Hola Familia!
Thank you so much
for emailing me :) I hate having P-days on Mondays because the week feels so
much longer and we can't have contact with our investigators...especially those
who didn't go to church.
Thanks Grandma and
Grandpa Warren for the letter! I love getting mail :)
Anyway, Dad, your
email was awesome! I am going to print it out. Thanks for telling me about what
is happening with everyone. That is so cool that you all fasted for the
Solorzano family. I used to think that fasting and prayer was just telling
Heavenly Father the things that we want and hoping that we get them. Really,
prayer and fasting is aligning our will with God's. Prayer has definitely
changed for me here on my mission. I always keep them in my prayers. I also
know that the power of the priesthood is real. Our investigator's daughter was
REALLY sick. She is only 5 and had a really high fever. That night we had our
ward mission leader go over and give her a blessing. I haven't had contact with
them since, but she seems to be doing better. I think the blessing was more
comfort for the mom because she is from Mexico, doesn't speak any english and
she is trying to figure out how to help her daughter.
Thanks Mom for
your little email. I am glad that you liked "Meet the Mormons". I
don't know when we will get to watch it, I really want to! I bought a water
proof storm jacket for about $25 dollars. It looks good and it will keep me
dry. it is also thin so I can wear it under my coat when it starts to get COLD
and wet. I am just trying to enjoy the beautiful weather we are having right
now! Everyone is saying that we NEVER have this warm weather in the middle of
October and I am PRAYING that this winter won't be as bad as they usually are.
MY P-DAY WILL GO
BACK TO TUESDAY NEXT WEEK!
ELDER CLARK IS
DOING A ZONE CONFERENCE WITH US ON WEDNESDAY. I AM SUPER EXCITED.
So this week was
actually a little bit harder...who knew that missions were hard? :P I was super
tired this week, Sister Peralta told me when she hit her 9 month mark, she got
tired too! Every night, I sleep super DEEP and suddenly it is 6:30! I have
never appreciated sleep as much as I do now.
I hit my HALF
MARK!!! I can't believe that half of my mission is already over! But it is like
the talk by Elder Dube:
While I was a boy working in the fields with my mother, she
taught me one of the most important lessons in life. It was late in the
morning, the sun was up, and we had been hoeing for what I thought to be a very
long time. I stopped to look back at what we had accomplished and said to my
mother, “Look at all we have done!” Mother did not respond. Thinking that she
had not heard me, I repeated what I had said a little louder. She still did not
reply. Raising my voice a little higher, I repeated again. Finally, she turned
to me and said, “Edward, never look back. Look ahead at what we still have to
do.”
I
still have SO much to do :) I am glad that I still have 9 more months of
teaching the Gopsel, I won't get to do this EVER again.
We are
having a baptism this weekend! Teresa is getting baptized. I love her and her
family. She has 4 kids and the 3 daughters are members and her son isn't. She
is such a great missionary! She always brings friends to church and family
members are coming back to church! They filled an entire pew in Sacrament
meeting!
Maria
is 17 and she is preparing to be baptized. She came to church for the
first time yesterday! Sundays have changed so much for me. I don't just get up
and study and then go to church and enjoy the lessons and talking with the
members. Sundays are my most STRESSFUL day because you are trying your hardest
to get ALL your investigators to church. You go before church, praying that
they will open the door. You go back again before Sacrament meeting and they
won't answer the door or they tell you they are coming and then they never show
up. The Velez family didn't come and the Ojeda family didn't come and Felipe
and Mirna didn't come. I am sitting during the Sacrament, praying to God for
forgiveness and for him to show me what I am doing wrong, asking him why my
investigators aren't coming to church. I actually cried during the Sacrament. I
wanted my investigators to come and experience the cleansing feeling of the
atonement and the Spirit that we feel at church. I have learned so much about
the importance of the Sacrament. It is an ordinance, just like baptism. It is a
commandment that we take the Sacrament each week. If we repent each week and
partake of the sacrament with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, we can be
COMPLETELY forgiven. it is like we were basically baptized again. THAT IS
AMAZING! I never knew that! I have learned so much here on my mission :)
Anyway, while I was taking the Sacrament, I looked over and saw MAria Ibarra! I
was so happy! She came in and listened to the rest of the meeting!
I
think that is pretty much it! Thanks for all your support! I love you all so
much, I talk about you with everyone that I see. I testify of how families can
be together forever! That is my favorite part!
I love
you all so much! Have a great week! Share the gospel with someone!
Hermana
Warren
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