Hello fam,
Happy Mother's Day to
all you mothers out there hahah(: I love you all. Especially you
mom. I love you so so so much and I'm so grateful for all that you do for
me and for the family. Honestly there is not a better mom anywhere.
I love you.
This week was great. A
lot happened. Some super quick things...
-We had super
intercambios (all the Hermanas in the zone switched companions for a day) and I
got to be with my old companion, Hermana Campos. That was so much fun.
-We found
STARBURSTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We stopped on the way to the campo at a
random gas station to use the bathroom and they had starbursts!!! We hit
the jackpot man.
-I heard that some of
my investigators from Punta Arenas want to get baptized!!! AHHH so
excited!!!
-For lunch a family
took us to their cabin and we ate asado. So good. And its fall here so
all the trees had changed colors and it was beautiful. But I'm getting so
fat here hahahahah. Its really not funny.
Its been a great
week. We passed by a family from the area book that had shared with
missionaries about 2 years ago. They were so happy to see us and let us
in!! We talked for awhile and discovered that the daughter still reads in
her Book of Mormon when she feels sad. They are so incredible. The
Mom is 50 and has a husband and 2 daughters who are both our age. They
are already committed to come to church next week and they are super
excited. We love them so much already.
We had 6 people with a
baptismal date but they all have been slowly dying off. One of them is
still really progressing though. H'es a blind old man. He comes to
church every week and loves the gospel. He is really becoming converted.
I've been studying a
lot about humility lately. That is the Christ-like attribute that I'm
working on. Some things that I keep learning are that God really just
wants us to be happy. Everything He does is so that we can be
happy. He gives us commandments, families, everything so we can be
happy. Even if it sometimes doesn't seem like it, we can always trust
that whatever He is doing with our lives is for our happiness if we are being
obedient and living righteously. I know that's true!
Anyway, since it's
mothers day just wanted to share a quick lil´ quote with you guys.
"Perhaps the
reason we respond so universally to our mother's love is because it typifies
the love of our Savior. As President Joseph F. Smith said, " The
love of a true mother comes nearer to being like the love of God than any other
kind of love."
I love you Mom!!
Happy mother´s day and give your mothers a big hug!!
--Hermana West
Dog encounters from
last week.
1--It was 9:50 at
night and we have to be in the house sì o sì by 10, so we were running really
fast and a pack of dogs started chasing us but I had my umbrella so I just
walked really fast and tried to hit them when they got close.
2-Same night we were
rounding the corner to get to our house and there is always a German Shepard
there but he doesn't do anything. But tonight he was the devil
seriously. He charged at us barking and trying to attack us. I
opened my umbrella to defend us (thank goodness for my umbrella right?).
Usually they go away after a minute but he didn't!! We fought him off for
so long and he kept following us!!! He tried to bite us from all sides
and that was the closest I've been to getting bit. Luckily the umbrella
blocked us most of the time and then he finally got distracted by someone else at
the top of the hill and ran off.
3 We were going
to lunch at a members house. It's on a hill and in a culdesac. There is a
horrible German Shepard there that bites everyone. We always have to call
when we get there so they can come get us and walk us to their house.
Lately the dog hasn't been there so we started up the hill really slowly to see
if it was there and we picked up rocks before hand. we see it.
Usually it barks and you just walk away and call. This time it starts barking
and sprints at us full speed and keeps coming. I thought it would stop
but it didn't. So luckily I had the rock and chucked it at him and he got
stunned for a second and then we ran down the hill full of adrenaline.
AHHHH estoy chata de eses perrosssss!!! (
