Monday, June 23, 2014

Week 19 (Day 129)

6/17/14

Hey so I didnt get to write yesterday because yesterday was beyond crazy! We basically had a normal pday to start but then I get this call from my zone leader and he says "you that you have a doctors at ppointment at 5 right?" "I said you joking me right?" I freaked out a little bit and we went an hour to linda vista and didnt get back until 8 it was quite the day and so I didnt get the chance to write anyone but yeah. Im fine and we had a good day despite the craziness. 

Wow a lot happened this last week! Which temple did brytin go to? Super cool thiat she got some of the names done! Baptisms and confirmations for the dead are sooooooo important and its a blessing for us that were doing this now. 

As for work Im guessing things are starting to become a little more nomal which is good and I keep forgetting that its summer I still feel like everyone is in school haha. 

Aw I want some pictures of the wedding! Im sure christine and alyssa both looked fantastic! They always do so no importa! Ha one thing that Ive gained here is weight I am officially 7 pounds heavier...... yeah and with how short I am you can tell haha but hey its my testimony haha.  Yeah well im happy to here that everything is going well for you guys and well I only have 13 months left Im dying at how fast its been. 

But yeah tell jace and dad feliz cumpleaños for me! 


PS I thought about erin this week. Haha just out of the blue if you see her  again tell her to write me!! 
I Love you all have a great summer week!

Week 18


6/9/14

Ah esta bien no se preocupe. I got my new companion! Shes really great!!! Today is the first day with her so i dont know vrey much but shes great!! 

Camping sounds fun! Ah girls camp I miss girls camp. Its her last year thats crazy! Ha summer too Here is a little like summer everyday so Im happy haha. no its actually cold in the mornings so thats somethings I didnt know. I think youll be fine with the job. Honestly the boys need you and brytin too. I think thats one things we did well though because when we are together we atually have fun and thats one thing I miss is the busy days with the family haha its really weird but yeah I miss that. Anyway this last week my trainer went home and I stayed with another Hna forthe weekend it was different but we worked really well and yeah now I have my new comp and I think things are going to settle down here for 6 weeks and well see what happens the next transfer. Oh and didnt Justin See come home? If so that cool! Tell the Members I say hi! Have a great week and learn lots! Love y'all!  

-Hermana waterlyn

Week 16 & Week 17


5/28/14

Okay so this week SO MUCH HAPPENED! I dont even know where to start just so much going on and yeah there were a lot of tears this week good and bad!
Okay
Monday: Monday was a normal p day we played futbol and did our normal thing not much happens on p days well other than talking to everyone I know haha.
Tuesday: We had a great day! We ha a zone meeting in the morning and we were actually on time to this one. After the zone meeting we went to the tianguis to contact and buy fruit because its cheaper and such and we were doing some contacting but not much. We had to eat out that day we ate at this little cocinita it was pretty decent the tacos were good. After though we contacted 35 people an all time high for our companionship! Lets just say I went back to la casa ready for bed and very satisfied.
Wednesday: Was normal from what I can remember. I dont remember a whole lot from wednesday but I know that we did a lot haha.
Thursday: Everything went down hill FAST..... We had an investigator who was ready to be baptized and went in for the entrevista and the person who did the entrevista said that our investigator wouldnt be able to be baptized. Our investigator was heart broken and angry. We had anothe cita so we went there and returned to the house of that investigator and he told us tht he didnt want to be baptized anymore because they told dhim that he would have to wait two weeks. My comp was tryin so hard with him and then we left again for another cita. That was Thursday so many tears.
Friday: We had entrevistas con presidente. Mine went well and like every Hermana thatshas an entrevista con presidente we all come out crying. Its the best. My comp went in and told presidente the situation with our investigator and the next thing I know is that I was called in the room and presidente dijo your going to have a baptism tomorrow because based on the testimony of my companion ella sabe que su investigadore esta listo para el bautismo. I couldnt believe it! That day was better.
Saturday: Was so hectic! We were preparing for not just one baptism but 3! We had un Niño in the ward that turn 8 and was ready for baptism, our investigator and and investigator from the elders. It was so crazy! Haha okay so these 3 baptisms all have something funny about them haha. First to go was the Niña from the elders. she wsa baptized by her older brother. Haha the first time the prayer and almst everything went great except she didnt go under the water all the way do they had to restart, well the brother didnt know he had to say the blessing again so he just dunked his sister again really quickly that time he didnt say the prayer so he had to do it one more time and the last time everything was perfect it was just super fast haha. The second baptism was the 8 yr old, he had memorized the entire prayer and his dad was baptizing him well his dad forgot the first part of the prayer and his son, the 8yr old says Dad! no you forgot such and such! It was a little bit funny. The last the Bishop did haha when he got in the water el dijo "oi que rico" which means how nice or oh how good directly translated haha and our investigator gets in and says the same thing haha oh just to tell you now you investigator is 82 yrs old and has put on quite a few pounds. And so the bishop says the prayer and put our inves. in the water and when he tried to get back up he could barely lift him out haha aftert he comes out the water they close the like doors to the room and the bishop says I just want to go for a quick swim and lays back in the water really quickly well our investigator does the same they both just sat there playing in the water for a ouple minutes having a good time. oh it was awesome!  My comp and I had to give a short lesson after the baptisms and we were infront of the font when all of a sudden we hear a loud slam, thud, SPLASH!..... Oh! EL NIÑO SE CAO!!! from our investigator! we open the doors to the font a little bit and our investigator in in his boxers and he pulling a little kid out of the water. Hahaha I was a little worried at first but after we all just laughed. it was the funniest baptiams but they were all super good too!
 Sunday: We went to church and taught a few menos activos. it was a very peaceful sunday.
well that was my week! It was a roller coaster but it was good! Oh! On the 5 I will have officially 3 months in my mission. Time is soooooo fast! 
Love you all!

-Hermana waterlyn


6/2/14

Wow your week sounds just as hard as mine was. Its fantastic though that you found you genealogy!! Because yeah We're doing the same thing here and I needed all thouse names so yeah Thanks for doing the work! Brytin needs to take alyssa with her! you can always be doing missionary work as a member! We recieve so many blessigs from it. I also really miss going to the temple yesterday we wnt to the visiters center and it was super cool! Nothing has given me more peace and comfort in my life than the temple I can't wait to go either here or at home again. Also please dont die..... The msisioary transfers are next week... I dont want my trainer to leave because I need to learn more. She also keeps saying that Im going to trin this next transfer I dont believe it but I dont know Im a little afraid to know. But if I am Ill just have a lot of opportunities to learn for myself...... I hope y'all have a great week!

Love ya!!

-Hermana waterlyn



Heres some pictures from this last week! 


-Hermana waterlyn

Week 15

5/21/14

Well yeah I was super excited to see everyone and I gotta be honest the mission is pretty exciting! There's always something new and fun to learn about here and Ive been in Mexico for two months in an area that is tiny. So Im excited for the all the new things that I get to do and get to see. 
It always seems like you guys have so much to do during the week! Its crazy! 

Well all in all your weeks sound stressful but thats a good thing. I glad that sarahs baby is doing well! Aw I forgot bralyn is getting married soon! Wow its seems like not too long ago they were in maui but thats pretty cool!!! Yeah I think Ill have a better hang of the whole skype thing in December. Yeah no Justin is the See's oldest son and yeah its crazy how time is! I mena hey in December Ill have 10 months in the mission so its not for too long. Only 7 months more and itll be December and the december after that Ill be home so no worries. 

The Book of Mormon is the proof of our religion. In Isaiah 29 it talks about another testament and that its sealed until a certain time. In the BIBLE it talks about the book that we have right now. I think thats proof enough and also the miracles that come from just reading it are amazing.  

I read a little bit of that talk and I remeber it from conference. I have ots of notes on that talk because it applies so well to missionary work and when you feel discouraged to try to meet your goals for the week and how we only have a year and a half to two years to do the work of God, so right now we need to work and keep working until we are asked to stop. We can't stop not in this mission because we have so little time. 

Yeah I dont get a whole lot of time to write but I do write every now and again I think ll start writing in the mornings from now on. Health wise everything is great! And happy.. Im a missionary. Im sorry that Cadens sick though thats gotta be rough. Hope all goes well this week!
Love ya!

-Hermana waterlyn

Week 14

5/12/14

Okay so basically I dont know what to write because yesterday I pretty much told you everything sooo yeah.  We have another baptism on 
Saturday Im pretty excited it'll be a good baptism. Hope all is going well! Have a great week!!
Love ya all!

-Hermana waterlyn

Week 13


5/5/14

Yep this is the end of my third month and Im welcoming the fourth happily! 

Im sorry the job is being tough but itll get better and you know that. New things are always tough I mean Im in Mexico and you have a new job its the same thing hahaha. Kind of. 

Hahaha yeah somehtings in Mexico are extremely less formal.. But Im getting used to it. And its a little bit of fun.
Haha yes Im eating well. All kinds of food, such as tacos and quesadillas and mole good glory I love mole poblano its looks like chocolate syrup and tastes fantastic!! All I drink is water from a bottle haha. 

That sounds cool. Micah got hurt.... Im sorry... but the golf cart is pretty cool haha. Sunday around 5pm here but I think in Utah its around 4. Also you need a account for skype! I just found this out so I hope it all works. So Sunday at 4! 
A trip to cali founds like a blast! That'll be fun! 
Well not much is new for us just woring a lot and so many contacts we contacted 200 people this last week! Its crazy!!
well I love you all and hope ti\his week is awesome!! See you Sunday!!!!!!!!!!
Love ya all

-Hermana waterlyn

Week 12


4/28/14

Okay so this week SO MUCH HAPPENED! I dont even know where to start just so much going on and yeah there were a lot of tears this week good and bad!
Okay
Monday: Monday was a normal p day we played futbol and did our normal thing not much happens on p days well other than talking to everyone I know haha.
Tuesday: We had a great day! We ha a zone meeting in the morning and we were actually on time to this one. After the zone meeting we went to the tianguis to contact and buy fruit because its cheaper and such and we were doing some contacting but not much. We had to eat out that day we ate at this little cocinita it was pretty decent the tacos were good. After though we contacted 35 people an all time high for our companionship! Lets just say I went back to la casa ready for bed and very satisfied.
Wednesday: Was normal from what I can remember. I dont remember a whole lot from wednesday but I know that we did a lot haha.
Thursday: Everything went down hill FAST..... We had an investigator who was ready to be baptized and went in for the entrevista and the person who did the entrevista said that our investigator wouldnt be able to be baptized. Our investigator was heart broken and angry. We had anothe cita so we went there and returned to the house of that investigator and he told us tht he didnt want to be baptized anymore because they told dhim that he would have to wait two weeks. My comp was tryin so hard with him and then we left again for another cita. That was Thursday so many tears.
Friday: We had entrevistas con presidente. Mine went well and like every Hermana thatshas an entrevista con presidente we all come out crying. Its the best. My comp went in and told presidente the situation with our investigator and the next thing I know is that I was called in the room and presidente dijo your going to have a baptism tomorrow because based on the testimony of my companion ella sabe que su investigadore esta listo para el bautismo. I couldnt believe it! That day was better.
Saturday: Was so hectic! We were preparing for not just one baptism but 3! We had un Niño in the ward that turn 8 and was ready for baptism, our investigator and and investigator from the elders. It was so crazy! Haha okay so these 3 baptisms all have something funny about them haha. First to go was the Niña from the elders. she wsa baptized by her older brother. Haha the first time the prayer and almst everything went great except she didnt go under the water all the way do they had to restart, well the brother didnt know he had to say the blessing again so he just dunked his sister again really quickly that time he didnt say the prayer so he had to do it one more time and the last time everything was perfect it was just super fast haha. The second baptism was the 8 yr old, he had memorized the entire prayer and his dad was baptizing him well his dad forgot the first part of the prayer and his son, the 8yr old says Dad! no you forgot such and such! It was a little bit funny. The last the Bishop did haha when he got in the water el dijo "oi que rico" which means how nice or oh how good directly translated haha and our investigator gets in and says the same thing haha oh just to tell you now you investigator is 82 yrs old and has put on quite a few pounds. And so the bishop says the prayer and put our inves. in the water and when he tried to get back up he could barely lift him out haha aftert he comes out the water they close the like doors to the room and the bishop says I just want to go for a quick swim and lays back in the water really quickly well our investigator does the same they both just sat there playing in the water for a ouple minutes having a good time. oh it was awesome!  My comp and I had to give a short lesson after the baptisms and we were infront of the font when all of a sudden we hear a loud slam, thud, SPLASH!..... Oh! EL NIÑO SE CAO!!! from our investigator! we open the doors to the font a little bit and our investigator in in his boxers and he pulling a little kid out of the water. Hahaha I was a little worried at first but after we all just laughed. it was the funniest baptiams but they were all super good too!
 Sunday: We went to church and taught a few menos activos. it was a very peaceful sunday.
well that was my week! It was a roller coaster but it was good! Oh! On the 5 I will have officially 3 months in my mission. Time is soooooo fast! 
Love you all!

-Hermana waterlyn

4/21/14 Week 11

4/21/14

Aw enserio!! Thats not cool! thats sweet the you got a new computer though. I cant think of anything that I need really ya no se. I totally forgot about Easter..... although the atonement has been on my mind a lot lately.. I've studied a lot about it! and Its so important because its the center of the gospel and we need to use it everyday to find strength and forgivness. Oh since conference I would encourage everyone tio have they're own preach my gospel. The lessons are so basic but you can find so many wonderful new concepts in them. Also chapter 6 is probably the best thing I have ever read and studied.
Well now you just have more room for new pictures in the future haha. Sorry that happened though. This week was NOT busy at all! because there a catholic holiday and since everyone is catholic here they take like two weeks off of school and work to just go on vacation. It's aweful...... No me gusta.... oh tambien I had divisions this last week too and there was no one home even the members were gone so we didnt get a whole lot done this week. Oh!!! We have a baptism this week!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited!!! Haha I dont know if I told you last week but all of our investigators are really old I mean like 80yrs old old. Haha its the best because I dont have to teach the awkward lesson of the law of chastity haha. Not that the law of chastity isnt good but its just awkward to teach. haha Well to end on a less weird noteI hope all is going well the end of the school year is coming up soon! thats gonna be fun for summer be there. Love ya all

-Hermana waterlyn

Week 10 (no letter week 9)

4/14/14

Well if you write me each week I'll respond hahahaha. Sorry theres not much you should worry about except the fact that I'm Mexico....... hahahaha estoy cheestos. This week was really quick! 
Monday I went to the Doctor because aparently I et so nervous that i shake really badly.. The medicine he gave me is basically B vitamins so I'm not too worried about the effects and it helps me sleep better so thats a plus. Other than that we didnt do much on monday.

Tuesday: We had zone meetings in the morning and I contacted in the tiangise I dont know how to spell that. but the tiangese are like swap meets but bigger and more awesome and everything is cheap in Mexico its like going to a savers with food and its portable. I love them..... Although dont eat the food in them. 

Wednesday:  I went got my  visa! I am now allowed in Mexico! Haha we had to go to another Mission to get them and I got to ride the metro that was super sweet gross and dirty but super sweet! we also went to an art museum after the visas and they have paintings frpm van gogh and all these other famous painters I was in heaven. 

Thursday: we have a mission conference with the entire mission one stake center. we had wake up at 4:30 to make it on time! I was so tired! But it was totally worth it the conference was amazing! I also got to see my first companion!!!! Shes doing awesome and I was so happy to hear that! 

Friday: Was a nomal day! Finally! Not much happened but we taught all of our progressing investigators hahaha all of them are 60 yrs old and oler hahahaha old people are the best!!!  

Saturday: was a normal day too! We visited everyone and talked for ever haha it was a good day we got a lot done. oh! and I've been teaching English! I dont know how but I am! The classes are fun!

Sunday: we visit all of our less actives and just try to helo them want to come back to church and thir relly fun to talk to because you can be a little more strict with them. hahaha no they're all awesome! 

 and yeah thats my week! 
I'm glad that you all got to have fun! Hope all is well!

I love you!

Week 8 Letter

3/31/14

Hola mi familia! 

Wow theres so many things changing at home! I'm sorry to hear that things have gotten rough! I had kind of the same week. I had to get through some hard things. I'm definitely better now! kind of..... today I'm going to the hopital to get some tests done because my mission president saw that my hands shake so he just wants it to be checked out so today I'll find out whats going on I think its just stress but it better to make sure. Other than that this week has been awesome! I love the ward I am in! The members are so caring and helpful to us. I love them so much! 

I'm sad to hear about the Mckays.. Just love them as much as possible and try your best to love them regardless of what they say or do. I will fast for them and pray for them to feel Heavenly Father in their lives.

The mission president just changed last July. His name is Brad Hall and they're from Idaho Falls area. So its possible. I dont know. The president and his wife the kindest most caring people I have ever met and they're always so happy to see us. 

Well I'm sorry that my letters have been short but we dont have a whole lot of time and the key boards are slightly different so its a little difficult to type. anyway all is well with me and my adventures as a missionary. Thank you for all that you do and keep strong! 

Oh one more thing my favorite scriptures are either Moroni 6:4 or 10:32 or in Alma 26:12 is really good too! There is so much to learn from the book of mormon and everytime I read I find something that I can use to help others come to Christ. It's truly amazing. 

I Love you all so much and hope and pray for the best. :)