Hey Fam! First off, congrats Jamie for making it into
BYU-I!!! SO exciting!! I can`t wait to hear what track you get! Transfers will
be Feb 12. Who knows what will happen. Probably nothing until the next one. So
how is everything? Not much new this week. We`ve done a TON of service though.
Yesterday we did 5 hours of service. Haha. It was a long day, but great. We
have a new branch president in our branch. I`m a little sad. Pres Rodriguez was
amazing! But we don`t have many men in our branch or at least not enough that
pay tithing to be in all the leadership roles. So for now, we have a brother
from the stake that will be our president. But it is only temporary. He`s
really good, but it`s sad because I don`t think he can help the people as much
as someone from our own branch. I think he`ll start to make things happen
though. We also found out that our zone is splitting and also our district. I`m
super sad. We have an awesome district but it`s huge- 12 people so I understand
why they`re doing it. I`m guessing our new district will only be the 4 of us in
Tamboril. It will be so different. So Ricardo wasn`t baptized, but we`re hoping
he will make a decision sometime soon about marriage. But everything with
Katherine is perfect!! She seriously is the perfect investigator. She`s going
to be baptized next Saturday! I am so excited! This really feels like my first
baptism. It`s such a different feeling when you actually start with the person.
With Esther, I just came in after she had already been taught. But with Katherine,
I was part of her change. I got to see her whole progression. I am so happy for
her. I hope she serves a mission a year from now. She would be so great. So
there is a family in our branch that means a lot to me- Familia Nuñez. The dad,
and 3 of his sons are members. Emilio is one of his sons and is our mission
leader. One of the other sons is on a mission and the other, Yeison, is
inactive. They also have one other son, Welinson. The mom, Viviana, isn`t a
member. Well we are working really hard with them. We are teaching Yeison and
his partner Wanda. Wanda wants to be baptized, but Yeison doesn`t want to get
married, so we`re trying to help them set a date to be married, even if it`s
far in the future. We`ve started teaching Welinson and his partner, Anny and
they seem to be progressing quickly. And with Viviana, well it`s hard
because she has like 20 or 30 years with her husband and hasn`t been baptized
yet. But her son on a mission invited her to be baptized and she said yes...or
maybe. I don`t know. It`s not easy with her. She doesn`t want to believe. But
her husband told me to set a date for Feb 14- Valentine`s Day and their wedding
anniversary because it`s a special day for them and hope she has a change of
heart. ANYWAYS.. sorry long explanation, but pray for this family. They will
find so much more happiness if all of their family are members. Okay so
question. Which address has Christina been using that I`m not receiving her
letters? The Elder in charge of mail will try to look into it. Sounds like that
youth activity was great! I wish I had done that before my mission. You really
just have no idea what it`s like until you do it. And you have so much fear
until you do. That`s great that the Paventy`s had their baby! I`m sure he is
adorable! And thanks for the pic of Jaden and his donut cake! haha. He looks SO
old! I hope he doesn`t change too much while I`m gone. That`ll be fun to have
him and Melissa visit! Well I miss you and love you so much! Have a great week!
Hermana Woolf
No comments:
Post a Comment