Familia,
Welp. Another week. Not really sure what to write about.
AGAIN. Its been a pretty normal week. Or
half of a week, since I just wrote you on Wednesday. But whatever. So this
week's email might be a little shorter than most. . . .
Umm. We had a really cool lesson with Miriam, Irma's
daughter, the other day. We asked her if she read the chapter in the Book of
Mormon we left her and she said she did. Multiple times. She said she loved how
she felt so much while she read it that she had to keep reading it over and
over again. We invited her to be baptized and she accepted for the first week
of February. Man, these kind of experiences keep happening to us and I just
can't believe it. They are the kind of stuff you read about or watch on those
stupid Mormon movies- I never thought they'd actually happen to us.
OH! And Monico- who we were helping study for his
citizenship test, PASSED! He is now a citizen of the United States of America,
and that means that three of his kids in Mexico can now come here! It was truly
a miracle. We were helping him study, but he would just get so so stressed that
he couldn't remember anything, and would make himself sick. And it really was
just not productive at all. And Irma kept getting frustrated at him for not
studying, and it just made things worse. So we gave them a quick rundown of the
priesthood and asked them if they would both like a blessing. They accepted,
and the Elders came over and gave both of them really awesome blessings. In
Monico's he was told that if he would be able to study, and if he did he would
pass his test. Before that blessing Monico knew maybe 10 out of the 100
questions that he had to know for the test. When we came back a few days later
to help study again, he knew 80! And he PASSED!!!! Man, it was such a happy
moment when Irma called us to tell us. We went over to celebrate after with pan
dulce and abuelita hot chocolate. :) And can I just tell you how much I love
Irma? More than I can express. She is so good to us too- she always feeds us,
or gives us medicine if we aren't feeling good, she sewed a button onto my
coat, and she just loves us. She takes care of us. And she is so sincere. And I
really can't express in words in an email how much I love that woman. She fell
of date for the end of January because she wasn't able to come to church
yesterday, but she will still be getting baptized. She told us on Saturday that
she works every Sunday, but before we even said anything she told us that she
was going to ask her boss for Sundays off, because she has worked every Sunday
for the past two years, and now she knows she needs to go to church. SHE IS
AMAZING! So she asked yesterday, and we
don't know the verdict yet, but keep her in your prayers and she will get
Sundays free.
Scary story. The Velasquez family from our ward went to
Mexico for the holidays. and oh man scariest thing ever happened to them. They
were driving south, and were just 10 minutes away from the border when a little
car pulled in front of them and slowed down until they were stopped. And these
guys jumped out of the car and were pointing guns at them and yelling at them
to open the door. And when they did, they saw Josue, the Velasquez's son with
down syndrome and Josue was SCREAMING at them, and then they started yelling
about how it was a family and they got in their car and drove away. So yeah.
Josue saved the day. Moral of the story- don't drive to Mexico.
I think thats about all I've got for you so far this week.
It sounds like things are going good there. Crazy busy as always, right? Going
to Hollywood, and Mexico, and all sorts of crazy adventures. Not even fair.
Keep up the good work, team. Get good grades and all that stuff I didn't do.
Love you all!
Les quiero,
Shaelyn
fotos are of me in the sweet hats the Velasquez family
brought back from Mexico
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