Manuel came to
church! He asked us how he can truly prepare for baptism, because he
wants to be clean and get a new start. Which, by the way, is like angels
singing when you hear investigators say stuff like that. He is doing
amazing and I can't wait to keep watching and helping his life change
for the better. Marissa and her daughters are a hoot. We have so much
fun teaching them, and they really love it when we come over. We just
hope and pray that Marissa can start coming to church! But she works on
the dairy every day (as does this whole town). Some serious prayers are
needed for that one. But I know miracles will happen, because I can see
that they are truly prepared! We also got to teach Linda this week (the
one who we did service for) and she is great! We're still trying to
figure out who will teach her, because she speaks Spanish, but reads
English, and we can only teach people who plan to come to the Spanish
branch.
On to the craziness of this week. Friday was
the mission tour, when Elder Pino from the seventy came to visit and talk!
It was awesome. He spoke in Spanish too (with a translator) so I got to
hear it all twice! Boss part of being a Spanish missionary. We were in
Lubbock with half of the mission. Our mission is too huge to ever do
anything as an entire mission. But it was really wonderful. Our old
stake president [Elder Waddell] was his [Elder Pino's] old counselor! He was excited when he found out
that I knew him.
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| All but two of the Spanish sisters in the mission |
That night we got home just in time to have to stay at
home all night. Halloween means in the house by 6! But don't worry, we
partied it up (like missionaries do). We had costumes, trick or treaters, eating doughnuts off a string and then, thanks to the
best sister ever, homemade cookies!
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| Halloween party festivities |
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Members coming to trick or treat at our house.
I was a cheetah and Sister Slade was a cow. |
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| Temple trip! |
The next day we drove back to
Lubbock to go to the temple. We got to do a session in
Spanish!!! It was so amazing. The Lubbock temple is tiny, but beautiful.
Like, it's weird how small it is. But the spirit is just as strong!
We're allowed to go to the temple once a transfer so we went for it!
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Sister Slade's old companion was there
(yes, it was planned) |
I'm so
glad we did, because the next day, we got TERRIBLE news. Transfer calls
are not my favorite. Our mission president called and told us that my
trainer [Sister Slade] is leaving to go be an STL [Sister Training Leader] and I'm getting a new trainer. Who,
by the way, is my trainer's old trainer. Or in other words, my grandma. I
was basically in tears, because I'm terrified to be the one who is
supposed to know stuff about the area. I barely know anything! It feels like we're getting white washed. That happened to the
elders, so I will be the only missionary in Portales who isn't new to
the area. PRAY FOR ME. But, my new companion is
apparently amazing. Her name is Sister Rocha. She's native, which will
help a lot! I'm terrified, but so excited to learn more stuff. Plus, Sister Slade is now my STL, so I'll still see her when she comes for
exchanges! Which, will be the bomb.
Also, fun news, Brenda
and Danni from our ward had 11 pit-bull puppies this week! Bad news,
there will be another 11 dogs in Portales to bark at and chase me.
PIT-BULLS! This week, I got chased and almost bit by an evil dog.
Luckily, I was on my bike, or else I would not have gotten away. Does
that make me a real missionary now? I think it does:)
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