August 24, 2015
Okay family, i am going to try and be better this week and give you details about every single day :) mostly this is for mom, but i hope you all enjoy it :)
Monday: We were helping with transfers for a big part of the day and then by the time we knew it, it was time to work again, so we went off to a family night we had planned with the family of Jenny and Jose. We helped the kids get ready for the baptism interviews and ate really yummy food! Jenny made us a ton and wanted us to just keep on eating and eating and eating... so we did :) haha i was so full that i had to roll out of the house.. haha just kidding but my stomach was very happy :)
Tuesday: We had a bunch of missionaries with us on Tuesday, the missionaries that were finishing their missions, the missionaries that were starting and Hermana Holmes who was waiting to receive her companion. Since Hermana Holmes was here in Escazu before, we sent her off with one of the missionaries that was finishing her mission to go visit her converts and members. My companion went with other missionaries that were finishing, and i went off with the new missionaries. That is one of my favorite things because the first day of your mission is a day that you will never forget, and also the newbies come with sooo much energy and faith, and are just so excited to get their missions started. And these newbies got a little bit of everything. So the first thing i had them do was contact a bus of about 40 people. They were sooo scared, but they did it and i was sooo proud of them :) We got some pretty crazy rejections, but also people who wanted to listen. Like a Jehovah Witness that we didn't even ask if we could come in, she just told us to come in and started to talk to us all friendly. That doesn't happen very much.. haha but it was amazing :) Also we had everything set up to have Allison and Axel`s interviews and then there day had a freak out and said they cant get baptized. I`ll be honest, i was crushed, but i didn't loose the faith.
Wednesday: On Wednesday it was way hot, and i just keep thinking about poor Hermana Fowler in Guanacaste.. haha i`m sure it`s even worse there! We went to visit Franchesca who right now is not only taking care of her baby, but also the baby of her cousin, So she`s been really busy, which has also made it harder to go to church and everything.. but we are trying to help her as much as we can. We also visited a couple other families that we are tying to help progress.
Thursday: So jenny told us that Jose wanted to talk to us one on one on Thursday. And so we that we wanted to be able to talk to him and be completely guided by the spirit, so we had a fast, and had all of our studies focused on him, scriptures we could share with him for whatever reason he was going to throw at us that his kids shouldn't be baptized. We got there and he wasn't home..... he had left and wouldn't be back til 9. i was pretty upset, but just kept moving forward with faith.
Also on Thursday we had a huge miracle. It`s a man named Ezequel. He`s the brother of a member, and is like 50 or 60 yes old. A ton of missionaries in the past tried to share with him and help change him, but he was set on his way of life. Drinking and smoking. But about a month ago that all changed because he got really really sick, and was in the hospital for 13 days, and was close to dying several times. So he just got out like last week and when we went over to visit this member, he was sitting waiting for us. He asked us if he could listen and so we said yes of course. He started to tell us his whole story and with tears in his eyes told us that he knows that God has given him a second chance, and new life and that he is going to live it the way he should. He said that he wants to come to church with us, and that he wants us to help him change. I was almost in tears just listening to him. Listening to someone who had such a huge change of heart, who was really hungry to learn more. Also we challenge his to be baptized and accepted faster than anyone else i`ve ever seen. He`s incredible. :)
Friday: So the power of the fast sometimes doesn't come when you fast, but comes after. On Friday night Jenny called us and asked us to come to the park, that she was with the whole family. So we went there and sat down and Jose came down and sat by us. We asked him what`s on his mind and he said "ya know what, i think it`d be really good for my kids to get baptized." WHAT? he had a few doubts too, but answered them himself. I really now have such a stronger testimony of the fast. So Allison and Axel will be getting baptized next Sunday :)
Saturday: was incredible. :) in the morning we had a video broadcast of a conference that President Nelson gave to all the missionaries in Central America. It was the most amazing thing, and i felt the spirit sooo strong and learned soooo much. I don't have time to tell you all, but just know that it was super amazing. After the conference we went, my companion and i with the sisters in Pavas. They are sister that are in our zone that have been struggling lately. So usually we do divisions and one stays, the other goes. But we decided to both stay and help them in their area. So with us there for just a few hours we found 11 new investigators, and 8 of them accepted to be baptized! it was amazing!!
Sunday: okay i am now like out of time but yesterday we had 7 investigators in church!! it was great!!
I am happy and love my mission sooo much! i know the lord knows what he`s doing with me, and is helping me change :)
Have a wonderful week and enjoy school :)
Love,
Hermana Peters :)
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Newbies contact a bus! |
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Soley one of their investigators that i love :) |
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Hermana Yoc, i was with her all day :)
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