getting Hermana Hinojosa. Don't be deceived by the name--she is still
learning Spanish. Willcox will be her second area in the mission, so
she is still fairly fresh :) and President Passey told me that one of
the reasons he assigned her with me is so that she can benefit from my
focused studies of the language. I'm excited for us to improve
together. I will sure miss Hermana Farias though. Yesterday, we
achieved comp unity to a T when we discovered that our laughs are now
exactly identical. We just laugh too much :)
Pics:
#1 Not Included for Privacy reasons: My companion, Hermana Farias, and Karma. Karma was a referral
from her neighbors. She was taught quite a while ago and
wasn't really interested. A month or so ago, some tough trials brought
her back to church and she has been coming regularly since. We started
teaching her again only about two weeks ago and she is a joy to teach.
Yesterday at church we were talking in class about the Holy Ghost and
she told us that after our last lesson on the plan of salvation she
had felt so happy and peaceful. She said she felt like there was this
invisible light that only she could see. It has been incredible to see
the joy the gospel has brought her!
#2 Not Included for Privacy reasons: Us and Carrol. Carrol was also a referral from a
member, Sister Skinner. She is set to be baptized this Saturday, but
after she missed church this Sunday because she was sick, the bishop
of her ward talked to us and wants to push back her baptismal date a
couple weeks to be sure she is in the habit of coming to church
regularly and so that the members can get to know her better. That was
really hard to hear, especially because both my companion and I feel
that she is ready and we don't know how to tell her that her baptism
will be pushed back, nor if it is really the best thing for her. She
has such faith and courage. She has a glowing testimony of the Book of
Mormon and the prophet Joseph Smith, who she calls her angel. When we
told her she would have to give up her coffee she told us, "I know
that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that this is what God wants me to
do." She also knew that her family wouldn't be happy with her baptism,
but she told them all as soon as we had set the date and invited them
to her baptism and all her kids are coming! We invited the bishop to
our lesson with her this Tuesday evening and I guess we will just see
what happens. In the meantime, we are losing sleep.
#3 Not Included for Privacy reasons: Me and Carrol
#4 Not Included for Privacy reasons: Us, Carrol, and Sister Skinner
#5 My companion with the Cuevas family. Our bishopric is made up of
two white guys and then brother Cuevas. We call them Peter, James, and
Juan :). The Cuevas family are all converts and they know just about
everyone we are teaching. They just know everyone, really. And they
are great at giving us referrals.
#6 Brother Crocket, our branch mission leader.
#7 Whetten Family. This family is really the anchor of missionary work
in the branch. Sister Whetten speaks Spanish and English fluently and
is always ready and eager to come with us to lessons or to pick up
investigators for church and is always asking how she can help.
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