June 23, 2014
¡¡Hola!!
We are playing it safe since being robbed and trying to stay
in more populated areas after dark. The
only problem is it gets dark at like 5:30 and then we still have about 3 and
half hours of proselyting to do, so it limits who we can go see, so that´s a
little frustrating. I really didn´t have anything of value with me when
we were robbed, just copies of stuff.
The mission has all the original copies, so that´s good. I´m
definitely more wary of motorcycles now though, but Hermana K____ is so fun and
positive we haven´t let it stop the work. We have a good time
together.
We actually had a baptism this last weekend. It was of
a little boy named Tobias. He just turned nine. He´s mom is a
member, but a little less active. She
was starting to get active again, but she just had a baby so she can´t bring
the baby really out yet, but she was able to come to her son´s baptism so that
was good. There are quite a few people in that house who aren´t members
so we hoping that this baptism will be a good example. But it was a lot
of fun! And Tobias was pretty happy!
We had divisions this week too with the Sister Leader
Trainers. Hermana W____ is in San Lorenzo now so I went there. I
had divisions with her when I was still new in the mission training center, so
it was fun to go out with her again. We taught this one lady who had been
sharing with the missionaries for quite some time, but she just didn´t want to
get baptized yet. We brought the elders anyways to have her interviewed just to
see if she was ready. Anyways, we had a lesson with her before and there
were four missionary teaching this lady, resolving her doubts. It was
kind of fun. It was a like a team, four missionary minds and the Spirit
fighting against the adversary. I
think she got baptized this weekend so it worked.
Really though, they call it missionary work for a
reason. It´s hard work, but we have the promise if we are worthy the
Spirit will help us to know what to say and where to go. I have a huge
testimony now that all good things come from God and if it isn´t good it´s not
from God. It´s as simple as that, white and black, so if you have doubts
or are afraid just know that those feelings do not come from our Heavenly
Father. He wants us to be happy and find peace in this
life.
We celebrated Hermana K____ birthday this week and that was
kind of fun. She´s 20 now! The other hermanas next door planned a little
surprise party one night. They put tons of balloons in the apartment and made
brownies and bought pizza, so we celebrated. Then Hermana K_____and I
made cake and had our own little celebration too for lunch. The cake was
pretty good... well except for the bottom got a little burned. Oh well
it´s the thought that counts!
I decided though, being on a mission, I want to learn how to
cook, because I really don´t how. The Paraguans just cook, they don´t really
use recipes, but they make all this delicious stuff. So that´s my goal,
to learn how to cook... but it might have to wait until after my mission
because I don´t have a whole lot of time. But I am learning a
little!
So that´s basically all with me! I can´t believe there
are so many people coming home soon, I feel like time is just flying on my
mission, but maybe it´s different from this side. I already have more
than 7 months out!! But we do the same stuff day in and day out so the
days really kind of all blur together.
I love you guys and hope everyone is doing well!! Have a
wonderful week and ROHAYHU!!
Hermana Amy Lindsay
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