March 26th

My week has been great!  Yup we've been having San Diego weather...but now it's cold.  Apparently it's going to be cold this week...jeez Colorado. I need some stability here. Just kidding...I'll take what I can get...as long as it doesn't snow.  I miss Nana's Mole...I'm always sketched out when other people make it so thankfully noone has made it for us yet.  We've had fish alot....because of lent ....you know since our members are catholic haha. (p.s TIA MARY!!! I thought of you the day of your birthday...i miss and love you tons.)  We got Nana's letter on Saturday...noone has written us both lately (my compa has an excuse since she goes home in a week)  but nana didn't fail us!! We loved it!! We'll write her back soon.  Tell her thank you and we'll video record something soon ok?  No worries about the makeup mom...Friday is good! Transfers is next Tuesday but I think I'm staying in my area. I'll let you know next Monday.  So want to know a typical day?  We wake up at 6:30 AM every morning and exercise for 30 mins (except on Sundays or Transfer or temple day).  We get ready from 7-8 and at 8 we start our personal study for an hour which means we either read the scriptures, general conference talks or Preach my Gospel.  Then at 9 we do companionship study and share what we learned from personal study.  We read the white handbook together and plan for the people we are going to visit.  At 10 we do language study and at 11 we have lunch and we're out doing visitas by noon til 9pm at night. Then we plan for the next day for 30 minutes and get ready for bed and we're in bed by 10:30PM.  So remember that Argentine investigator I have?  She's getting baptized this Sunday!!! General Conference week...woo! What a perfect time, right?  She passed her interviews (after us praying a ton for her...she had a drinking problem) and now she's ready to go!  You can tell she's nervous but excited at the same time.  She's grown alot in her faith since I've been here. The difference was that she's now reading the Book of Mormon.  It changes lives!  I have a personal testimony of it and it strengthens when I see other people obtain their own testimony of it.  Chisme! Teresa...our recent convert who was baptized in February found out by the church records that her son is a member and she had no idea!
Apparently he got baptized like 4 years ago in Mexico but never told her.  When she was living in Mexico she actually went to a Mormon church once with him but didn't know he was an actual member. Crazy right?  So she called him that second and told him the news.  She said "So..why don't you go to church?....you drink and smoke...you're not worthy!" and she goes on for like 15 minutes chastizing him like noones business!  HARDCORE!! We just sat there awkwardly of course. Her testimony is so strong that it hurt her so much that her son isn't active in the church and she's only been a member for a month and a half.  The last sentence she said to him striked me...she said "You're the one depriving yourself from the blessings".  It was powerfully rebuking but true.  How many times do we deprive ourselves from the blessing that God is so anxiously waiting to give to us?  Choose the right! He's given us everything to be sucessful in this life but it's ultimately up to us whether we want it or not.  Wow...just went on a missionary rant. Sorry. But anyways family...do your visiting and home teaching! Our ward lacks it and expects us to do it but it's not our responsibility as missionaries...we need the members help!! Just as much as members need us. If the missionaries and members are joined together, the work would just blow up.  So help the missionaries anyway you can ok? Even if they just come over to share a spiritual thought. I love and miss you all! It's my 6th month anniversary this Wednesday. Les quiero.