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| Happy Birthday to Christopher! |
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| The sisters made Christopher a cake for his 12th birthday. |
Hola mom!
How was taking Tommy to the MTC?! How did it go!? Are you still in Utah? How was the weather there? Was it hot? It's super hot here! I drink water all day long and don't even have to go to the bathroom (guess how much I sweat!?) Its in the 90s and humid :)
How was taking Tommy to the MTC?! How did it go!? Are you still in Utah? How was the weather there? Was it hot? It's super hot here! I drink water all day long and don't even have to go to the bathroom (guess how much I sweat!?) Its in the 90s and humid :)
I don't remember if I told you, but we are teaching Pedro to read. It is hard for me because I am not good at Spanish! Haha so I am learning with him. We taught him the vowels and added some other letters to the vowels. He is a super slow learner, but hopefully he will get it! And then gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon!
We had zone conference with our mission president, that was super awesome!
We have been finding a lot of less actives. It seems that all the recent converts are less active, but also there are a TON of less actives that haven't been found in years and years (10+) so we are trying to work our way in. Some of the stories are really sad. We found Maria Cantu (EVERYone's name is Maria) who is a mom and she is the only one baptized in her family and she is just super bitter. We didn't know much about her before we started teaching the 1st lesson, so we taught about how the gospel blesses families, and she got super defensive and said that her family can't be together forever because they won't go to church or be baptized, so that we were talking about something beautiful that she could never have. It was so sad. We invited her to be an example to her family but she was too bitter, but we are going to keep going back to try to soften her a little. I really hope she will come to understand the Atonement more. I know that would really help her.
We have found so many less actives! Some by accident too. We live in the poorest city in Houston (so I have been told) in the poorest ward and so the ward here is very ... well they kind of know it and don't value themselves. They all have a bad attitude and want to be in other wards, I think that is why a lot of them don't come to church or ANY activity. More than half of the ward is less active. Way more than half. So we are working on that a lot. We are planning an activity that is a movie night. We are going to watch The Other Side of Heaven and have pizza and popcorn. We are encouraging everyone to come and bring their family, extended family and friends, in hopes of getting them excited about missionary work and also to help them get to know each other a little bit better. We are trying to change everyone's attitude about this ward. It is so sad. Esmirada and her son Christopher just got baptized in February and Christopher just turned 12 and got the priesthood! We have been teaching them a lot, and we made him a cake for his birthday. They love us!! haha. They always feed us. We actually hardly ever get fed because no one will sign up for the sisters... we have 3 sets of missionaries in our ward... and everyone always signs up for the elders but not the sisters! haha! It makes my companion really mad but I think it's pretty funny. Another cool thing- we kept trying to contact this former investigator, but she would never answer the door so we talked to her neighbor! We talked about the Plan of Salvation, and he was super interested in the fact that God knew us before this Earth! Hopefully we can catch him at home again. (It's super hard to catch ANYone home for some reason) I think most people don't have stable jobs. I still haven't heard from Carlos at all! I had bought him a super awesome tie! and Hna Flores had bought him a white shirt! So we are probably going to give them to a recent convert/less active. He doesn't like to come to church because every time he does they tell him he should be wearing a white shirt, and he doesn't have one. (no wonder there are so many less actives) I am really learning the importance of fellowshipping. It makes all the difference. It helps people feel comfortable and gives them the opportunity to find their testimony. They can't do that if they are not comfortable at church. But anyways, I don't have much else to say. Just working, sweating. Killing cockroaches. Every. Day. I feel bad for the elders. None of them have cars. I don't know how they're alive. I love you and hope you got home safely and that everything is great!
Love,
Krista
We had zone conference with our mission president, that was super awesome!
We have been finding a lot of less actives. It seems that all the recent converts are less active, but also there are a TON of less actives that haven't been found in years and years (10+) so we are trying to work our way in. Some of the stories are really sad. We found Maria Cantu (EVERYone's name is Maria) who is a mom and she is the only one baptized in her family and she is just super bitter. We didn't know much about her before we started teaching the 1st lesson, so we taught about how the gospel blesses families, and she got super defensive and said that her family can't be together forever because they won't go to church or be baptized, so that we were talking about something beautiful that she could never have. It was so sad. We invited her to be an example to her family but she was too bitter, but we are going to keep going back to try to soften her a little. I really hope she will come to understand the Atonement more. I know that would really help her.
We have found so many less actives! Some by accident too. We live in the poorest city in Houston (so I have been told) in the poorest ward and so the ward here is very ... well they kind of know it and don't value themselves. They all have a bad attitude and want to be in other wards, I think that is why a lot of them don't come to church or ANY activity. More than half of the ward is less active. Way more than half. So we are working on that a lot. We are planning an activity that is a movie night. We are going to watch The Other Side of Heaven and have pizza and popcorn. We are encouraging everyone to come and bring their family, extended family and friends, in hopes of getting them excited about missionary work and also to help them get to know each other a little bit better. We are trying to change everyone's attitude about this ward. It is so sad. Esmirada and her son Christopher just got baptized in February and Christopher just turned 12 and got the priesthood! We have been teaching them a lot, and we made him a cake for his birthday. They love us!! haha. They always feed us. We actually hardly ever get fed because no one will sign up for the sisters... we have 3 sets of missionaries in our ward... and everyone always signs up for the elders but not the sisters! haha! It makes my companion really mad but I think it's pretty funny. Another cool thing- we kept trying to contact this former investigator, but she would never answer the door so we talked to her neighbor! We talked about the Plan of Salvation, and he was super interested in the fact that God knew us before this Earth! Hopefully we can catch him at home again. (It's super hard to catch ANYone home for some reason) I think most people don't have stable jobs. I still haven't heard from Carlos at all! I had bought him a super awesome tie! and Hna Flores had bought him a white shirt! So we are probably going to give them to a recent convert/less active. He doesn't like to come to church because every time he does they tell him he should be wearing a white shirt, and he doesn't have one. (no wonder there are so many less actives) I am really learning the importance of fellowshipping. It makes all the difference. It helps people feel comfortable and gives them the opportunity to find their testimony. They can't do that if they are not comfortable at church. But anyways, I don't have much else to say. Just working, sweating. Killing cockroaches. Every. Day. I feel bad for the elders. None of them have cars. I don't know how they're alive. I love you and hope you got home safely and that everything is great!
Love,
Krista
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