Hello to the Best Family in the whole wide world,
How is everyone doing? Sounds like you`re all doing good, and preparing for the cold ;) the weather here is great, not to hot, not too cold, all you need is a little sweater when it rains ;) hehehe sorry just had to rub that in before it`s too late and i am dying from the coldness in Utah... haha
So this week was super crazy!!! Lots of long days with many very short nights, but i loved it. :) From Monday afternoon to Thursday morning we had all the sisters that were finishing the mission staying with us. And sad day... Hermana Holmes has now officially finished her mission... :( my mom in the mission, and the one who taught me everything i know. I am super grateful for her, and for all the things i learned from her. Her family came to get her and all i have to say is thank you family for not coming to get me. It`s not something i would want. But we went with her to the church to leave her with her family, and lets just say i was crying with them. It was a super happy moment for her :) So with the sisters here with us meant lots of early morning and late nights. Also for one night the newbies were here with us too. Yeah we had a full house!! But i was nice because they were able to work with us for a bit everyday and help us with our investigators.
Since they were helping us in our area, by Wednesday we had already almost met our weekly goals. So we decided we wanted to spend a day out of our area helping other hermanas. We are in charge of 4 hermanas that are in Puntarenas which is an area that is like 2 or 3 hours from our area. So we just had been calling them every once in a while but werent able to do divisions. One set of sisters were having some trails, and hadnt been able to bring anyone for church for almost 8 weeks. So we called the assistants and got permission to go spend a day in Esparze, Puntarenas. First off, i forgot how hot it can be in Costa Rica. Puntarenas is super hot, not like Guanacaste, but hot. My body had gotten used to my area, which is the coolest area in the mission. When we got to Esparza it was like a flash back to the heat.. and sweat, and sun. Haha but it was great!! We spent the whole day there and i went with one of the sister, and my comp with the other. We went crazy and found a bunch of new people and really focused on helping them invite people to church. We were sooo happy yesterday as we called then and found out that they had brought 4 people to church :)
I have been thinking a lot this week on being guided by the Spirit and have been asking to be guided more. Since we had a lot of baptisms the last 2 weeks, i felt like we didnt have anyone more to teach, so we went out and found a bunch of people this week, that are great! My companion is teaching me a lot on how to be a better missionary, and my testimony is growing stronger and stronger of the importance of changes in the misison, and also in the life. The quote that says there is no growing in the comfort zone is soo true, I was getting comfortable with Hermana Garcia, we had the way we taught, found news, and worked down, but my Heavenly Father knew that i needed to do more. So He sent me another companion that is going to help me grow so much more. I know that i dont have a ton of time left, but i am going to use every second I have to keep changing, to keep working and to give everything i have to the Lord. I sometimes wish i had more time, more time to keep changing because there are soo many things that i still need to change, but i know that that is going to be a process of a lifetime. ANYWAYS enough about that :)
Lubi and Ramon moved to San Jose.... ya i was super sad but they are still going to come to the ward here. i am amazed by them and all they do :) next week Ramon is going to get the priesthood!! i am sooo excited for this family to start receiving the blessings of the priesthood in their home :)
Also Osvaldo got confirmed yesterday :) i am sooo happy for all of them :):)
Well have a wonderful week! i love you all and am praying for all of you!!!
Love,
Hermana Peters :)
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| a fun night sleeping on the floor in Esparza :) haha (Trust in the Lord is the blanket Mom made me to take on my mission) |
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| This past week we went on divisions with the Hermanas in Esparza :) |
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| divisions with the Hermanas in Esparza :) |
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| sooo i wanted to send you a cute picture of me and my comp but we still haven't taken any cute ones.... haha we will try again next week :) but she`s great!! i love her sooo much!!! |
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