closing prayer and it was so powerful:)

Martes: Today we had our district meeting, a birthday party for Hermana Martinez, and interviews with President. He is so cool! Then we went home because Hermana Adelman wasn't feeling well. So we studied, rested. Then I stretched, maybe sketched, took a climb, and sewed a dress (If you didn't understand that.... sad....:)). We weren't able to go to our meeting with Hermano Pino, so the Hermanas from the other area came over and visited us and told us what happened at the meeting. We finally had ward correlation! And they brought us soup.... Because all we're eating are peanut butter and jelly sandwiches...:) We also got a sad call from Hermana Madsen that Hermana Adelman might go home... So sad!!

Miercoles: ¡¡TEMPLO!! I love going to the temple:) And this time I was awake the entire time:) And I loved having the chance to read my patriarchal blessing in the Celestial Room. It gives you peace:) After that we went home and heard from President about Hermana Adelman. He talked to the area doctor and he thinks that she need to go home and figure out what's going on, re-cooperate, and then come back. And she told me that she prayed in the temple about it too and feels at peace that it's right. She has such sweet faith it's insane:) But he also said that I'm having special changes because of it, so I have to pack my bags too. So we spent the rest of the day at home, resting and talking:)

Jueves: We immediately started packing this morning and cleaned the house. I wrote a few letters too. We also went out and bought chapulines for Hermana Adelman's family and tried to say goodbye to some of our investigators and members, but no one was home. Sad!!! Later that night the other Hermanas came over and visited us with Dominos and Boing:) For Hermana Adelman and also Hermana Martinez for her birthday. It was really fun:) And I found out that my special changes were with the other Hermanas, so I really only needed to pack for the week because I can pass my house anytime.... Gah....

Viernes: Today we woke up early in the morning to be ready to go to the offices. We had a member take up there and it was a really fast goodbye. So sad... But then me and the other Hermanas went to my house to pack stuff for the week and to wait for the garbage man to come. Then we went to eat and bought a birthday cake for Hermana Martinez from Tartamiel:) Then we went to teach a few of their investigators. And we got to see Eufemia and Hugo.

Sabado: Today we spent most of our time in the other area of the Hermanas. But today we got to see Eufemia and Edgar! He hasn't had alcohol since July 15! So great:)

Domingo: Church was really great and Julia came with her granddaughter! And I got to meet some of the members from Puerto Escondido that are friends with Hermana Martinez. We got to eat with the Familia Limon. And then spent our time teaching in the area of the other Hermanas.

You have 2 weeks left to finish 2^nd Nephi!!

Hermana Walker

Week 22

This week went a little slow... Hermana Adelman got really sick again this week...

Lunes: Today we had a fun activity with the Hermanas in our zone. We went over to the church and played volleyball and stuff. And I played soccer for the first time!! I'll just say I actually did okay. Better at goalie though...:) Then we went home to do laundry, shopping, and letter writing. In our lessons today we were able to teach Hugo about prophets and answered a lot of questions he had. They were all basic questions that should have been answered in the beginning... Eeep! Then we went to teach Belia and we had Hermana Limon with us. And Belia was so excited to have us there! It was great:) We were able to teach her about the ministry of Christ and the fall of the church.

Martes: I totally woke up to my first earthquake ever... It was so cool!!!! I have no idea how big it was, but it was shaking our beds good and hard. But we had our district meeting that went really good. And we found a Beatles car... Pictures included... But we went home and finished our Progress form for Hermano Pino and then went to comida with the Ramierez family. It was super good, but killed Hermana Adelman. So we hurried and gave a mini lesson and left. We tried getting a hold of the mission doctor, Dr. Morales, but he wouldn't answer his phone until an hour later and said he was on vacations. So we couldn't see him until the following day. And the sister training leaders said to just go to a pharmacy for a consultation. So we went got some meds and a form to go do some more tests, then went home and stayed there for the rest of the day. But I got a good amount of studying down:) And later the other Hermanas came and visited us and told us how correlation went.

Miercoles: Today we went to Betesda to do the tests for Hermana Adelman It only took a few minutes and then we headed home. And she got some rest while I studied some more and caught up on my journal. Then we went and saw Doctor Morales and he checked Hermana Adelman's mouth and heartbeat and what not. Then he prescribed her some more medication and that she needed to get a hold of him when the tests are over. After that we went home, ate some pan Dulce, and rested.

Jueves: Today she still wasn't feeling good, so we stayed at home. I did some studying and what not while Hermana Adelman slept. Then we got antsy and went out on a walk around the block and got some self-serve frozen yogurt and ate it on our roof:)That view is awesome from up there:)

Viernes: Today Hermana Adelman felt good enough to work! We first went out to Hugo and taught him a little about the ministry of Jesus. He's so grateful for us for clarifying a bunch of stuff. He wouldn't stop saying that. He's really sweet:) Then we went to the Familia Martinez and taught them about Heavenly Father. Then we asked them if they could accompany us to our next lesson and help teach the same lesson... That's called the Double Play:) The grandkids came and we tried finding Marta and Julia, but no one was home. So we dropped them off and went to comida at this restaurant with really healthy food:) Then we went up to Loma Linda and taught Ufemia about faith and promised her that if she has faith and comes to church this Sunday she will have enough money and more for her rent. She's really worried about it... We also found a new family to teach who lives right next door to Ufemia. They are from a little pueblo outside of the city area of Oaxaca and are only here for a couple of weeks. But they want us to keep coming back and teaching them more:)

 Sabado: Today we were going to go out and work.... Then Hermana Adelman got sick again.... I guess working for a full day after trying to rest for a week affected her a lot. So we had to stay in the house for today. We did go to Betesda to get her results for the tests she took... She's got a lot of bacteria in her... We couldn't get a hold of Doctor Morales again, so we went back to the pharmacy and talked to the same doctor about the results. He just told her that she has tons of bacteria in her throat and that it's going down and affecting her stomach. But he gave her a prescription (injection) to take and she could be better in 5 days. But we decided to wait until we got a hold of Doctor Morales to know if it was right to take it. So we went home and rested again.

Domingo: Today Hermana Adelman still didn't feel right, but she felt a lot better now that she had a few more answers that made sense for her body... Though she just wanted to go get that injection really bad... I kept telling her to wait... We went to church and Ufemia didn't come! We were so sad! But Julia came and she loved it:) Testimony meeting was really good and so was Relief Society. We learned about having charity:) Then we went home and stayed there because our zone leaders told us to. And we did get a hold of Doctor Morales. Oh my goodness! He was SO HAPPY that we didn't buy that injection. I guess it's just a VERY strong medicine and she doesn't need it that strong. So we jsut stayed in the house and read the Bible. I'm actually enjoying the stories of the Old Testament:)

Our little missionaries :) 

The Beatles Car!! 

Anyway that was my week. I hope yours was good. And I hope you're still doing that challenge to read the Book of Mormon. We were supposed to have finished 1 Nephi today. The next challenge for ya'll is to read 2 Nephi in three weeks. I know ya'll can do it. And please. I would love to hear any insights or anything from your studies. Love ya'll!!

Hermana Walker

Week 21

¡Hola ya'll! How has everyone been doing? And how is your Book of Mormon challenge going? I hope ya'll are loving it and learning  a lot about yourselves and the Gospel:)

This week... was a little weird in certain ways, but also good. Here's what happened:

Lunes: Today we woke up and cleaned the house, did some studying, and took our clothes to the lavanderia. Then we spent the day in Centro again! there were some really cool things there this time, but it was super expensive, so I didn't get anything. But I did see Hermana Adelman barter her heart out. She's so good at it! I need to learn:) And we were able to contact our taxi driver on the way home and he seemed pretty interested. The only thing is that he works constantly and we don't know when we can teach him. We also got to teach Hermano Hugo a little more about family history. And then we contacted one of the old investigators that is in our area and her mom. They are still reading the Book of Mormon and everything. We taught them about faith and how Heavenly Father helps us in our trials.

Martes: Instead of having a district meeting today, we had a surprise zone conference and it went so well. And with our new president, so many rules have been changed! I'm glad though because it will give us more responsibility as missionaries:) And we also got some tips on how to better contact, receive references, and making sure that your investigators really do understand the principle being taught. Then we went over to Hermana Rita's for comida. But before we had a lesson with her neighbor Sandra and taught her about Heavenly Father. It was a little difficult because we don't know if she really understood because she wouldn't talk or answer her questions. Comida was good as always and we taught Rita about the parable of the 99 sheep and asked if she can help find the 1 by visiting a menos activo family. Then we had our meeting with Hermano Pino, but we didn't have ward correlation because no one showed up... Again.... That's like 3 weeks of that.... But we ended up our night with Belia and taught her more about the Spirit and what she's going to feel when she prays about the church.

Miercoles: Today we went and picked up our laundry and started divisions. I went with Hermana Martinez in the area of Reforma 1 and that was seriously fun:) We first went to visit a couple of her investigators who are kids. But they were locked in the house so we taught them through their gate about the story of Nephi and the boat. They love the scripture stories and hymns:) Then we went to comida and I saw something I haven't seen yet in my mission. The mom of this family works morning into the night and her 11 year old daughter made us lunch. And it was good! I hope my kids learn how to cook like that when they're young:) Then we visited the daughter-in-law of this same family, and did service for about an hour and then taught her about prophets. Then we went to another member's house and taught a lesson about the Tree of Life. And this same member accompanied us to another lesson with an investigator named Pepe. He's an alcoholic who’s trying to stop and he's the dad of the kids we taught. But we found him sitting outside the gate reading with his kids. So we spent an hour reading Alma 32 with him and his kids and he was so into it! It was great! Then we bought pan dulce:)

Jueves: Today we finished divisions and went back to our areas to do weekly planning. Then we went out to comida with Hermana Margarita and she made us Tlayudas:) I was so full afterward. We taught her a little bit about prayer and the Spirit. Then we went out to Loma Linda to teach Ufemia, but instead we taught her daughter Delphina! She's been trying to ignore us for weeks! But she listened and accepted a fecha de bautismal! So great:) And she invited to us to a little gathering for her daughter's birthday en Sabado. Then we went to the Ferra's house to ask if they could accompany us to a visit with Bruno. They couldn't so we just sang a hymn with them. Then we went to visit Bruno and we also had Roberto and their friend Miguel with them. But this lesson was really hard because we were on the street, they were distracted, and we just couldn't feel the Spirit... Then we went to the bishop's house. We were going to go to a part of our area en Viernes tha we've never been before and wanted references.... Good thing we asked. We found out that this part isn't even in our area. It's part of the area of our district leader...

Viernes: Today we went and visited another old investigator named Marta. That lesson was so hard!! We spent an hour trying to explain the Atonement and she just didn't get it. Maybe we just need to keep teaching her to figure out how she learns. Then we went and taught Hugo the beginning of lesson 1. We feel he needs to learn from the beginning because he's still confused about a lot of the basics. Then we found Belia again and challenged her and her grand-daughter to read a chapter of the Book of Mormon every day. We had comida with the bishop today and it was SO good! Then we checked up on how they were doing with their Book of Mormon challenge and read a little and had a good discussion about it. Then we went out to Loma Linda, but couldn't find anyone! But we did find Edgar! And he's doing good. He's clean, living at home with his family, and has gone 10 days without drinking. We started from the beginning of lesson one and explained a bit about the Book of Mormon because he had questions. But I have to say that that was one of the most spiritually filled lessons I've had with him. It was great!

Sabado: Today... Was just strange.... We went out to go teach a bunch of people and no one could listen. We did go and visit the mom of our old investigator form Lunes. Her name is Julia and she had a ton of questions about the Book of Mormon. We tried answering them for her, but she just did not understand after 5 times of explaining. And it didn’t help that her grandkids were screaming like crazy and they weren't satisfied when she tried helping. Hopefully next time we can answer her questions with the Spirit present. Then we went out to Loma Linda to try to teach people before comida, but everyone, very bluntly, said that they had other things to do. So we went to comida with the Ferra's and it was really good. Tasajo and veggies with a salad:) Then we went down to the party for Delphina's daughter... We ended up leaving right when we got there. All of the borracho friends were there and it just was not a good feeling whatsoever. So we gave her our present, they gave us homemade pesoli, and we left. We felt bad about it, but you either go with the Spirit or you don't. Then we went out to Isste and things didn't go as planned either. We had Annelise, a member, come with us and this is what happened: No one was home, doors slammed in our faces, and we got bible bashed! So great! But Annelise was really good with it. But through it all We were able to contact someone who is so ready! Just keep going on the bad days. It's worth it:)

Domingo: Today was okay too. We went to pass for Ufemia and her grandkids for church and we got to have the experience of teaching Gospel Principles because none of the teachers showed up. And they had an awesome lesson in Relief Society about accompanying us. We've had a problem with that. Then we went to Familia Ramierez's house for comida. But we had mole and that was NOT good for the stomach of Hermana Adelman. We ended up having to go home for the rest of the day for her to rest...

Don’t forget to finish 1 Nephi before next Monday! Love ya'll!

Hermana Walker

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