HOLA!
I LOVE LAREDO.
I could end my letter
there, but I don't think mom would be very happy. haha. but seriously. I love
it here!!!!
I've eaten Mexican
food at least once a day since i got here. and I'm not tired of it. not even
close.
My area is called
"Cielito Lindo" aka "pretty/cute little heaven." It's
awesome. Super ghetto. literally right on the border. tons of spanish. it truly
is heaven. :D For a long time South Laredo (there are two laredo zones) was
only elders, but now there are two areas, as of 6 transfers ago. It's the best.
There are a million huge hills that we have to bike up, but hey, the worth of a
soul is great, right?
My new companion's
name is Sister Dupape! She's super great. She's been out one less transfer than
me and is 22. She's from Washington state and is pumped about the Seahawks and
the super bowl. She went to BYU before the mish and GUESS WHAT. We definitely
were in the same bio and organic chemistry class! I knew I recognized her from
somewhere, and then as we got talking, things clicked. small world,
right?
So the most exciting
thing that happened this week was.. that we had a BAPTISM!! WOO!!! A 40ish year
old man named Leroy Moreno decided to take a leap of faith and be baptized. It
was a serious miracle. At the beginning of the week, his baptismal date was February
8th, and he'd been to church 2 times and had some doubts. We had a sick lesson
about how you don't have to know everything to be baptized and we told him he
had to go to church 3 times to get baptized, and he said, well, I've been to
church twice, right? and we said, yep! so if you come to church this Sunday, you can get baptized! and he said, alright, sounds good. (!!!) Only
problem was that we still had to teach him all of the commandments and we knew
he had some word of wisdom probs (like everyone.) Good thing God is a god of
miracles, right? Friday night we taught him all of the commandments
and he committed to live them all--all in 45 minutes. With an incredible member
that had a personal experience for every commandment. So I guess you could say
that was a huge thing!! it was amazing.
We also had an
investigator, Jair, come to church after we went to his house and banged on his
door and window (simultaneously) to wake him up. hahaha. it was a great
day.
Miracles are happening
here in Laredo.
I also had my first
raspa this week, which is similar to a snow cone but with more syrup and
Mexican.
We've also started
doing cross-fit every morning as a zone. at 5:45 in the
morning. Insane? yes. can we walk? nope. But it's lots of fun! plus our
president has been stressing being healthy, so we're taking that to
heart.
Also, this week we
have an apostle coming to speak to the whole mission!!! Elder Oaks, to be
precise. This Saturday we're going to the baptism of someone in our
zone and then spending the rest of the day driving to McAllen, listening to the
words of an apostle of God, and driving back. It's going to be amazing. I'm
super stoked.
Everyone the church is
true! it changes lives. it is the most amazing thing on this planet. Cling to
it. It will save you in every sense of the word.
Well, Here's to
another amazing week! I love you all! Here's my new address. feel free to
write. :)
3319 south Bartlett #4
Laredo, Texas 78046
Love,
Hermana Lance
Also
just so you know. It's literally 85 degrees outside right now. That's all I
have to say.
Leroy's baptism
And here's a cute pic of Sis Dupape and I eating gourmet raspas.
And also a really funny, candid selfie that we took. Sis. Dupape's ice cream fell and this was our reaction. hahahaha. This was not staged
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