Companions: Hermana Galvez and Hermana Ruiz
Where do I even start. I feel like the time is flying by so fast and I can't believe that I am in the last full week of my mission. This week was pretty good!
We had a pretty good week for
finding and teaching. I feel like all of our investigators are doing
really well. A couple of months ago, when we first came to Delano, the
elders had been teaching a lady named Laura. She is super cool and she
loves to read the Book of Mormon. She had been learning for a while and
we were able to teach her about three times before she told us that she
had to go to Mexico to help her husband finalize his visa to come to the
United States. When she left, we helped her to refer herself to the
missionaries over in Mexico. This last week, she came back with her
husband and we started teaching them again. They are a super cute family
and they love learning about the gospel. The missionaries in Mexico
didn't go to visit them, so we have started teaching them all over again
as a family. They know a lot about the scriptures and they really want
to change their lives.
While we were walking
around this week, we met some interesting people. One day, right before
we were about to head back to our apartment for dinner, we met a lady
and her husband working on their car. We started talking to them and the
next thing I knew, we were sitting in their back yard drinking
home-made blueberry juice, eating chips covered in hot sauce, and
listening to her tell us about some little smurf houses that she had
made for her garden. I found myself looking around and wondering how I
had even gotten into that situation in the first place. It was bizarre,
but nice. :)
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| Me with a member of the ward named Brother Morales. He is super funny! |
Also, this week we have continued to teach the Luisa and Victoriano. They are super excited for their wedding on Saturday.
When we went over the other day, Luisa was telling us about all of the
food she was going to make: tamales, posole, mole, things like that. It
sounds like it is going to be great! We have continued to teach Gabino
and he is super excited about learning. He loves to read the scriptures
and he is really good at keeping commitments. He is pretty much a golden
investigator.
This week, we had a missionary
activity in the park. We decided to have a little picnic and to draw the
Plan of Salvation on the sidewalks. It was really fun. Gabino was able
to come and he really liked it. It was fun seeing all of the little kids
playing with the sidewalk chalk and learning together. It wasn't a
really big activity, but it was effective!
On Wednesday,
we went to the temple! It was so nice. Because the temple day replaced
our p-day, we decided that we would go to the earliest session possible
so that we could come back and have time to do our laundry and to go to
the store. We wanted to go to the 8:00 session. The only problem is that Delano is about three hours away from Los Angeles, so we had to leave at 4:30.
It was so early! We got a ride down with one of the members from our
ward, Sister Intok. She is Filipino and she brought one of her Filipino
non-member friends with her. It was fun listening to them speak Tagalog
while we were on our way. Sister Intok is a lot more of a defensive
driver than I am and she was weaving through the LA traffic like no one I
have ever seen. It was an adventure.
While we
were at the temple, we had a great time. There weren't a lot of people
in the session that we were in. I think there were only three other
women who were there, apart from us. It was nice because it kind of felt
like we were in our own personal session. :) After we were done, we
were able to go and do initiatories. I love the temple so much. I was
able to feel the spirit really strongly and to find answers to some of
my questions. I am super excited to go back next week for my departing
temple trip!
Things are going well and I am
looking forward to working really hard for the last week of my mission.
It is strange to think about, but I know that I have done my best and
that my mission has shaped me so much. I love the mission and I love my
Savior. I know that this church is true. I hope that you all have a good
week!
Hermana Blau
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