Another chance to make a difference!

And the ballots are in!  Okay... so more like the revelation recevied... but either way...

WE´RE STAYING IN SANTA GERTRUDES TOGETHER!
Sister Tirrell and I have on more transfer together before she goes home to show the Lord what we can do. :D

Mesquitos MIGHT just be my lowest liking on the creation list.
If anyone has any good facts about mesquitos... this would be the time i need them most. please feel free to share.

Faith is an interesting thing... The Lord only blesses us with what we want to see. The more I think about it the more I realize how much I hinder myself.

My companion and had a discussion this morning as we were thinking about our investigators which ultimately came down to this:

A lot of people leave the church or spiritual progression because of other people.
They stop going to church, stop praying, stop reading the scriptures, stop trying because of other people.Another letter of the law instead of the spirit, but that too is their own battle.
That too is something that they are working on.
Other days, we remember the hurt from before and take the same defense for everyone. That too is our own battle.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is perfect. The knowledge of who we are as sons and daughters of God and the guidance and protection we have in this life because of that knowledge brings stronger joy and happiness that can conquer any depression, heartache, fear, pain, insecurity, or doubt that we all at some time have.
Because through all that Satan tries to make appear soooo real, the gospel and church of Jesus Christ are the only light that lead to reality and hope.
We can not let experiences with people take that away from us.
When we are baptized we make a convenant with God. When we walk away we are breaking that convenant with God. Not with people.

I´ve learned a lot this week. I am starting to truely understand why we have the gospel and why baptism is essential.

You´re in my payers. All of you.

And Pictures! The first two are from a zone activity and the last one is after we ran into the church from a rain storm! It was pretty great. :) haha

Just around the river bend.......

Ahhh... the good ol´days of being able to watch disney movies... those were some good times. :)

Alrighty... back to Pocohantas... (how do you spell that?)
Trrrransfers are heeeereree AGAIN.! Which is the "just around the river bend" reference.
I honestly have no idea what will happens this transfer. Sister Tirrell has one transfer left though so I would love to stay here and work with her. We work very well together and are seeing miracles everyday. Unless there´s something else that needs to be done, i feel like the Lord would leave us here togethere. But really I have no idea, this is why I´m the missionary and don´t take care of transfers ;)

We have a lot of really wonderful people that we are teaching right now and I feel so blessed to be teaching them.
Really (like everyone says) they are teaching me.
I also have a lot of personal vices that I am working to overcome.
The Lord shows me my weaknesses everyday and not because he wants to remind me, but to help me know how to grow.

Today we´re making chocolate chip cookies! It´s hard to find ingredients here, but we´ve succeeded and they will be eaten! yum! :D
I hope you all have a truely wonderful week!!!
P.s. Fruit here is delicious!

My companion and recent baptizm

This last transfer has been flying by!

Oi one and all!
I can NOT believe how fast this transfer has FLOWN by!
2 more weeks left and I feel like so much has happened that it had to have been more than 4 weeks already... but that is the time warp of the mission, right?

News... President Tanner isn´t in the best of health and when we had the general authorities here last tranfer they could tell he´s doing worse.
They flew home and spoke to the First Presidency in which they prayed and decided to release him and Sister Tanner as a 2 year mission instead of a 3 year.
Which means they will be going home in June. I can´t really describe how I feel except to express that gratitude that I have to have them while I have them
And that I trust the Lord and President Monson. We always need what we don´t realize and God always knows what that is.

Right now we´re teaching a man named Francisco who I´ve decided is the exact older version replica of Preston Chadwick. Voice and everything.

This past week we had an amazing opportunity to witness the baptism of Neilson. He is incredible and the experience was too.
The best moment of teaching someone is when you look into their eyes after their baptismal service and in this case shake their hand.
The picture attached is of pretty much everyone in the branch who was there in front of the baptismal font before his baptism.
Neilson is the man behind Paulo who was previously baptized crouching down in the middle.

In one year Neilson and his wife Marcia will be able to be sealed in the temple. She has been waiting for 3 years for him to accept.
They will have an eternal family. The greatest blessing for all the little sacrifices we feel we are making.

And that is why I am serving a mission.