Hey!!! I'm talking to them (Justin and Kristin)right now!!
And we've already e-mailed back and forth a few times! I do say, it is very fun to talk to everyone!
Haha yeah, we'll have transfers right before Mother's Day. And, seeing as how I've already been here for over 6 months, I'm pretty sure I'll be getting the boot, and then we'll have to figure things out from there...but one way or the other! We'll be talking soon! It seems like it was only a few weeks ago...Time flies!
Hmm...well, with how things are going...Things are going well! I was able to get 80 OYMs during this past week. It's definitely an experience. Elder Jones and I have talked to a few people about...well, talking to people. And also going into their houses to teach. But it's so different from (as Elder Jones says) "civilian life!" As missionaries, we bike around and teach people in their homes, people that we may have just met a few minutes before! And we talk about one of the ost 'controversial' topics out there: religion. But it's amazing! There really is nothing else that compares to this work. It IS the Lord's work. Something that has been really comforting is the fact that if we are doing what the Lord requires, we don't need to fear. We will be protected. And if something does happen, we don't need to fear anyway. This life is so short, to short to not follow the Lord in all we are capable of doing. Looking with an eternal perspective, we'll all be together for eternity, if we are following the guidance of the Lord and His Spirit to the best of our ability. I am SO grateful for the knowledge that we have of the Plan of Salvation, and that knowledge that we do have a loving Father in Heaven who wants what's best for us, and doesn't want to cast us down into a lake of fire and brimstone. He loves us so much, that He sent His Son to atone for our sins and die on the cross, and to be resurrected so that one day, we may come to live with Him.
We're trying to work with Rosemin, but things are tough. She works almost all the time, with maybe 6 hours to sleep before she has to head off to work again. She and her husband, Meme (nickname for Manuel) Luevano, are struggling financially, and can't seem to see how much beter things would be through following the gospel of Jesus Christ. I think we can all be like that sometimes, with some things. We just can't seem to put that extra bit of faith in the Lord that He needs so that He can bless us. Maybe it's because we don't know what it means to put that extra trust in Him, or are really afraid to stop trusting in ourselves and trust completely in God. I really just want to tell her (and maybe that's what I need to do) is to quit her job, repent by following the commandments of the Lord, and just trust Him. No, it doesn't make sense - logically, anyways. But the Lord just asked us to follow Him, and not to worry about how He will take care of things. Things will work out.
I don't know why the Lord blessed me with that miracle, but I know that He did. Something I've learned from that experience is that the Lord can really do what He wants, whether it is giving someone the strength to make it through a day without eating, or finding a job even if prospects seem next to none. If we follow the counsel of His Prophets and His Spirit, no matter what the world says, we can know that we always have His support.
The Branch is growing, poco a poquito. Actually, it looks like there are more people in the Branch than there are in the ward back in Gilroy. Spanish is coming along as well. I've ben trying to speak it as much as possible, and I've really been diving into the Spanish workbook that the MTC gave us. Hey! Maybe Justin can have some Spanish sentances on Mother's Day, and we can talk a little en espanol!! That would be really fun!! Or he can translate a little! (though I know that the hour that they give us isn't really too long...)
Well, I've got to go! I love you!!! Oh, and I'll erase the pictures once I've got them back up here, 'cause I don't know for sure if I'll erase them or not...
Con mucho amor - a infinidad, y mas alla!!!
El Devinator
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