Week 45- Crazy Week

Dear Friends and Family,
 
So this last week was pretty crazy. I am officially exhausted and ready to just sleep all of today. Anyways, this week, ABIGAIL was baptized… FINALLY!!!!!!!!! It was kind of hectic. We had planned everything for Saturday morning at 10 am. Then unfortunately, a lady here passed away and so ALL of Friday and Saturday, there was a viewing in the church and we couldn’t have the baptism. So we had to move the baptism to Sunday morning at 7:30 which meant we had to be there at 6:30 to get everything ready…. The other problem was we got a call that someone needed a blessing at like 9:30. So we called for permission to go with the elders to give a blessing… so to say the least, we didn’t even get to bed on time and I HATE waking up early, but I’m grateful for my MTC preparation. I never thought that when the emergency alarm went off at 1am and we had to evacuate and then be up the next morning on time that it would be preparation for now. Learning to just do it anyways even when you’re SUPER tired and somehow the Lord will bless you and make up the difference. However, as a result, I now have a cold, but definitely worth it.
 
Well, the Cotrado Family are all ready for this Friday to be baptized AND married. Marriage paperwork is a hassle, I’m kind of thinking that I don’t want to get married either! Haha jk. But anyways, they are passing through a couple of difficulties. Satan works SOOOO hard when something great is about to happen. Luckily, the Lord has guided us and we have been able to help them a lot and live right by us so we can pass by often to visit! They are our main focus this week!!! Super excited to see an entire family join the church and prepare to be sealed in the temple.
 
The last story is Raul, we found him a week ago. He lives in a room that a family here rents out. He is 18 years old and has never been baptized, but used to attend a different church every Sunday. We talked to him about Joseph Smith and he says that he is going to pray and come to church so that he can really know for himself as well. We asked him if he wanted to be baptized June 15^th and he accepted!!!! He said, I want to be sure that this is the church where I need to be baptized, but I already know that baptism is what I need to do with my life! He is SUPER!
 


President Calderon and my companion and I.

Anyways, this week, we had training with Pres. Calderon. It’s the last time I will possibly see him, although, I think I have transfers in a week. He said that Hermana Saavedra and I aren’t going to stay together because 10 new sister missionaries are coming and he said that he needs me to train. EEK!!! I’m super sad I won’t be with Hermana Saavedra for our birthdays, but oh well. I will be happy where ever and with whoever the Lord wants. So a little bit of my thoughts from training were, what causes us to sin? I remembered a talk that I honestly can’t remember who gave it, but it talked about pride a lot. When we sin, it is because we have some degree of pride. From training, my companion and I got to talking a lot about our past lives and such. She relayed that when she wasn’t active in the church that she was invited to a dinner with some of the bosses of her career. She went hoping to make contacts and then get practices which would be valuable to her career. She didn’t drink, but the boss had served everyone beer. To appeal to him, she sipped on her beer (which she doesn’t even like). We talked about how a lot of times, we justify our sins. She said that she justified doing something that she knew was wrong because she believed that she would be happier in the future with her practices. However, that wasn’t the case as she tells. We talked about how pride works in ALL of us to believe that we can justify our sins and that we will end up happier in the end in one way or another… If I smoke with these people, I will end up with more friends and will be happier… or whatever the situation may be. However, wickedness NEVER was happiness. It made me think about the pride that I have in my own life and the things that I can work on to be better. Really, if we humble ourselves and come unto Christ, He will make weak things become strong! I hope that I can apply this more to my life and that you all can think about how you can apply it to yours as well.
 
I love you all and am grateful for the support you give me!!


The family. Me and my companion
(hijastra... step daughter) My mom and her daughter.

 
Love Always,
Hermana Lang