8/26/13 Sucre, Bolivia
Hey fam!
First off, I love you all so much! The work is moving along
here. I love it so much. It is funny because I still have moments where I look at
my name tag and the city around me and can't believe that I am actually a
missionary. It is so amazing and I feel so blessed to be a part of this work!
This week we did a lot of service for both members and
investigators which was so great! We helped people learn English, cleaned
houses, organized stores, did laundry... It is amazing the blessings that come
from serving others! The day we spent the most time serving we had the most
lessons and success!
We have a local sister in the stake that is supposed to go
to Mesa AZ on her mission but can't get her visa and her date keeps getting
pushed back (she was supposed to leave in May). Her mom asked if she could go
out with us a couple times a week, but then we thought it would be cool to
invite her to live with us and serve a mini mission for a month with us, so for
the past week we've had a third companion! Her name is Stefany and she is doll.
It is great to watch Hna Moscoso teach her because I learn so much more myself.
One day we had so many appointments we had another sister in
our ward come with us so we could split up and teach more lessons. I was with
Stefany and had to take the lead! It was kind of scary, but it was amazing how
the Lord helped us teach. I felt especially blessed because I felt like I could
explain myself in Spanish and teach by the Spirit. It was so great and I was so
so happy. It so cool to be doing the Lord's work. It is a good thing the Lord
qualifies the called, not calls the qualified. haha. Otherwise I definitely
would not be here. Every day I have to trust in the Lord to make up for my
weaknesses because I have so so many!
I am focusing on studying Chapter 10 in PMG which teaches us
how to teach better! I love it and I can already see changes in my teaching as
I apply these principles! I love PMG so much. I wish I had studied it more thoroughly
before I left.
Good news, A couple we are teaching came to our ward! Every
Sunday they have been going to their friend's ward that is after ours so when
they came to ours we were so so happy! They even came to the stake fireside
last night as well! We are just praying that they will decide to get
married!!!!
We have a lot of
other investigators with dates, but none of them came to church yesterday which
was a bummer, but hopefully this week we can help them continue to make commitments
and keep them!
I love you all so much and I hope all is well!!
Hna Gardiner
Answers to Sam’s
questions:
Haha I get 'gringa' yelled at me a lot more than I hear 'la
rubia' haha, but yeah, people do mention my hair!
Yeah, La Quiaca is still in my mission! The missionaries in
Tupisa would be the ones serving there, but I honestly don't know if there are
missionaries there or not right now. I hope so! That would be so cool to serve
there...
Things are so great with Hna Moscoso. We get along so so
well! I honestly don't know what I am going to do without her (she is most
likely leaving Oct 23 which I think is the end of my second transfer... so I
should have a full two transfers with her, unless President Dyer makes a change
which Hna. Moscoso is really afraid of, and me too. She gives me great advice every day and leads by example. She is the
best.
Unless we feel
prompted by the Spirit we never knock doors... we have so many references that
if we don't have an appointment we are contacting those people!
We eat dinner at 8:00pm but we usually are working until
9:00 and then eat.
We don't take siesta unfortunately......haha.
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