HOLA!!!!
Hey there, fam! Sounds like you've had an
eventful, awesome 4th of July week! I'm LOVING all the pictures, so keep on
sending them!:) You all look happy, healthy and great! Seriously, I have a beautiful family, inside and out! You are
the BEST!
I am doing great! The only issue I have right now
is that I am currently wearing flip-flops in the library and my feet feel
naked. The reason behind me wearing my Rainbows right now is due to some bad
decisions I made concerning an ingrown toenail I had for about 2 months...
don't worry I've learned my lesson to not let an ingrown toenail get out of
control because it gets way nasty and it HURTS. Just within the past few weeks
(ironically after I tried to fix my toenail myself by cutting it down... bad
idea), it flared up pretty bad so our nurse had me go to urgent care last
night. Haha it was a little silly but very much needed. Bottom line is that
they fixed it and it's doing better. I just have to wear opened-toed shoes in
public and I'm not a huge fan of it because my feet are really white! But I'll
get over it:) I've learned my lesson, don't you worry! And luckily I've got a
great companion that loves me enough to ignore me telling her "I'm fine".
She's the best!
So other than the ingrown toenail fiasco, this
week has gone great! We have been having a lot of success in finding in our YSA
area. Yesterday, we found two more investigators that are students at the
flight school and live in the same apartment complex as Tony Li. They are from
the Congo and their names are Soni and Phanuel. They both have solid Christian
backgrounds and were very receptive to our message yesterday when we taught
them more about the Book of Mormon. We have a lesson with them this Wednesday
and are going to teach them the Restoration. I'll let you know how it goes!
Also, Tony Li (Li's American name is "Tony") came to church again
yesterday!!! And he came with a white shirt and tie... Sister Carvalho and I
about died of happiness when we saw him. We had a lesson with him yesterday as
well and we had an elder in our mission come that speaks Mandarin Chinese! It
was perfect because he was able to help Tony understand better and help us
understand Tony better. Tony is a little overwhelmed by us and everything we
have been trying to teach him, and he feels quite a bit overwhelmed. That is
our fault completely! We just got SO excited and wanted to make sure he
understood that God is our Heavenly Father and that we have a message that will
change his life and bring him more happiness than he can imagine. He wasn't
angry or anything, he just told us that he needed some time to read the Book of
Mormon and ponder and think about it. Poor guy, of course he feels overwhelmed!
He comes to America (HUGE culture shock, I'm sure), speaks very little English,
is studying to be a pilot, and all of the sudden these two random girls are
trying to get him to read a book and come to church when he doesn't even know
about God! But he told us that he is grateful for our kindness and that the
people he has met at church are always so nice to him. So he definitely feels
of our love for him and is beginning to feel God's love for him as well. He wants to continue to come to church every week (yay!) and activities, but he
just wants to meet with us once a week. So with him, progress is definitely
happening, it's just going to take a little bit of time.
Work in the Spanish area is still pretty slow. The
good news is that we had a lesson with Georgina last week and for the first
time since we've been teaching her she really paid attention and the Spirit was
SO strong. She has to be one of the CUTEST little old ladies I've ever met. She
has been through so much in her life and she has una gran fe in God and wants
nothing more than to follow Jesus Christ. We talked about repentance and
baptism with her and she looooved it. Y un milagro paso! She said she wants to
get BAPTIZED!!! We're going to follow up with her this week on that and put her
on date so she can enter los aguas de bautismo.
Things are happening slowly but surely in the
Spanish area. I think things will change very soon and President Nattress and
Hermano Laparra are going to help us get things started in the Boulder Creek
stake, it's just going to take some time. I'll give you updates on it next week
because I have a feeling this week is going to be a week of FINDING:) Thank you
for your fasting and prayers, I can feel them supporting me and lifting me, and
even when I feel overwhelmed and discouraged, I find strength in your faith in
me.
Mom, here are the answers to your questions!
1. YES! I got the workouts you sent. Thank you!
That's going to help us out a lot (especially me) because up here in Gilbert we
only play soccer on Saturdays. I knew you'd respond pretty quickly to that
request:)haha
2. We have not met Tony Li’s roommates yet, but
they are coming to FHE tonight!!! We're so excited:) We're going to open up the
first Chinese ward! Hahaha
3. Our 4th of July was great! We actually had
dinner with Tim! Tim is progressing, but didn't come to church yesterday:( we
were so sad because he keeps on committing but never makes the effort to come.
Keep on praying for him! He'll get there eventually he just has to find the
motivation to ACT. But that was pretty much all we did. We had to be in at
7:00pm, but we did get to write a letter to our families, so you should be
getting that tomorrow or Wednesday:)
I think the lesson I've learned this week is that
things work out when we turn ourselves over to the Lord. When we try to control
things that are out of our control, the only results are those feelings of
frustration, stress, disappointment and being overwhelmed. I'm still working on
it, but I'm realizing more and more everyday that the only times that we really
see miracles in life is when we take a deep breath, put our trust in the Lord,
move forward and serve with all our heart, might, mind and strength. That's
when faith moves mountains. We have to have faith in God, not ourselves.
Missions are the best!
LES QUIERO, FAMILIA:) Have an amazing, fantastic
week!!!
Hermana Lattin
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