Sometimes we don´t get cards for AGES because the office people give them to us, and if we are far from the office (which right now the office is in my area so i´m good), we don´t get the letters until we have zone conference which is about every 3 months... ya.... i didn´t realise that but that´s the way the cookie crumbles. but luckily right now i am in the area of the office so it´s super easy to get my mail but transfers are right around the corner so idk if i´ll still be in this area or not. i hope my comp and i stay her for at least another transfer but we´ll see.
I´m happy to be here still! transfers are coming up and that´s making me super nervous cause i have no idea about the area still. we have a HUGE area because we work in the same area as the office elders, so we get to work in their area durring the day tambien cause they are usually in the office most of the time. which means we technically have 3 areas... ya... it´s huge! lol but the people we are working with are real capos!
One of our menos activos came to church this week!!!!! we were suuuuuper excited about that and we are going to visit her again this week to talk to her about it! i can´t wait! the family of Dyanna and Christian are progressing. they didn´t come to church this week... but they are praying to know the truth and the husband told us that he knows that the plan of salvation is true! that blew me away. i was soooo happy when he said that! but he wants to know why our church is different so we told him to stay tuned cause our next lesson is going to be the restauration! but we have a baptismal date for his daughter Violeta which is the 25th of october.. ya... we are really going to have to work with the family cause they smoke, drink, and aren´t married yet even though they have 4 kids together and live in the same house... ya... totally common here it´s kind of sad. but it takes ages to get marrage stuff all organized and what not but we´re working with them and they are super awesome and i love them un montón! also, one of our other less actives we are really trying to work with to get her to come to church didn´t show up.. again... we were super sad. we passed by her house that Sunday and we were giving a lesson and she told us straight out that she knows she needs to go to church. we were surprised for a while but we are also super happy that she knows how important church is. it really is here to help us and give us the strength we need for the rest of the week! i didn´t really know until now really why we go to church. it´s to help us learn more about the gospel. to always be abiding in good works and growing but not just by ourselfs but in a support system. it really is a gift from God to help us have happiness in our lives and to help eachother grow and keep going forward. she knows the importance, she knows! but she just can´t get the force to get up and go. this is hard for me to see cause i can see all the blessings and all the important things that she is missing. and i learned that faith with out works is dead. we can believe the word but if we don´t let it change us; if we don´t put it into action, it does nothing for us and i know i´m frustrated when my investigators tell me they know something important so they are going to do it and then they don´t i can only imagine how sad and frustrated heavenly father is when he wants to bless us but can´t because we don´t act on our faith.
One of our menos activos came to church this week!!!!! we were suuuuuper excited about that and we are going to visit her again this week to talk to her about it! i can´t wait! the family of Dyanna and Christian are progressing. they didn´t come to church this week... but they are praying to know the truth and the husband told us that he knows that the plan of salvation is true! that blew me away. i was soooo happy when he said that! but he wants to know why our church is different so we told him to stay tuned cause our next lesson is going to be the restauration! but we have a baptismal date for his daughter Violeta which is the 25th of october.. ya... we are really going to have to work with the family cause they smoke, drink, and aren´t married yet even though they have 4 kids together and live in the same house... ya... totally common here it´s kind of sad. but it takes ages to get marrage stuff all organized and what not but we´re working with them and they are super awesome and i love them un montón! also, one of our other less actives we are really trying to work with to get her to come to church didn´t show up.. again... we were super sad. we passed by her house that Sunday and we were giving a lesson and she told us straight out that she knows she needs to go to church. we were surprised for a while but we are also super happy that she knows how important church is. it really is here to help us and give us the strength we need for the rest of the week! i didn´t really know until now really why we go to church. it´s to help us learn more about the gospel. to always be abiding in good works and growing but not just by ourselfs but in a support system. it really is a gift from God to help us have happiness in our lives and to help eachother grow and keep going forward. she knows the importance, she knows! but she just can´t get the force to get up and go. this is hard for me to see cause i can see all the blessings and all the important things that she is missing. and i learned that faith with out works is dead. we can believe the word but if we don´t let it change us; if we don´t put it into action, it does nothing for us and i know i´m frustrated when my investigators tell me they know something important so they are going to do it and then they don´t i can only imagine how sad and frustrated heavenly father is when he wants to bless us but can´t because we don´t act on our faith.
Veronica didn´t come to church either.. sad day! but we stopped by her house and she wasn´t there so hopefully we can catch her again! I know she´s busy but i also know that what we have to say is important and that it will bless her life soooooo much if she will listen! She also has a LOT of problems with her family right now. her family is a part of the church called 'umbanda' which basically worships satan and the grimn reaper. there are surprisingly a lot of them here... but they don´t really want her to listen to us. I´ve also started to see myself change. i didn´t realize it till today. it was crazy cause it was in my district meeting and i realized how differently i view things... it´s crazy! this life is really a preparation for eternity. we need to learn here to do the little things everyday to bring us closer to christ cause we were so graced with the opportunity to change and overcome the natural man. live everyday as if it was already the milenium! also, this life is soooo short! it´s like a mission compared to eternity! for real! i know that the plan of salvation is true!!!!!! how awesome is that! but ya, that´s the exciting stuff right now! I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it here (even though i miss you tons!!!!!)! love my comp! love the people! love my mission! and I love the Gospel!
besitos!!!
-Hermana Alldredge"
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