Monday, August 25, 2014

Well this week was cray!! Kinda... no se.

First off Aldana was going to get baptized this Saturday, but cayo, um it fell? Because she didn't come to church this Sunday and you need 3 assists to get baptized. So she has a new date for the 13th of September!!! We're gonna do everything possible to get her to her baptism!!! She's so amazing and has a testimony about basically everything!!! She's awesome!!! And her mom, Marisole can't get baptized right now because she got back with her marido, boyfriend, lover face. So they aren't living the law of chastity and she can't get baptized. First they need to get married. It was the worst when we went to teach them this day we had the baptism registry for Aldana and Marisole was like where's mine! I can get baptized this Saturday and were like uhhh... vamos a hablar de este. Was the worst and the thing is that Marisole doesn't understand things very well. So she thought she couldn't get baptized because her marido doesn't go to church. 

But things are better now. We taught them yesterday and they understood and Aldana is stoked to get baptized!!! I wish I could send pictures but this cyber doesn't let me. It's amazing how Marisole and Aldana have so much faith and desire to be baptized that it doesn't matter what obstacles come in their way, like not attending church or needing to get married, they're still pushing through it and doing everything they can to get baptized!! They're seriously amazing!!!!!

This week was also the birthday of Hermana Malmrose. Like my bff!! She's so sweet! So we were invited to a hermanas house to celebrate her birthday and she had SO MUCH FOOD. Everyone was saying it's Christmas haha it was fun!!!

Oh and this week we went to the bishops house!! Only Hermana Velintene was there (his wife) she is like my best friend here. We're so crazy together. We just went there and started cleaning her house. I just picked up the broom and started cleaning and she's like no hermanas, but we cleaned her whole house, swept, mopped, dusted and she was so happy!!! Then I made her cook tortas fritas for us!!! Haha I love families like that!!! =)

Anyway that's my week! I love the mish!!!! Thanks for all your support, emails, love and everything!! Makes pday awesome!! 

Love you guys!!!!

Hermana Miller

xoxoxo

Monday, August 18, 2014

HOLA!!!!!!

Thank you so much for your emails this week! Was the best ever! Keaty you're the bomb!!! 

Bueno, this week started off with a conference in Neuquén with the President! Me and another Hermana did the musical number, I played the piano and she played the flute! She's like my best friend here in the mish! I love her!!! The conference was super good! Talked a lot about integrity! There were 3 talks we had to study for the conference! It was super good! Super spiritual, and then the missionaries who are leaving for their homes also bore their testimonies! Two of them were my leaders in Roca (my first area) so it was super sad to see them go!!

Also we had a service activity last Saturday, we went out to the boonies with the Patriacals family and cleaned up their campo, (cabin). Cleaned up all the dead grass, and lit it on fire! Planted trees! We were there all day! Then they fed us chorripan! It was fun!!! Hard, but fun! Then we were rushing to the pension, to shower in time to make it to a baptism at 6. 

The ward had a baptism! Nicolas! He's 8, and so cute! Super chubby, you'd think he was like 10!! haha he's a cutie!!! Also Marisole and Aldana came to the baptism so that was awesome! They are seriously amazing! 

Marisole came to church yesterday! Aldana wanted to sleep (she won't have 3 assists to church, so she can't get baptized this 30th of August) which sucks, but it's ok! She's gonna get baptized anyway! haha but church was so amazing! We taught the gospel principles class about reading the scriptures and stuff, Marisole gave the closing prayer which was amazing. It was super sincere! She put all her heart into it, and was crying! Seriously so amazing! She totally felt the spirit!  It was sooooo cute!!! Also in RS to, she was crying, because she wants her marido to come to church as well as her children and to go to the temple! So cute! =) I seriously love this family so much!!!!!!

Anyway, that's my week! =) Super good week! =)

Love you guys! 

Hermana Miller

xoxoxoxo

Monday, August 11, 2014

YOOOOOOOOOOO

This week was so good!! Well my companion was a little sick todavia, but we were able to get some work done! It's the best, mission work! 

I'll start with the best, Marisole and Aldana came to church this Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our 2 investigators! Marisole is the mom to Aldana, Aldana turned 15 on Sunday and Marisole is pregnant with her 4th child! She has about 1 month left! And man do miracles ever exist! Marisole was with her marido (I don't know what to call it in English) like when you live together, have kids, but aren't married. He didn't like that we were teaching them, and he didn't want them to go to church. So right now they're separated, he's living with a friend, but now they can go to church and prepare to get baptized AUGUST 30th!!!!!!!!!!!!! =))))) 

Marisole's other daughter, who is around 3 years old, came to church with them and was so loud, I just tended her all sacrament, gave her candy, she colored, gave her all the stickers I had, just to keep her quiet, she's crazy!!! In sacrament she grabbed one of the wrappers and shoved it down my shirt hahaha super awkward. It was a lot of work! lol

Also this week we went and did some service for them, we cleaned up their lawn, it was sooooo much work and Marisole thought she could do it all on her own! So us and the other hermanas went and cleaned it all up for them!! =)

Also we had capacitacion this week, it's like a zone conference, so sweet!!!! All the missionaries acted out stuff, and it was too good! Also we have a conference with the president tomorrow. It'll be good! =) Anyway love you guys!!!

Have a good week! =) And a good end to the summer, man 21 days till school starts. cray! love love 

Hermana Miller

xoxoxoxo

Monday, August 4, 2014 - 7 months

Hey familia! =)

This week was really good! =)

We invited Marisole and Aldana to be baptized for August 30th, and they said YES! So we're helping them to prepare for this day! Marisole isn't married but living common-law and he doesn't want anything to do with the church. He won't let them go to church and we visit them when he's at work, which makes things really difficult. Satanas.... but I have faith that we can baptize Aldana! She's seriously so amazing, and has so much animos to get baptized! =) 

We did lots of contacting this week. It's the worst knocking doors, but we found a new investigator! She's super evangelic and says amen to everything, it was kinda funny. Si amen, si, amen, AMEN! Haha bueno. The worst is when you get the doors slammed in your face. Walking for hours and hours in the cold, then bomb door, or the people are 'I'm really cold, chau. Oh really, think about us. Guh. Anyway. It's ok. 

This week we had around 78 people in church when we normally have 20 people. We brought all the in-actives back into the fold… haha not. It was a baby blessing but equal it was pretty rad. A lot of new people, so it was cool to share what you believe with those who don't know anything. I also played the piano and rocked it. Haha and the President was there because the mom of the baby cooks in the mission home. They're so cute. They can't have babies and adopted this baby and she's so adorable and they are so happy. We also went to their house for lunch after church which was nice. We were there for like 3 hours haha it reminded me of the suppers we'd have with the Elders there and stuff. It was good! 

Sunday was also super frustrating because our investigators never came, nor the miembros inactivo. I feel like we do everything we can to meet the needs of the people and to share something that can bring the Spirit into their lives, but then they don't do anything about it. That's the hardest for me. It crappy because our area is all inactive and I don't know. They just have hardened their hearts so much and it sucks. Some houses we can't even get in. 

Anyway we continue to work hard despite the difficulty. I love this work and I know this church is so true. I love it soooooooo much! Man I just am so happy to know what we know because I know without the gospel, I'd be a gongshow. haha

Love you guys! 

Hermana Miller

xoxoxox