November 10, 2014

Hola! Sup!?

Life in Escazu is still great! I am starting to learn the area more and see all of the random cool stuff here! Bad news, our house is infested with ants. They crawl all over my clothes, my desk, my books, my shoes, our food (in plastic bags), and me! I just ignore them now, they don't bite or anything. And sometimes I play games with them, or spray them with Lysol, or feed them. Its kinda fun I guess. :) Cool news, the buses here remind me of Harry Potter! They go super fast, squeeze through places they should not fit, and stop suddenly for people crossing the road. I have actually almost been hit by a bus like 3 times. It is safer to be in the bus than walking on the side of the road. Also kinda fun I guess. :)

Our goal this month as a Mission is to have 200 baptisms. We have about 230 missionaries, so that is about one per person this month. So far we have one solid baptism planned and two ify baptisms planned. We have been working hard to prepare our investigators, and find new ones that are ready, but everyone seems to have a problem that makes them need to wait until December. Several need to get married, and everyone here drinks Coffee, but we are working hard to help them progress, learn more, and enjoy the blessings of obedience! I love watching their progression!

One miracle from this week, is "E". Our appointment fell through, so my companion pulled out a list of people we could try to look for. They were either less active members, or had moved without telling anyone. We really needed to be finding new investigators, so I wasn't sure how this was going to help us, but she felt like it was right, so we started to search. After several either not being home, or not living here anymore, we ended up close to the house of a less active member who we already knew, so we decided to visit her. When we walked in the house, I felt like I should say hi to the kids playing in the other room. I could tell one of them needed us. E was there and immediately ran to me and gave me a hug and said `'One day I want to be a part of your church!' I asked her how old she was and she said 8! So I told her she could be baptized whenever she wanted to! And she got so happy, she ran to her mom and begged her to let her be baptized. Her mom said she would need the lessons first and to receive an answer for herself, and we agreed! So now we have lessons every week with cute little E and she is working towards being baptized this month as well! She is very smart and understands everything we teach and loves to read our pamphlets and from the Book of Mormon, it is adorable!

Our lessons with "N" are still going well! I am getting better at teaching in English now. :) I just need to learn how to say all of this stuff in Spanish! 

This week while reading from the Book of Mormon, I was thinking about the promise in the Introduction. If you read this book, ponder its message, and ask God if it is true, you WILL receive and answer. And once you do, you will also know that Jesus Christ is our Savior, Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the one and only true church on the earthy today. Your entire testimony can be started from the Book of Mormon. And any doubt you have can be answered through the Book of Mormon. It is so important to receive an answer from God about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon for yourself. And with that answer, you can answer a million different questions. :) 

I love you all!! Have a fantastic week!!! :) I am doing well and working hard!

Love,

Hermana Markle. :)

Items of Business....

1. Madi gets home from her mission in 9 days??? Is she ready? Or does she want to stay??

2. Happy Birthday Madi!

3. Did my letters ever make it to you???? The one for Madi and the one for the Family????

4. Can you have Sophie email me so I have her address? I have gotten random notes from her via you guys, but have no way to reply.

5. I went to the Chiropractor today with my companion because she has a hip problem and I have a shoulder problem. He told me a lot of crazy stuff about my life and about my personality. So that was fun. Apparently because I have an older brother and an older sister, and I am number 3, I am independent and self reliant. And because I am girl number 2, I don't take no for an answer and I do what I want. And because I am a middle child, I have problems with my Kidneys. And other fun stuff too. Most of it was actually pretty correct. But I didn't know it was because of my placement in the family! Cool! :) Anyways... Apparently my shoulder was out of place. Its been hurting since the MTC. He popped it back into place and it feels better for now! Hopefully that fixed it! And the fortune telling was just a bonus! :)

6. Have a great week! You are the best family in the whole world! :)

7. It is starting to look a lot like Christmas!!!!!!! I GOT THE PACKAGE!!!!!! :) :) YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!!! :) :) :) THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) I love you!!!! It was the best!!! I loved it all! Except for the wrapped presents of course... Because I haven't opened them! 

8. The acid reducer was perfect timing! I have had bad reflux this week and it is helping! The trees were adorable! The cards are super cute and in Spanish!!! Good work!!!!

9. Thank you!!!! :) I love you!! Don't feel pressure to send more packages, I am just so happy this one didn't get lost in the mail!

 

 

Birthday and Christmas package all in one! Arrived safe and sound!

Worlds smallest Christmas trees! We already decorated them - but the ornaments just might tip them over!