Familia,
Man. What a week. HOT HOT HOT. Super grateful to be in a
car, and have a basement apartment with ac that works. I feel bad for the
elders on bikes with crappy ac in their apartments. We've had temperatures of
like 110 all week, with humidity. Yuck.
So this week has been alright. Pretty busy, but I can't for
the life of me seem to remember any cool stories. Umm. . .
Well, the last couple of weeks an inactive hermana has come
to church, and the first week I didn't know who she was, but I introduced myself.
After church someone told me who she was, and I realized she was part of a
family I've been looking for since I came to this area. We have 4 different
addresses for them, and none of them are correct- or even exist. I've probably
spent hours driving around Bensenville, IL looking for this family. So when she
was at church the next week, I was all about talking to her. I saw her in
Sacrament, and as soon as the closing prayer was said I basically hurdled over
the pews to get to her. :P I FINALLY got an appointment with her and a current
address and phone number. So we went by for our appointment, and man. I'm sure
glad we were able to find them. They're an awesome family. Just have been away
from the church for along time. They were sealed in the temple, but then
according to them, just due to laziness stopped coming. And I'm pretty sure its
been years since they've been to church. But their oldest daughter tried to
commit suicide, and she is actually the one that asked her mom if they could go
to church, so she and her mom were the ones there. And their youngest son (15)
just got his girlfriend pregnant. When we were in that appointment Hna Milliron
and I didn't really have to do anything to get all of this info out, we just
sat down and BAM. Information overload. Long story short- they were saying how
they know they need the gospel, they need to come back and how much it will
help their family. So. Hopefully we can help them come back. I'm really glad
she came to church and I was able to finally get her address. I'm serious- that
one's going in the miracle list.
Haven't been able to meet with Carla and Berto, they
cancelled- but want to reschedule. . . which is a good sign. A ver que pasa.
The referral from Liz. AWESOME. Its her husband Marco's brother,
Cesar, and his wife, Yenis. Cesar is a member, inactive, just like Marco was.
Basically moved here from Peru and lost contact with the church. Yenis is super
super Catholic. But told us she can feel like something is missing, and they
want to increase their faith in Christ, etc. She rejected a baptism invite,
saying she wants to die Catholic. . but then kind of went on to say that she
wants to be part of our church. . she
just needs God to open the way. Well. Pretty sure that can happen, so no worries
there. :)
Millie (hna Milliron) and I had an exciting middle of the
night adventure this week! at like 3:45 am i woke up to the fire alarm beeping.
Just because it needed new batteries. But its in our room, and I COULD not
sleep. Well. Before we figure out it was the actual fire alarm, I checked the
co detector too, because its closer to my bed, and I didn't wanna get out if I
didn't have to. Well, I guess taking the batteries out and putting them back
in, made the co detector realize its batteries were low too. So at 4 am we had
two alarms going off. Very loudly. So what did Millie and I do? We went to the
gas station. At 4 am. And the Indian attendant didn't know what batteries were
in English, and I was tired. and it was like 90 degrees outside. And we finally
got back to bed at 5 am. Just to wake up in an hour and a half. BOOOO.
Yesterday was Millie's, and we had a good day. I set up a
surprise party for her with Modesta and her family. Millie thought we were
going to someone else's house for our dinner apointment, and I told her we just
needed to stop by Modesta's really quick to pick something up, and then they
had cake for her, and roses, and a super nice dinner. So it was fun.
Yesterday we also went over the the Chicago 2 Spanish ward
to help with a fireside about missionary work. They apparently have some young
women in the ward thinking about going on missions, so we shared some
experiences and bore our testimonies. It was the first time I've ever given
anythin even resembling a talk without preparing anything. And it was in
Spanish. But it was cool. I had a good time, and loved meeting some of the
members of that ward.
We also met President Fenn this week. He seems . . intense.
Other than that. . I dunno. I'm pretty nervous for changes that I know are
going to happen here.
I think thats all I got for you this week. Love you all!
les quiero,
Shaelyn
object lesson prep!
coco frios
me and my kitties! and kiddies
4 am gas station adventures.
pictures you wanted of my new hlj ring
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