Lots of Amazing families to teach!

FELIZ CUMPLIMESES A MI! Tengo cinco meses in the misión hoy :) So this week went pretty well I think. A lot of the people we taught were really positive and I´m excited to see them progress. Anyway we went to teach S  in Santa Maria but her parents said she wasn´t there even though we saw her. We think she is having problems in her home for receiving us. Every time we call her brother says she´s not there. She is also moving to Escuintla for a month so if we can get her address we´ll send it to the missionaries there. I just feel bad because she really is an amazing investigator but her parents won´t let her progress. We also went and taught N  and she said she wanted to get baptized. She went to church again in El Tejar with her Aunt and Uncle but they said next week they will bring her to our ward. The only problem with that is that her mom just talked to the grandma about how their family wants to be baptized and the grandma said no. We called them last night and she said she´s happy where she´s at and doesn´t want to change even though the first time we taught them she said she wanted to get baptized too! Hopefully she´ll still give her kids permission to be baptized! 

We also met a family that is seriously AMAZING! they are the familia C and they were really receptive when we taught the Book of Mormon. It was such a good lesson! We had a family night with them last night about faith and that went amazing as well. They are going to come to the noche de hermanamiento and do everything possible to come to church with us. They are such a great family.

Hnas Brown & Alvarado incognito

We also have another really good family named the familia G. They came to church with us on Sunday! It was awesome they are so positive and love learning more about the gospel. Sunday after church they all said they loved it and we had a lesson with them about all of their questions. Baptisms for the dead was brought up in Relief Society and so we talked about that and they took everything in really well and they understand everything we are teaching them. I want to see them baptized pronto! Haha

We met a lady who is the friend of one of our members and she is awesome too. Her name is MJ and she has had a lot of difficulties in her life but she´s looking for a change and ready to make one. She came to the noche de hermanamiento last week and all of the members were really kind to her so that went well. She wasn´t able to attend church though.

One day we went to her house to find her but she wasnt there BUT her brother in law, H came out and said he wanted to receive the "charlas." He works for our Branch President and it turns out he was a reference he was going to give us. He´s had a lot of problems in his life especially with drugs and smoking and now he´s really sick and he said he wants to make a huge change. He´s only 21 years old and when we challenged him to baptism he was like what time is it at and what do I need to do to prepare? He said he wanted to serve a mission :) and he came to church on Sunday. But he also said that the whole time when we were in the bus on the way there he was nervous and wanted to escape haha good thing he didn´t though. He didn´t stay for priesthood meeting.

The people we´ve met have been amazing this week and it´s so great to see the Lords hand in this work especially when we have huge goals to fulfill. It´s great to see that He always finds away for us to complete his commandments like the 300 baptisms in September.

Also for P-day we didn´t do much...just went to the Gainor’s and ate and did laundry and wrote letters :)

That´s so awesome about Cam! (Cam Levins is running in the Olympics for Canada.  He is an SUU student)  I hope you saved me a shirt!! if not I’ll be sad haha but I love you so much and I hope you know it! also...you can be expecting a letter in Spanish very soon but I can´t send it til next week so by very soon I mean like..3 weeks haha

Did you get your box from Ian?  yes

Would you like a copy of a small Preach My Gospel? yes

 If so, do you want English or Spanish? Spanish

 How much longer does Hna Alvarado have in the mission? she has 8 

Did you not get my last email about Star Valley?  yes

or do you just print them so you don't have to waste the time reading? no

do you get the Ensign/Liahona down there? yes

How is your Spanish? Pilas  (awesome)

So, really, do you have a maid??? no...she cleans the house every like 3 weeks

 LOVE YOU MOMMA!