So, no surprise I am staying with Sister Culala for another
transfer here in Buena Park and finishing her training. I can't believe I am
starting my second to last transfer!! The amount of time it takes to train a
missionary is the amount of time I have left on my mission.
So this week was pretty good. We found, we taught, we had no
one at church (but we are working on it! you can only influence people's agency
so much) And our favorite 93 year old got baptized!!! Sister Eves had a really
nice baptism. Two of her non-member grand-daughters came. The talks on baptism
and the holy ghost were really good and not too long. The one on baptism was
about burying the old man of sin in the water and rising out of the water being
a new man alive in Christ. And Sister Redding who is a great speaker talked
about the holy ghost how she felt it when we was holding her son for the first
time and how she felt that she would one day have a daughter and then ended up
adopting 3. It was just cool to hear her personal stories about following the
spirit. Elder Henry baptized her and did a great job (she only had to be
baptized once) A lot of her friends from the ward and even some from back when
she used to be a member were there. Overall it was just good and the spirit was
definitely there. On Sunday she bore her testimony about how for the past 30
years she has been searching for the right church and now she is finally back
were she belongs. And Robert blessed the sacrament for the first time!! He did
such a good job. He also got a calling to be the gospel principles class
president. And he just finished reading 1 Nephi in the Book of Mormon (he takes
his time so he can understand). We're just so proud of our recent converts!
This week we went out to lunch with Juana. She the
non-member neighbor of a member in our ward and she loves having the
missionaries over but says she isn't ready to take the lessons. We always end
up talking about the gospel though so hopefully she will open up to it. It has
been so hot and humid this week. It 's been horrible. September is the hottest
month here so 90 degree weather mixed with humidity is not my friend but we're
missionaries and we work no matter what so I put up with it. But I can't
wait until cooler weather. I want to wear cardigans and scarves so bad. (also
that would switch up what I can wear because I am really tired of my
clothes)
So ya, other than that just a typical missionary week. Sorry
if my letters are sometimes boring. I think that I am just so used to
missionary work at this point that it doesn't seem like anything too exciting
happens even though there is probably some thing you all would be interested in
hearing about. I'm just so used to it now that it just seems normal. Also by
the time Monday rolls around i have forgotten some things.
But we did have a good lesson with Anthony we talked about
the Book of Mormon and explained what the story of Lehi's family is about.
After the lesson Sister Hernandez pulls out her quad and starts reading the
articles of faith with him, and we didn't even suggest it. So that was cool.
There just seems to be something that comes up every week on Sunday to prevent
them from coming but for some reason I feel like we just need to keep
working with them and teaching them and it will happen eventually. Also that
day had been hard for me, I was just kinda frustrated because members kept dropping
from coming out to lessons with us. But as soon as we got into the lesson and
we were teaching I felt way better. I felt like I was right where I needed to
be, helping this family and bringing the spirit into their home. Missionary
work is not easy but those moments where you can feel that you are truely
helping people and changing their lives in any small way, make it all worth it.
We're ready for another great transfer! Love you all!!
-Sister Washburn
Eve's baptism
and it rained today
and it rains like once every 6 months here so it was a big deal (also we are in
a drought so it was really needed)
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