Hola hola, familia!!
I just want to start out and say: MUCHISIMAS
GRACIAS FOR THE BELATED BIRTHDAY PACKAGE!!!! Oh my goodness all I really wanted
was a photo album and I got that AND so much more!!!! It made me so so so
so so happy! I LOVE the pictures that are in the photo album... Sister Chavarri
especially loves the last one of Alex and Nate. Everytime she looks at it she
just starts cracking up. I'm just like "I told you they are
weirdos!". Hahahaha but seriously the photo album is PERFECT. The perfume
smells amazing, the little spanish help book is awesome and the skirt and dress are
adorable!!! I wore the dress yesterday, (I looked pretty cute if I do say so
myself:) Haha just kidding…but really the dress is so cute. And I am really
excited for the gray skirt because it will be absolutely perfect for biking!
AH! I just love everything! Not to mention the delicious pumpkin bread, caramel
apples and all the candy. Seriously, you guys are the BEST. I love you so so so
so so sssoooooo much!
Okay so my week was really great! A lot of ups and
downs but it ended up being a good week. I got a little bit sick, just a little
cold (don't worry Mom:)). I had a few days where I was just EXHAUSTED, the most
exhausted I've ever been in my life (which is saying a lot, because there were
days during high school with early morning seminary that I thought I was going
to die of exhaustion... haha). And the combination of being sick and tired
do not make for the easiest time of understanding/speaking Spanish. A lot
of days I just wanted to fall down and take a nap. But being a missionary,
you don't have a whole lot of time to just take a nap... so that's pretty
rough. But the good news is that I always fall asleep really fast because I'm
so tired. The other better news is that it is SO WORTH IT. On days where I'm
super tired, Heavenly Father likes to remind me why I'm here!:) He puts people
in our path that make me realize that I would take any day of being overly
tired as long as I can see the Gospel change someone’s life, or be inspired by
someone's testimony. That's the beauty of being a missionary, a lot of times
the toughest days end up being the best days:)
A huge reason why my week was great was because of
our amazing investigators (4 of which are from the Garcia family... are you
surprised?:)) Rene and Concha are doing great. We haven't had a chance yet to
talk to them about their little issue (they are living together and both
married to someone else…both of which need to be resolved before they can be
baptized), but we're hoping to have Obispo there and his wife to help us out.
I'm not too worried though, because they are very humble and have such open
hearts. They both want to do what the Lord wants them to do. I think they will
want to take care of it quickly so they can be married and get baptized! I
love them a lot.
Our other investigator, Miguel, who is Erika's
husband (another one of Teresa's daughters) is SO AWESOME. He is so ready to
accept the Gospel. On our first lesson with him, it was about the Restoration,
I had the amazing oportunidad to invite him to be baptized. I just had this
burning in my heart to do it, and I knew that it was the Spirit prompting me to
do it. So I did (in Spanish!) and he accepted without any hesitation. Then it
was amazing because the next lesson we had with him we extended him a baptismal
date, November 16th and he just goes, "Well, yes! Except, my birthday is
on the 12th, so maybe we could do it then!". Ahhhhh I could not stop
smiling! He is so awesome.
With these amazing investigators, I really have
been able to see how the Lord prepares people to hear and accept the Gospel. He
prepares their hearts to be able to feel the Spirit and he prepares their minds
to remember the eternal truths they already know. Then when we come to help
them remember who they are, why they are here on this earth and what they need
to do to get back to Heavenly Father, they are ready to follow the example of
Christ and be baptized, and eventually make sacred covenants in the temple. It
is also really a blessing in my life to learn from the testimonies and faith of
our investigators every day. Being a missionary is the best.
Scripture of the week: 2 Nephi 31:20. It's a real
good one:)
Anyways, I love you all TONS and TONS! Hope your
week has been great and I hope this coming week is even better! Always
remember who you are: a child of God!:)
Con mucho amor,
Hermana Lattin
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| We had a little too much fun on Halloween night with moustaches! |
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| Hermana Lattin and Hermana Baria |
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| Hermana Bukoskie , Hermana Baria, and Herman Chavarri |
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