Week #24 Baptism and Transfer to the Capital

Hello everyone,

We had another baptism this week so that was really good. I have no time  but the biggest thing that is happening is I have transfers tomorrow! I’m going to zona 7 of the capital. Things are different in the capital but I know it’s where I need to be. It’s called Venezuela.

Love
Hermana Larimer

Week #23 Baptism

Hola everyone!!

I only have 5 minutes so I'll just give the highlights!

Baptism!!!! She is named Gloria and she was supposedly already baptized but the church lost her papers so she had to be re-baptized and reconfirmed. That was super exciting. we traveled to barberena where 7 people were being baptized! One of the other participants fainted two times during her baptism. Once before the baptism and once in the font. She saw her dad and brother who had already passed away because the spirit was so strong for her. (the Holy Ghost) Presidente Shumway baptized her and her husband because they had tons and tons of challenges and he taught them one lesson so that was also super special. We have another baptism this Saturday!

Another thing that happened was that one of our most pilas investigators missed church even though he said he would come. We called him 5 times and he didn't answer. then a few hours later he called us back and told us he had slept in and that no se que me paso! I don't know what happened to me! I thought that was really funny. 😂

The other thing that happened was that one of our other investigators was talking to his mom  and she told him that he was already baptized and that she brought him to church when he was little. We looked for him in the records of the church and there he was already baptized. *facepalm* But that’s good because now we can just start reactivating him!

This might be my last week here in Cerinal and if it is it was super good! We have exchanges the 28th of november but I might stay because I asked Presidente Shumway and he told me he didn't
know. Usually there's a high chance that the missionary that has been in an area the longest leaves but he said he didn't know which gives me hope that I get to stay another 6 weeks! I still feel like there is more service teaching and helping that I can do here, but I am ready to do whatever the Lord wants!

Lots of love,
Hermana Larimer

Week #22 Pants, lawyers, service, and eternal happiness

Week #22
Hello Hello hello!

I hope everyone is doing wonderfully! I am! The work of the Lord is simple wonderful and a blessing. :) I feel wonderful.

The biggest thing is that I get to go to Walmart soon! I need to call Hermana Shumway and talk to her about when. Because my bug bite infections on my legs has everyone worried. So I'm going to buy pants.

Lunes, p day! I don’t remember what we did but whatever it was I’m sure I enjoyed it. :P

Martes! We had an appointment with an investigator but when we went he wasn’t home so that was kinda sad. He is super ready to hear and accept the gospel, so we are going to go to his house again this week.

Miercoles, I had a really cool expérience. We were returning from an appointment and we found a member and started talking a thought entered my mind that I needed to ask him if he knew a lawyer. The elders has asked us if we knew a lawyer so that they can help someone get married. We didn’t. But I was pondering who we could ask and then I followed the thought and asked and it turns out the member that I asked is a lawyer! That was super special for me. That I was able to follow the prompting that I received and tell the elders. The Lord really does direct his work.

Jueves, we had two new investigators, who are super ready to hear the gospel and who felt the spirit during the lesson. One of them asked us, “How can I find happiness for the eternities?” And we were like wow. That was super cool.

Viernes, we cleaned a fishing net by hand!! It was gross but pretty cool. My hands were super stinky after but I was serving and I was happy. We also found lots of snails in the net so we laid them to rest.

Sabado, we gave service again! A woman broke both sides of her ankle so we cleaned her whole house and are helping her with her marriage a little bit. she isn’t super happy in her marriage so we are helping her look for the good.

Domingo, we traveled to cuilapa in a bus for church. so that was pretty festive. It was a conference from Salt lake for all of Central America.

No tengo mas tiempo!!

Con amor
Hermana Larimer

Week #21 Prescribed pants, traffic, necessary evil

Nov 6, 2017
Hello everyone!

I hope all is well! I have been good. I have officially been prescribed pants from Hermana Shumway because my legs are gross, because of all the bug bites. So I have used the same pair of pants about 4 days this week. I was gifted from the senior couple, The Oylers, another pair of pants so I was super glad about that. Shoutout to them for being wonderful! I started washing some of my articles of clothing by hand so that’s been fun to learn how to do.

Lunes, we rested like always. We ate, cleaned, and bought food for the week.

Martes, supposedly we were going to have divisiones (exchanges) but there was 5 hours of traffic so our leaders called and told us that we were going to have them a different day. We also had district counsel where we put the goals of of the zone so that was exciting!

Miercoles, in the morning we contacted. I don’t really enjoy contacting but it’s a necessary evil, in order to find people to teach. hahaha. In the afternoon we visited sacerdocio and investigators.

Jueves, We had weekly planning. Not a lot of people were home so that was kinda weird.

Viernes, we had a ton of plans in the morning but each one fell through! So that’s when we went to the lake because it’s kinda far to walk to. One recent convert lives at the lake.

Sabado, a member left and came to do visits with us for about three hours! So that was super exciting.

Domingo, We had a new investigator named Carlos. He is super ready to hear the gospel.

Lately, I have been a little discouraged because I almost have 5 months in the mission and have only had one baptism. But, Heavenly Father blessed us with a baptism! A member is going to turn 9 super soon and when she turns 9 the baptism counts as our baptism and not as the branch.

But more importantly, I decided that baptisms are not the important thing. The important thing is that we are sharing the gospel, loving, and serving, and learning! Even if I only have 2 baptisms I will return happy content and joyful, because it was the Lord’s will!

Love
Hermana Larimer

Week #20 Seven New Investigators and I'm Losing Track of Time

I don't have a ton of time so lo siento! But this week was super good!!! We had 7 investigators in la reunion sacramental and we put another date of baptism. We are seeing blessings each day and I am still learning a ton!

We found 7 new investigators this week so that also was super exciting. 2 of the 7 are super ready to hear and learn the gospel. My companion is super good we are learning and growing together. Its super wonderful!

Also a tidbit, I put the date as the subject because I've lost track of how much time i've been here. I keep trying to count and figure it out but i confuse myself each time. So that's how it is!

I love and think and hope consistently that everything is well where you are!

The gospel is true the book is blue.

Amor,

Hermana Larimer

PS supposedly each of one of my companions will have an attribute of my future spouse. Or at least that's what my companion told me...we are going to see what happens! :P