Dear
Family and Friends,
Finally I get to write. :)
Okey doke, before I
address all issues at hand, I just have to tell you all that we found a golden
investigator!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I still can’t believe it.... All of our
faith and diligence is finally starting to show. So apart form not being able to work fully
these past couple weeks due to my companions surgery, none of our investigators
have been keeping their commitments and not really progressing. Frustrating. But last Friday, in His tender mercy, God
blessed us with a miracle. We were walking home for the day and we were kind of
running late (we have to be in our house by 9:30 pm or if we are in a lesson
10:00 pm at the latest.)
There’s a train
station that we have to cross to get from our area to our house and we were
about to cross when my companion said she was super tired and wanted to sit
down on the ground to rest. I t was about 9:20 pm at this point. I was a little antsy to get home, but was a
little tired as well, so I didn’t oppose. So the train arrived and people started
walking out of the station. We thought
we might as well take advantage of a big group of people and we started handing
out little invitations to our ward Christmas party on Saturday. As we handed out these little papers to all
the people who couldn’t give a flying fig, one girl passed and we missed her
without notice.... BUT she returned and asked for whatever it was we were
handing out. So we started explaining
about the activity and how it would help bring the spirit of Christ into her
heart and then she starts asking us about our church and Christ.....
She was standing up
and my companion and I were both on the ground and we look at each other and
then look at her and it takes about 5 seconds for us to realize that she is
interested and we both bolt up off the ground to talk to her. We ended up having a 20 minute lesson there in
the train station, in which she tears up several times and we make plans to
pass by her house to go to the activity. Saturday, she follows through when we show up
to get her!! She comes to the activity
and feels the spirit. Then we have a
lesson after the activity! She says the
prayer and cries. We invite her to
church on Sunday. She comes to church with
us on Sunday. Then a member invites her
to an FHE Sunday night. We go AND she
invites her cousin!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :) She
said she would get baptized if she felt it was true, but wouldn’t agree to a
date. I’m sure she’ll get baptized this
month. :) I’m pumped. Ha! Ha! Ha! :) Her name is Carolina and she is 19. Way cool, right???
Anyway, I have many
things to tell you all now. First, we are
no longer allowed to e-mail friends. FAMILY ONLY.
Sorry.... I can receive e-mails, but I can’t respond, so I will do my
friend responding in these e-mails..... Speaking of which....
Hermana Brillante
Self: Elder Pitcher is in Concepcion Sur. His address is the one that is like oficina
904,,, Bio-Bio... something or other. :)
I got your letter and I LOVED it!!!! Slightly
made me wish that I had a gringa companion so we could laugh at all the funny
things Latinas do that are completely normal to them... Ha! Ha! But all is well! I’m working on a response
letter. Thanks for writing me. :) Also,
I LOVED the talk that you sent me!! Fue super bacán!
Court, Tiff, Rachel F:
Thank you a million times for the package!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved
all the pictures and litte notes and pictures from gymnastics students (they
are hanging up on my wall. :) And of
course I LOVED the Sephora kit... almost made me trunky. HaHaHa! You girlies are great!!!! LOVE YOU and MISS
YOU!!!!
I’m glad everyone
liked my pictures!! I’m kind of scared to send pictures these days because of
all the bad luck that I’ve had.... Rachel, you can put the pics I sent on the
blog. :) Also Rachel, I got a dearelder from you explaining how sick you
were... Sounds like it was awful.... I’m glad that you are better now and could
enjoy Thanksgiving!!
Ok, I cannot believe
that Lyndsie got called to Trevor´s mission!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hahahahaha! That is SOOOOO nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! Wow!
Wow! Wow! Wow!..... Hahahaha. Interesting..... The Lord works in mysterious
ways.
Christmas. Ok, so we
haven’t really gotten any directions on how Christmas is going down..... We
have a zone conference this Wednesday and we get to call on the 24th or the
25th, but I have no idea how to coordinate with you guys what day or time is
best.... We get to skype for 30-40 minutes and we will call from the house of a
member. I’m going to assume that
Christmas day is best because I know how last minute things are in our house,
so the 24th is probably a bad idea. Also the benefit of the 25th is that we get
to e-mail on the 24th since it’s p-day and you can tell me what time would be
best and who I should call. Sound good? I’m going to plan on the 25th. PLEASE TELL ME
WHAT TIME AND WHAT ADDRESS TO SKYPE CALL.
Mom, you asked what my
favorite things were from my package, but I don’t really know how to answer...
I loved everything....Ha! Ha! The chocolate
chips were kind of bad because I think they melted and then reformed so they were
powdery-ish.... But I LOVED the nutella and the journals and the pictures
everything... I appreciate the packages VERY, VERY much!! I know how costly
they are and I am more than grateful for them!!!!!!
Anyway, I’m happy that
everyone is doing well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope that you are all enjoying
the Christmas spirit, which is the Spirit of Christ!!! I’m super grateful that it’s hot here and
doesn’t feel like Christmas because then I don’t get distracted by all the Christmasy
things and can really focus on Christ. I’m
grateful for this opportunity that I have to be away from home for this Christmas.
It’s going to be an interesting one, but
I’m excited. I’m grateful for this opportunity
that I have to be a missionary and serve the Lord. It really is a sacred time and I love learning
about the gospel and helping others learn about the gospel too. I LOVE YOU ALL SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH AND
I MISS YOU LOTS, TOO!!! Keep your focus
on what really matters this CHRISTmas. :)
Love,
Hermana Hermansen
