May 11, 2015
Hellooo my lovely family!!
On our way home from skyping I could not stop smiling.... I am so
happy! It was sooo fun skyping with you!! Hermana Daniela was taking a lot of
pictures throughout, so I think she is going to send you some jajaja.
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| Mother's Day Skype 2015 With Hermana Megan |
ON WEDNESDAY I WILL HAVE NINE MONTHS IN THE MISSION...... WOW. So
happy! The mission is a blessing. I love it!
Mothers´ Day was lovely! Hermana Alcantara and I made breakfast for
the four hermanas. I mad some pancakes, and Hermana Alcantara fried some
eggs...Presh! We went to church, and only one of our investigators came...it
was sad because like four other people told us they were going to come, and
they didn’t! But I was comforted to know that we did our part...we invited
them, and it was their choice to come. It’s all good! One of the Bishop’s counselor’s
spoke about mothers and Jesus Christ, and how they are related because they
both give new life...it was so great! He shared Alma 7:7
7 For behold, I say unto you there be many
things to come; and behold, there is one thing which is of more importance than
they all—for behold, the time is not far distant that the Redeemer liveth and
cometh among his people.
Really, Jesus Christ should be at the center of our lives. He is the
most important person in my life. I know He is my Savior and Redeemer. I love
Him! His pure love inspires me to be better every day! He will never give up on
me, and I know He lives. He truly has the power to transform us. His grace is
sufficient for the meek!
So there is a missionary couple in our ward...they live right next
to the temple and their mission is serving in the Temple, but they come to our
ward every Sunday. They are from Utah I think...but anyway, they taught our
Gospel Principles class. It was so presh because their Spanish is mas o menos,
and they taught repentance and the whole repentance process. It was a great
lesson, really fun and spiritual. I just love missionaries! Life is so good
here.
So a good experience we had this week....We went to visit an antigua
investigadora (old investigator). We found her name in our Area Binder (lolz,
what is English), and we visited her about two weeks ago. Well, we couldn’t
talk with her for too much time, so we went back on Wednesday. Her name is
Estefania, and she is probably 21 years old. So we knocked on her door, and she
let us in. One of her neighbors/friends was there. His name is Fabian, and he
is 24 years old. We started talking with the two of them. It turns out Fabian
too had listened to the missinaries a looong time ago. At first he was not too
receptive, but the more we talked, he became more interested. We talked about
the importance of the Book of Mormon.... I LOVE talking about the Book of
Mormon! Seriously, the Book of Mormon is just SOLID PROOF Heavenly Father loves
us! Sometimes I just get excited talking about it and I just want to start
screaming or something like ´´YOU WANT PROOF THAT GOD LIVES AND LOVES US HERE
TAKE THIS BOOK AND READ IT AND YOU WILL START TO FEEL A PEACE IN YOUR LIFE AND
YOU WILL FIND ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND DOUBTS LE PROMETO!!´´ Think Alma
when he wants to be an angel and speak with "the trump of God, with a
voice to shake the earth, and cry repentance unto every people" (Alma
30:1) ..... But alas, that just isn’t how we roll as hermanas, yo. I am content
"with the things which the Lord hath allotted unto me." (Alma 30:2)
SOO anyways......They were both really receptive, and told us they were going
to come to church. So we called them Saturday to remind them, and they said,
yes, yes we are going to come...and they didn’t come. But that´’ ok! Maintain
the hope!
We have another investigator who is Ana Belen. She is nine years
old! She and her mom are from
Peru. Her mom is a member, but Ana Belen is not. We are teaching Ana Belen, and
she is so presh! She learns fast, and her prayers are so presh. The only
problem is that they have not been able to make it to sacrament meeting for
about a month...twice they came late. Like in the second and third hour. Her
mom is called Ana too (como mi Abuelita Ana, que preciosa!). Hermana Ana (the
mom) works as a nana (like the lady who cleans and cooks in a house) where they
live. They have a room upstairs, and Hermana Ana is always cleaning the house
whenever we come over. We usually have to meet in the kitchen and be quiet but
it’s a good time. Oh, FUNNY STORY, on Friday we were in the kitchen talking
about fasting. The owner of the house came in the kitchen. I don’t even know. He started hugging
Ana Belen and with his other hand he was rubbing my shoulder and it was like SO
AWKWARD and I was staring at my companion like "que honda??!!" and
then this guys comes in between us and is hugging us and telling he heard us
singing and was wondering who was in his house singing. He gave us each a
besito on the head, and we were both just so surprised and laughing. It was
soooooo great. Oh my heck, ONLY AS A MISSIONARY. I loooove being here.
I have been praying for the investigator of Madison all this
week...I forgot her name, but I am praying for her! I hope she was able to get
baptized. I love Madison, and I miss her. So happy we are both serving
missions. She is presh.
Ok, so yes. Chile. Happy, happy. Life is good! I am doing well.
Becoming more and more spiritually self-sufficient.
I love my family, and I love mi madre!!
Love, Hermana Mittleman
