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| A fishtail braid Hermana Luquette did for me. My hair is getting long! |
Companion: Hermana Luquette
This week was busy and I felt like everything has been changing. I feel like missionary work has been revolutionized, and I am right on the ground floor. We have also seen GIANT miracles throughout the entire week. The rain has finally ended this week. That means that the flooding is down and everyone is getting back to work and things are getting back to normal.
We got a ton of new hermanas in the
mission this past week. It has been really fun to get to know all of
them. All of the other hermanas in the mission are either training or in
training, so it has been interesting to get to watch over all of them.
It is really exciting that there is so much new blood in the mission. It
brings a fire to the work that allows the spirit to work strongly in
the work!
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| Hermana Luquette and me with Hermana Weaver who just came in the mission and is the trainee of Hermana Zambrano. That makes me a mission grandma! |
One of the strangest changes of the
week has been to the missionary schedule. We no longer plan at night and
we are allowed to do our studies at the time of the day that works best
for us. It is really liberating and we have been able to sleep more
than I have in the past year. I feel a lot more peaceful in my
missionary work now, and we have been doing everything with a lot more
energy now!
One of the biggest things that
happened this week involved Julio. We knew that he was going to be
moving to Lamont, and he told us a little bit about where he was going,
but he didn't know his address before he left. We had phone contact with
him several times before he left on Tuesday and when we called that
day, he told us that he was in the process of leaving and that he would
call us after he got to Lamont. After that, we weren't able to contact
him. We tried calling several times and he never picked up. We suspect
that he lost his phone while he was moving. We were starting to get a
little worried, so we went over to his old house. He used to live in a
little shed beside a bigger house, so we knocked on the door of the big
house and inquired about Julio. The old lady who lived there told us
that he is currently in Mexico. We refused to believe that, so we went back
to the house later and talked to the son of the owner of the house and
he told us that Julio was in Lamont but that he had no idea where he
was. After consulting with the Zone Leaders, we decided to team up with
the elders in Lamont and go on a Julio hunt #juliohunt2017. After
district meeting, we had one hour to go to Lamont and look for Julio. We
only knew that he was behind a restaurant called La Mina. When we got
there, we discovered that there were approximately 10,000 people there and we
were in for a long search. We said a prayer and asked for the direction
of the spirit and set out. I felt like Nephi when he went into Jerusalem
being led by the spirit, not knowing beforehand what he would do. We
started asking people in their houses if they had seen a strange old man
named Julio, and nobody was able to point us in his direction. Anytime
we saw an old person on the street we chased them down and discovered
to our disappointment that it was not him. The hour that we had for our
Julio hunt was going by really quickly, and we only had a few minutes
left. In a last ditch effort, we decided to go to the restaurant and ask
them if they had seen him there. The people behind the counter said
that they didn't know any Julios, so we were out of luck. Hermana
Luquette had to go to the restroom, so we took a little break right
before we started heading back to Arvin. While she was in the restroom,
my heart was full of prayer that we would see a miracle and that we
would be able to find Julio. Hermana Luquette was also praying in the
restroom. When she was done, we walked out of the back corner of the
restaurant and JULIO WAS STANDING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORE!!! I
am sure that everyone in the place must have thought that we were crazy
because we started freaking out and asking him all sort of questions. He
showed us to where he was living and gave us some sodas (just like old
times!). It was such a miracle to me. He was living a long way away from
where we were looking and it was in bit of a hidden place. I really
don't know how we ever would have found him in all of the town if it
weren't for the hand of the Lord right at that moment. Because he wasn't
able to have any preparation this week, we decided to postpone the
baptism for another week or so, but I am just so happy to know that
Heavenly Father is looking out for all of his children and that he wants
for everyone to have the gospel.
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| The two of me with the dog are with a little dog named Fifi who belongs to one of the recent converts in our area, Hermana Sigala. |
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| Hermana Luquette and I with Hermana Sigala. |
This
week has been such a witness to me that Heavenly Father loves us so much
and that he is personally involved in our lives. I know that he is
looking out for us and that he really does answer our prayers. I have
such a testimony of the truthfulness of the work. I am so happy to be a
missionary! I hope that you all have a good week and that everything
goes well for you!
Hermana Blau
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