Monday, June 28, 2010
My. new. area. is. so. AWESOME!!! So first of all, the pench is really cool. we have roof access and we can see the whole city and it is buildings for a really long time. (the bad part is that elders lived there before and they didnt clean really well, and apparenlty the roach infestation didnt bother them. THERE ARE A MILLION. there were a bunch of dead ones in the fridge. our toilet doesnt work either and we have to fill up a bucket to flush it. but its super fun and we are get along really really well).
ok next off there wasn´t anything to work with. el elder que estuvo antes ya se murió, digamos. but thats why im here i guess to work really hard and find a lot of people to baptize.
so we called some members, met with the bishop (is great. he is ready to see some action in the ward. he is so willing to work with us and is really young and is totally in the mindset to help the missionaries.) and also the ward mission leader (also super great, a little embarrassed i think at the lack of progress that had happened before). Everyone in the ward is really young and super excited to work with the hermanas. The ward is like normal!!! i cried when there were four deacons to pass the sacrament. (ok i didnt cry but it was really cool) The bishop basically dropped cane about the obra misional in relief society.
so the bishop told us that we really needed to be obedient and have unity and work with the members in order for them to trust us. that made me sad, and i was like yeah we´re here to be like that. and i really wanted to start off with a bang. so i was praying that we would be able to find someone and take them to church on Sunday. Anyway so a miracle happened saturday night when we were knocking and found a family that let us in. married 35 years. and have a 25 year old daughter studying to be a lawyer. super cool and speaks a good amount of english. Anyway. we then invited them to church and they were like nah demasiado we´ll read the ldm and then see. but i just kept pushing it and they were like alright we´ll go. So they came to sacrament mtg!!! I was so grateful. I dont know what happened, like if they liked it or not, cuz i sat next to a recent convert and her little sister. and they just left but my comp set an appt for tuesday and the ward mission leader is going to come with us. They said they are too old to change. but we know that isn´t true. I was very glad that Heavenly Father let us find someone and that we can give a good impression to our new ward.
So the game was yesterday. HOLY CRAZY. Argentina beat mexico 3-1 and the whole city went NUTS. we stayed inside because we were supposed to study during the game and then after everybody was honking like crazy, and screaming and there were tons of people in the streets. the elders called us and were like yeah, best that you stay inside (they said that all the people from their area left to head to our area to party because we live dowtown) the honking and craziness lasted for 3 hours. without any sign of slowing down. it was quite the sight.
i am so grateful for the opportunity to be in the area that i am in now. the ward has all the tools, willingness, and love to see a lot of success. i pray that i can stay strong and alwyas do my part to see a lot of success. We´ll see what happens!!
I know this is the true church of Jesus Christ and i know that He is my Saviour.
Love, Hermana Dunford.
ps i want pics of nathan and aaron´s wedding announcement. or something.
mom there is an elder here, bret nielson, from vernal, and he knows sara and derek. anyway he is super funny. i guess you can tell them at the reunion. have fun there and tell everyone i say hi!
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