Sister Heather Crofts

May 14, 2018

HUMP DAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Hola hola!!

Ahhh I hope y'all have the happiest Monday and best week! We had a really good week and we got to finish it off by talking to my sweet fam.

Well... Big news. HUMP DAY. Last Tuesday, I hit my 9 month mark. I am actually in complete denial and don't really like to think about it.

So, there's been a bit of a miracle. The Hernandez have been inviting us to their land to teach them and talk to them. It's been super awesome because when we first got up here it was like pulling teeth trying to get appointments and now we get to see them all the time. It's really opened their hearts a lot to us.

On Friday night, we had dinner with Sister Flowe. She's part of the English ward and they wanted us to spread some Hermana love. Mainly it was just us dying and Sister Flowe laughing. She says that she likes to "give people experiences," it worked. She got all these weird exotic foods and then we had them in a circle and we would spin the bottle and eat whatever it landed on. Don't worry it was mainly just funny (and traumatic). We ate Durian, anchovies, squid in it's own ink, crystallized sugary fish, and chili mangoes. Good thing I have been practicing my chew chew swallow for when I am given something I don't like. You can check out my reaction to the anchovies in the pictures.

MILAGRO. Well on Saturday we went to a lesson with Edith.. We've worked with her for a long time and we just were essentially going to go to the lesson and tell her we can't come by anymore. The time before we had left her to read 3 Nephi 11. SHE READ!!! For the first time in a while, she kept her commitment. She stopped half way through the chapter at the Baptismal prayer. Suddenly the Spirit is just shouting in my ear to challenge her to baptism and pray about it. It was a really cool lesson. We went back the next day and she had prayed. We didn't choose a date but she is going to keep praying and reading.

Last week, we only got to see Carmen for a quick stop in lesson. We gave her the Book of Mormon and we came back and she read!!!!! We read with her and she loved it and loved the spirit she had felt while reading.

Mainly it was just cool because a couple weeks ago we were praying that we would be able to find some female investigators that would progress and now these two are just doing awesome! Keep Carmen and Edith in your prayers.

Wednesday was a little tough. Our plans just got cancelled. Backup plans cancelled. I was just a little discouraged and tired. It was like 7:30 and so only had a little more time. We decided to fight through it. We knocked into this awesome family!! Her name was Lupe and she just let us right in to meet her husband Jose and son Jose. We were able to talk to them about their beliefs and what we do. They're active Catholic but agreed to have us back this week to talk about Jesus. :) The moral of the story is when you feel like quitting just go anyway. When you get discouraged just push through and you'll see the amazing things God is putting into place.

Sunday, we had a really great day. We went to church and Mother’s Day is always a good meeting. There are 6 missionaries in our ward and so for the Relief Society we all shared our testimonies about how our Mom's have influenced our lives and our mission. We also sang “I Feel My Saviors Love.” We were a hit. --Later we went and saw Gerardo and Adela and their 7 kids. It is really confusing to go over there. They always let us in and want us to come teach but mainly because they want us to teach the kids. The kids are so sweet. It's a really sad situation. We don't really know what to do because the kids are too young to progress without their parents, but when we teach them I just look into their eyes and I feel the spirit so strongly telling me that these are my brothers and sisters and I must help them! Ah man. It's tough.

Talking to my family was the very best. I just forgot how much I love them hahahah. Ahhh it was awesome. I am so glad that I am a missionary. I love this area and my companion. We always have so much fun together and she helps me a lot. I know the church is true. God is so good and he's always reaching out to us!!

HAVE A BLESSED WEEK.

Con mucho amor

Hermana Crofts