Nov 16- 23

HOLA FAMILIA!!

This is the second week that I haven't gotten any emails. Please forgive me if I have said anything to offend all of you. Don't forget I love you a lot. I hope everything is great and that you have a great thanksgiving day! I am so thankful for everyone of you for being a big part of my life.

I have a surprise.....I have a GRINGA companion!! She is from Las Vegas, Nevada! Her name is Hermana Elizabeth Whisenhunt! The members had a hard time pronouncing her name but they eventually got it. She is 6ft tall with big beautiful blue eyes. I love how everyone just stares. Everyone understands here that she looks more German when we were walking down the street someone shouted out “GUTEN TAG” which means “Good Day” in German.

I LOVE MY COMPANION!! She is a great missionary that loves to keep the mission rules. She has been a great help to me about the mission schedule. She was an answer to my prayers. She understands the importance of prayer, fasting, planes and the schedule. We are going to reach our goals here on the mission together. She also loves hiking and working out so we are going to have some fun too. I’m glad that I will have a companion that I can see more often then again I’ve only ben to Vegas three times with the marching band and once with the family.This week Hermana Guevara said bye to a lot of the members and the investigators that had an impact on her. It was sad to see her go but changes are good for us and helps us grow. I’m happy for her because she got just what she wanted to be with my other Salvador companion Hermana Rivas and now they are in Osorno as a trio.

That same day that Hermana Whisenhunt came I stopped by for Fransisco who is the step dad of two converts and a man that is living with a less active member Otilia. We have been sharing with him for about 2 months he has attended the church twice and he still dosen’t like it because it is different then what he is use to in the Evangelist church. He was a preacher for a couple of years but now he doesn’t want to pray. I talked to him about the scripture in 2 Nephi that says that the devil teaches a man not to pray and the Holy Ghost teaches a man that he should pray always. It is so true. I really want him to progress but he can’t if he is not praying personally or with us. He dosen’t understand that his relationship is bad and that is why it is bad with his girlfriend. He wants to get married but Hermana Otilia dosen’t want to get married to another man that isn’t a member. I pray that I will know his need and that the spirit can always be there when we teach I think we are going to talk about the Holy Ghost because his understanding is different. I was insisting that he could give the closing prayer so that he could open the windows of heaven and talk to God for the first time in a long time. He said I was “porfiado” which means that I insist too much. I started to cry because he dosen’t understand that we are trying to help him have a better relationship with God and his girlfriend. He felt really bad that I was crying and said that he would pray the next time. Hermana Otilia attended church alone this Sunday it is really sad to me that he is letting his pride separate his family. Hermana Otilia said that he is hard hearted and that they are going to separate before he gets baptized. I am going to keep passing so he understands more. I want them to be an eternal family.

Hermana Wade