HOLA MI HERMOSA FAMILIA!!!! Oh how I
love you all and your letters! I especially enjoyed the one from Grandma
Anderton. I am still laughing about Maddie and jury duty...that would happen
ha-ha. I was really sad to hear about John. But I do know that this life is
just a spec in a big picture. Their family is super strong and so I have no
doubt in my mind que ellos pueden vencer este desafio. Send them all my love!!!
Well, this week was really good. I
am going to be here in Rio Nilo for another 6 weeks. We were called last night
and told that we would be staying together here. SWEET RELIEF!!!!!! On Sunday,
we missed sacrament meeting. Yeah, terrible missionaries!! But let me explain.
Elder Temple told us the night before that is was the week to set back our
clocks. So we happily did so. I guess one of the members called him in the
morning before church to tell him that it wasn't this week but next. He didn't
call us so we were still in oblivion!! So at 10:15, when church had already
started at 10, and the chapel is 20 minutes from out house...we got a call from
Elder Temple wondering where we were. They only noticed we weren't there after
the opening hymn when I wasn't there to play the piano ha-ha! So, we missed the
first meeting. (We can't feel bad because it wasn't our fault.) In the end, it
was actually a little nice because we got an extra hour of sleep right?
And the Elders felt really bad, so today I get a chocolate bar. Can't complain about
that! Oh the mission, crazy things happen. You miss
church! I think my Spanish is getting better. This week when I was in my
waking-up in my bed right before the alarm went off, I was mumbling to myself,
"Si Senor, yo te seguire." I caught myself and realized in my
half-awake, dreaming stupor I was mumbling in Spanish. Cool!!! Subconscious
Spanish is a good sign. Last week after I got done writing you guys, I had a
funny experience. There is a place that sells really good burritos and the same
lady works there every Monday. Long story short, we are regulars. She asked me
where I was from last week, and then she said, "Oh, Idaho. I was telling
my son about the beautiful girl that comes every Monday to buy burritos but I
did not know where she was from. Now I can tell him. He lives in Dallas and
will be coming here soon to visit. Maybe you can get to know him." I
laughed and explained I was a missionary, but I don't know if it sunk in yet for
her. She was pretty insistent. Ha, no. We will see what she says this week
when we go for burritos again ha-ha.
We are finding new investigators and
have had really powerful lessons. We watched Joseph Smith the Prophet of the
Restoration with a recent convert and his wife. The Spirit was soooo strong in
that lesson! The Restoration is such a miracle, we need to share it!!! Also, we
had a really great lesson about the Plan of Salvation with Yoeli and Eri yesterday.
I think they really felt the Spirit in that lesson and are on their way to
baptism!!!
My thought for you this week,
"Being a disciple of Jesus Christ is not an effort of once a week or once
a day. It is an effort of once and for all." -President Uchtdorf. We must
always be the people we are supposed to be. This gospel is a gospel of action
and character and of progress. It's a lifelong commitment that will change us
to be the people we need to become. Don't we all have a lot of work to do? I
know I do.
I love you all and miss you all so
much! I hope everyone has a great week!
Con todo de mi amor,
Hermana Anderton
Note: No pictures this week.
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