Hola
Familia!
I am
emailing earlier today....we are having a mission p- day again! Do you remember
when we did that last year? Me and sister Gonzalez wore the superman shirts.
Today we will be wearing red shirts so we will buy some cool shirts today and
take a picture of us and send it to you. I love the mission p day....it is the
only day, other than Christmas, that we don't proselyte at all. Sometimes you
need a day like that.
This
week was a great week. We had two baptisms this weekend and they went great.
These are my first two baptisms here in the Midvale 9th ward. We are planning
on having three more on the 20th and probably one on the 27th. I am still
looking for my family of six to put on date for the 4th of July. Even thought I
won't be home to celebrate that with you, the best thing to do on that day
would be to baptize a family. I fasted for that and we are going to work hard
this week to find them and help them. 
We
hit the Standard of Excellence for the mission and that means........CHEESECAKE
FACTORY! Sister alcala was pretty excited to get it her first week in the
mission field.
We
are getting along pretty good. It has been a little bit harder for me this time
because she is already so into the work and loves to lead....usually
missionaries aren't like that when they first come out. Sometimes I forget that
I am training her, because she doesn't act like it. And sometimes it gets a
little frustrating because she tries to tell me how to do missionary work when
she has only been out in the field for two weeks.....and I have been out for 17
months. She doesn't know that I am going home after this. She only knows that I
have been out for a year or so. I am trying to help her and we get along pretty
well so no worries. It has also been hard because I don't have anyone to talk
to when i start to freak out about going home. I have to keep it all in and
sometimes I panic at night. It is really weird. I will probably ask for a
blessing from President today. But at the same time, it helps me to stop
thinking about it and to focus on what I am doing right now.
My
back has been hurting really bad....and my allergies have still been a problem.
Satan just keeps throwing things at me! I shouldn't be surprised though....it
is my last transfer. I am not sure what to do about my neck, it hasn't hurt me
until now....I don't think I am doing anything different so I am not sure what
is causing it. I will buy some icy hot stuff today.
Our
investigator bore his testimony in church on Sunday! He shared the experience
about how the bishop came over and have him a blessing for his foot and how his
foot healed the next day! The whole room was silent and the spirit was so
strong. I have grown so much as I have taught this man. He has a very special
spirit. We taught him last night at our stake mission leader's house and
there was a young man there that is going to Mexico on his mission. That lesson
was awesome and the investigator even asked us if he could be baptized sooner!
I have never had an investigator ask me that before. He is so prepared and we
first met him on the street and we talked to him and opened our mouths. The
lord will put people in our path of he knows that we will talk to
everyone.
There
are so many miracles in the mission.....I don't have time to write them all
down. I am excited to share more stories with you when I come home.
I
will contact sister
harteluis today and coordinate a time when she can get my stuff.
I
think that is it for now, I will send pictures from the baptisms we had this
weekend.
I
love you all and miss you! Can believe that I will see you in about 4 weeks!
Yeah...four weeks from now, I will be on a plane home:) be ready for lots of
hugs
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