Dear Friends and family-
Hello. :) First of all- it
is snowing right now.. smh Reno. So this last transfer has been nutso
when it comes to companions. Haha I started out with Sister Muhlestein,
then was in a trio with Sister Landgrave as well, then back to just Sister
Muhlestein and I am now on a permanent exchange for the rest of the transfer
with Sister Balbuena! She is the coolest and it is so fun because she
just got her Visa and came from the Phillipines- she was serving in the Naga
mission with Jaren Hofeling and he was her first district leader her AP when
she left. Smalllll world. She is teaching me some tagolog and this
week we are going to buy some stuff so she can make filipino food- t'will be
good.
Okay so we have this investigator family
that I love so much... Ive always kinda struggled with showing love and I have
been praying a lot about how I can be better at that haha and while I was in
the shower and I was thinking about this family I was overcome with such a
strong spirit and love for them- I felt like I truly knew what pure and true
love was at that moment and I almost hyperventilated when I thought about
potentially leaving this area after this transfer.. so that was kind of a weird
story but oh my goodness let me just tell you about this family. It is a
mom and a dad and 2 daughters- age 11 and 12. Phil (the dad) has long
gray hair and wears it in a bun.. it is the best ever and then Mary (the mom)
was born in Chile but lived in Australia for a lot of her life so she has a
think australian accent and it is the best and then Sydney and Samantha are the
daughters and they are so smart and cute and hippie and I just adore them.
We have been stopping by to see Phil the dad ever since I got here and he just
recently became open to having us come by and teaching after he recieved a
priesthood blessing. Since then we have been meeting with him 3-4 times a
week. Sydney came to young womens this last week and loves it! We
had a mega miracle on Saturday because they were supposed to have dinner with a
guy in our ward and us but an hour before he called to tell us he got called in
to the hospital to work- so we were like ah man trying to think and pray about
what we should do and so we called this family to see if theyd be willing to
have us all come by for dinner and a lesson and they were totally okay with it
and it ended up being the perfect fellowship and such a wonderful night.
Also it was cool because one of the days we went over for a lesson Phil had
forgotten to tell Mary and she was super stressed and you could tell there was
tension in the home. So her and the girls were eating at the table and we
were talking to Phil and talking about our purpose here and then we felt like
we should read the proclamation- so we started reading it and it was sooo cool
because the spirit took over. Mary and the girls got silent and by the
time we had finished reading it the whole family was on the couch together and
they said they loved it so much! Ahh okay so yes I think about them 24/7
and it may be slightly obsessive but I am sooo excited for them. If all goes
well they will be getting baptized on May 28th!
Anyways- one thing I have learned this
week is that I love my mom. Also that I am thankful for Joseph Smith
because I can be sealed to my family forever and can have 100% surety that I
will be with them even after my time on earth. I am also grateful for
Joseph Smith because he was inspired to translate the Book of Mormon and that
has been my rock especially when things are tough- the peace and contentment
that comes from engulfing ourselves in that book is undeniable. I love
being a missionary and I am so grateful to be able to share this sweet
gospel. Let me know if theres anything I can do for any of you and I hope
you have a wonderful week!
Love,
Sister Paul
1. Trio- im getting wacko tans as you can tell by my
face. But that is the beautiful Reno behind us :)
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