Hello family!
I
have officially been out on my mission for more than a month! Crazy. It
sounds like you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with plenty of chaos
:) You'll have to send me pictures of the downstairs as it gets
organized! I'm excited to see.
So we use facebook to share scriptures, quotes, or spiritual
thoughts and we can also use it to talk to our friends about the gospel
and teach them.
Visa news! I am going to the consulate in Salt Lake
tomorrow, and then...I don't know. They don't give us a lot of
information. But mostly likely I will leave at the end of transfers,
which is the week before Christmas. I hope I don't leave before then,
especially since we have a few baptisms on the 15th!
Speaking of which, one investigator family came to church on
Sunday! They loved it and they are excited for their baptisms. I am very
excited for them. Another family also came, well at least the mom
and her two youngest children. She has been less active, but I think she
wants to come back. Her son is 8 and will also be baptized on the 15th.
Her youngest daughter is 6 and I love her so much. Every time
we come she yells, "Las hermanas!" or "las misioneras!" and runs to
give us hugs. And she calls me Hermana Lovelyland. :) I love it.
One
thing we are doing with their family, and with a few others, is going
over to read the Book of Mormon with them most days. Sister Arnell and I
are getting to know first Nephi really well. :) but it's awesome. I
love having family scripture study with these wonderful people, and the
hope is that they will develop these habits and be able to do it on
their own. I know that reading the Book of Mormon will bless their lives
immensely and bring them closer as a family, and I've seen this happen
in our own family! Thanks Mom and Dad for your great examples. :)
Another investigator we are reading with is 21. His younger brother joined the church two and half years ago and is
currently on a mission. The investigator comes to church pretty much every week and
is super involved with the ward members, he even helps with scouts! But
there are a couple things in his life he doesn't want to give up yet.
His mom reads with us too, she's not interested in joining the church
right now, but she's a wonderful lady and gives us rides sometimes too.
Someday. :) But we were reading with them last night, and he enjoys
reading the Book of Mormon, and is marking his scriptures and looks for
ways to apply it to his life. I am confident that if he keeps reading,
he will decide to be baptized. That will be so wonderful.
So for Thanksgiving, we had dinner at a members home. There was lots of
food and it was soo good. It was also good practice listening and
understanding Spanish, because there were a couple families there who
only spoke Spanish. I was able to understand a lot of it and got a lot
of the jokes. :)
Last night our zone had family home evening at the mission
home with President and Sister Hiers. It was lots of fun. They are great
people. And our zone is lots of fun. Again, I'm so grateful for the
opportunity I have had to serve in this mission with these people!
I love you all so much! Thanks for everything. I hope you all
had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are enjoying the start of the
Christmas season. :) It really is the most wonderful time of the year,
especially if we remember what it is about. :)
Dad- I tried brussel sprouts on Thursday! They were...all right. haha And thank you for your prayers and support.
Mom-
On Saturday night we had dinner with a member family in our stake and
they had a quote on their wall that says, "Some of God's most courageous
angels are the mothers of missionaries." I love it.
J- Seriously, write me.
A- I love you! Thanks for the email. I'm you had lots of food and lots of fun for Thanksgiving! Keep smiling!
W- Thanks for the email! I am having fun and I'm glad you are too! And yes, my Thanksgiving dinner was delicious. :)Have a great week!
Love,
Hermana Serena
