This week has been quite a
good week and things have finally started to turn around in my area. My
first two weeks here things seemed pretty dead and the work was moving
pretty slow. This week we have found 6 new investigators that are all
pretty interested in the message of the gospel. The awesome thing is the
ALL 6 of them were references from members!! It´s so much easier to
find investigators when the members help out with the work and introduce
us to their family and friends. One of the references is a family of 4
(3 above the age of 8) and the dad is a singer in a tribute band for
guns and roses. Their house is decorated all cool and they actually have
a stage in their house. Their way nice and really open to hearing about
the gospel. We are working on inviting all the others to be baptized
and we´re actually hoping between us and the elders to have quite a few
baptisms during April.
My comp and I had some pretty interesting experiences this week.
Saturday morning at like 4:30 we woke up due to a "temblor" or tremor.
We sat up in our beds and looked at each other and were like "está
temblando" (It´s shaking) we sat there until it stopped and then just
went right back to bed. That one I think was rated a 5.3 on the rictor
scale. THEN yesterday we were at the ward mission leaders house with the
elders have our weekly correlation when it started trembling again. It
started off small and the got a bit bigger I got up and out side I could
see all the telephone wires swinging and everything moving. It was
pretty awesome. That one I think was a 5.8. In case you didn´t know it
has to be a 7.0 to be considered an earthquake. Those were the strongest
I´ve felt while being here and I´m not going to lie I thought it was
cool. Good thing in our mission we have a thing of "if ye are prepared
ye shall not fear" so we´re all well prepared in case anything were to
happen.
Saturday Morning we went and helped someone clean up her yard a
bit and harvest her almond tree. Since we were going to do the service
my comp decided not to take a shower until we got back. I decided ah
what the heck I´ll just take one in the morning thinking I wouldn´t get
too sweaty or dirty. It turns out I was right. Well when we returned to
get ready for lunch the water in our apartment building had been turned
off for some sort of maintenance so my comp couldn´t take her shower.
After lunch we returned again and still didn´t have any water so she
decided to take a shower using the emergency water we have. Just a
little bit after her shower the water turned back on. haha. Great story
and it was quite hilarious.
I almost forgot about one of the best things that happened this
week. We went to the temple as a zone!! Oh I love having the temple so
close. Afterwards Hna. Barmore and I went to lunch with Hna. Ewing and
Hna. Gallardo (two other sisters from my zone).
Well this week something really big is coming up and I hope all
of you are getting ready for it. ... General Conference. I am way
excited I always love to hear the words of the prophet and the apostles.
As we apply their counsels into our lives we can really gain a
testimony that they are truly called of God. "by their fruits ye shall
know them". The tremors that I have felt this last week are just another
sign that we are getting closer to the end. It is important that we
prepare ourselves in all ways possible. I know that they will give us
the guidance we need to prepare ourselves as well as comforting words to
lift and inspire us. I invite EACH and EVERY ONE of you to listen to at
least one session of General Conference. I know that it will bless your
life and give you the answers to the questions that are on your mind.
I love you all SO very much and I hope that you have a fantastic week.
-Hna. Howe
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