Great First Week

Hi FAMILY!!!!!

Parece que todo esta muy bien!!! Me hace feliz :) Another great week with LOTS going on it sounds like. Man, I think the Highlight of MY week was getting to read Luke’s letter. He is so great :) Also it’s so weird to hear that all of my friends are getting home from their missions. Wow, time is sure flying. It’s a weird thing here on the mission.

Well, here in Calderon it was a big and long week. It felt longer than most have. Probably because we did soo many things and its always a little more stressful the first few days of a change... especially when you’re the one showing around the sector. But I feel like this week was like 3 combined. I have LOVED working with Hermana Herman. If I didn’t tell you last week, she’s from Texas and has been out a little longer than I have. She reminds me a ton of Heather Adams. Super sweet, super fun. And man, we have worked HARD. I’m pretty sure every night I hit the pillow and then 5 minutes later the alarm is ringing. We have had absolutely zero extra time... (phone calls with the Hermanas, zone leaders, planning, organizing our sector) My journal has kind of suffered :/ I’m hoping to get caught back up on that. 

The very first day she was here, last Monday, we saw a huge miracle as we started work after emailing. We returned to a family that we had contacted (they wanted help with English) and we ended up sharing something short with them and they all accepted a baptismal date. Then, later throughout the week we found like 6 more people who accepted fecha. BLESSINGS. That doesn’t mean that it’s going to be smooth sailing from here on out because there were a lot of them that weren’t able to attend church for one reason or another, but it means that we at least have potential. Lots of people to work with.

On Saturday we had the baptism of Xochi! I think I talked about them last week... we’ve been teaching the family for about a month now. The parents have been less active for many years... So we’ve been able to see a big change in them these last few weeks and now their next goal is the temple. Such a happy day! She looked like a little princess :)

Baptism of Xochi!

Yesterday I got the opportunity to give a talk in church. I think it was more like.... they forgot that there was an open slot and no one to do it, so as sacrament meeting was starting they asked me if I could do it. I give lots of credit to all my morning studies and the spirit. I talked a lot about trials and prayer and the atonement... and somehow was able to get out pretty much everything I was wanting to say. And in Spanish. I’m a big believer that the Lord sends lots of help to those who pray hard and need it :)

One of the families that we found this week were some evangelicos that really wanted to listen. But... as we talked to the mom, she told us that she’s living with her boyfriend, and has been for 7 years, but doesn’t really feel much love or anything for him. We didn’t really want to tell her our opinion straight out that she should leave him.... Plus we knew that living like that, she wasn’t going to be able to be baptized. Well, we went back the next day to read the Book of Mormon with them, and she said that he had just decided to leave and said that he was not coming back the night before. She didn’t even seem sad about it... more relieved. We knew it was just a blessing from Heavenly Father that things are going to fall into place so that she can be baptized :)

We found another new investigator this week that I LOVE: And she was one of them who came to church. Like one change ago, she was a reference that one of the members gave us. We’ve passed by her house, called her many times, but we’ve just never been able to find her and have a lesson. Well FINALLY after about a month of trying, we had a lesson with her on Saturday. At the end of the lesson, she looked at me and said... I can’t believe how persistent and loving you have been with me. You don’t even know me, but go out of your way to make me feel good every time we talk. Because of that... I decided to listen to you guys. She accepted a baptismal date and loved church yesterday. I am so so grateful for the different ways that the Lord uses us to help investigators.

I have more things that I wanted to say... but that’s how limited email time goes for ya. Hope you have a fantastic week!! Remember that the Lord loves you. And that his plan is absolutely perfect!

Love Hermana Yorgason