Visit to Los Amates and Converts

Week 46

HOLAAAA!!!!

Well this week was a great one! IT FLEW BY!! And well I don't have much time to explain everything, so here is the quick run-down.

-Monday we traveled to the capital (and we were able to stay with all the hermanas líderes! That was so fun!!!)

-Tuesday we had cocilio. It nwas amazing, we focused all on baptism and the Book of Mormon. We are reading as a mission 2 chapters a day so that we can finnish before Christmas. After concilio, I lost my agenda... that was fun! haha

-Wednesday: Well after we had been so focused on baptism in concilio, we prayed and felt like Carlos should get baptized Friday... so what did we do??? WE LET MIRACLES HAPPEN!!!! It was so awesome! We got on the phone and started making calls to get a baptismal font brought to our church building, got our district Leader to come and do the interview THAT DAY, and then we started calling all of the members to inform them and to get people to commit to going.

-Thursday, We had divisions with some hermanas, and it was awesome! We met tons of new investigators, and were able to do so many contacts. But not just regular contacts, they were all focused on baptism, and it was awesome! We are really getting everyone STOKED about baptism!!

-Friday WELL CARLOS got baptized!!! And it was so special. He was glowing after!!!!

-Saturday, we had the first ever return missionary of the branch come home! SO they threw a big party!!! And the boyfriend of my ex-comp showed up! (he is related to the president of the branch!) And he brought me peanut butter! It almost made me cry of happiness!!! :)

-Sunday, Carlos got the Holy Ghost, and Olga went to church! She is so great! And is making so many sacrifices to be able to get baptized!!! She is my inspiration! :) 

TODAY!!! So then today we were able to go back to Los Amates as a zone for preparation day!! And I was able to see some of our converts and members that were there in the fincas (farms)! It was like a ton of tender mercies! Like everyone was passing by or going to work just a the right time that we caught them all like out on the street! It was amazing. Tender mercy.

Ponderizing: Helaman 5:7 

Therefore, my sons, I would that ye should do that which is good, that it may be said of you, and also written, even as it has been said and written of them.

Well this is my motivation to just simply BE GOOD!! We all want people to say nice things about us, so let's give them some good things to say. Sometimes it is hard on the mission because everyone tries to find faults in us and our church, but if we are simply good people, it is a lot harder for them! :)

Well love you all!!!! Have a great week!

-Hermana Garrett

Jorge's Baptism

FHE & Hna. Elizondo in pants!

FHE with the Palma family

I got my comp to wear pants! (Thanks mom for sending me more!)

Week 45

HOLAAAAAAA!!!

So this week went so well! We had so many ¨tender mercy¨ moments. Here are some highlights:

-We had Jorge´s interview on Wednesday. He came out and pretended like he hadn't passed. He thought he was pretty funny :) But then he was just beaming so we knew it wasn't true! After, the District Leader met with his siblings and really helped them get excited for their baptisms. But then we had to try to find an oven so that we could make mint chocolate cookies (at the request of Jorge) and then he also didn't have shoes to wear... so we were on a mad hunt for shoes and an oven Saturday! Just the stress that you don't want on the day of a baptism! haha 

-Well that being said, the baptism went so well. People came, but not too many (which is something Jorge didn't want haha ¨pero no quiero mucha gente!¨ ) And at the end of the baptism we left some time for people to share their testimonies, and Carlos and Olga got up, and it was just about the cutest thing ever!! :)

-Then on Sunday we had lessons on the Temple to help get everyone excited about the temple trip in a few weeks! Well Jorge and Carlos got really excited because their brother passed away a couple years ago, and now they really want to go and do the work for him!

-Last night Wilmer (Jorge´s brother) showed us around to all of his friends in the area! He will make a good little missionary! :) The whole family is just so great! :)

Well this week we also had a training for leaders, and then we also had interviews! So it was a fun week! And this week (well, today) we are going to the capital for Concilio (leadership council) tomorrow!!! 

Ponderizing: Moses 6:60 - "For by the water ye keep the commandment; by the Spirit ye are justified, and by the blood ye are sanctified"

Well love you all! Have a great week!

-Hermana Garrett