To my
favorite people in the world!
Well good news! I
found my memory card! Two weeks later and the guy had it in the Internet
cafe! Obviously Heavenly Father loves me
a lot! I’m also grateful for a companion
that will play with random dogs in the street with me. Who knows if they’re
dirty or not, but they sure are cute!
So Hermana Buttars got
sick this week! Throwing up and
everything! I don’t miss those days! I think all of us Americans pass through it, some
strange rite of passage or something. We
took her to the doctor Friday afternoon and she got two days at home in
bed! Well turns out Saturday was
Paty and Roxton’s baptismal service and well ... we may not have fully followed
the doctor’s orders ... we went!
Anywho, I was talking
care of Hermana Buttars this weekend. I’m really coming into my mom role!
Translating at the doctor’s office. Giving her the meds and watching the hours.
I started thinking about taking care of
my own sick kids one day. Maybe I really can pull off this whole mom thing!
So while Hermana
Buttars was down Saturday, I read the book, “Our Heritage”. I love reading church history ... absolutely
love it! I just know that it’s all true.
I can’t believe all of the persecution
that the saints suffered. They are such
an example of faith and patience to me. They completely trusted in the Lord even
though they were moving all over the place. They fought so hard and suffered so much for
the truth. What am I going to do for the
truth? I’ve been a little bit of a baby
these past two weeks but I’ve got my feet back under me. I loved my quiet time just to study in the
house. I know that the Lord loves me and
I know that our relationship is growing stronger and stronger. I know that I can do all things through Him. I want to do everything that He has planned
for me here. I’m just happy and ready to
work! Hermana Buttars is back in the
game too!
Yesterday, Paty and
Roxton were confirmed ... barely! They
have a hard time making it to church on time and they have to walk about a
million miles to get there! I called her
in the morning and they were getting up and getting ready and told me they’d be
there! Well, 10 o´clock comes and goes, then
we take the sacrament, and we hit about 10:30 and no one is answering
phones or anything. This is about the
part where I feel like I’m going to throw up because next week is Stake Conference
so they would be waiting about two weeks if it didn’t happen today. Finally we see them all coming! Roxton gives me the saddest look and asks me, “Ya
pasó la hora de mi confimación?” – Basically he thought it was too late. I told him I didn’t think so! With about 10 minutes left in sacrament
meeting, we’re sitting in the back with them. I start making gang signs to get the attention
of the bishopric and we got them confirmed at the end of the meeting!
Okay, last little
story! As we were welcoming people to
church, the elders showed up with this hermana and her daughter. She gets really excited and tells me “Remember
me? We met on the bus!” I recognized her and remembered about a month
or two ago, I talked with this family on the bus. They told me that they were meeting with
missionaries earlier, but that they had stopped coming. Her sister is a member and everything. I gave her the number to the mission offices
and we chatted a bit. It was so cool to
see her at church but I’m a little jealous that she lives in the area of the
elders! She told me after sacrament
meeting in Gospel Principles that her daughter didn’t want to go to her Primary
class. She wanted to Hermana Rawe,
because she just thought I was a good person. How precious is that! She’s 7 and her name is Vania. After Relief Society her daughter came and
found me and we chatted a little bit. That was just a good day!
I love you all and am
so grateful for all of your support. I hope that you are all happy and being
good! Know that you’re always in my heart and prayers! Love you!
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