So this week was SO BUSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was crazy! I am so exhausted..it's insane! We went to visit a lady named Jenni, she is from the one and only awesome country (besides US, Utah) Peru!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is so freaking nice! she's got two little boys and another baby on the way! She's got two cute dimples and the younger boy got two cute dimples from her :) it's awesome! we taught her about the book of Mormon and a background about what we believe in and what not. She told us that when she was young she had a Mormon friend and went to activities with him! she always liked going but as they grew older then drifted apart and she didn't get to know the church. She is interested and so willing to ready the BOM! we're going back tomorrow night and will bring her Inca Kola :) sweet!
Oh man, I have met so many mom's who are hardworking moms and always doing everything they can to give their children the best. There are some who are working extra hard to bring her kids here or bring the one's that were left in their countries because they didn't have the money to bring them all. It's so sad! man it was hard for me to leave Simon for 18months (and yes he is just a dog) but I cannot imagine being separated from your child for years! It is so sad and I'm just amazed at their strength and faith that everything is going to work out.
Sometimes, after I hear their stories, I take off my tag and pretend to give it to them..haha they should totally be the missionaries..not me haha jk but really their faith is so strong I'm both sad I don't have it and glad I don't or else It would break my back..jk but ya they're amazing women!
So, I've been reading the BOM every day. I am in alma 31 but man..I've read the book of Mormon so many times but never noticed so much than I do now! it is so good! and Ammon, Alma, Himni, Omni, and Aaron have become my role models..they're amazing!!!!!!! such awesome missionaries! because of their faith and obedience miracles DID happen! they're unbelievable! when I go to Heaven, Ammon and his posse will the ones I'd like to meet, shake their hands, and thank them for their strong faith! So blown away man, so blown away.
So on Saturday we got to go to the Manhattan temple! That temple is not on our mission areas so we only get to go there when we're taking new converts, our 6month mark, and 1 year mark. We took our convert named Maria! she's so awesome! Once she got baptized she has never stopped talking to people and sharing the gospel with them. She always carries her big scriptures..everywhere she goes :). She loved the temple! we did baptisms and she got baptized for 20 people instead of them and some of them were also named Maria! haha. It was a neat experience for all three of us. We went with some people from the branch, then they took us to queens (we could have gone to central park but other members wanted us to eat breakfast with them that we went to Queens instead..and Queens is part of the mission so it was a bummer :() but we had a yummy breakfast and had a good time with the members. On the way back, we all passed out, except for the driver thankgoodness.
I hope all is going well! I love you and miss you so much! Today is Tracy's birthday! Party in the USA!
Let me know how everything is going.
Be Strong and of Good courage
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