First of all – Some of
you may have heard that two sisters in Carolyn’s mission were abducted on Wednesday,
Dec 19th. It was change
day. They were held for almost 3 days
and were rescued by a Guatemalan Kidnapping Task Force and the FBI! One of the men was wanted for murdering one
of his kidnapping victims last June.
According to the news reports, Hna Trevino said they never cried, taught
them some of the discussions, and felt as if they were being encircled by
angels the whole time! What a blessing
their safe return was. Here are a couple
of links to stories about it.
Our Christmas day
phone call was awesome! Of course our
first questions were about the kidnapping.
They were told about it by the mission office and were told not to talk
to anyone about it. When it was over,
they were all notified. She has always felt safe!
She has been
called to be the Retention Leader for her new zone. The sister from Mesa that was abducted is the
Retention Leader for the whole mission, so she will be meeting with her
monthly. The Retention Leader is
responsible to keep tabs on all members who were baptized within the last year
and make sure they are attending their meetings.
So she finally has a phone and will be going
to Guatemala City monthly for meetings with Hna Trevino.
Her new companion is
a “Norte” from Paragonah, about 15 minutes north of Cedar! This is her companion's last change and she will be
coming home in February. It will be fun
for us to get to meet her and attend her homecoming!
She is enjoying all her Christmas presents,
but doesn’t want to wear any of her new clothes because she just sweats all day
long!
She really loves her new area. There are 18 missionaries in her zone and
they are the only sisters. They are
looking forward to the mission almost doubling in size in early 2013. She’s happy!
Just truly happy! It was great to
hear her voice and hard to hang up!
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| New companion - Hna Neighbor from Paragoonah! |
Well, here is her
email from Monday, December 24th:
I´m
in La Gomera which is in a different zone but it´s about an hour away from Escuintla.
YEAH HNA NEIGHBOR IS MY COMP AND SHE´S THE HNA FROM PARAGONAH!! Legit right?!
¡Feliz Navidad! Well this week has been just a
little bit crazy getting to know the people and the area. I think Heavenly
Father has been preparing me to be here with Hna. Neighbor. I´m super happy she
is my companion and I´m really happy to be here in La Gomera right now even
though the heat is KILLING ME! haha But it's really great here and all the
people are really nice. Since it´s Hna. Neighbor´s last change she wants to
have 17 baptisms so we are going to be working really hard this change! The
people here have been really receptive and the members here are really great
too. Hna. Neighbor walks faster than I run so that's going to take some getting
use to haha but she´s great a WAY hard worker so I´m happy for that. I don´t
know I just have never been happier than now in my mission. All have my
companions have been great but I don´t know I just really think Heavenly Father
is giving me A LOT of help to get accustomed to the area and everything because
seriously everyday I´m just really happy (even though I think I´m going to have
shin splints from walking so fast and I sweat SO much). The branch is really
cool and we have a few really good investigators. The Law of Chastity is the
biggest problem here because everyone has an extra wife or husband OR they´re 14
years old and pregnant. None of that really matters though because I feel like
we´re going to have a lot of success in this area.
Anyway we changed houses the day after I got here and we´re
probably going to change houses again too so things have been really busy and I
haven’t taken any pictures but next week I PINKY PROMISE I will send pictures.
The houses here suck and our shower is always cold but it´s really refreshing
since (I promise this is the last time I´ll say it) IT´S SO FREAKING HOT ALL THE
TIME!!
Well
I just want to tell you that I love you both so much and I hope you have a good
rest of your day and I can't wait to talk to you tomorrow! At 3 30 then would
be the best. LOVE YOU!!
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