Oct. 20, 2014"I am perfect in one thing, I am perfect in trying."

Oct. 20, 2014 "I am perfect in one thing, I am perfect in trying."

Happy Anniversary Scott & Tirzah!!

It was a great week! It was really busy, but it really was a great
week. It's hard to say all that we do, so I will just share a few
stories, because I can't remember what we do these days, and they all
get mixed up! :)

On Tuesday we had exchanges! I was with an hermana, and she came out with me! Her name is Hermana Meanea. It was a great exchange. She came to our area and we taught algunas personas, Rosa Males, (who we ended up taking a picture with because all she remembers about the church is the law of chastity and God, and because she just always holds up that pamphlet every lesson.. hilarious) But we did have a good day, we were SOAKING wet from the rain, and you all know me, I was just loving it! I wanted to go on a run. 

On Wednesday we had a zone training meeting, it was fun! We get to teach a part of it, and this time we taught about the importance of companionship study, it was really fun! I like to teach, it makes me think that teaching at like the CCM would really just be the best! After that we went over to serve a lady in our ward. Her name is Hermana Rojas, and the doctors have given her 2 more weeks to live. She has cancer in her throat, and it's the saddest thing. She isn't sealed with her husband because he is in-active, but she always brought her 6 year old son and daughter to church, and the doctors have had to take our her tongue, and its really so sad. We went over to go take care of her, but there were already 3 Hermanas helping her, so we decided to clean the kitchen. The Hermana is so strong in the church, and was always going to the temple even without her husband, and it just makes me so sad to think about her husband. Now what we are praying for, is so the Hermano can come back to church because of this, so he can come back to prepare to make covenants with God, right now he still doesn't want to come to church, but I know soon he will! 

On Friday we had exchanges! I went to this Hermanas area, it was really interesting because it was one of the hardest exchanges I ever have been on. The hermana just was pretty much done with being a missionary. We actually have become friends on the mission because we served near each other in Woodstock. She was having a hard time. There are times when you just feel like, "okay, I am done, I love it here, I love the people, but I am just done...." I know because I am certain that that's how every missionary feels at least once, but I felt really close to the spirit during this time because the Lord had guided this exchange so that this hermana could have a friend to talk to. I am certain that it really wasn't me who helped, but it was the fact that someone was there, who cared about her, and mostly to just tell her she could do it!- With Presidents permission she got to call her mom while I was there, and I think things will just be fine :) 

We had an incredible lesson this Sunday with la familia Pule, it was
amazing! We had the lesson in their home and it was the Hermanos mom who
we were teaching because she isn't a member. It was one of the most
powerful lessons ever. We were teaching Hermano pulses mom, but his
dad is a member, and we were teaching her about the restoration. It
was the sweetest thing, because the husband just comes right out and
says, "wife, we are waiting on you, we want to be a family sealed
together for time and all eternity, I want to be sealed to you." Then
the son just said, "Mom, I have joined this church and left our family
traditions because I know this church is true. I know it, and I want
my family to he together forever,  (this is when he started to get
pretty bold!.... It was awesome) but," he said, "mom God is going to
hold you accountable after this life, and he will say to you, 'I sent
my gospel to you, and you didn't accept it....' Mom, we are waiting to
be sealed to you, please come join us...." It was awesome. She is
still pretty strong in her beliefs, but I know one day she will be
baptized. It was really powerful. This family is so super cool! I love
them! The Hermano grew up in this place in Mexico with mountains, and
it's summer all of the time, and it's just a bunch of farms and fields,
and they were so poor they didn't wear shoes, they would just run up
and down the mountain side sin zapatos, and picking fresh fruit all
day. Legit right? Yeah.

Well family, I love you all! This week we have had SO MUCH MEMBER HELP! In EVERY SINGLE one of our citas, we have a member there, why?... because its the genius of this gospel! I love the analogy of us all climbing this big mountain, we cant do it alone, we need our family, our friends, our neighbors to all lift us along this journey! Members are key to this work, they find, we teach, they testify, its the best. I love it.

Also-- theme of the week, "I am perfect in one thing, I am perfect in trying.." - meet the Mormons. 

My challenge for all of you, is to try to be a little bit better, a little more happy, a little more positive, a little more forgiving, a little more Christ-like. 

I love you all! Keep baptizing people at BYU-I! So pumped for ROBERT! How amazing! Family que impresionante!!! I love you all! 

All of me loves all of you all! 

Hermana Hammond

 go make miracles this week :)
                                                         We contacted this woman- she gave us flowers!