First
of all, awesome! I love Hermana Rodriquez. She is such a good friend. I mean
really. We just sit and laugh and make plans and laugh and cry. It’s the best. We
are working really well together and she´s a rock star.
Its
fun. The lessons are awesome- more to come. But also, the little things. Like we
have to cook lunch on Sundays- so I taught her how to cook a hotdog in the fire
and her first taste of smores. So good.
Then the next lunch she teaches me how
to cook Peruvian. We´re a good team. Or our little adventures always. Today’s p-day
adventure was cracking up laughing or crying together over the Mormon messages.
So fun.
Oh, but this week was awesome because 8 of our members were able to get their patriarchal
blessings! We had talked with our mission president at Christmas to try and get
a patriarch to fly down, but nope. Then this week yes! It was amazing. It’s the
first time a patriarch has been here and a couple of the members have literally
been waiting 10 or more years to get one. We were able to go to each house and
teach and get them excited and testify and it was wonderful.
The
branch is rocking. There is still a lot to do. Shoot. But, its really, really
good. And between me and Hna R we have about 100,000 ideas. The first is, we are
planning a movie theater night in the church.
There isn´t a movie theater even
close to here- the closest is a 4 hour bus ride. So we think it will be a big
hit. We´re looking in to a projector and all. We´re going to show a Mormon
message and then a family movie. A Mexican animated one that should be fun and
we are going to invite all the families. Then we are going to teach them all
and convert all of Puerto Cisnes. :) Hopefully it’s successful and we´ll do it
every couple weeks!
Also
this week we taught a lot about the plan of salvation. Oh, I love this happy
plan of happiness! We had a couple really great lessons. One was with M.
We are teaching her and her children and they are receptive. Down to the little
ones, it´s so, so cute. The only problem is no one is married around here
and it’s quite the legal deal. But it’s all-good.
Also, we were able to teach a less active couple. They are really struggling as a
couple. It was interesting and an interesting lesson- because she is kind of just done with the marriage and he is fighting. It amazing to teach with the
spirit because as Ali, I have no idea about marriage or how to teach the
doctrine specifically for their needs. But its crazy cool being Hermana Ball. I
love it. I love, love, love teaching and love the spirit.
We
finished the lesson and more just listening to them and walked out and just
looked at each other- the first thing I said was just how completely grateful I
was to have grown up in a gossip principle based and a loving home. And my companion
said the same. It’s amazing to see how perfect, down to the details, the church
has it. Just how happy of a life we can really have.
Also, we are still teaching that one investigator who has been meeting with the missionaries
on and off for over 25 years. Ha, when I was just typing I accidently wrote 235
years- but it could practically be the same because she knows it all. And yet, just no. But here’s the thing. She is awesome. So we have completely changed it
up. We are planning and teaching the lessons in a way we know she hasn´t seen
it. With the proclamation to the family and videos and everything. So cool. Yesterday
we taught about the prophet, prayer and revelation. So cool. I am really excited to
see in this next week if it will make a difference and if she will feel
it! 
Ok, the "cool" missionary lessons of the week. Sometimes we have these different
lessons where I ¨feel like a missionary.¨ You know? Well ours was when we were
walking and I remembered a door we´d knocked a bit back so we went to stop by
and ended up having a sweet lesson outside of the house. One of those where she
is sitting their smoking the whole time and sitting on the door step and we
teach her and her kids, all of us singing and all. It was cool. We ended with a
prayer right there and it was good. I am not sure how much she will progress-
but it was one of those cool street lessons where we finished feeling like rock
stars. We are going back to teach tonight- so we will see!
We
had a couple problems with our woodpile and ended up having to move 4 by 4
meters of wood. We were in our shed and it was torrential rain and so crazy. We
also ended up moving a broken car- pushing it all soaking wet with our rain
boots and all in the mud. Ha-ha the mission is such a crazy adventure.
But
more adventure to come because this week we are traveling again. Shoot. But it
will be cool. Intercambios, then we are going to have stake conference and we
are renting a bus to take all the members with us! Woohoo. Roadtrip!
I
love you! Have a happy week! xoxo
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