Hola hola January
19, 2015
This week
has been a little crazy because of the weather. One day it’s super-hot,
and then the next it rains. And then the next day it’s super-hot and then
the next day it rains, ahh! But we’re surviving. On Monday we played
futbol (Soccer really), and it was super hilarious, and really good to unstress
a little. We also had a really good family home evening with our
pensionista and her family and with a family of converts we invited. On Tuesday
we were able to teach two investigadores, we have- Hermana C. and Hermana
R. Hermana C. has been investigating a while and wants to join the
church, but she just doesn’t want to get married. Hermana R. is a new
investigator we found and she really sweet and humble. She came to church
last Sunday and really liked it. On Wednesday we visited a few families
that were baptized in the past year and are super great people. On
Thursday we had our zone meeting and we talked about what we learned in the
meeting of leaders that we had with the president in Santa Cruz.
On
Friday night we got home a little early because it was raining really hard, so
we made popcorn and watched a church movie and had a little movie night.
On Saturday we went to the baptism of Hermana E. She’s the one that
Hermana B. and I started teaching and we set a baptism date for her and
everything. The next day were cambios and I left that area. So that made
me sad, but I was super happy to still be able to see her baptism. When
we got to the church, she was coming out of the bathroom, and she was dressed
in white, and that made me so happy to see her. Really, such a joy every
time I see someone that I’ve taught being baptized. But really I know that I
had nothing to do with it. She was prepared to receive us, and we arrived
at her house just in the moment that she needed because it was her time.
It’s amazing to be able to see how God really prepares people to receive us and
to receive the Gospel. We’ve been able to find 3 new investigadores
between this week and last week and I know that Heavenly Father is preparing
these people.
On Saturday we made tacos with our pensionista and
yesterday as well with another family, and they were super good. My companion
is from Guatemala and she knows how to make them a little different, but they
were deeeelicious. Anyway, I am so happy to be here in Cobija. The
area that I am in now is absolutely beautiful. It’s pure dirt roads and big
hills and a lot of jungle. And although sometimes the sun is really
strong or the rain is pouring really hard, I look up and see the beauty around
me and I know Heavenly Father loves me because he has put me here at this place
and at this time. I feel so grateful because it is so beautiful but it
also kills me every day because I don’t have a camera to be able to capture it
all. But I will never forget the beauty that is Cobija.
Love you
all,
Hermana Tijerino
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NOTE: In order to protect their privacy the names of my companions, members and investigators will be omitted and their name tags obfuscated.
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