Oct. 13, 2014 Soo.. I have made the decision that our next family vacation is .... COSTA RICA.. yep.

Oct. 13, 2014 Soo.. I have made the decision that our next family vacation is .... COSTA RICA.. yep.
Feliz Cumpleanos: Camee!!!!!

I just wanna give a BIG shout out to my mother.. who is the best missionary del mundo! One day I will be like her! With all of the amazing stories from her trip to California! That is exactly what we are supposed to do! Magnify the scripture that says OPEN YOUR MOUTH! Man! Its amazing! 

NEXT- I wanna give a huge shout out for MEET THE MORMONS!.. It was seriously the best movie I have ever seen!... funny story real fast... So, I haven't seen a movie in a REALLY long time right?.. so watching Meet the Mormons was pretty emotional for me, like it was SO intense. When the football team was going out (during that part) I started to tear up because of how intense the music was, ha ha, (imagine me with tears in my eyes watching the football players. yeah. ridiculous.) I whispered to my companion saying, "Wow, Hermana this is so good, I am gonna cry.. I am crying.. " Tears were shed during this movie, not sure if it's just because I haven't seen a movie in a long while or what...

   BUT I just loved the movie! DAD.. our next family trip, I have decided we are going to Costa Rica! That part was SO cool! Man, I just loved it!- and we have to do that !

Okay! now about my week!

So I don't have too much time today so I will just share a few stories! 

On  Wednesday we were running at 6 in the morning and we started doing some lunges and we look up and who do we see??..... ONE OF OUR INVESTIGATORS. Her name is Irma, and we met her contacting on the street. She told us to pray for her mother in Guatemala and so we did and then we saw her, and she came and told us her mother had passed away. What a miracle we were out there and she just happened to be walking (crazy right at 6 in the morning). Later that day we went to her home and taught her the Plan of Salvation, (just a little part,) it was a really powerful lesson. It was awesome, she was so grateful. Later on that day she told us that there was a pastor from the Catholic church going to her home to pray for her mom, and it just made me think that the message we brought her was nothing but hope. It was centered on Jesus Christ, and how families can be together forever, and about how she WILL see her mother again! The prayer they brought her, was nothing but mourning over those who are passed, and a sad time. The gospel is amazing. It was a really cool miracle! 

Then-- on Saturday I had the most wonderful opportunity to see the GOMEZ FAMILY FROM WOODSTOCK SEALED! It was the coolest thing ever. They were baptized two years ago, and we got to do a session and then go into the celestial room with them! I just died, I gave them the BIGGEST hug and just started to cry because the only thoughts I had were, "This is what I am here for, this is the great goal! I came to Chicago to help families achieve THIS." It was amazing! Then when we were in the sealing room, and Alex and Jony walked in, in their white clothes, tears just welt up in my eyes, it was SO awesome. THIS FAMILY IS ETERNAL NOW! I felt so blessed because I wasn't there when they were found, or when the Hermano was a huge heavy alcoholic, or when they were being taught, or when they were baptized, but I did get to see them sealed! Lots of other people were there from Woodstock and it was the best thing in the world cause I miss them all. Man, it was SO cool! 

Best week ever! Other than that, we had a great week! Went on exchanges-- I went with Hermana Francom, on Tuesday and then with Hermana Knowles on Friday. It was awesome! Exchanges can be tiring, but they are great! 

Well, we are doing great! I just keep learning more and more. Heavenly Father is really blessing us right now. More and more I realize that we are all SO inadequate for this work, but HE lets us go out there and He lets us FAIL and he lets us go preach the gospel in a language that isn't even our own, and he lets us try to cry repentance, and he lets us see miracles. It makes me think, that this is how God makes himself known, to work through very weak things so that great things can be brought to pass. Isn't it amazing? 

God is amazing. 

All of me loves all of you all! 

Hermana Hammond 

                                            These are the Gomez boys!! We didn't get the parents but esta bien!!

                                               This is Pero! Interesting man!

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