Last week of teenagerdom‏

From:	Callie Horton (callie.horton@myldsmail.net)
Sent:	Mon 12/02/13 8:58 AM

 

Hello everybody!

 

This week was so great! I hope that everybody had as great of a Thanksgiving as I did! Thanksgiving was seriously so great. I am just so extremely grateful that I got to stay in this area with my amazing companion for this transfer of the holidays! On Thanksgiving we went and made breakfast for this cute little lady in our ward with the other sisters serving in our ward. Then we went with all of the other missionaries and had dinner/lunch with a family in our ward and holy cow! There was soo much food! There was a whole table just for the pies!! It was amazing and magnificent :) And then we went and ate at the church with some of the other families in our ward. It was so fun! The Mechanicsville ward is amazing. I love all of the members so much. They made our Thanksgiving one to remember! And my giant belly is also a good reminder of the glorious day.

 

So sad thing first. Our investigator Ever dropped us. It was pretty sad. Usually you are expecting someone to drop you, but this one came completely by surprise so it was pretty hard for us. We went to go meet with him and he said that he plays the music in his church he was attending and he is getting pretty involved with it and doesn't have time for both. It was also the nicest drop I've ever had too haha. He took us out to lunch after to thank us for everything we've done for him! He felt pretty bad about it, but I guess now is just not his time. We are crossing our fingers that he will notice a difference in his life and want us to go back and teach him, but if not, I know that God has a plan and one day I know that he will embrace this gospel. I'm sure that after this life we'll be in heaven (hopefully) and I'll see him and say, "Hey! You finally got baptized!" And then it will be a happy reunion and the seed we planted in his life will have finally blossomed.

 

Filiberto is doing fabulous! God really does have a plan. Lately little things here and there have been coming up that are things that need to be cleared up before baptism that wouldn't have been cleared up if he would have gotten baptized before. So as hard and as frustrating as that was, it was meant to be. But he is doing soo great! He knows that he needs to be committed to this gospel and he is willing to do those things that he needs to make the changes necessary so that he can give his all to this gospel! He is just so solid right now. He needed some help with translating recently and we got him in contact with someone from my last ward, and now that member has taken some serious initiative in befriending him. He got invited to go and do something there and apparently he said one of the prayers to open it or close it! He was so proud of himself haha. He is just the greatest!

 

Veronica is doing pretty good! I seriously love her so much. Last week I was just really tired and it wasn't one of my best days and we went and had a short lesson with her and she completely turned my day around with just her goodness and spirit. And the only Hispanic member of our ward had a family home evening at her house and invited Veronica and Filiberto and it was really good for her. This member was catholic before (Veronica is catholic) so she was able to relate really well to her and tell her about how this church has helped her life. It was a lot of fun! We ate some good food and partook of the good word of God. We had another lesson with Veronica and after she let us help her set up some Christmas decorations! It was so fun! Setting us a Christmas tree is one of my favorite parts of Christmas so I was glad that I was able to do it this year! And then after she gave Hermana Bingham some boots that don't fit her and she gave me some pajamas that she never wore that don't fit her haha she is the sweetest lady ever! Man, we have the best investigators.

 

We have a new investigator Enrique who is just progressing so fast! And now his wife Ruth is too! They are the cutest little couple. At first we weren't really sure how Ruth felt about us, but last night we had a lesson and she fed us. That is definitely a good sign from Hispanics! So now she is progressing as well. They are so great and just so humble.

 

Well I hope you all have a wonderful week! And remember that December 6, 1993 was the day that your lives got a little bit better :) haha. (Dad, my birthday isn't Wednesday...) I love you all soooo much!! Happy holidays!!!!

 

And now I close mine epistle. I am Hermana Horton.