8.29.11

my dearest family and friends! :)

Well this past week was a pretty normal week. Nothing too exciting
happened this week. We did have divisions which was interesting. There
is another set of sisters in our zone so we did divisions with them
and I stayed in my area and Hermana Arcos came with me. It was
actually kind of fun to have a different companion to learn from
because everyone is different with how they work. She is super good at
talking to everyone and anyone in the streets which we all know is
something I lack... it is super hard for me to walk up to some random
person and start talking to them. One thing that i learned from her is
that people are so much more receptive when we start talking to them
about anything random that isnt religious so that they feel
comfortable and then bring in the religion. haha it works so much
better than when we start out saying we are missionary because then
they just run or say oh Im catholic... haha so that was a fun 2 days
of being with a diff comp.
On sunday Jorge recieved the aaronic priesthood!! yay! Its so great to
see how happy him and his wife are now and it is so great to see the
members fellowship them in the ward. That is one of my biggest fears
is that someone gets baptized but the members arent welcoming and the
convert doesnt feel comfortable. but i am happy to see the members
super welcoming to Jorge and his wife. Our dearest friend Francisco
was suppose to get baptized this saturday but when we past by his
house on sunday for church he felt horrible and couldnt go to church.
:( which means he cant be baptized this saturday because he still
needs one more attendance in church. I swear satan does everything to
prevent these people who are so close so they cant be baptized. Every
single missionary I have talked to has said that every baptism they
have had there was always some difficulty before the baptism. We will
see what happens with Francisco. We had a super awesome lesson with
him this past week and he was telling us how he has been thinking
about a mission and how great it would be to share this greatness with
people! awww! he just has to be put in the waters first. haha
I got a nice haircut today. I figured that after 7 or so months of not
cutting it that it was probably time. I am not going to lie I was
super scared to have someone here cut it but my hair was super dry and
nasty to I did it. I am happy to say that it didnt turn out to bad.
Well I dont really have a ton of exciting news to share this week. It
was just another week in the life of a missionary walking, preaching,
and testifying the word of god! The other day I was thinking about how
crazy it is that I am surviving in a land of spanish. There is no
english here. I think my heavenly father is def helping me. I am so
greatful for the opportunity that I have to be a missionary at this
time. It is def not easy but I am learning so many wonderful things
and growing in so many ways. I know this is the true church and I am
so greatful for the wonderful small miracles I am able to witness
daily. I know that heavenly father lives and is always there for us.
We have transfers next wednesday. What do you think am I staying here
or am I going to get send away? hmm.. we will see. The thing that is
super annoying is that we dont find out till tuesday night at 9. ahhh.
Well I hope you all have a wonderful week and I cant wait to hear from
you. love you all!

-Hermana Van Wag

ps its not letting me send pics. ahh these computers are so annoying.