Week 6 in Leon

No pictures Boo!

Well hello!!!!

So this week has definitely had it's ups and downs, but mostly ups.
But, Even when thing don't go the way you planned, that does not mean that they don't go the way god planned. He knows us individually, and if we will follow his commandments, and prompting of his holy spirit, we will be just where he wants us to be.  (Mosiah 2: 41)

MONDAY:

Well Monday was pretty normal. It was Elder Priest's last P-day, and so to celebrate with him before he goes home (Dies) we went to a Chinese buffet, which was delicious! They had paella which is tasty, but is a little out of place at  a Chinese Buffet. Oh man, they ha these little fried balls, that essentially were fried nutella! Money. Needless to say, afterwards my companion and I were sick, and dying. So Leon is not very big city, but it is a city, bigger than Spring, Texas. When I looked on google maps, it sai that spring has about 60,000 people, and Leon has about 160,000. So this Chinese restaurant was about an hour walk one way from the chapel, but it was worth getting sick. SO then we went back, and played Ping-Pong. I'm not very good, yet. Then we had this New Missionary Training with President and Hermana Pack. It was really great, we just skyped in, but then about 1/2 way through, someone timbered. (to timber is when the ring the little buzzer thing, kind of like a door bell outside) But we were in the chapel. SO then we walk out to answer the door, and there is this random guy that I have never seen before, but my companion knows. SO at this point, I dont have a clue what is happening, or who this guy is. SO then we go into a room, and then he was talking about his friend, and how he was really bad, and how he knows one of our members, and how he wanted us to pray with him for his friends. So then we prayed with him, and we all kneeled down and held hands and prayed with him. It threw me off a little bit, but I think it made him feel a little better. So after that he left. Then after that, we had to run to an appointment, and so i didnt find out who that was, or what had happened, until we got back to piso. The lord is teaching me patience. But, finally I found out that I guess MY companion a transfer before I got here went and taught him and his friend, and it was good, but then after his friend later screamed and like attacked the hermanas, and went and tried to report us to the elders, it was weird. Anyway, needless to say my companion was a little scared when the other guy showed up, but he was really nice, and mellow. But yeah, that was kind of crazy.

TUESDAY:

Well today was just an awesome day! We ran over to hortensias, and I do mean ran. We share a video about the importance of being a other and that they are example for their kids, and it just made me think of my good parents and all of the amazing mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers, and futures mothers that I know, and I was just really grateful for them and their examples for me. Well the lesson went really good, and I think that it really hit her. Then we went back for lunch, and after that we had a lesson with this lady that we contacted in the street about 2 weeks ago. Her name is Liselot. She is 25, and has 4 KIDS! She is from the Dominican Republic, but came her to work, which i dont really understand because everyone here is looking for work because sain is in and unemployment crisis right now. Anyway it went pretty good, and we were able to make an appointment to come back, so that was cool. Then we had English class, and Youth night.

WEDNESDAY:

Well we had District meeting today, and it was really good, and afterward we played Crazy uno yet again, and this time I cleaned up. It's a good thing that we dont bet, but if we did, i could have payed for a semester of college or a used car. SO afterward was a long day. Everything failed us, and we ended up walking, and contacting all day, but at about 9, our mission leader Pedro gave us a call and invited us over. We went and had an English class with them, and the gave us the little pizzas that  were heavenly! IT was way fun to not talk in Spanish for an hour, but also nice to hear how it must sound when I try to speak to them is Spanish. But after we left them, we headed back to the piso, and I fell asleep right after my head hit the pillow. I thought I slept good before the mission, but now, it takes me like 3 minutes to fall asleep. Just ask my companion.

THURSDAY:

SO today we had weekly planning, and I was praying, and my companion totally fell asleep for a good 15 minutes, and then she woke up, and was like, "that was a long prayer". Really she was just asleep the whole time. Kind of funny, i thought. SO afterwards we passed by our friends Maribel, and her family. She is soooooooooooooooooo Sweet, and is always happy to have us if she is busy, and i guess that the Hermanas have been meeting with her for about 1 years now, but when we got here she kind of stopped progressing in the testimony. But today we had a lesson with her, and i think we ignited that fire with her again, and i have faith that she will be baptized soon, hopefully before I leave Leon.  After her, we ended up contacting because all of our plans fell thru. But we met so great people in the street. For dinner, we got McDonald is celebration of our lesson with Maribel. McDonalds here is very different from McDonalds in the states, but i got the chicken sandwich, and it was pretty tasty. Reminded me of college when we would go to MccyD's for some fries, and a coke and just talk... Trunky!!!   But no it was good, and made me think of home, and how much better Whataburger is.. 

FRIDAY:

Good news.. I have revived information from a very credible source that there Is a Taco Bell in Madrid.. Elder Preist told me, and her said that it is in the barrio that my MTC companion is serving in.. Jealous. Well that was the highlight of the day by far. Well first we went by and visited our Friend Maria Dolores, and talked to her. She is old, and her health is not so good. She is just having a hard time, and her kids dont really spend any time with her, and they both live in Leon so I think thats kind of lame. It's just hard to see her hurt so much, because I really do love her. But I know that our savior loves hr more that I ever could, and that he is there to lift her burdens, and to help her feel comfort, and that is exactly what I told her. SO i was a little depressed with that, but then after that our Progressing investigator called us and told us that basically he moved out of his piso, that is like shared with a bunch of other people to find one that is a better place for him, and that he has been looking for a piso, and he cant find one, so he doesn't have a place to live, so he bought a bus ticket, and is moving to madrid, today. He was really down about the whole thing, but he said he prayed about it, and said that he feels like that is what he should do. I'm still a little sad about it just because he is ready to be baptized, but when he finds  place in Madrid we will snd missionaries to him, and when one of us go back to Madrid, we will find him and teach him, and baptize him. SO even thought that is want the lord wants for him, it was still sad for us. But the lord knows best, as always. But today is elder preits last day, and so we had a rally fun Ward night, and had lots of good food.

SATURDAY:

Well we found out that Hermana Snyder for sure is staying this transfer, but will most certainly leave next transfer. So that was good news. SO after studies and stuff, we just felt like we should go up to Teresa, so we headed up that way and we stopped this lady, from equador and were talking with her, and it turned out that her mother, sister, and niece are all members in Equador, and the her niece is serving a mission right now in Bolivia! SO we were really excited about meeting her, and i pretty sure that she was the reason that we went up to Teresas, because she lives in peublo far away, and we literally didnt meet anyone else there or back who wold stop for us, and teresa wasn't home. SO then we had a great lesson with Paula, and now she is praying about October 23rd for her baptism date. SO she is totally getting baptized this transfer, (Ojala que) Hopefully. Things are really rolling her! Oh also we had another lesson with our new friend Liselot, and it was a little weird, but our friend Lucy came with us to the lesson. When we were praying, she was like saying her own prayer out loud. IT threw me off, and i opened my eye and looked and my companion was just dying, and so it took all of the will power I had to not laugh. But our lesson was okay with her and were supposed to meet with her again this coming week.

SUNDAY:

Well here the way that conference works it that we watch it all on Sunday. SO we watched the womens conference, then Saturday morning, an evening, and then the first session on Sunday was live here at about 6pm, so if y'all watched it live, then we were watching it together! Kind of cool. We are going to watch the Sunday afternoon session on Monday. SO we were in the chapel all day long, and we didnt leave until 9;00 and then we had a lesson, and then we went home. There were so many talks that talked to me:) Well i had some questions about faith and other things tht were all answered with in the first session of conference, in like the first 3 talks. I loved president Uchtdorfs talk, and also the words of president Eyring. It was amazing, and I learned so much, especially about the plan of redemption, and the prayer of faith. 

MONDAY:

Well today is P-day, and were just hanging out. We went shopping for groceries, and cleaned, and I took a nap, Made some guacamole, and now were just writing. Then after this we have to go get some makeup for my companion, and get her hair cut. I need  one too, but i'm to scared to take that risk. 

Well all in all a great week in Leon, and soon to be a great transfer!

Well I wanted to leave you with  few scriptures about th great plan of Redemption, and happiness that our gracious heavenly father has given us through his son Jesus Christ.

Premortal life: Alma 13:3
Creation: 1 Nephi 17: 36
Adam & Eve + THe fall: 2 Nephi 2: 25-27
Life of Earth: Alma 34: 32
Atonement: Alma 7: 11-12 & 2 Nephi 2: 6-7
Spirit World: Alma 40: 11-12
Ressurection: Alma 40: 13 & Alma 11: 42-45
Judgement: ALma 11: 44
Heaven, and the 3 degrees of glory: D&C 76: 70-end

All of these scriptures are found in the Book of mormon, which is why we need the book of mormon, because not only is it another testament of our savior Jesus Christ, but also it contains the fullness of the Plan of salvation, which is the plan god has made for us to return to live with him with our families, forever.