Happy Monday to
you as well! I also have a hard time believing that it has already rolled
around again. Time really does fly! Only two more weeks until my birthday!
Although, if I was to adopt Chris’s birthday celebrating method (which isn’t
really a bad idea) my birthday month would start in just one week! Yay. :) Grandpa’s birthday
(and mine too I suppose, but mostly his :)
sounds like it will be quite the party. Take lots of pictures! And I appreciate
the pictures you are going to take of the wedding too! I still haven’t gotten
an invitation. Did you send me one? Sounds like Washington is getting pretty
nice. Sun, blue skies and 60 degrees, huh? That’s pretty similar to here too.
Sun, blue skies, and…oh wait, 80 degrees. :)
As for hiking though, I sent a box home that has my camlebak in it so you can
use that! You’ll have to empty out all my letters though. Don’t get rid of
anything that is in there please! I’m glad you mapped out how far I biked, I
wanted to know. No shortcuts were taken. :)
It was fun! I like biking!
Tuesday was a lot
of fun. Sister Chavarri and I got to be the STLs that went to the airport with
the Assistants and President and Sister Nattress to pick up the new
missionaries. And I got to drive there! It was so great. The new missionaries
were awesome. We got to eat lunch with them and stay the day with them for
their interviews and different activities that they did with us. It was a lot
of fun. It is always so great to see their excitement when they get here. That
day was even greater because we had dinner at Hermana Baldwin’s restaurant and
I got more Lucuma ice cream for dessert. The BEST!
Wednesday was
transfers. They aren’t too nerve-racking when you know you are staying, but we
did get a new zone leader and our old one became an Assistant. So now all three
of the Assistants have also been my Zone leaders. My bike had broken (wasn’t
used to all of that biking haha) so the man who we all buy our bikes from fixed
it for me. So kind! President Nattress came up to us and told us that he kept
us together one more transfer because he didn’t want to change too much this
time around…makes me a little nervous about next transfer, but oh well! No use worrying
about that now!
Thursday we had a
lesson with our investigator Rosa and she is amazing! We found her when we had
the mini-missionaries so this was the first time I had met her. We taught her
about the Plan of Salvation and she loved the idea that we all choose to be
here. I love that part too! She also said that she will be baptized! We don’t
know when yet, but she is praying about the 12th of April.
Friday we did a
service project for some less actives in our ward. Lots of yardwork. You would
be so proud! It was a little too warm for the jeans I was wearing, but it was
fine and they got us all pizza! They are so sweet. They are less active more
out of falling out of the habit than for lacking testimony or wanting nothing
to do with the church…which is nice!
Saturday we had a
very long appointment with our investigator Ladi. She made us yummy Columbian
empandas and we ate together and then had our lesson. We taught her the
restoration. She likes a lot of the things we teach, but in this lesson she
told us that she doesn’t think we have to go to church and that baptism is the
last step we have to take…yeah, so we are going to start working with her on
that. She is so great and her little daughters are adorable.
Yesterday was
good. After visiting a less active we talked to these two ladies who were
outside. I told them where I am from and one of them said that she is going to
Washington this summer! I asked what parts and she said Olympia so I told her I
was from Lacey. Turns out, that’s where her husband is from. He graduated from
North Thurston. Que pequeno es este mundo! Love it. :)
Things are going
great here! I can’t believe how fast it is going by. I keep making new goals
and re-focusing myself so that I can serve with all that I can and come home
without any regrets. I love my mission and I am grateful for the opportunity
that I have to participate in this marvelous work. Have a wonderful week! LOVE
YOU!
Con amor,
Hermana Baria
