June 23, 2014

well this week was preeeetty GOOD! 

Hermana Perez had started getting this really bad pain in her mouth, and it would take her out for a couple hours, and so we didn't do a ton, then on wednesday man she was GONE! haha the pain was getting worse and she had to sleep. 

COOLEST THING EVER THOUGH!!!! we have a dentist for a bishop, 2 ER doctors, an endodontist, and a normal doctor in our wards!!!!! and nurses too!!! MAN IT'S THE BEST!!!! so we just get to ask any questions and they do stuff for us for free!

so we were able to take her in and get some dentist xrays and then get her checked out by a couple doctors and THEN!!! we ended up taking her to an endodontist and they found the problem REAL quick, she had to get a root canal in that very moment!!! so then she was out for a couple days again cause she was on vicodin, which makes her sleep. haha! so we didn't get to do much this week. but CAN I JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO BE PROUD OF MYSELF??? 

listen. i feel pretty good about being a mom, i totally made every phone call and every appointment and every prescription got filled and she got all her meds when needed and insurance stuff was taken care of and I even found an appointment for the endondontist that very day after looking around and NOT GIVING UP!!!! WOOHOOOO!!! all while she slept!!!!
anyway. I just was pretty happy about it! haha
but man.... I almost died.... of boredom..... it got to the point... where I just laid hopelessly on the floor staring at nothing and just.. staring. that's it. hahaha BUT!!! i then remembered we have church movies, so i got a good few hours of some good church films!!! testaments. stellar. legacy. exceptional!!! mountain of the lord!! So good!!

anyway then the next day the sisters we live with did splits with me so we could do some work in the area, and our zone leaders are having us do this thing we the first thing we say to people is telling them we help people prepare to be baptized in 3 weeks, and ask them if they would be interested.... right now in the mission president is all about wasting NO TIME and finding the elect pronto, SO by inspiration our leaders are trying to help us. AND man so far it has given us a lot more rejections.... BUT!! that's okay! cause we can't spend so much time on people who aren't really sincere. 

BUT LISTEN COOL STORY!!!! we were driving and i saw a guy and kept driving and was like SHOOT we need to talk to him... so we turned around and went out and he was like... "not interested" and soooo we went back in the car, (and LET ME TELL YOU that the heat that day... was blistering!!!! it was seeping into my skin and soul and lungs! haha) anyway so right as the wonderful air conditioning started getting cold and we were about to drive away we saw a kid walking our way and we looked at eachother (me and sis. kitchen) and were like, LET'S DO IT!!! I was thinking NATURAL MAN!!!! YOU WILL NOT WIN!!! PEOPLE OVER PLEASURE!!! THIS HEAT'S GOT NOTHIN ON ME!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (that's a war cry not a terror scream)
anyway so we went and said the thing about baptism and asked if he'd be interested and he said yeah! WHAT??? WOO!!!! so then we told him a little about the authority behind the baptism, that it's the same authority that John the baptist had when he baptized Jesus, and he said, what's the dfference between baptism with authority and baptism without authority? WHHAAAT??? man golden question. so we explained it and he was like, hm... i like that! WOOHOO! so hopefully that goes somewhere great.

so sis. kitchen came to see lucrecia as well, and we all laugh together when she reads the scriptures in spanish... it's like... chinese sounding... with a mix of indian. hahahahahah but she was determined to read a scripture in there with lucrecia!! and i was like YEAH!!! you can do it!! the spirit will help you!
well you guys, THE SPIRIT TOOOOOOOOTALLY DID not too much to help her. hahahahaha it sounded the same as usual, BUT IT WAS STILL REALLY AWESOME!!! and i was proud of her and she was proud and lucrecia said she read it well! ............... haha man but we have good times.

uhhhh i dunno what else. man but i am running out of time!!!

well. we also had interviews with president this week! I had a challenge this last week with something, it really occupied my mind, and honestly was very hard. i talked to president about it, and he asked me if I did drugs..... hahaha I knew he did this with most missionaries so I knew where it was going, but I said no, and he asked if i drank alcohol, and i said no. Then he said, well man if you don't do any of that stuff than how else is satan gonna get to you? 

his point to me was that Satan works with our minds a lot, he tries to get us confused or scared or distracted with all types of different feelings. inadequacy, fear, doubt, sadness, feeling like you aren't enough, etc. it goes on, but he told me that, in my words, he is gonna do everything he can to hit us where it hurts. and i thought about how often satan really does attack our minds, I just hope you all know that you gotta recognize when those thoughts are from him.

Everything that comes from God, is good. you will not feel darkness, fear, doubt, inadequacy, etc if it is from God, he is all about surety, peace, comfort, confidence, and hope. so don't get the two confused, okay? shut out whatever is from satan, and be confident that God loves you, and he will help you.

I LOVE YOU ALL!!! i gotta go, but uh this week make it a GREAT DAY OR NOT!!! the choice is yours :)

BYEEEE!!!!!

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