Pictures from Herman Bohning's camera that she emailed with this little note:
Hi sister dunford´s mom!!!!!!
This is sister Bohning. Your daughter is doing great and wanted to send you some pictures, but we only thought to bring my camera this week and not hers. I hope your family is doing well and enjoys seeing Carmen (and me..haha).Thanks for the toffee recipe. And for sending me such a great companion!
Hasta luego!
Hermana Dunford and Hermana Bohning
Baptism
Delicious Argentina Barbeque on Christmas Day.
Wed Dec 30, 2009 email:
Wed Dec 30, 2009 email:Hello and happy new year!!
I seriously cant believe that another year has passed already! its crazy. and that transfers are next week too...its nuts. I really hope I stay in this area with my same comp. I dont know if i should say that but, oh well. I think its good that every time I have thought that- at least it means I love my comp and my area!
ok a little funny thought for the day- on my phone call I said that everyone just tells me i´m fat to my face? [actually more like they allude to it, ie "here, have more to eat, obviously you like to eat!"] well luckily it hasn´t happened for a while. Anyway that's besides the point except now its going the other way. For example this man (super creeper as my comp called him) walked by so we started talking to him and talking about the gospel. I started feeling really uncomfortable because he was just STARING in my eyes. it was so weird. Anyway like always i asked if we could pass by in some other moment for his house [is this her spanish structure creeping in?] to share a message about a living prophet and the true restored church of Jesus Christ. He then said, i would only like to steal you away for five minutes so I could just keep looking at you, but nothing more. I was like uhhh,.... ok thanks here´s a folleto chau! haha it was pretty uncomfortable.
So lately it has been crazy rain season here. The other day we shared a message with some people on their porch and I began with a prayer. It was super sunny and hot. when I opened my eyes the sky was way darker and the wind had picked up immensely. It was crazy! Then it started raining. It is seriously like some scene from a movie. Like you just watch these dark clouds move SO fast and they cover the whole sky and then there is a terrible rainstorm. We have learned to always bring our umbrellas now even if its super hot sunny and cloudless in the morning.
So Christmas was super great, we had a huge asado. we borrowed this parilla, like metal grate thing, and then una chapa, like a chunk of an aluminum roof from Jesus Chiapello, the Elder´s quorum president in our ward, to have this huge outdoor bbq. It was so delicious. I have never seen so much meat for a bbq! and like good real meat too and chorizo, not burgers or anything. There is this Elder from Colombia- Elder Cristancho, the one that talked to you guys in english, that had this specialty colombian meat sauce he made that was so good, and he is going to give me the recipe. And we played soccer and some basketball, it was really fun. But I dont think i have ever been so hot or sweaty in my life. and it was so weird to have that on Christmas day.
So the other day we were feeling a little not so great, and we were about to teach a lesson with a member, and we were picking him up in his apartment, and i was like ok, I have got to pray or something to get the fire back. so we offered a prayer together and we went a taught this AWESOME Lesson. It really testified to me the strength of prayer and how quickly the Spirit can help us change the environment so that we can teach with power.
I seriously cant believe that another year has passed already! its crazy. and that transfers are next week too...its nuts. I really hope I stay in this area with my same comp. I dont know if i should say that but, oh well. I think its good that every time I have thought that- at least it means I love my comp and my area!
ok a little funny thought for the day- on my phone call I said that everyone just tells me i´m fat to my face? [actually more like they allude to it, ie "here, have more to eat, obviously you like to eat!"] well luckily it hasn´t happened for a while. Anyway that's besides the point except now its going the other way. For example this man (super creeper as my comp called him) walked by so we started talking to him and talking about the gospel. I started feeling really uncomfortable because he was just STARING in my eyes. it was so weird. Anyway like always i asked if we could pass by in some other moment for his house [is this her spanish structure creeping in?] to share a message about a living prophet and the true restored church of Jesus Christ. He then said, i would only like to steal you away for five minutes so I could just keep looking at you, but nothing more. I was like uhhh,.... ok thanks here´s a folleto chau! haha it was pretty uncomfortable.
So lately it has been crazy rain season here. The other day we shared a message with some people on their porch and I began with a prayer. It was super sunny and hot. when I opened my eyes the sky was way darker and the wind had picked up immensely. It was crazy! Then it started raining. It is seriously like some scene from a movie. Like you just watch these dark clouds move SO fast and they cover the whole sky and then there is a terrible rainstorm. We have learned to always bring our umbrellas now even if its super hot sunny and cloudless in the morning.
So Christmas was super great, we had a huge asado. we borrowed this parilla, like metal grate thing, and then una chapa, like a chunk of an aluminum roof from Jesus Chiapello, the Elder´s quorum president in our ward, to have this huge outdoor bbq. It was so delicious. I have never seen so much meat for a bbq! and like good real meat too and chorizo, not burgers or anything. There is this Elder from Colombia- Elder Cristancho, the one that talked to you guys in english, that had this specialty colombian meat sauce he made that was so good, and he is going to give me the recipe. And we played soccer and some basketball, it was really fun. But I dont think i have ever been so hot or sweaty in my life. and it was so weird to have that on Christmas day.
So the other day we were feeling a little not so great, and we were about to teach a lesson with a member, and we were picking him up in his apartment, and i was like ok, I have got to pray or something to get the fire back. so we offered a prayer together and we went a taught this AWESOME Lesson. It really testified to me the strength of prayer and how quickly the Spirit can help us change the environment so that we can teach with power.
The thing also was that was had contacted a Romina and she was like yeah come back, and when we went back a different day the member that was with us, Pablo Martinez, this awesome super little guy that loves to teach and speak english, was like hey I think she is a member! anyway she wasn´t home. But we were in the same area with Pablo again when we prayed to get the Spirit and I was like hey lets go for Romina again, and we went, she wasnt there but her sister Rocio and her brother Dario were and they were both baptized, there whole family was but they hadn't gone forever because their mom stopped going and so Rocio hadn´t gone in like10 years since she had been baptized when she was 8. so we shared the story of Joseph Smith and the true chruch in the earth again today, and I could tell it was something they had been waiting to hear. Although they have been baptized, they now need the opportunity to grow their testimonies. They are going to pray and read and ask God about Joseph Smith. It was really neat too to share about how we can ask speciifc questions in our prayers to receive specific answers. Rocio was like wait what!? I want to receive answers from God. And we were like you can! and she was like I never knew that. I think everyone would be a lot happier if they could know about personal revelation and that God loves us and wants to help us. Rad. Also it was neat to see how well my compainon and I are teaching. there has been a great improvement in our unity of teaching and i feel like we are really directed by the spirit in what we share with the people. Unfortunately most of the people we teach dont want to get baptized or go to church o que sea. But we are finding new people constantly, or trying anyway, but its just a little frustrating to see this constant rotation or cycle I guess. we just keep getting newbies and then having to drop them becuase they arent progressing.
I also have been reading in the war chapters in alma agian but this time in Spanish. I really hope someday in Heaven we can watch all of these things on screen as they happened. Haha i just love these chapters they have all the good elements of an AMAZING movie, but with the awesome spiritual aspects that can change our lives! I also read in 3 nephi in the chpt about the war against the gadianton robbers. That is just powerful stuff!
I know this is the true chruch of God on the earth today. That the preisthood power is real. That the power of prayer is real. That we can be happy. That to have joy is God´s plan for us. I love this gospel and the peace, love, and blessings that I receive everyday from my Heavnely Father and form my Savior Jesus Christ.
I love you all so much and hope you have a rockin new year! do something so fun! like play beatle rock band all night! haha ok I am a little jealous of that....
I also have been reading in the war chapters in alma agian but this time in Spanish. I really hope someday in Heaven we can watch all of these things on screen as they happened. Haha i just love these chapters they have all the good elements of an AMAZING movie, but with the awesome spiritual aspects that can change our lives! I also read in 3 nephi in the chpt about the war against the gadianton robbers. That is just powerful stuff!
I know this is the true chruch of God on the earth today. That the preisthood power is real. That the power of prayer is real. That we can be happy. That to have joy is God´s plan for us. I love this gospel and the peace, love, and blessings that I receive everyday from my Heavnely Father and form my Savior Jesus Christ.
I love you all so much and hope you have a rockin new year! do something so fun! like play beatle rock band all night! haha ok I am a little jealous of that....
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