Hello!
What to say? I'm not sure if I can even remember everything that's been going
on, so sorry if this letter is a little random. First of all, being a
missionary is just funny. People just expect you to be able to do
everything...so you just...do! Last Sunday, just a few minutes before Sacrament
meeting started, Hermano Mateo (Sunday School President) came over to us
and asked us if we would teach the 16 and 17 year olds
during Sunday school. I don't know what happened to their teacher,
but I guess they couldn't show, so he handed us the new manual and we taught a
lesson on keeping Journals. It was great fun!
However, I felt a
little bit hypocritical because I haven't been very good at keeping up on my
journal. There seems to be so little time, that the best I can do is write
random thoughts on sticky notes of what happened throughout the day and then
stick it in my journal when I can. Thankfully, our Zone Leader Elder Peterson
recently gave Hermana Bennett and me a talk on how to micromanage as a
missionary so hopefully we will be learning how to better use our time.
Elder Peterson,
Elder Simmons, Elder Farnsworth (not related to us, I don't think), and Hermana
Inman will be leaving our ward tomorrow. Hermana Inman and I came out
together so it was pretty fun to be in the same ward as her for a while. She's
sweet. She and Hermana Moffat actually just started teaching Luis. His mom
kicked him out and we found him a room to rent with Alfredo, who recently just
moved into their area. So we did lose our favorite recent convert and then our
favorite and soon to be baptized investigator, but the other Hermanas are taking
good care of them. We are still teaching Luis' girlfriend Karla, and they're
doing great.
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Hermana Inman y Yo!
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We have been doing
well as a companionship, opening up more, and as a result, getting along better
and working more in unity. As a result, we have been picking up a few more
investigators and even set 2 more baptismal dates this week. This morning we
sacrificed some of our P-day time to go and teach a lesson to a man named
Margarito for the first time. He lives on the property of some English members and
works in their garden, as well as several other member's gardens. It was on the
very edge of our mission though, technically out of bounds, but in "no
man's land", so it was fun getting there. I'll see if I can attach a few
pics.
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Near the Borders of the mission. Just over the hill from Poway J
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Oh, and as for the
"young men" we're teaching, I don't think any of them will be going
on missions. One is 27, the other 29, and the other is 20, but already has
children, so I don't think any of them are eligible. They're all great though.
Cristian was doing so awesome! ...And then he canceled our appointment, didn't
come to church, and his dad said he was partying again. We've yet to talk to
him, but hopefully we can help him straighten back out. He's great though and
has such great faith, so I'm not too worried.
On the way home
from shopping today, our street was blocked off. They wouldn't let us drive in,
which was a little stressful because we had frozen food in the car, but we just
parked a few blocks away and walked. There was a half-ripped up motorcycle on the
road though and all sorts of police cars and cones everywhere. It was intense.
I can't believe the transfer is already over, which means we are half way done
training! 6 weeks goes by so fast.
Well, I'm going to
try to use the last few minutes to attach some pictures. I actually lost my
camera for a few days, but I guess I left it in the church during Zone activity
and thankfully Hermana Jones picked it up for me. She's great! J
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| Hipster Hermana Escalante on P-day |
Well mama, you're
great. I'm learning so much about the power of prayer. Especially about the
fact that we don't pray to get what we want, but that we pray to more
fully align our will with God's will, so what we get is what we end up wanting,
because we understand that He knows better than we do, and He loves us more
than we can understand. I'm not sure if that made any sense, but I love this
Gospel and I know it's true.
Talk to you next
week! Love you!
Con amor,
Hermana Escalante
Oh, P.S. Two different Latinos asked me this week if I was from Mexico. I was pretty proud J
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| Yes - we caught the mouse! |
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