Buenos Dias!
This week was good, we tried to work with the goal in mind of families and their potential to be eternal! On Monday we had a super good lesson with a family that we’ve been teaching pretty much since I got here to Mapa. They haven’t been coming to church or reading the Book of Mormon and we went with intentions to give them a “final lesson,” however, we ended up teaching the Plan of Salvation. In the end, the daughter, L, had a total change of heart and was crying and told us she didn’t want us to stop visiting her. I love lessons where you can see people realize what they need to do and to change. When L offered the prayer, she was crying and was pleading for forgiveness and honestly it’s the moments like this one that makes it worth it to be a missionary.
On Wednesday we found the golden family we had been teaching. They had moved and they don’t have a phone so we “lost” them. I also carried around a pumpkin in my backpack for a few hours because we made a candied pumpkin with a less active member, Hermana Veva! It was super amazing and my life is changed now that I know how to make it. Lots of pictures attached.
On Friday we really learned about the importance of inspired questions. There’s a huge shift in the lesson when we ask the right questions and the investigator actually opens up to us.
On Saturday we visited around La Vainilla and I held a baby pig!
On Sunday all the school kids paraded around in costumes with music and dances to celebrate November 20th, which is a day that Mexico celebrates its Revolution. The war began on Nov. 20, 1910 to overthrow the dictator and is celebrated every year. We watched a little bit of the parade from our balcony before church. At church we both gave talks. . . if you had told me before my mission that the gift of tongues makes it possible to talk for 20 minutes about prophets and tithing (in Spanish), I definitely wouldn’t have believed it, but somehow it happened.
After church we went on visits with Dilma in Jubileo and explored a new area. It was amazing! It’s out in the “country” and there are barely any houses so there was a ton of wind. It was super beautiful, with green mountains, a blue sky and only a few houses. I realize that this week wasn’t super interesting but I feel like the work we’re doing here is important. There are sons and daughters of God here who are learning and growing and finding the need to repent and it’s honestly an amazing process. Also as always the time is flying and we’re on to the last week of the transfer. Whoo!
Con much amor, Hermana Dangl
This week was good, we tried to work with the goal in mind of families and their potential to be eternal! On Monday we had a super good lesson with a family that we’ve been teaching pretty much since I got here to Mapa. They haven’t been coming to church or reading the Book of Mormon and we went with intentions to give them a “final lesson,” however, we ended up teaching the Plan of Salvation. In the end, the daughter, L, had a total change of heart and was crying and told us she didn’t want us to stop visiting her. I love lessons where you can see people realize what they need to do and to change. When L offered the prayer, she was crying and was pleading for forgiveness and honestly it’s the moments like this one that makes it worth it to be a missionary.
On Wednesday we found the golden family we had been teaching. They had moved and they don’t have a phone so we “lost” them. I also carried around a pumpkin in my backpack for a few hours because we made a candied pumpkin with a less active member, Hermana Veva! It was super amazing and my life is changed now that I know how to make it. Lots of pictures attached.
On Friday we really learned about the importance of inspired questions. There’s a huge shift in the lesson when we ask the right questions and the investigator actually opens up to us.
On Saturday we visited around La Vainilla and I held a baby pig!
On Sunday all the school kids paraded around in costumes with music and dances to celebrate November 20th, which is a day that Mexico celebrates its Revolution. The war began on Nov. 20, 1910 to overthrow the dictator and is celebrated every year. We watched a little bit of the parade from our balcony before church. At church we both gave talks. . . if you had told me before my mission that the gift of tongues makes it possible to talk for 20 minutes about prophets and tithing (in Spanish), I definitely wouldn’t have believed it, but somehow it happened.
After church we went on visits with Dilma in Jubileo and explored a new area. It was amazing! It’s out in the “country” and there are barely any houses so there was a ton of wind. It was super beautiful, with green mountains, a blue sky and only a few houses. I realize that this week wasn’t super interesting but I feel like the work we’re doing here is important. There are sons and daughters of God here who are learning and growing and finding the need to repent and it’s honestly an amazing process. Also as always the time is flying and we’re on to the last week of the transfer. Whoo!
Con much amor, Hermana Dangl
Hermana Dangl holding a baby pig!
Parade from our balcony window for Nov. 20th.
Making Dulce de Calabaza (Candied Pumpkin)
San Francisco - An area out in the country!
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