August 31, 2015
Time keeps flying, my Spanish keeps getting
better, and my English keeps getting worse. I think it would be safe to say
that I speak fluent Spanglish. It’s a bit of a struggle, haha. This week has
been the fastest of my mission.
Last week we went to the Zoo in DC, so that was
pretty cool, but it was really hot! I think I'm finally getting a bit of my tan
back though, so that's good :) We ran into a few members when we were there and
it was fun to stop and talk to them!
That night we went to dinner with a family in
the ward and the whole time they were telling us to not get married until we
were at least 28 years old, haha. They are really funny and very strong in
their beliefs, now we just need to get them to share the gospel with their
friends like that!
Sindi and family are doing well! They came to
stake conference yesterday, which was amazing! Sindi continues to grow and see
changes in her life, but her mom isn't seeing it as much. It’s so frustrating
that that is the only thing keeping her from baptism :(
We met with Angel again for the first time in a
while and he's doing alright. He's just seeing a lot of temptations and going
through some hard things, which is normal for after baptism. We recently
started teaching his cousin, Marifer, who is married to a member in the English
ward. It’s strange because she hardly speaks English and he speaks zero
Spanish. Not quite sure how it works, but it has for 3 years. We talked to her
about eternal marriage and that is one of her goals, so we are going to teach
her and get her there as soon as possible :)
Denis and family also are doing really well! We
have had a lot of really good and spiritual lessons with them. They have been
coming to church and Denis has now been to two baptisms and his wife to one.
They are getting really close to being baptized and they already have a lot of
friends that are fellowshipping them in the ward, which makes the process go
twice as fast!
One reason that this week went so fast is
because we went on double exchanges. On Wednesday afternoon I went over to
Springlake with Hermana DeBry while Hermana Peabody came here. Then the next
day at noon we switched companions and went straight to meet Hermanas Mugleston
and Mensinger, and I went there. I didn't get back to Bella Vista until Friday
afternoon. It was pretty awesome because somehow I made it through the whole
time without a problem! We had some fun experiences and saw some miracles. When
I was with Hermana Mugleston we knocked on a door and an Arabic family let us
in and gave us three different drinks and didn't exactly understand our
English. It was weird because we ended with a prayer and they asked us to face
east and wanted us to come back really soon. I felt pretty lost when we were in
there because I had no idea how to teach these people. I am so grateful that I
get to be in the Spanish program and teach Hispanics. I feel like I know them
lot better :) I think I've turned a little bit Hispanic in this short time that
I have had with them. I found myself saying certain phrases in Spanish today at
our zone activity because I'm not used to people not understanding me.
This Saturday was another busy day (no surprise
there) because we moved all of Bella Vista's stuff to a different building.
This last week we added another English ward to the McLean Stake, so we got
kicked out of the stake center, and starting this week we will be meeting in a
different building. It’s pretty fun! The building has two stories and it’s
really interesting, but it is pretty small, so hopefully we will all fit! But
this change is exciting :)
My testimony just keeps growing more and more
every week. I love seeing the things that happen because of the work that we
do. Our investigators have been progressing a lot recently and there should be
a lot of baptisms in the near future. I think one of my favorite things in the
mission is that even when we work hard and may not teach very many lessons I
still know that the Lord is proud of me and I am doing what he wants me to do.
And I now that is what I want for the rest of my life! So I invite you all
to do that as well. Just do your best and let the grace of the Atonement help
you. And even then if you don't accomplish what you want, you can be happy
because you did what God wanted you to :) Love you all! Have a great week :)
Love,
Hermana Moberly
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