Vernwood: Translado 3: Semana 5 / June 3, 2010

Hola Familia!
 
James, Congratulations on graduating! I still don't have your e-mail address- how sad is that? You need to send me an e-mail so I have it.
 
Well, i have six days left until transfers happen. Not that I'm counting down or anything. It has actually been a good transfer, we are just all pretty worn out from trying to juggle two areas. I've decided that I like being in a trio. It changes things up a little more and we have a lot of fun together, but it has been really stressful being spread so thin. I think the hardest thing for me is feeling like we have so much work to do that we can't focus our attention to doing anything really well. It has made me realize even more that Heavenly Father is in charge of the work, because even with feeling like we haven't been able to give it our best effort we are seeing a lot of success.
 
Felix's sisters both want to be baptized and we're working to prepare them to be baptized on June 27th. It is really neat because Felix will have his priesthood by then and will be able to baptize them. We have also been blessed that our other investigators are already basically active in the church, and are what we call "dry members," because the only thing they are missing is being baptized. The Lord is the one who prepares them for the work. Even if we work our hardest with all of our effort focused on one person, if they don't want to be baptized or they don't feel ready we can't make them. Its all about them working with the spirit, and making the choices to change their lives, and as missionaries just doing our best to be instruments in the Lords hands.
 
I realized while we were tracting this week that the whole finding process really is just to refine and prepare the missionary, as much as it is to actually find people, because its more like the Lord puts people who are prepared in your path if you are prepared to teach and help them. Heavenly Father will give you work and success if you show him you're willing to work and be obedient. So many people think that they can bend the rules and they don't need to be obedient, because God knows them and loves them and understands their situation, so he will rationalize with them, but its not true. I really like this talk that i read the other day in my studies. It's by Dallin H. oaks and its called "love and the law." You all should read it, its really good.
 
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I am really anxious and excited to find out what is going to happen with transfers. I'm going to be really sad if i get transferred from maywood, but i'm sure that whatever happens will be good. They are splitting the mission next transfer to be separate english and spanish, so no one knows what its going to be like. We heard a rumor that they're going to call all of the visitors center sisters to the patron apartments right by the mission home, so we'll see. If they do i will miss working in the ghetto where the people are always friendly and really interesting.
 
Well, i'll e-mail again monday. have a good weekend!
 
Love,
Sister Dansie