Oh Heavenly Father is so good to me. Even when things
are a little tough he just sends me an extra dose of love from all around.
Thank you so much for your e-mail! You made me cry there at the end, but what
you said meant so much to me. You are the greatest!
This week was good. Monday night we went over to our
old WMLs house for dinner. We were just going over to talk to her (his wife)
about fellowshipping one of our investigators and she calls us to tell us that
she invited three of her non-member friends. She is awesome! They were really
nice! They don’t live around here and didn’t seem that interested, but we shared
a scripture and testified of Christ. One of them is trying to make it big in
the music business. He basically sounds like Pitbull…his stage name is Angello
so keep an eye out for him! Maybe he’ll be famous by the time I get home.
Tuesday was good. We got to go and teach seminary at
another high school. This time it was the high school that our mini
missionaries go to. It was so great to see them! And they knew the answers to
the questions that people don’t normally know so apparently something went
right in the 9 days they were serving.
Wednesday we were on exchanges. We had a lesson with
Edith in the morning and we talked about the importance of reading and praying
about the Book of Mormon and about how that is going to be how she receives her
answer. And then we ate lunch with her. Her son who is a member made us rice
and tilapia and we had yummy juice and cinnamon rolls for dessert. We biked all
day that day and it was a little rough going…the sister I was with hadn’t
ridden her bike that many times and she fell…and the chain came off…and she
couldn’t go very fast. I felt pretty awful because we biked a ton that day too,
but it all worked out okay and she is such a trooper! I just apparently don’t
have really good luck biking with people who aren’t my actual companion!
Thursday was MLC and that went well! We talked a lot
about basic principles and received training on those and it was a good way to
refocus on what really matters and on what it’s really all about.
Friday was good and is where the title of this e-mail
comes from. During the day we had weekly planning. Then for dinner we went over
to a recent coverts house. She is so funny! She’s one of the sisters in the
Garcia family. After we finished eating, she was heating up some wax to clean
up her eyebrows because she was going to a big concert that night. Then she
asked Sister Chavarri if she wanted her to wax her mustache…and then we all
ended up getting our mustaches waxed! Even Elder Macfarlane waxed is eyebrows!
(well, just the part between the two, so now more unibrow) So the top of my lip
is hair-free haha. It was strange and my upper lip still feels weird and I
probably won’t wax again, but it was so funny! Then that night we had a great
lesson with Natividad and the members he lives with gave us some of the
homemade ice cream they made that day… with goat’s milk. It wasn’t really that
bad actually!
Saturday was a little tough for me. I don’t know why,
but it was just sad. Actually, I do know why, but it was still weird. I think I
was just being extra sensitive, but it was still hard. But the Lord knows what
he is doing…I realized that in my personal study this morning as I was reading
President Monson’s talk “I will now fail thee, nor forsake thee.” Read it. It’s
so good. It was exactly what I needed to hear and it made me realize that the
Lord is just answering my prayers in a way I didn’t expect, but that I now see
is the only way possible to make it happen. And the General Womens Meeting that
night was great. And Edith came to it!!! She is so sweet. And she loved it! She
is so close, I can just feel it.
Yesterday was good. Edith came to church and so did
Concha and Naty and Karina and Natividad. He was the best one though. On our
lesson with him on Friday he told us about a dream he had of him in a white
shirt and tie like a missionary and then he showed up to church in a white shirt
and tie!!! But the tie was really short, but it didn’t matter because he looked
great. Last night we also got a new investigator! Concha and Rene’s daughter is
8 and she was with us at the lesson we had and she said she wants us to start
teaching her too. Concha and Rene are getting married May 24th and
then all four of them (Concha, Rene, Naty, and Rossy) will be baptized on May
31st. It’s so exciting!
This weekend has helped me to come closer to my Savior
and I have felt Him supporting my and helping me when I didn’t feel like I
could do it. I know that He loves us. I know that Heavenly Father loves us too.
Never, ever, ever forget that. I can never deny that. Ever. I’ve seen it and
felt it in too many ways. This is true. This is happiness.
I love you and hope that you have the best week. I’m
sending a letter for you to take with you to Utah and give to grandpa. Drive
safely and have a great time. Send my love to all of the family! Tell them if
they have a few extra minutes, they are more than welcome to send me a letter. :)
Con amor,
Hermana Baria
