Scary story!

Monday, June 7, 2010

Hello!

This week, has been good. We are still struggling in finding people to teach. But you know,

we´ve had some success with the few we´ve had the pleasure to meet. Priscila. I know she feels the Spirit. She still feels confused about what is the truth, but i know she feels good. She said she would like to get baptized. We still haven´t taught the law of Chastity though... Anyway She came again to church on Sunday and she is reading the Book of Mormon, and we watched the Restoration video and she says she feels like Joseph Smith -really confused, but is still looking for the answer. We´ve explained quite clearly how the Spirit works- I guess we just need to pray and keep working until she finally recognizes it.

We also called Carmen, this contact we had in the street a while ago. I dont remember if I already talked about her, but we called her and she was like yes i am so glad you called! anyway we went to teach the plan of salvation because she told us in our contact that she lost her only son a while ago. she talked a lot and got off topic a lot but she felt the Spirit. she also said she just loved us so much and that if we were selling her something she would buy whatever it was. Luckily she bought it (haha) and she went to church on Sunday. unfortunately after Relief Society she went home to make lunch or something (i personally dont understand the schedules of meals and the siesta here) but I know she liked it.

We had a missionary work activity yesterday so the members could leave with the missionaries and get exctied for the work. We had a grim turn out. The bishop didnt even come. My comp and I did divisions, and left with a girl from another ward, who didnt feel comfortable doing any contacts (it sure is draining to just do everything alone for 2 hours, i am so grateful for companionships of unity) and my comp went with a member who doesn't feel comfortable doing any walking. At first i felt super frustrated, but I was grateful for those who did come (the rest were just missionaries from other areas) and that they were willing to help.

I just think as regular members we need to remember the importance of missinoary work. Go out of our way to help the missionaries have success in helping our OWN barrio grow. offer to bring investigators to church, dont expect anything and always be willing to give service. For those who have served missions, we can always remember the yearning and hard work we have and do (or had and did) to have good relationships with the members and see success in the saving of souls. the work truly is mejor with the work and cooperation and willingness of the members.

Alrighty then. enough on my part. people are getting excited here for mundial, and i am keeping my eyes out for a rocking jersey, and for the family who is ready to prepare for the eternities.

I love you all. I love this gospel. Everyday I thank my Heavenly Father for the blessing to be a member of the true and living chruch. I know the Jesus Christ is My Savior. I know that every good thing we have is because of Christ and the blessings that come from our Heavenly Father.

Bye!

ok mom this is for you. I dont have time to open a new window haha.

ok so i am doing better. Thanks for everything. yesterday doing those contacts was rough. i am pretty sure it was the most rejection i had gotten in a while. but i still am learning to get used to it. anyway. I bought some tights today, really thick and good, im excited, I know they will keep me warm.

ok i just want to share this story. but you have to promise not to freak out. im totally fine and we are being way more careful now.

the other night we were walking down a street that we ALWAYS walk down at night. these guys like whistled at us and we just said hi to get them to stop and then this really fat really drunk guy from the other side of the street came down and started talking to us. I was like ok well thanks and we tried to keep going but he grabbed my comps coat and and we couldn't go. I felt ok when a woman came down thinking she was going to calm the situration. she didnt. she unfortunatley was just as drunk and they kept asking if we were with god. and i was like we have a folleto for you and i tried to give it to them so they would take it and leave us alone. they wouldnt. then she whips out a knife and keeps saying she will hurt us. I was like oh my gosh!!!!!!!!!! then one of those guys game over to stop her and he just like hugged her and hna kusilek yelled run! i started running but freaked out when i saw her chasing us. i stopped so i could go the other way (it was hard to think straight i was so scared) and she stopped and came back at me with the knife. she had it up to my face and with the fence at the back of me i had no where to escape. sister kusilek came back and were just trying to talk sense into her. then the fat guy came and was like all over sis k and we couldnt leave! she was yeling at us if we were virgins and i just was like yes yes half crying. and we were so scared the fat guy was going to do something. finally she said im not going to hurt you and said she wanted a hug. we hugged her then we ran as fast as we could to leave. we were surprised at a couple things, one, that none of the guys helped us or did anything to stop the people, then two that the drunk lady ran so fast and so straight to catch us. but i am so grateful everything is okay. i know God protected us in that moment. i have never been physically threatened like that before (te voy a lastimar! she yelled) and i know nothing stopped her fulfilling her word except God´s protection. our mission presidnet knows and the event seems like a movie now or dream. but we never walk anywhere in that area at night and we are so much more careful now. anyway kind of an exciting story i guess at best. we told our bishop and he laughed.

welp i love you all. and dont call the mission or anything with worry. i just thought you might want to hear the story.

ps can i have your cheesecake recipe? and maybe a pie recipe too? apple or somehting. ooh and peach! i would greatly apprectiae it.