Nov. 25, 2013
Familia,
This week.. has been.... quite the week! Let me tell you what
happened!
Lunes- it was p-day. And I love p-day oh so very much because I get to talk
to all of my wonderful family who prays for me EVERY second and I love it!
Martes- I got a wonderful letter from Haylee! I loved your talk Haylee babe!
I needed that letter that day because that day ALL of our appts fell through and
ALL of our potentials dropped us.. ja ja.. SOPRESA! But we had a really great
lesson with Hno Ortiz, he is less active and we see him once a week and he ALWAYS
feeds us the best stuff, and he knows I love his food, and so he makes me eat
like three plates of everything he gives me... so yes, I am fat. Yay for
missions!
Miercoles- This day was an awesome dia! First we felt that we should go to
this one potentials home and just try to get in with her. (Hna Felt had taught
her once or twice) and she answered. It was amazing, we had a great lesson with
her, and we came to find out that she had 14 snakes in her house, and that her
husband was a snake charmer... and then she invited us to dinner on Dec. 4...
or something like that. And right after that she was telling us that about
everyday at least one of the snakes gets on the loose... and she said one of the
snakes was a Boa Constrictor... yeah I almost threw up. Almost wet my pants
ja ja. But, alas we are going HAPPILY to her house to eat dinner:)
We also
got in with two other investigators that never answer, it was AMAZING! We had a lesson with Consuelo, and we found her knocking doors. So we went
to her house that night and that was kind of a hard lesson because, well mom
knows this, but Hispanics LOVE to talk, and so for an HOUR we were "talked" to by
her husband (Alfredo) saying literally that he respects all religions, FOR AN
HOUR... my brain cried a little bit when we told them we had to go.. but hey,
Consuelo read in the Book of Mormon, and miraculously we committed her to
reading another chapter in the Book of Mormon. Don't know how we did that with
her Husband... giving us, a talkin to.
Jueves- WE GOT IPADS! It is really cool! The reason we have them is
because of the Area Book. Soon probably every missionary will have one because
of the Area Book, it makes things go much quicker and much more organized with
all of the records we deal with. Also, that day I got to see, Hna Hatch and Hna
Pearson! Oh my goodness, I love those girls! SO much.. I can' waitt for you all to
meet them when I get home, you will LOVE them! So that day I was happy.
When our
meeting was done we went ..... KNOCKING:) WAHOO! .. ja ja, and I guess you could
say, we went, "Blessing homes with our voices" ( is what I like to call it)
and then we had an apt with the CUTEST member family! They have twin girls who
are 7, and they cooked for us, ah so yes, I am fat right now, literally. But the
food, is just so good!
Viernes- I found a quote this day and its my theme! ( I think I have like
50 themes for this mission, but esta bien) it's a quote from Ezra Taft
Benson, which says, "Christ wants to lift us to where He is, do we desire to do
the same for others?" I thought about that for a long time, because I love that!
we are teaching people so we can lift them to where Christ is! Ah! La Iglesia es
VERDAD! Well this day, we had weekly planning.... (Jacob prepare yourself for
weekly planning my brother, prepare) Then we went out to knock and TONS of
families were putting up lights for Christmas... Oh how I miss my family! But I
love you all! Today I also got MOMs letter! And it came at a perfect time,
because I was really missing home, and it was an incredible talk by President
Eyring, about Rising to your call. I read it and then made my companion read it,
because it was SO powerful! Thank you mom:) that was very inspired!
We also got invited by a member for Thanksgiving! How sweet is that? With the Familia Gonzalez. Then I went to CHOIR! My favorite time! Today we were singing Angels we Have Heard on High, and I couldn't even hear myself AT ALL! ah, the men singing GLOOORIA behind me, singing with what I like to call, "Sing with your WHOLE soul and more" made impossible to hear myself. But right when I heard that first Gloria in the song my thoughts were, "Wow I must have died and gone to Heaven, because I love this SOO very very much." it really is the best thing in the whole world.
Well then, that night we had a lesson with Ricardo and Carmen and we were going to bring a member with us! (Key to missionary work, BRING MEMBERS) so we went to pick Hna Rojas, (who is AMAZING) and she realized I didn't have a big coat. Just my pee coat. And she felt so bad, but I explained to her that my mother was sending me a coat and hopefully it should get here soon. And so the lesson went SO great! Ah, I wish you could have all been there! Well, then we were dropping of Hna Rojas and she invited us into her very humble home and of course we went in. And she looks at me and literally takes the coat off of her back and places it on my shoulders. Tears filled my eyes, because I know she and her husband can barley get food on the table for her four children, so I insisted that I was totally okay, and that I couldn't take her coat, but she refused to take it, she said (in Spanish of course) no, you keep this coat til your mothers comes. I will not see my missionaries go cold in this weather. Again my eyes filled with tears, thanked her again and again and left. I left feeling so incredibly humbled. That was my Domingo.
Well, as you can see its been quite the week. And I have prayed and prayed
for strength over and over again, and I know He helped me! I have been
so richly blessed because this church is true! I love you all! HAPPY
THANKSGIVING! I will miss you all SO much:(.. but PLEASE know I am there with
you in SPIRIT! I love you my familia!
Con Amor
Hna Hammond
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