Companion: Hermana Galvez
This week was really good. We have been seeing a lot of miracles in our area and we have really been enjoying our time here in Delano. I can't believe our first transfer here in Delano has already come and gone! It has been a blast and things are going great. Big news of the week: Hermana Galvez and I are still going to be serving here. . . but we are also going to get a new companion. We don't know her name yet because I am going to be training again! It was super weird to get the call to train for my last six weeks, but I am super excited and I am grateful that I am going to be able to stay with Hermana Galvez, too!
This
week was so hot! It has just been starting to get SUPER hot in the
mission. I feel like I am sweating all of the time, but it it all okay! I
am wearing sunscreen and trying to keep in the shade when I can.
This
week, we have seen a lot of miracles with our investigators this week.
For one, we had a missionary activity with the ward. We have been
planning it within our district for the entire transfer, but we did a
really bad job with the publicity because we had Stake Conference last
week and we couldn't announce it over the pulpit. We have been working
with word of mouth to try and get everyone to come. When the activity
started, there wasn't anybody there and I thought that we were going to
be sitting around all night long. We had decided to do a "Minute to Win
It" type thing and all of the missionary companionships were in charge
of a little game. We had all of our stuff set up and it wasn't until
about 15 minutes later
that people showed up. After that, it was a really fun activity. We
were able to have a lot of people from the ward come and two of the
families that we are teaching came as well. They had a lot of fun and it
was really nice to see!
On Saturday,
we learned that one of our investigators that we have been working
with, Eliceo, just came back into town. He told us a couple of weeks ago
that he was going to go to Los Angeles for a day or two to get some
stuff taken care of with the court. We called him on the first day that
he was down there and he said that he was staying with his sister and
that he would probably be back in the next couple of days and that we
should call him the next day to see when he was coming back. Thus began
the phone chase that continued until Saturday.
Every single day he told us that he was coming back in the next couple
of days. We got so desperate to teach him again that we started teaching
him over the phone some days. When we finally saw him on Saturday,
I could hardly believe that he was actually there! We were able to
teach him a little lesson and invite him to a baptism that was happening
in the area.
The baptism on Saturday
was really nice because there were a lot of people there. We invited
one of the families that we have been working with and they came and
enjoyed it. It was nice to see them there and to help them to learn
about the importance of baptism. We have been seeing a lot of progress
in the area and we are super excited about all of the people that we are
working with.
I can't believe that I am
getting ready to start my last transfer in the mission. It seems almost
unreal that the time has gone by so fast! I am super excited that I am
getting to stay here in Delano during my last couple of weeks in the
mission and that I get to see the end of all of our work here! I am
super hyped to be out here in California and to see everything that is
going on. I love being a missionary and serving the Lord!
Hermana Blau
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