Buenas
Tardes to all my favorites!!
So it turns
out this week that this one time I didn’t understand English. We were walking
down the street and I said ¨Buenas Tardes¨ to a stranger and he walks past me
and says something but I didn’t understand.
I turn around, ¨Mande?¨ or it is like, “I’m sorry, what?” He said, ¨Buenas Tardes¨ and shook my hand
and left. As we walked away my companion
starts cracking up and said ¨He was speaking English!¨ Turns out he said “Good Afternoon” and I
definitely didn’t understand. My
companion just kept laughing and laughing! Ha! Ha!
Another fun
fact ... transfers are in another week ... WHAT?? I feel like we just had
transfers! Y que creen? I already fell in love with Tlaquepaque. But I learned
my lesson the last time, and we won’t be praying all week to stay here. We are going to start praying for humility
and going where the Lord wants us to go!
Another fun
fact about this adventure in Mexico ... We were without light or electricity
half of this week. Sometimes you should
listen to your companion when she tells you three times you should pay the bill. Sometimes I get distracted with work and well
you see what happens! Good thing mom
went all Psycho Sally sending me with everything I might possibly need on the
mission … because we put that mini-flashlight
and a few other things to good use this week! Ha! Ha! But the good news is, now
we have light. Shout out to Charly Bear who watched “Scooby Doo’s Adventure in
Mexico” with me .. it was the same thing, just us instead of Scooby!
This week we
found our favorite twins walking home from school with their mom! We shared a
message with them and are they just the cutest in their uniforms!! Turns out
their dad is well, not with the family for some things that he did. The kids
have been super stressed and sad and she went to visit him the other day. First
things first, he’s sober and without drugs! She said that he told her that
sometimes people visit them there to share the word of God but he said that he
can’t go because he’s Mormon. She told us that she whipped around and said
¨You’re not even baptized! How are you Mormon?¨ He responded, ¨Nope, I’m Mormon, and I’m
getting baptized when I leave here.¨ He
wants her to bring him the Book of Mormon and everything. Wow, the Lord truly
always has a plan.
This week we
had interviews with President! Wow, those
days are my favorites! We talked a lot about my companion and all that’s
happened in these short months. He reminded me what an incredible blessing it has been to be raised with so much love. Not everyone has that, and because of it, they need even more love and support. The Lord needs us reaching out, supporting each other when we struggle, and loving each other despite our weaknesses. We talked about
the power and happiness that I felt last week and how much the Lord was
blessing me. He says that if I just keep working, one day that power will reach
her too.
Now after
all this when I was all choked up he tells me, “I’m a pretty faithful reader of
your blog.” I started thinking, “Oh no!”
and asked him, “How is it treating you?”
He said he has a good time there.
He said, “Hermana Rawe, enjoy your mission and have fun. This is a short time! Just enjoy it!”
Also, we
were speaking in Spanglish the whole time. Ha! Ha! Presidente likes to practice
his English. He is incredible, a truly incredible person and a disciple of
Christ. I feel so blessed to know him and to be able to learn from him. Did you
know that he goes home 6 days before me? He’ll be my President my whole
mission!
Now I know
you’re all wondering about our golden investigator! Well he is progressing incredibly! He has just about finished 1 Nephi in about ten
days. He’s reading so much and he loves
learning. We talked about temples and he is so committed to getting baptized
and preparing this coming year to go the temple. His mom, well, she’s my
favorite. We took a picture outside of church this week. She hasn’t gone to church in about 6 months
and she went this week! Ahh, how
beautiful right? We have such amazing
lessons with them both and ahh, I am in hook line and sinker. I may or may not
have already promised myself that I’m coming here in a year when they both
enter the temple. Mom you’ll come with me right? Just a real quick weekend! I think I really love being with them because
they remind me a lot of you guys. Hermana Elsa is sick and tired of being on
bedrest and she decided to start climbing stairs this week against doctor’s
orders ... remind y’all of anyone? Hermano Oscar, her son, our investigator, reminds
me a lot of dad. He is in love with kids and does everything for them, a little
tender hearted just like Dad when it comes to his kids. And the other son of
Hermana Elsa, is straight up Rach, right down to how he walks. Ha! Ha! His mom says he doesn’t like to talk about
how he feels. Everybody thinks he’s a
little wild, but deep down, he is such a solid good guy. It’s like walking into
Rawe household over there!
I just want
to tell you guys that everything in this life is worth it. All of the repentance,
all of the hard things, all of the tears, all of the temptation, all of the
efforts to be obedient, all of the family tiffs, just this whole life is worth
it. It’s worth it because we learn and ultimately we can return to live with
our Heavenly Father and be kings and queens in his kingdom. This too shall
pass. We are so incredibly blessed and our Heavenly Father knows us inside and
out. He knows what we’re capable of and he knows our weaknesses. He loves us,
and He supports us one hundred percent. I love my mission and I am pumped for
life! I just know that we can do it!
Love you all
to the moon and back! Be happy! Smile! Work hard and keep missing me!
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