Week 2 in Irapuato

SO!!!!! This week!!! I got lost!!! alot!!!  but i am slowly but surley finding my way around.  So we live in the middle of no where...um and we have to stop working when the sun goes down because our entire area is alittle...well...not the best at night time...so its been interesting.  because with the time change...it gets dark at like 6:30-7 so we cant do much but!! We have a plan to work as hard as we can with the time we have.  So to be honest when I got here, The area was a bit of a wreck...everything out of order basically no investigators...house a wreck...so e got to work organaized the area binder, got list of the members, and past investigators, sorted them out, cleaned the house fixed the boiler so we can shower in hot water, and just a whole bunch of stuff, and I think the Lord as been blessing us BASTANTE!!! because if all goes well, we found a new girl to teach her name is Daniela and is so excited to be baptized so i really hope all goes well, also we are teaching an older man Juan, who would also love to be baptized but has some issue s so we are working with him along with our mission president, and then two other ladies and their families, they just gotta get married! so Lots of work todo, and Its been really fun! I think more than ever in my mission I have felt the guidance of the spirit, new ideas, new energy that are coming, and a new enthusiasm tan grande!! to just work hard and be honestly worhty of the blessing that the Lord has in Store.  The gospen is honestly a pearl of GReat price!!!  Love you all so much sorry for the short letter, its because we couldnt find a cyber with working internet jaja so we started late!!!

Con mucho AMor

HErmana Sever

oh and thanks for the pics of Landon!

OH AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PRESTON AND SIDNEYY!!!! I had a video made for them but my camera died so you will have to watch it next week!!!!  I cant believe it you guys are so old!! jajaja

Week 1 in Irapuato

HOLA!

 

TRANSFERS!!!! So Today I got transferred.....:( only had 3 months in ARcos...but...its all good jajaja.  I was just super sad to leave me companion and our investigators the few we had! jaja it was like no I DONT WANT TO!! but then I got over it and Im now starting another adventure.  

my new compaion is HErmana Arellano!! shes is from el estado de MEXICO.  shes soo sweet, I lived with her when I was in Villas, and was her lider in Arcos, so I know her super well!! So im super stoked!  

I got transferred to Reynas, Irapuato!! So I left Queretaro!!! ADIOS!! well, it was abit of a relief after like 10 and a half months straight in Queretaro it was a nice breather.  The work here is a little slower, but from what I have seen in my area, there is a whole bunch of potencial!!  love it already!!!  Lets see what happens oh! and another thing! Hermana Arellano goes home in Enero when I do so its so weird...what iwill probably happen is sthat we can be companions the next transfer because we both go home and so they would be forced to close the area, so we will end up getting transfers but its so weird!!!  

another things...it was a bit of a shock...but Im in my second to last transfer in the mission the last 12 weeks....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Im not ready thank goodness I still have alot of time left todavia in the mission, gives me alot of assurance jaja,  its just hard when you talk to members and all they want to do is talk to about how basically your at home....so just a word of advice...dont do it...jajajaja

jaja so basically thats it...my life is just full of changes!!!! love it!!! love you all!!!!!! Im like alittle bit brain dead today so I dont remember much from the past week, but Ill give an update the next letter!!

also..still would like fotos of landons baptism pleas!!!

Con mucho amor,

Hermana Sever

Week 12 in Arcos

So this week we had alot going on!! Divisiones all week, Leadership Training,  birthday parties for our mission president, Service! and we only worked in our own area....1 day. SOO! we may not have had alot of time to work with our investigators this week...which is harde...but we got to help out alot of other hermans in there areas, we prested service, held a birthday get together for our mission presidente, and we had a traing meeting thing!! it was awesome! So I have pictures thats for sure!!! and I know my mom saw the one from the leader ship meeting...and I would like to ask her, if she could pass it to me please! jaja thanks!

So we went to a Panaderia...its a bakery basically, and it has alot of PAN! DELICOUS PAN!  I love pan...and you will too when you come to Mexico...they know how to make bread taste delicious.  so we helped a less active member clean her panaderia...i know it dosent sound like much....but it was alot of work! we cleaned the outside and the inside....and byut eh end of it we were soaked and covered in dirt...IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! 

but the bad part..is that I have been sick all week with a fever 4 days!! it kept coming back...it was weird...but im good now it hasnt come back in 2 days so thats a blessing!

Also,WE had divisiones in TEquisquiapan, i love it there, its super colonial and super pretty and alot cheaper than Queretaro.  It was alot of fun to be in that area, and to see that the hermanas there and honestly doiong there part very well, trying to raise the area up..because the past transfer the area..was a bit of mess.  BUT!, its so much better now and they have some amazing investigators!

We also went to Quintas, this is the second time I have been to this area, its in Queretaro, and its super nice area, reminds me alot of my past area, VIllas.  We went to got teach VIctor and ALma, I think I am remember there names correctly we taught them the 10 commandments.  It was really cool to teach them because they were just understanding everything not only the 10 commandments but all other things they have learned.  They would be like Oh I understand that sso true thats why we go to church every Sunday we have seen these blessings its true! or Your right we are so close to living all of them and we need to start today to honestly live them all, They are a couple there kids and the grandma, such a wonderful family, they are just waiting for the parents to get married and then they can get baptiozed so it was anawesome experience.  Also we met an american in the street...he wouldnt stop talking to us, because we are both americans I was with Hermana Baker for Divisiones she is from Utah and has 3 months in the mission

Anyway thats what happend ill send some videos and pics!!!

con Mucho AMor

HErmanaSever

Week 11 in Arcos

Tell Landon that I love him so much and am so proud of him!! him and Gannon!! what and amazing opportunity I was in a baptism on saturday and all I thought about was how Landon is also making that same choice!! THe wonderful blessing that will come in to his life are uncountable!!!  

So this week, was good we had interview with President, and it was awesome.  because we havnt been having alot of success in our area...but have been working so so hard, and I went in to the interview a little frustrated..or more like discouraged. and President said exactly what I needed.  I know that the key to mission work..is work! and diligent work at that by the spirit!!! but, even though it seems to be difficult right now, I know the Lord is preparing people for us to teach.  I just gotta find them.  And sometimes its the last door, on the 4th floor.  JAJA I love Elder Uchtdorf!!   

Today Im in TEquisquiapan  its outside of Queretaro and its awesome and so much cheaper than Queretaro.  Everything is expensive where live so I hate to buy anything!!! We take alot of taxis and our area is the richest in the mission...so everythin gis expensive...ugh jaja but in TEQUIS NO!! so Im blessed to be here on splits..

ALSO!!! Im like 90% sure That Im staying in ARcos with my copmanion hermana Cortes, Ill probablly end up dieing here...Or thats what president told me but lets see!!!   I wish everyone the best of luck, love you all!!! and can you please send pics of Landons baptism??

Con Mucho Amor

Hermana Sever

Week 10 in Arcos

Hello Family!!!

Im speaking in English...because I just got done helping some people with english Homework...it was hard.  And I think I need to practice my english.. So this week was fun! we worked, and worked and worked, but the best part was we werent alone.  We had so much help from the Ward.  WE have been needing to find people to teach, so we called up some families in the ward, and they went about, knocking on doors, setting up appointments for us and everything...WE ended up knocking on who knows how many doors, but we got a whole bunch of future people to teach.  Along that note, didnt you just love the second half of General Conference!!! It was lal about missionary work!! especially members and missionaries...I can testify that Missionary work is of the members....the missionaries...should be helpers or assistantes but many times..that isnt the case..It was awesome to see the members leave there safety boxes and even conquer fears and go out there to find Gods children that are are in a search to find the truth....they just dont know where to find it.  It was amazing to see, and a testimony builder that this is the work of salvation and there is no greater joy that comes to one, than when he sees a once lost son or daughter of God, come back and acept the blessings God has prepared, and the pure truth of the Doctrine.  This gospel is a Pearl of GReat Price.  

So General Conference was awesome wasnt it!!!  I loved the focus on the basic gospel truths especially the Plan of Salvation and the REstoration.  Because if we dont have our testimonies strong in these basic teachings and expereinces...it is so hard to gain a testimony of anything else.  

I love you guys so much sorry for the quick and kind of sporatic letter, I just have alot to do today, So cant talk much!!

Con Mucho AMor

Hermana Sever