Wow! It´s so crazy how time works when you´re on a mission, I definitely
feel like it´s been a century and a half since I left! This week was
probably the second longest week here and I have no idea why, I guess
the new missionaries really messed up my quick weeks!
We
got new Latina roommates this week! They´re super sweet (when I
understand what they´re saying lol). It´s been so awesome getting to
speak Spanish as much as possible! I´m definitely learning to love and
understand the language the longer I´m here!
Nothing
too crazy happened this week... my district is still so great, we moved
classrooms, and I still continue to eat ice cream every single day.
Life is pretty great when you have the opportunity to eat chocolate
everyday! ;)
Our investigators are going
great! Tomás is doing so great, we are still struggling with finding his
need, BUT yesterday he told us that he wants to get baptized more and
more each day! Both my companion and I are excited to progress with him!
We got a new investigator this week, her name is Margarita! She´s
Catholic and she wants to find the true church, but she struggles with
obeying commandments. My comp and I have a pretty good idea what her
wants and needs are and we are praying that we can commit her to baptism
this week! Usually, Hermana Proctor and I are a lot better working with
hermanas than we do hermanos!
Sundays are the
absolute BEST here! They´re just super spiritual and we get to speak más
inglés!! My companion and I had to give a Relief Society lesson on
Knowledge, Light, and Truth! It went really really well considering we
weren´t very prepared! Although, it was so great reminding ourselves how
important the Light of Christ is in our lives!
In
other news, I continue to lose weight, which is always a plus BUT my
rings aren´t fitting on my fingers anymore :( And it´s also weird
considering that I eat ice cream everyday... but, I´m definitely not
complaining about the lost pounds hahaha
Today
has been a pretty good day so far! I´m bummed because the temple is
closed today, so we all went out with our super cute yellow Mormon
Helping Hands vests, and swept the dirt roads & did service for
the church grounds!! My district and I kept saying "Gracias por la
oportunidad para servir la gente de Guatemala" over, and over and over
again, it was SO funny. We are all so comfortable with each other and I
love them all SO much!!
I´m so grateful to be a
missionary and to be here learning a whole new language! I definitely
have grown so much in the past month and I cannot wait to see what the
future has in store for me! I continue to pray for each and every one of
you and I´m SO happy to see your supportive emails in my inbox! I
wish I could reply to all of you! I seriously love being a missionary
and all of the blessings that come with being an obedient follower of
Christ! I challenge all of you to pray tonight and thank Heavenly Father
for the thousands of blessings that he blesses each of you with every
single day! I know that through prayer, you will feel so much peace and
joy in your life!
love you all! xoxo
hermana pereiraaa
