Hi Family :)
Wednesday was transfer day! I love transfer day a whole lot.
Elders Salvador and Hifo went home so that was pretty sad. I'm gonna miss those
guys. Elder Salvador is from Brazil and Elder Hifo is from Tonga.
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| Elder Salvador and me on transfer day |
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| Us with Elder Hifo |
Oh! Since I'm
staying at BYU for another transfer, I ordered an English name tag. I'm actually
really excited about it, even though this will probably be the only English area
I'll ever be in. Haha oh well!
Last night we went to see Katia and her girls. We brought
Emily with us again (she's getting ready to serve in Brazil so she comes
teaching with us sometimes) and afterwards she was like, "Guys, something really
cool just happened. I didn't understand any of that (we teach her in Spanish),
but I still felt the Spirit!" Yep, pretty awesome how it works like that. When I
was in my last area and we'd go to the Portuguese ward, I didn't understand
anything, but I always knew the Spirit was there. I'm glad Emily was able to
experience that.
Thursday we met with Connor. We talked a lot about the Bible
and the Book of Mormon and how they support each other. I felt like I should ask
him if he believed the Book of Mormon was true. He said he thinks he's getting
close and that the question of it's truth is a part of his daily prayers. Yay
Conman :)
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| Connor's Christmas tree! |
Friday morning we went to the temple with Ashley for her
first time! It was INCREDIBLE. Since we're missionaries, we couldn't do baptisms
with her, but we did confirmations and watched her do baptisms. She looked so
preeeeettty, and of course, Sister Cha and I cried. Pathetic. Afterwards she
told us she was really nervous, even more nervous than she was for her own
baptism. Silly girl. It was awesome though. I just love
her.
Friday we contacted this referral we got a couple weeks ago.
Her name is Rachel and her sister is a convert, so that's how she knows about
the church. I'm really excited about her. And she's really excited too! She has
all these questions and things she wants to learn about, so it's pretty cool. We
talked about our purpose as missionaries and she told us she'd never really
prayed before, but that she thought being able to communicate with God was
pretty neat, so we taught her how to pray. Before we left we asked if she'd like
to offer a prayer and she did it! It was super neat. She thinks prayer is the
best - and it is. I'm excited to meet with her on Friday.
We had dinner that night with this really cute family. The
wife's dad was one of my professors at BYUI, so that was weird. The church is
suuuuuch a small world. After dinner we went to the Barlow's (the people who
live above us) and made gingerbread houses. Mine fell over, but Sister Cha's is
still alive and well!
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| My gingerbread house, while it lasted |
Yesterday we had two speaking assignments in two different
YSA wards. I talked about Jesus Christ as our Redeemer and Sister Cha talked
about Him as our King. It went pretty well and the rest of the Christmas
programs we're beauuuutiful. I love Christmas hymns (and being all around these
Mormons who can sing and play instruments haha). Last night we visited Connor
and watched the Joy to the World DVD with him. He liked it and said he was going
to watch it with his family when he goes home for Christmas. AND we have lunch
with him in about half an hour. Hooray!
Well, that's all I've got. It's been snowing the last couple
days, so it's finally starting to look and feel like Christmas. We still haven't
heard from President about what the phone/skype situation will be, so I'll get
back to you on that. Well, I love you all! Thanks for the support and letters
:)
Love,
Hermana Munden
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