Monday, December 2, 2013

Miracle After Miracle

FAM!!!! What a week! Miracle after miralce. I cant say it enough.... I love being a missionary! I love Spain! I love my companion! I love my investigators! I love my Savior, Jesus Christ!
 
Ok, a quick run down...
 
First week with Hna Scheu and I just love her. She is so wonderful! There is only one problem... we laugh way too much! I am serious. Her and I are like Hna Mather and I were (and dad and Winter!) where when we start laughing we cannot stop. There have been quite a few times now where I ahve had to lean forward and say a silent pray to help me stop laughing! And we both cannot sing to save our life so singing to start our studies every morning is more like just 5 straight minutes of laughing and then go straight to praying. We don´t sing in our lessons anymore because, well, through experience we have found out that no matter how serious we try to be, we cannot not laugh so no more singing even though our investigators ask for it. And, well we are both just kinda blonde so various moments throughout the day we just die laughing about somehting that we saw, something that one of us did, or something that happened the day before that we still think is hilarious! For example, last night when we were leaving one of our investigators house, (most of the pisos here are super small so aveces we literally have to sqeeze in and out of the doors) and I couldnt figure out how to open the door so I was trying and trying and finally got it and then I tripped on the way out and fell and my backpack got stuck on the door knob and the door slammed backwards and hit my companion and then I got up quickly and went to turn on the outside hall light thing but ended up ringing their door bell. hahahahah. I cant explain it well enough to give this story justice but let me tell you, it was pretty embarrasing but hilarious at the same time. All 4 of us were dying laughing. And Hna Scheu and I have already laughed again about it several times today. haha. But, on a more serious note, she really is absolutely wonderful and I feel so blessed to be her companion! We are both in love with each others families and cannot wait to meet each others families one day. 
 
vale, mis investigadores....
 
Danny... still wonderful. I cannot get over how much I am so blessed to be able to  teach him and know him and help him prepare for his baptism. I cannot wait for the 14th! He still hasnt smoked and continues to keep progressing. Our lessons with him are always so great.
 
Olga... she has been having some serious health issues this past week so we havent been able to meet with her as much as we had planned so she still doesnt have a date but we are meeting with her tmrw and if all goes as planned we are hoping that she has a date by the end of our lesson. She and her husband came to church yesterday even though she wasnt feeling well because she knew church is importnat and that she needed to come. She is wonderful.
 
Ineibis... my oh my. I wish I had time and what not to tell you all about the Cubans and what is going on with them but it will alljust have to wait till after my mission. But, it sounds like sometime during this week she will no longer be in the legal care of  that one lady and that Reinier will have legal custudy of her so that means that within the next few weeks if things go as planned she will be baptized.
 
OUR FAMILY::::: ENRIQUE Y ADRIANA! Oh madre mia what a miralce! Hna and I were contacting last tuesday night. It was absolutely freezing cold and super late, we were just about to head to the metro to get home and all of the sudden I was just talking to this family. Literally I dont remember thinking in my head, oh Im going to go contact this family or anything. All of the sudden I was just bearing my testimony about how much I love my family and how I cant imagine my life without them and how I know that families can live together forever. We ended up talking to them on the street for about 15 minutes, got their number, called them the next day, met with them on friday (the husband was running late from work so we had to just teach  Adriana because they were our last lesson and we had to be able to finish in time to be able to get home in time) but we taught the first part of the plan of Salvation and Adriana opened up big time to us and told us how she is searching and searching for peace and help in her life and how she felt so good when we were there. They have two DARLING kids... Santiago is 6 and Victoria is 4. We left so so so happy and so in love with this family. Right as we were getting in bed that night we got a text from Adriana inviting us over for lunch the next day (saturday). The text was the cutest thing ever and made us so happy. So we worked with our schedule a little bit and mdae time to go eat with them and it was AMAZING! THe food was amazing, they are amazing, the spirit was so strong when we were sharing our little thought with them, that had super awesome questions, and we set up another appt to go teach them tonight! We are so so excited. I have said this before, but nothing compares to teaching an entire family! I cannot wait to keep you guys updated on them.
 
Thanksgiving.... FAMILY! I had an entire super yummy American Thanksgiving dinner! But the whole day was so good so Ill start from the beginning... we woke up and just had really good studies that morning (i mean we always have good studies but this day was jsut extra good) then we had weekly planning which was so good since Hna Scheu is new we were able to really go through each of our investigators and prayfully plan for what  we will teach them this coming week, so we were in our piso till 2pm then we went over to the other Hermana´s piso to have a thanksgiving feast! We are all so poor and we had no time to cook much but we made mashed potatoes, bought pumkin soup, made a yummy salad, bought turkey to cook, veggies, and cake for dessert! It was so much fun! totally simple and what not but so fun! I love Hermana Crandall and Frost so much! We all have way too much fun together. Then right at the end of our feast we get a call from one of the American families in our ward inviting us over for thanksgiving dinner! We were already full but there was no way we could pass it up so we all headed over and fam, let me tell you! Kristen Hintze knows how to cook! Ahhhh, it was so so yummy! She made everything, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, turkey, yams, pie, salad... and it was all so good! And it was just a tender mercy. They were so wonderful, treated us like family, and made us feel right like we were in the states with our own families. But, the most amazing part  of this whole day were our lessons after! Ha Sheu and I were talking about this that night as were were going to bed. We absolutely LOVE the other hermanas and loved our lunch with them, this American family is absolutely darling and we walked into their house and felt like we were back in utah right with our families, the food was amazing, and what not, but none of that excitment and fun compares to having great lessons with our investigators. We had a lesson with Danny that evening and then a few others and I would have thought that all of the Thanksgiving festivities would have been the highlights but seriously jsut nothing compares to teaching others about this gospel. It is just absolutely amazing.
 
I told the Hintize family over and over again thank you so much and how they were an answer to my families prayers!
 
Thank you so much for your prayers! You ahve no idea how much I feel them I need them, and how grateful I am for them. It sounds like you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I love you all so much!
 
MOM AND WINTER! I got your packages this week! THANKYOU SO SO MUCH! Seriously I really really mean it. You ahve no idea. I card would have been plenty. Thank you! I actually havent opened any of them yet (I know you are all scocked and probably dont believe me!) but we are waiting till Christmas!
 
Speaking of Christmas... fam.... WE SKYPE IN JUST OVER 3 WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
LES QUIERO MUCHO!
 
Hermana Heims

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