Hey there Fam!
Soooooo … hopefully I can write down everything in
time! McKay ... Holy smokes, you guys are beautiful! Hope Homecoming went great!
And you guys went fishing!!! Looks like a blast! And sweet Lizzy with her BYU
shirt – so cute! Em – Congrats on the job … YOU ARE INCREDIBLE!!!! You are just
too smart, that is so amazing!!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!
So just one gee whiz fact to share this week ... I HEARD SHAKE IT OFF by
Taylor Swift today!!! We were eating lunch and it came on ... and I
secretly inside was dying it was so great. I remembered that moment when we were all in the car
heading to go miniature golfing and I freaked out when the song came on and
scared Dad and Mom to death. Good times.
This week we started it out with a Noche de Hogar
(FHE) which went SUPERBLY!!! We had planned to have it in the house of a recent
convert Carola, and we showed up not expecting many members to come ... and BOOM ... it was PACKED!!! About 20 people were there and that is
like the whole Sunday sacrament meeting which is pretty incredible! Many of
the youth and single adults showed up too and we had fun learning about The
Gospel of Jesus Christ. I taught the lesson, put them into groups, and asked
them to each cover a different principle of the gospel, draw it, and then find
a scripture to share about it. The pics turned out to be so great (sorry I don't
have a pic to share) and they all taught their principle PERFECTLY! Then we
ended playing a game called THE BOMB ... and we ended the night laughing and
having the best of time. I shared a little bit of America with them and gave
them all Jolly Ranchers. It was a success!
The next few days we spent time finding new
investigators. I think I mentioned it but many of our investigators haven´t
been progressing lately so we are constantly looking for new ones. We are still
working with Maribel and she is doing great but hasn’t got around to reading
her Book of Mormon yet or praying to know if it is true. We are helping her
though, step by step. She says she feels happier so that is good!
Also, in our
time searching for investigators we struggled to find a certain contact we had
contacted a week before. We were looking and looking … and finally the people told
us the house doesn’t exist. My comp and I looked at each other and the member
that was with us got pretty frustrated because we had spent a lot of time
looking. But then a thought came to my head and I said, "Maybe
Heavenly Father didn't want us to find them just yet, and really just wanted us
to find the people around the house." We then started to contact all the
people that we had passed by and found two great families! And it just taught
me a lesson that we can look at every situation in a positive way, no matter
the circumstance. When you look at things in a happier, positive way … life is
just so much better!
Also, we ended up contacting a family on our list of
contacts, and found one of the girls that has been coming to our English
classes. Her name is Estefany and when I saw her I couldn’t believe it! Her
family is very Catholic but she wants to learn more about the church and loves
going to the activities. She is a cutie-pie so I will let you know how it goes
with her!
It is getting hotter and hotter in Chulucanas! Man …
it is sooooo hot! But that means it is also mango season here and everyone
gives us mangoes … so that is just great and seems to cool us down.
I love this mission business. Lucero and I walk and walk
and walk and walk so much! We are exhausted but we are finding new investigators
and are just thrilled to be here! She is a little fireball that has taught me
so much in our one week together! She is a recent convert that is going to
change the world.
ARE YOU ALL READY FOR CONFERENCE!!! I challenge all of
you to make a list of questions for conference, and I know they will get
answered! It is something that has helped me so much in my time here in the
mission! What an incredible time! Gotta love Conference!
LOVE YOU ALL!!!
Until next week,
Hermanita Shumway
My mini-missionary Lucero is such a doll and I just love
her a whole lot!
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