Monday, February 16, 2015
Monday, February 9, 2015
Elder Pieper from the Area Presidency Came to Juarez!!!!
Hay rumores que mi
blog todavía sigue, y hay algunos miembros que practican su ingles cuando lo
leen. ENTONCES para darles (los
miembros) un poco de alivio y felicidad tenia que escribir algo en
español. Y también para que sepan que
hablo de vez en cuando español. :):):) BUENAS
SUERTE!
BEFORE I
FORGET!!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEREK!!!!!!!!!!!
AND ALSO GRANDMA CARLENE
LAST WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU KNOW ME, I’M
STILL FORGETTING THINGS!!!!!!! :):):) But
I hope you all had lots and cake and ice cream and enjoyed the great big
day!!!!
IT’S SUMMER TIME
HERE IN JUAREZ!!!! AND WE ARE LOVING
IT!!!! SHORT SLEEVED SHIRTS, NO BOOTS,
AND RED FACES!!!!!!!!! NOTHING IS
BETTER!!!!!!!! We had a really busy
week; we started it all out with a nice little trip to El Centro to look for
vanilla and little fun things! We found
a little cute store that has a lot of ancient Spanish things and we became
friends with the owner, so we are hoping she will give us a great deal when we
head back next week! I wanted to ask you
mom exactly how is the vanilla. I know I
have bought it, but is it extract or about how much did it cost?? So that I can make sure to buy the kind that
you are looking for! (oh and how many?)
This week the
counselor of the area presidency (Elder
Pieper) came to visit JUAREZ! (THE
BEST MISSION EVER!) And we had a lot of
conferences that were so powerful!!!! IT
WAS AWESOME!!! We started on Tuesday
with the leadership counsel and we actually got to talk to him on a more
personal level. He is really great and I
felt like I was talking to the profet!! (I
think it counts for something right??) Right
now he and his wife are living in Mexico City, but they are originally from
Idaho - I think!! He focused a lot of
attention on the power of fasting and the miracles that he has seen in his
life, as well as the benefit we have to teach the members and investigators the
law of fast. I really related a lot to
what he was telling us because I personally have seen SOOOO many miracles in my
mission thanks to fasting! (To be honest,
before I came here I thought fasting was a punishment or something super hard!)
But I have learned that IT IS SO WORTH
IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My companion and I were talking and we think
we are going to start fasting every other day cuz it is so awesome ;) hahahaha But Elder
Pieper really helped us remember how powerful our spirits can be when we
give them the right amount of nourishment and live in the Lord’s way!
On Wednesday we
had another meeting with our zone and 2 others. It also was AWESOME!!! We focused more on the proselyting side of the
mission and the ways we can use “Preach My Gospel” better and work with the
members!
All in all it was
such a spiritually filled week! I know
that the priesthood is here on the earth today. I know that God calls men who are willing to serve
Him and help his children; I could feel the power of the words that Elder Pieper shared! There isn’t a doubt in my mind that the Lord
told him what he needed to share with us. IT’S AMAZING! And I feel so blessed to have been able to
have heard it.
Also this week we
had the most amazing experience!! SO we
have a reference that we have been trying to contact but we never seemed to
find her in her house, so we were almost at the point of calling it a contact! But one morning we stopped by this cute lady
in our wards house and she happened to mention the name of our reference. We both stopped and said, hermana do you know
who she is!?? And she said, “Well of
course, she is my family!!!” WE WERE SO
HAPPY!!!!!! She told us a little about
her and the situation. Her husband had
just passed away about 3 weeks ago and she was having a hard time. We knew that it was an answer to our prayers
to hear about her, so that same day we stopped by to see her. And well, we finally got to meet her and in
that moment she opened up completely to us. She told us about her husband and about her
parents-in-law. To find out her
mother-in-law was an active member.... Well
to make the story short, she has special dreams in where her mother-in-law
comes and talks to her! She says it is
just normal but that she feels so great when she sees her. She dreamed also that her father-in-law accepted
something that her mother-in-law had (OF COURSE WE KNOW IT IS THE GOSPEL!!!)
and she was really interested in what she needed to do to accept it also and to
be as happy as her parents-in-law!! We
really feel that she is prepared by the Lord!!!!
How are
your teeth?
GREAT!!! MY NEIGHBOR IS A DENTIST IF THERE ARE ANY
PROBLEMS!!!!!!!!! :)
Did you
ever receive our package? Valynn sent you one also.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU SO
MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE ARE
GOING TO MAKE COOKIES TODAY!!!!!!!!!!! AND
THE HERMANAS LOVED THEIR SURPRISES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :):):):):):):):):):):)
THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK
YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can you
see the end of your mission yet?
Around 10 weeks
left………. NO! THANKS FOR ASKING! I AM NOT READY YET!
What’s
the first American food you want to eat?
HMMMMM - LES AVISO
LA OTRA SEMANA!!! QUIEN SABE!!!!!! ;)
hahahaha
Well I hope that a
little bit of this letter made sense; I am losing my skills for writing!! YIKES!!!!!!! BUT it was a great week!!!! I love my life, I am exhausted ever night, and
I am HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:):):):):):) I know the Lord is our Savior, I know that this is His
work, and I thank Him every day for
this amazing opportunity to be here!!!!
WITH LOTS OF
LOVE!!!!!!!!!!
Hermana
Sutton
Hermana Sears
This week also we had interchanges!!!!!!!! AND I GOT THE
WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH HERMANA SEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She really is
such an example to me, I am not sure if you remember but at the beginning of
her mission we also did interchanges and wow she is growing and progressing so
much!!! :):):):) I LOVE HER TO DEATH AND WE HAD SO MUCH FUN TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Competition of "TAZAS DE TE" - Tea Set? Her English is Slipping
HELLO FROM
THE JUAREZ HOOD!!!!!!!!!
Once a Sutton
always a Sutton!!! (We are running
around like crazies, talking to everyone and not having a moment to
spare!!) BUT WE ARE LOVING
IT!!!!!!!!!!!! This week was a super
super super quick one!! We have no idea
what happened; I think that maybe Heavenly Father put on the fast forward
button!! WHAT IS HE THINKING???? ;)
hahaha I wish it would slow down a
bit!! But we are doing great and
enjoying the wonderful weather of winter without a coat!!! (knock on
wood....) As for the happenings of this
week...
We started
out with an amazing experience with Carlos; we went to teach him about
Jesus Christ and Father in Heaven. (The
basics are the key!) We went through the
lesson and he was loving it all, he was sharing some amazing experiences and
wow, it really was great! To end the
lesson he said the prayer and it honestly was one of the most powerful prayers
I have ever heard. He was literally
talking to our Father in Heaven. He
said, "I know that you know me, I have seen your miracles in my life.....
but I want to know you. Help me to
be more worthy to know you personally so that we can work together as a
team." ISN'T THAT THE
SWEETEST!!!!!!! He really is such a
great guy!! We are working lots and lots
with him and we are seeing progress!!! :)
We also are
starting to teach all of the members the missionary lessons! (I am not sure if I already mentioned
that....) but this week we went and taught the bishop and his wife!! WOW - WHAT A POWERFUL EXPERIENCE!!! They are both amazing, ex-missionaries, and
leaders for the ward! But it really was
something special to be there with them and know how they gained their
testimonies. They are examples to us;
the bishop is a convert of about 5 years and couldn’t be stronger!!! We are blessed to be in their ward!
On Friday it
rained.... A LOT!!!!!!!!! We had planned
to have a ward activity at the church, but sadly all the rain came about 30
minutes before the activity! (SAD
DAY!!!) We still had the activity, but just
with the few members and investigators there!
It was fun!! We had a competition
of TAZAS DE TE....Oh dang I forgot the word... like little mugs for tea!
hahahahaha - maybe a tea set??? hahahah
BUT IT WAS FUN AND EVERYONE HERE HAS OLD TAZAS SO IT WAS FUN TO SEE THEM
ALL AND GET TO KNOW EVERYONE BETTER!!!
Yesterday we
had an amazing meeting with the President!! Wow it is true that God answers our prayers; my companion and I have been praying to
know how to help our ward better and to become the best missionaries that we
can, and we both felt the whole time that he was talking to us!! We got back to our house at night and we both
were pretty much in tears because we saw the hand of the Lord in our lives so literally!!
I know I am not even beginning to explain the whole experience BUT IT
WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!! Here are a few
scriptures that the President shared
with us!!! (I know how much you love to
read scriptures ;) DYC 93:1, ISAIAH 40:
29-31 , JEREMIA 1:5
But there you
go for my ramble ramble of the week!!!
We are doing great as always and learning more and more every day!! I can testify to all of you that we truly
have a
Father in Heaven that loves us and He ANSWERS OUR
PRAYERS!!!!!! I know I am a daughter of God, and even though I am crazy and so
imperfect and sleep talk at night HE
LOVES ME FOR BEING ME!! AND YOU GUYS FOR
BEING YOU! REMEMBER HIM ALWAYS!!!
WITH LOTS AND
LOTS OF JUAREZ LOVE!!
Hermana
Sutton
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