Week 32

FAM BAM!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!!!!!!! DAD!!! AND NATHAN!!!!!!

How are you all doing?!?! How was the trip to SAN FRAN?!?! Sorry I didn't see it earlier until I was off the computer and I couldn't believe it! I hope you all had so much fun and got to celebrate moms birthday and fathers day! And you all look soooooooo styling!!!

Marla!! Thank you so much for the note! I received it rather quickly and really enjoyed it! Thank you for putting my name in the temple :)

AH!! Sam got her mission call!! been called to serve in the Canada Toronto Mission! I am speaking english and I leave August 13! Apparently she sent it to me like a month ago but I never recieved it :( But WOW!! I can't believe it!!!!

I have lots of things to say and I don't know if I can remember it all!

Well so I'm sure you all remember M. S. and the big problem with her registro... well yesterday at church I was sitting by her and the sacrament had just barely started and she starts talking to me hahaha.  First she asked if we had gotten her a bible from the church cause she wants one with the foot notes and then she pauses a little and is like and..... I want to be baptized!!!!  This week or the next week!!! But she still wants to be baptized in the river which isn't good, because it is freezing and she could die and we need permission for that so we will see... We are praying that her heart will soften again and will want to be baptized in the font in the church.  I think what really made her think was the lesson we had in gospel principals class and our mission leader said something very direct about how we never know when we are going to die and we shouldn't put off our baptism. Must of hit her pretty hard!

S. and E.... we finally could visit them this past saturday cause they havne't been home and E. isn't interested anymore :( for right now! It is hard because S. works only on sundays and they really need the money so we are praying for them. The kids really want to keep going and him, but its so hard because they are never there but they are so ready! So we are not going to loose them!

TWO MISSION CONFERENCE!!! Elder Robbins came and we went to Malvin on thursday and it was awesome!! Oddly though he talked alot about love... and how we need to prepare for marriage with our future spouse and how couples come to him and say they fall out of love, but really we can't fall our of love, it is something we choose.  And then he asked us an interesting question.  Out of the 10 people we invite to church, how many end up coming.  and we all responded 1 or 2.  And he said that it is very interesting, that no matter where he goes that it is the same response and that it doesn't matter where we are.  And then he told us that lots of people say they are going to come and then don't.  and how we would we rather have a true false or a yes no, meaning do we want people to say yes and then end up not coming, or say no that they won't come and that is a true answer.  And how we all would rather have them say no then thinking they are coming, so he told us to ask our investigators or say this.  Hermana Rodriguez, we missed you this past Sunday in church, but we are excited to see you this next Sunday.  We invite lots of people to come to church and lots of people say yes that they will come and then end up not coming, because they are nice and don't want to offend the missionaries.  Hermana Rodrigues do you have any questions or doubts or anything that would impeeed (impedir) you from coming to churhc? Entonces asistará la iglesia con nosotras? And then they really don't have a way of getting out if they say yes ;)

FÚTBOL!!! Well the world cup is going and on Saturday URUGUAY played and no one was out!!!! and they lots:( But I love it so much because everyone has on their uruguay gear and the flags out and it is great!

Oh and one more thing! We have this awesome investigator N. P..  We were trying to contact a reference and thought this was her house but it wasn't and N. came to the door and just whips out her perfect english and invites us in! So now we go by once every week and she prepares sooooo much food for us and this delicious hot chocolate made from chocolate bars and it is soooo good! We are trying to help her and we have taught her the plan of salvation and about the 2000 strippling warriors how they could remember the words of their mothers because she has two sons and one is off at college and she has taught them so many good things, alot of the same standards the church has.  BUT she just isn't interested in the church! So we are trying to tell her our purpose as missionaries and work with her little by little....

I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!!!! It can be so frustraiting at times, but it is awesome! I love it so much! and I'm so grateful for all of the support I have from everyone and all the prayers.  Thank you so much! I LOVE YOU!!!!!

Love,

Hermana Louder

ELENA FIGUEREDO!!!

Only the best person!! She is always helping us! Love her!