WEEK 17 YIPEEE ~ YAY August
13, 2013
So this past week was freezing and
today was sweltering hot. I think winter is over folks and we’re headed
for hot times from here on out. We worked super hard this week. We
both got 76 contacts and 7x7 woo woo!! Our zone leaders really buckled down on
us to really remember these goals.
Also, we had an entrevistsa with el
presidente and he really wants us to focus on working with the members,
reminding us that the Lord loves the less active just as much as he loves the
investigators. So we have been striving to visit the less active and man
alive you wouldn’t believe the success we are having. In the past 3 weeks,
ward activity has gone from 95 to 100 to 120 this week!!! YIPPEEE, plus a ton of
our less active have been returning and we have 3 investigators that have been
consistent in attending church. I seriously couldn´t be happier. Their
names Gloria (she is this darling woman who can sew/crochet super fine this
specific Paraguayan design it is beautiful, she says she has lots of dreams but
loves the church because it is the only church she has never been confused
in... how bout that! Her daughter
(Milagros-14), and her sobrina (Faviana-16 o 15). I am super excited
because the young women have really befriended Milagros and Faviana. YAY!
This week I noticed two things...
First off, I am beginning to develop
this love for the people here. Every time I contact people I imagine them
in white at their baptism or their lives in the future with the gospel. I
thought the other day how sad the day will be when I leave this place and how
much I will miss speaking this Spanish language. I love it!! It is coming
more and more each day. Gave a talk in sacrament yesterday
about the importance of members in this missionary work and ward members were
saying I am beginning to sound half Paraguayan and half Ecuadorean, haha :)
YAY! they say i speak more fluently. happy day.
Second, I seriously feel of all your
prayers, love, and support. In predicad mi evangelio or maybe it was
somewhere else, i can´t remember... one of the brethren of the church made a
comment about the family and missionaries. ¨Their
labors will sustain you, their faith encourage you, their prayers uphold you.¨
Seriously I love you all so much. Through letters, prayers, and spirit I
seriously receive strength and faith to carry on even when times get rough cuz
I know you´re all there. I am so grateful for you all and apologize to
those I haven´t had the time to write back.
P.S. to those in need of a little
strength... I memorized a scripture in spanish that I have just fallen in love
with: John 14:18 ¨No os desafíos huerfanos, vendré a vosotros.¨ The Savior
lives and he comes to us. May we remember to do all we can by our works
of faith and then look up because he is waiting to throw down his rope.
He is always there for us. By and through him we can and will
surmount all.
Much love, until next week,
Hermana Owen
P.S. Ate me some awesome mexican
burritos at this gourmet restaurant, in the states. The plate probably would
have cost around 17 bucks, but here it was six!! (30 mil... a fancy meal for
Hermana Tocaquiza´s bday) :)
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