It’s
awesome when we catch Hillary on line.
These were some quick interactions and answers to our emails. It takes 5-10
min to receive anything back and her time is so limited… (as most of you
know). But I thought I’d share, it shows
some cute insite… (and as you see her typo’s you know she doesn’t have much
time J
)
1.
and
i´m on! but reading and writing you guys while hna toctaquiza and i enjoy
a random combination of chipa (a popular cheese bread here) and caramels :)
2.
Dad
thank you so much love you tons oh and my mish pres knows the Burtons!! i went
to school with zach burton (jaren´s age) i think his dads name is dean? They
live in mesa, i thought they were in our stake maybe not.
3.
have
so much fun in Cali! i miss you! surf some waves for me!! sometimes i get
wiffs of california here, not sure why, it is weird but i love it! and
sometimes the weather is just like CA! choa bud! I’m eatin chipa (a
popular cheese bread here) and caramels as i sit here and write ya haha love hillary
4.
:Nate,
) xoxo enjoy cali for me!! so jealous! but not really this work is incredible
and paraguay is so cool. i am learning more and more each day! the
language is still in the running. i understand about the same (15-20%)
but all is well. i recognize if i am obedient i can be a better
tool in the lord´s hands. :) love hillary
Week 10 Letter: Chipa!
Chipa! Chipa!
Okay
just met our new mission presidents today! President and Hermana McMullin
(I think that is how you spell it) and they are wonderful! Pres. McMullin
looks like what´s his face on… oh now i am forgetting the movie ... oh yes
parent trap. He looks like the dad. (I can never remember songs or movies
down here).
Today
the sun is shining and not a cloud in sight! It is just beautiful! The
past three days have been perfect. A nice change from the cold overcast
days. Plus, the best part is the stars come out at night. Oh the stars
are absolutely one of my favorite gifts from Heavenly Father.
This
week has been wonderful! So every week we set seven goals and if we
achieve all seven goals all seven days of the week it is called siete por
siete. We got siete por siete this week! I got 75 contacts as well!
Oh we were so excited. With each of these goals comes promised blessings.
For example, with the 7x7 we are promised more baptisms and with the 75
contacts we are promised that we´ll have someone at church every sunday! :)
Yet there is no way we could have achieved these goals on our own.
It is by and through the Lord that these goals were met. Through
prayer and submission to the promptings of the Holy Ghost. We are teaching
a little boy (whose name is Josùe) and we have him set for baptism July 13th!
Crazy right! It is kinda hard teaching a youngster after getting used
to teaching people my age and older, but so fun. He makes the lessons
entertaining. He is so anxious. He cracks me up. Reminds me of Briggy or
TJ Mortensen(cousins). His two
older brothers have both been baptized and they live with their mom who is
Catholic. She is adorable, her name is Clara and last Tuesday we made
dinner at their house and shared a lesson. It was quite the adventure.
We made an Ecuadorean dish (from Hna Toctaquiza) yet half the time we
were cooking with the light from two candles and our cell phone because the
power kept going out. It always does at their house. The dish was
delicious: rice, chicken, some sauce NO IDEA what, corn, peas, onions, peppers,
carrots, and some other stuff. yum.
Speaking
of food, that´s all I think about!! haha No, psych but I definitely look
forward to meals here cuz we go along time sometimes before we receive any.
Yet this week was exciting... Hna Toctaquiza and I grabbed some dulce de
leche ice cream on the way home one night! holy yum. I have some
pics! Also thought you guys would find it funny... every two hours or so
you can here a car or motor bike riding around yelling ¨Chuuuuda Chuda Chuda,
Chuda!¨ through their little microphone things. Or ¨Chipa Chipa Chipa!¨
I have been practicing saying it like they do through the microphones and
Hna Toctaquiza thinks I should get a job selling Chipa or Chuda. Not sure
what Chuda is but Chipa is this popular cheese bread everyone sells and makes
here.
The
Spanish is still in the running. I feel like no one understands my
questions but that´s okay all is well. I just gotta work harder and maybe
make my language study more beneficial.
Oh
I wanted to tell you all about an investigator: Martha Rosa Correa Perez.
She is one diva. She is hilarious! We love her though!
She was a reference from the Elders in our district. They told her
about conference and she like wants to go this coming year! haha She has
3 no maybe 4 small dogs and like who knows how many cats. They are
like her children (although she has real ones) and there is fur everywhere.
Okay but the first lesson was amazing! She accepted baptism right
away. She was so accepting and agreed to almost everything we said.
We watched the Restoration video the other day with her, which was really
powerful. She recently came out of surgery so hasn´t been to church
yet... so the baptism will be postponed a bit. We teach her by her bed
side usually and she always has her daughter make us chocolate caliente.
:) We are excited though because we have a few others committed to
baptism this month and she is one we are really praying will follow through. I
can tell she is ready. I know the Lord prepares people for us. In
fact, mañana a sweet sister in the ward is going to accompany us to our visit
with Martha. This is one thing we have been implementing in the last week
or two: missionary work with the members. It is not only helping the
mission work increase, but strengthening the members as well. I love the
ward more and more every week. They are all so wonderful!
I
have been teaching Hna Toctaquiza ¨Come Come Ye Saints¨ in English as we walk
in the streets. It´s a ton of fun! :)
Here´s
a quote for the week. I have been reading about Humility in this cute
little book I found in our apartment (speaking of which I totally deep cleaned
today and it felt amazing!): ¨How
does one get humble? To me, one must constantly be reminded of his dependence.
On whom dependent? On the Lord. How remind one´s self?
By real, constant, worshipful, grateful prayer.¨ What a a blessing prayer
is. What a privilege. The Lord God all-mighty, all-powerful,
all-knowing invites us to communicate with him on a daily basis and address him
as one of the apostles put it, ¨As Father... and there is no appointment to be
made.¨ We can pray to him anytime anywhere. May you know how much I
love you all yet most of all how much our Heavenly Father loves you. You
are all in my prayers. xoxo
Con
Cariña,
Hermana
Owen
P.S.
I need some ideas for a simple yet fun ward activity that we could do
this coming month with our ward. we are in charge of planning or coming up with
the activity and my mind is completely blank.
P.S.S.
I was curious if any of you have a neat experience with tithing or the
word of wisdom (two things I have a testimony of but no stellar experience to
really make it apart of my heart) you would be willing to share??
