so that phrase really hit me this week...hna miller and i were talking about who knows what, when i just looked at her and said,"hermana, WE´RE sister missionaries! THE sister missionaries (in this area)!" it was so weird because that name just brings up a very specific imagery. like the whole button-up and floor-length skirt with the hair, and the shoes, and maybe some glasses thrown in there. oh man. so maybe i´m not really dressed like that, but the assimilation was a little scary in the moment. just thought i´d share.
annnyway...hola! not a TON to talk about this week. except maybe for the fact that we almost LOST one of (slash basically our only) progressing investigators! yep, it´s sergio. he came to church with us on sunday and everything seemed fine, and we set an appointment for the upcoming tuesday. when the cita came around and we were about to leave to go see him, he called us to cancel because he was "with a friend" or something lame. it was super weird cause it´s not like him to do something like that so last minute, but he was super friendly and apologized a million times, so we didn´t really think anything of it. we did tell him we´d be calling him over the next few days though to check in with him and see how he´s doing since it´d be another few days before we´d see him. BUT, every time we called him, it went straight to voicemail! major bummer! we were a little worried, because he ALWAYS answers our calls, but we still planned on seeing him at our cita saturday. annnnd, he didn´t show. here´s when a bit of the panic set in. we hadn´t seen him since sunday, or talked to him since tuesday, which is no bueno. to make a long story short(er), he didn´t come to church, and his member friend told us that he´d decided he didn´t want to get baptized, but he was afraid to tell us, so he was avoiding us! ¡que fome! while we were talking with his friend hna miller and i got all hermana on him and started to cry. the poor kid didn´t know what to do, but for some reason had tissues in his bag so he was able to help us out. it was just so sad to hear that someone we had come to love like our little brother had said he didn´t want to get baptized, and that he was avoiding us because he didn´t want to talk about it! we were a little bugged, but he said he´d talk to sergio and see what he could do to help. after mopping ourselves up, we went on with the rest of our day. but don´t worry...that´s not the end of the story!! we knew we needed to call him at least one more time, so we did, and he ANSWERED! he gave us a few lame excuses, but agreed to make another cita for this week! we´re still a little apprehensive because of everything we heard from his friend, but there´s no way we´re giving up on him. he is incredible, and he needs the gospel in his life! also, we were walking by his house on our way to another appointment, and he walked out right as we went by...miracle! we got to talk to him for a few minutes and he seemed like his usual happy self, so that was a good sign. we´ll be seeing him on wednesday, and have a lot of faith that he will continue to progress. we just love him too much for him not too :)
also, that reminds me of something i thought of this week and told to hna miller. remember that terrible enrique iglesias song that´s all stalkery: "you can run, you can hide, but you can´t escape my love"...that´s totally my companion and i. these people can try and run away from us and hide in their houses or try and escape to the campo, but we love them way too much for them to get away that easy. and yes, i´m fully aware of how creepy that sounds. but what i mean is that i really do feel the love that god has for these people, and there´s no way that i´m going to let them slip away from their chance to learn of the gospel of christ and be baptized in the only church that has the authority to allow them to be cleansed from sin and live with god again. the blessings are way too special and have too much of an eternal impact for me to give up that easily. so that´s my strage connection to the stalker song. you´re welcome.
other news from this week:
gave a talk on the holy ghost at a baptism (of a CHILEAN! are you hearing this!! i am giving talks at chilean baptisms!!! so weird...)
directed the music at church, in SPANISH, which is basically a solo cause almost nobody else sings
started a tradition of "fun fridays" with my comp (yep, it´s just as silly as it sounds)
starts with a special breakfast of some sort that we´ll eat together (we usually eat separate so one can eat while the other showers)
in the morning we have to come up with a weird phrase to slip into our conversations throughout the day
at night after planning we watch mormon messages and share stories (we´re still trying to get to know each other better because our first cambio we never really had time to talk about ourselves because there´s so much work to do!) and of course, we eat a yummy treat (we´re thinking hot cocoa and crackers with jam will be a regular)
basically, we had to plan a night to force ourselves to have fun and be friends...haha. we realized we´re feeling a bit like co-workers, which is no fun! so this is what we´ve come up with for now...haha
had an AWESOME scripture study of 2 nephi 31. SUCH an incredible chapter. to everyone out there: please read 2 nephi 31:19-20, 32:3,5 and expect to receive personal revelation! there´s no time left to explain, but basically it talks about the importance of continuing on with faith in christ, feasting upon his words, which are those of the profetas and in the scriptures. it just made me think about how much our heavenly father loves us that he gave us these scriptures to study and learn from, and to receive answers to our prayers. he is helping us know how to return to live with him, but we have to search, and study and apply the principles to reach that goal. SO good. wish i had more time to share what i learned, but maaybe next week!
love you all muchisimo,
hna wright
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