November 28, 2011

To all,

This last week has been pretty interesting but I´ve got to back up a little bit first. The week before last I was pretty sick but of course I didn´t tell you because I didn´t want you to worry. The doctor told me that I have an ulcer but it´s due to stress instead of my celiacs. I was in a lot of pain and in my bed a few days. Don´t worry I am doing a lot better now. President called us up on Tuesday and began to ask me about my health to make sure I was doing good. He then told us that we were having special changes and that my new companion is Hna. Verastegui (from Bolivia). Hna. Castellón and Hna. Humpries are now companions. I am now a senior companion and I feel a lot like I´m training. Hna. Verastegui is a lot happier now and loves being my companion. I love being her companion too, I just feel a whole lot more responsibility. I want to be a good example for her and teach her how the mission should be. Hna. Verastegui and I are focusing on trying to find new investigators because they really didn´t have that many. I am hoping that we can finish this change really great even though I think we´ll be together the next change too, but ya never know.

This week there were TWO baptisms. One of them was an investigator from Ñuñoa 1, Lourdes. She got baptized on Friday. I was so happy that got baptized and even happier that I could attend. It´s was such an amazing experience to hear her testimony and see the fruits of my labors in Ñuñoa. Even if she were the only one in my entire mission to be baptized it would all be worth it. She had a lot of doubts and problems a long the way but was able to gain a testimony. Her kids were able to attend her baptism and she told them in her testimony that this is just one of mom´s crazy things but that she has a testimony that it´s true.

The other baptism was on Sunday. His name is Ronald, he´s 9 years old. His mom was an inactive member but  is now active. Hna. Castellón and I taught him a little bit but then we had the changes so Hna. Castellón and Hna. Humphries finished off his teachings before the baptism.

Alright well I love you SO MUCH!! I am so grateful for all your prayers, letters, and support.

Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

Well today we had changes but nothing changed here in Lo Cañas the 4 of us are Hermanas are staying put. I am pretty happy about it and I am excited to still be companions with Hna. Castellón. We have grown so much closer this last week and I think that we are really going to enjoy this change. I am also glad that I didn´t have to worry about packing and changing.

Hna. Wojciechowski "mi mamá" goes home today. It´s weird to think of the mission without her and I don´t think it will really hit me until we get together as a mission and she´s not there. That leads me to my next topic. Saturday we´re getting together as a mission with the North mission for a VERY VERY special devotional. Someone very special is coming. I really have no clue who it is but I´m pretty positive it´s an apostle. An elder asked President today who is coming and president said that he couldn´t tell us because he promised the area presidency that he wouldn´t tell. So I´m very excited for Saturday and it´s going to be a very special spiritual experience.

We didn´t have the baptism yesterday. Something happened last week that made it so she couldn´t be baptised but instead she is going to be baptised this coming Sunday. That is another reason I am glad to be staying in this sector so that I can see her be baptised.

On Friday Hna. Castellón and I went to visit an investigator. As we entered the house there was a coffin in the living room and nothing else. I thought to myself "is this for real or is it something for Halloween" It was for real. The investigators mother had just died and the mom was right there in the living room. Not going to lie I was a little creeped out, but I also thought what a great opportunity to share the plan of salvation. The whole time I was thinking about Opa and how it´s almost been a year since he passed away. I can´t imagine dealing with someone dying without knowing what happens.

I love the plan of salvation. It´s perfect and it really is centered in the atonement of Jesus Christ. Through Christ we can receive a forgiveness of our sins and enter into the presence of our loving heavenly father again. I love testifying of how God is our loving heavenly father because I know WITHOUT A DOUBT that he is. He is our father, he knows each of us and wants each of us to find eternal happiness, a happiness that the things of this world can´t give.

I love you all!!!

-Hna. Howe