Area: Arvin Spanish Group
Companion: Hermana Luquette
This week was packed full of fun events, miracles, and rainy days. I think that it has rained more this last month than it has rained at any other time on my mission so far. We have been making it through, though. I found some boots that I forgot that I packed when I left home, so I am living the high life out here!
The week started
out with a bang. We went over to Julio's house this week for our lesson.
He is planning on getting baptized this coming Saturday,
so we were planning on teaching a normal-type lesson to him. We started
out the lesson and he was telling us of a dream about angels, just like
he always does. Then, out of the blue, he told us that he was going to
move to Lamont at the end of the week. Lamont is about 10 minutes
outside of Arvin and is the area of our district leader. He will still
be going to the Arvin group, but our hearts sank when he told us. I was
doing a pretty good time holding myself together until Julio said the
opening prayer for the lesson. In his prayer, he thanked Heavenly Father
for sending us to teach him and for helping him to change his life.
After that, Hermana Luquette and I were a total mess for the entire
lesson. Julio tried to comfort us by giving us sodas and telling us that
we could come and visit him when he moves back to Mexico. It was so
sad. We had his baptismal interview the next day and he passed, but we
were sad because we thought it would be the last time we would be able
to teach him. Then, the next day, we got permission to keep teaching him
down in Lamont for the last week before his baptism. It made me so
happy that we will be able to help him during his last week of
preparation for his baptism. Even though his is a really strange old
man, I love him so much!
We had a combined Zone
Conference this week with all of the missionaries on this side of the
mission. It is always fun to get together with all the other
missionaries from my old areas. We talked about the blessings that come
to our families that come from us serving missions. I hope that really
is true. I know that I am constantly praying for you all at home and I
hope that my mission is helping you all as well!
Our
district right now is really small. There are only three
companionships: us, the elders in Lamont, and the set of hermanas that
is serving in La Cresta. This week, the La Cresta hermanas were sick on
the day of district meeting, so it was just us and the elders. It was
strange to have such a small district meeting, but it was a pretty
spiritual meeting. Afterwards, we went out and bought some ice cream to
take to the sick hermanas. One of them was Hermana Zambrano. We were
able to talk to her for a while. I was really happy to see all of the
progress and growth that she has been making.
Well,
that is just about it for the week. It has been fun to be able to work
with all of missionaries. Transfers are coming this week and there are a
lot of new Spanish speaking sisters coming in. Literally every
companionship except for Hermana Luquette and I will be training. It is
going to be a crazy transfer, but I am sure that it will help the
mission to grow stronger. I am super excited for the next transfer to
come and I hope that all goes well. I am so glad for the chance that I
have to serve a mission right now and I know that it is shaping me every
day. I know that the church is true and that the path of Christ leads
to happiness! I hope that you all have a good week!
Hermana Blau
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