Well if you read the subject you might
have some questions. I am writing today because we had a conference
yesterday with the whole mission. A conference with the whole mission
only happens once a year, at Christmas time (I made it just in time), so
all of us were shocked and had no idea why. Well we found out...
President and Hermana Newsome will be going home.
His company is having legal problems and they found out 5 days ago.
They don't know when they will be leaving, could be days, could be
weeks, but they will be going. It is so sad to already see them leave.
They really have been so great. So at the conference he told us all at
the same time and everyone started crying. Then Hermana Newsome gave a
talk, and it was so great! Of course I forgot my notes at home so I will
have to write about that next week sorry, but it was really good. I
can't believe they will be leaving, and we don't know when we will get a
new mission president.
This week none of our investigators with fetchas for the 25th came to church :((( we did a mission fast from saturday lunch to sunday
lunch for all the baptisms that will be happening in January. We are
hoping to double the number from last January and have 130 baptisms this
month and we are only half way there. But we do have one progressive
investigator now, his name is Pedro, and he is so smart and he came to
church all on his own and we will continue to meet with him, and his
fetcha is for the 8th of February.
So with the 6 investigators that we had for the 25th, we are able to
have 3 of their baptisms on the 26th, after church, cause they have to
come to church three times, and be ready, and we are hoping to set that
date today with Lourdes, Belen, and Joselin. Then on the 31 we are
hoping to set a new date with Carlos, and Lorena (a new little girl who
came to church with us and wants to be baptized and we haven't taught
her anything), and maybe Pedro. Gillermina we are setting a date with
for the 8th of february.
Naomi.... I am so sad. We went and had a charla franka with her, she
doesn't want to be baptized and doesn't want to go to church. But she
said she knows the Book of Mormon is true, and that Joseph Smith was a
prophet and did everything, so we will be going to talk to her today and
see if she prayed about everything, and has a change of heart.
This week we also had an oros conference (I'm an
oro-new in the mission) and we learned so many great things there! It
was fun! We were put with a companion and we learned how to better talk
with everyone, use seguid me! (for baptisms), conquer doubts about going
to church, and that testifying how to Book of Mormon is the key stone
in our religion, because if you read and ponder and pray about the Book
of Mormon and it's true, then Joseph Smith was a prophet, and our church
is true. We really need to hit that and make sure our investgators
understand that.
Family thank you so much for all you do!! Oh and
thank you Sister Vitters and my sweet primary class, and Maddie and
Kylee for the letters! Hoy es el día! Love you all!!!
Love,
Hermana Louder
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