Well this week was pretty good. There is honestly nothing that I can think about that happened. Pretty standard, normal week. Oh, well other than the fact that we need to just open our mouths and talk to people! Seriously... We (me and my companion...) are having problems with our contacting. The mission goal for people contacted on the streets and stuff for week is like 50 MINIMUM and we are not reaching that... It is so weird! We don´t know why we are having a hard time doing contacting right now cuz we both know how and have done it before... It´s probably like we just need to have a better attitude towards it and just WANT to do it. But anyways... That is my difficulty of the week. We are gonna work harder on that one for sure!
This week, we were going to drop an investigator... Belén. But we couldn´t do it! We thought that she just wasn´t progressing and stuff and that it was just going to be a waste of time to teach her if she didn´t really have the desire. She is like only 11 (she is Angel´s sister) and she is always going to the church and stuff... But sometimes, I just don´t know if she really wants to get baptized cuz she knows that the church is true and stuff, or cuz she wants to get baptized cuz her brother was. So that was our problem. We went to go and talk to her about the fact that we were going to stop teaching her and stuff (of course, in a nice way...) and we got to her house, and she told us how excited she was to get baptized and that she feels so good when she is in the church and stuff and she feels just happy and peaceful. So we didn´t drop her as an investigator, we just moved her date to the 5th of July. And also, we put goals with her so that she can read the Book of Mormon and always remember to pray. We both felt good about this and guess what. We have noticed a huge difference in her! She is doing great and progressing more. This morning, we went to her house to talk with her mom (who is also an investigator, but that is another long story...) and her mom told us that she hung up the paper that we made her as a reminder to read, pray, and go to church, on her wall. It says: Belén... Las bendiciones vienen cuando... Haces tus oractiones, Lees tu Libro de Mormon, Asistes la iglesia. (The blessings come when... You say your prayers, You read your Book of Mormon, You go to church). And also, she was working on doing her family tree and stuff! We didn´t even ask her to do that. She just did it herself. I guess she learned it in primary. Anyways, she is progressing much faster now and we know that it was the best decision to change her date.
Other news, the new hermana came to Itaugua and is with Hermana Francois. Her name is Hermana Meese, and she is from Alpine, Utah. So that is pretty cool. She has like 8 months in the mission and is pretty nice. Also, yesterday, Angel received the priesthood. That was really cool. He is so excited to be able to pass the sacrament. Things are going really good here.
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| Hermana Whittaker and her companion - CUTE! |
Sorry, this is a short letter, but seriously... Nothing cool happened this week. It has all just gone by fast and I don´t remember any of it... But it was fun. I am loving it here still and my companion and I are just the best of friends. I seriously don´t want to get changes with her! I have learned so much from her and she has helped me with tons of things! Especially Spanish! I hope you guys have a great week. We are going to have p-day at night cuz the hermanas wanted to like eat pizza and watch a movie (church movie...) So that is why we worked in the morning today. So my p-day should be a fun one.. Let´s hope. Have a great week!!! LOVE YOU TONS! <3
Love, Hermana Whittaker
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