October 19, 2013
Week 3 in La Rama De Huntsville!!
Hola todos los personas!!
WOW this week just flew right on by it feels like!!! Holy cow! Huntsville is amazing! This place truly is white and SO READY to harvest. So many people are here and ready to hear this amazing truth. So many crazy things have happened this week too haha so just hold on to your seats yall and get ready for the ride of yo life!
First off Alabama is wonderful as always!!
One thing that I have noticed about the beautiful people of the great state of Alabama is that they LOVE TO TALK. I have met soo many people that you just ask them how there day was and then 30 minutes later you havent said a word and they just tell you so many stories! I just smile and nod and look intrigued while Hermana Ontiveros like slowly walks away. hahaha I dont know if its the tag or if people just like to talk. But I have never met so many people that just talk your ear off and wont let you even squeeze your name in there! And I thought our family liked to talk.
Another thing about Alabama is that it is a hilly state. There is one hill in particular that I call the hill of death. And it is straight up death. My legs have never burned so bad in my whole life!
Remember in my Letter home I told ya'll about Alescea and Franklin? They are some solid people we came across that are so elect. We had another lesson with Alescea this week about the Plan of Salvation. Since she will be in a different ward we got ahold of the sisters there to come, unfortunatley it was a bad day for them so instead we got a name from them, a member that we invited to come with us. It was awesome. The spirit was so strong and she just got it. Before we left, she said THE most sincere prayer I have ever heard. She prayed for her fiance Franklin to come to where she is now spiritually and have the desire she has to change and come closer to God but in his own time. It was beautiful. They both really want to come to church but Alescea had to work this Sunday but every Sunday after that she was able to get off!! A definite blessing from living in the South! Everyone understands why going to church is important.
We also have been teaching Diego Martinez and his roommate Joel! They are both from Mexico and are really awesome guys! We had an incredible first lesson with they want to learn more! So exciting!! It was so hard starting from a teaching pool of 0 but we are doing our very best and working so hard. The Lord truly is blessing us!!
This week we also decided to tract in a trailer park that is a few blocks down from us!! And man, I'll tell you there are some interesting people in this world!! One in particular, A man answered the door and he was a huge big hefty guy and we found out he was an ex cop. We asked him if he's ever run into missionaries before and he said, "Well you know those Latter-day Saints, I've seen them before, but I really do have a problem with them. They believe in plates of gold and tryin' to convince everyone around that they are the right ones but they just sad because the Bible is the only way to heaven. So i just try and keep to myself most of the time." hahaha little did he know... It's probably because our tags are in Spanish that he didn't know we were Mormons. But I just straight up said that we were Latter-day Saints and he got all nervous. haha But I just said how we believe the Bible to be the word of God just as he does and that there is another testament of Jesus Christ. Just more people testifying of those beautiful things in the Bible, that Christ is our Savior and we can be cleansed from sin through him. Needless to say he didn't want a BoM, but it was so funny!!!!
We try and find Hispanics all the time. And I have become really good at being able to tell whether an English family or a hispanic family lives at a house/aprtment!! haha There are certain things to look for, like mops. Hispanics clean alot and always leave their mops outside by their front door to dry. Christmas lights, they leave their lights on year round. And sometimes you see cute little worn out shoes by the front door that belong to the mothers!!
Our Branch is amazing!!!! Can I just shout it from the rooftops?!?! We have some incredible members. So wonderful, so loving, so welcoming. One of the Members, Hermana Consuelo's daughter, Jennifer had her Quinceañera Saturday night! So we helped them alot on Friday night and Saturday morning blowing balloons and getting things ready! It was such a party. Those Hispanics love to party. It started at 6:30 but hispanic time on top of Mormon time, it didnt really start until 7:30. And from then on it was a hoot. Our members were dancing and having such a great time! it was so much fun!!! We even invited some investigators to come with the permission from Hermana Consuelo. I just love the Hispanic culture!!! Being around it so much just makes me love them so much more!
Also yesterday a less active member, Estela Lopez came to church!!! I met her awhile back while on blitz with the STLs and just fell in love with her!! She is a short Guatemalan woman with the most well behaved kids. Since she is from Guatemala she talks very slowly and clearly so I can understand her very well!! Ever since I ran into her a few weeks ago Sister Ontiveros and I have been trying to find her and visit her. and Then she just shows up to church yesterday. She got so excited when she saw me and just has a wonderful spirit about her. We are going to visit her this week when she isn't working and continue to work with her so she can continue to grow in the gospel and become a active member!! So excited for her!
Well family!!!!!!! I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY. I feel your prayers. I feel your love! This past week we had District Meeting and an Elder shared a scripture he came across Helaman 10:4-5. So during personal study i read that whole chapter. It is so wonderful..I want my Heavenly Father to talk to me just like he did to Nephi! I want to go above and beyond. I want to work my hardest so that I can help these wonderful hispanic people!! I love them so much and I don't even know them. And I know that is a blessing from God as missionaries, to just be able to love people. I definitely feel that.
The gospel is so trueeee!!!!!
Hermana MOLINEEEEEE
You are such a light sister moline. Keep up the awesome work
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