it sounds like things are going well with justin. that makes me so happy. jenn sent me some pictures too. i think our family is really blessed and im very grateful to my Heavenly Father whose looking out for us. i dont know if im allowed to say this, but justin reminds me of darth vader at the end of star wars 6 when you see anakin skywalker at the victory celebration boozle in the end of the movie. =) halloween costume =D
ok so where the heck do i even begin???? another week has flow by. dzang. it was a flipping awesome week. im tired and fried, but its SWEEET.
starting with conference! can i just say how much cooler it is to watch conference as a missionary???? dang i love it. it was all in spanish because we watched it at our branch building, but i could understand a lot of it. nonetheless, i want to watch them all sometime in english because i love hearing the real voice of the prophet. it was cool because elder scott served a mission in paraguay, and it was his actual voice. they were definitely all amazing. i liked that they talked lots about the important of making covenants and if we have made them keep them and recieve the blessings thereof! then it also talked about the dificltades (shoot cant spell) in our lives and the need for the savior. it was amazing for sure. i also loved how they emphasized that we should all be involved in missionary work! its so true. this work realy is hastening. i decided when i get back i wanna go out with the sister missionaries all the time! might have to work on teaching in english when i get back first. but seriously. this is so dang important!!!! every member a missionary!!
hahaha. when we sang called to serve at the end, i said to hermana bravo,"i bet our moms are crying right now." lol.
guess who accidentally partook of the contaiminated water this week? lol. this girl.
this week was awesome for the work. the recent convert named jordan is about 12. we went to his mom vivana, whose been an investigador for about 5 years. shes been taking the lessons, but lives with her partner. they have 3 kids and theyre all super cute. anyways, she wants to get married and needs to take out date (the registro civil was closed where you take out dates because it was on strike. but it opened again!) . we had a lessona bout baptism with her and challenged her for sooner than february, when she wants to get married. she said she would talk to her partner, but did accept. it turns out that there are some complcations with that date with his family, otherwise, he would say yes to getting married n octuber for them. we decided that we believe in miracles (hermana bravo and i) and are gonna work for one!!
we also taught another pareja (couple) that ist married. the cousin and his girlfriend of the other recent convert ramon. they are pretty awesome. alexis, (ramons cousin) likes to listen, and theyre both young and receptive. we taught themt he restoration the other day. a few days later, alexis came and told us that he had read what we had told him to read, and had read the folletos. both are super awesome.
we have an awesome district! i think i mentioned that last week. anyways, i freaking love them. there are elders in our ward too. elder araya is from costa rica. hes crazy and speaks faster than the chilenos. aka he can be hard to understand...the fun thing is, he knows a little...little bit of engilsh and sometimes he will throw out little english frases. i said something back to him and he kinda just did the nod of head with a laugh that im so accostumed to of the, "i have no idea what you just said!!" lol. then his companion is elder condor. elder condor is awesome too. i decided hes especially cool because his last name reminds me of "gondor" which you can guess what that makes me think of...yessssss. LOTR.
i seriously love my companion hermana bravo! she is so cute. we do lots of practices to help me teach better and shes sweet. ive learned a lot though. she is really good at not judging others and being obedient but having fun too. i love her!
its an oven here. its like doing missionary work int he grandcanyon. whewwww. we always buy bottled water. pretty sure ill be a negrita when i leave here. its so dang hot! were in a valley and oh geez. so hot. but very pretty. very pretty indeed!
I LOVE TEACHING!!!!! its the best. missionary work freaking rocks and im grateful to be here!
love you all. stay sweet denise.
hermana emily hanks
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