Okee dokee familee,
First off i tried to send a picture but it didn’t work...I
think i got one to marivel so you could bug her to send it to you haha. Anyways
first off thanks for all the great news! That’s so great about Jackie having
her baby, Carissa receiving her mission call, and Holly getting hers on the
way! So many great things! Hope you had a great birthday talitha! Who has the
best family in the world? Oh yeah that would be me. Oh also
that’s cool that Talitha got a whistle because i don’t remember sending one
haha. Maybe that was meant for malorie.
Ok this week was interesting. we worked hard and long... it’s interesting for me because i can really see how much I’ve
progressed in the mission. I have so much more faith and patience and trust in
the lords timing. I have felt good and like my faith is building even though
I’ve been here for two months working super hard without a baptism. I
definitely have grown in my faith and patience being out here which is such a
blessing (for me and all my friends and family haha).
Anyways loved the pictures and advice I received in the
letters I got last monday! soooo cute! Who has the cutest and most attractive
family in the world? oh yeah that would be me.
Well last week we did find this one family that was a
reference from another family in the ward. It’s a family living in one room
(normal) and it’s a single mom (normal) with 7 kids under the age of 18 (not as
normal). And the mom told us on the second visit that she is leaving to Chile
to live with her sister and work there for three months, leaving her kids (ages
17, 15, 13, 11, 8, 6, 3) alone. I dunno if it’s just because we
have no one to teach, but I just felt so strongly that we can’t leave these
kids alone. Normally, we don’t even talk to kids without an adult... But i dunno. I just felt like i
should ask the mom to sign the permission to teach them before she left. So we´ve
been stopping by to bring them food and wash their clothes when we can. The kid
who is 17 is a boy and he is working to feed the family. The 15 year old is
named Melisa, and she is going to high school and being mom for them. We just
held her as she cried the day after her mom left. We gave them a picture of
Jesus. Yesterday we also got the relief society involved- they are going to
take turns bringing lunch every sunday. It’s
just so hard to see people suffer so much.
Well anyways... We are going to have at least one baptism
this month. yay! Coni and her mom came to church again! They want her to get
baptized on the 14th or 21st of september. So we are teaching them (the pancake
family) which is great. Also thanks to fasting and lots of prayer, we are
having breakthroughs with other investigators, and we are feeling good about
September. This ward is great- they´ve got great intentions to help with this
missionary work, now we´ve just got to combine their desires with our work and
we should be in for a great time.
It’s crazy, but even with how hard these last two months
have been, I’ve never loved the mission more. Seriously i bore my testimony
yesterday and was just so full of the spirit i thought i might explode! I´m so
happy! It doesnt matter that my head has started to bleed again from how hot it
is here, doesnt matter that rabbied dogs are coming out again, doesnt matter
that the bacteria has come back on my face, doesnt matter that i can’t see through the wind and dirt in
my face these days... I am here for my Savior, and I am so grateful! I love this gospel. I love the
truth! I love how i feel inside! I love being happy! I love my life, and my
family! Let’s keep progressing and have a great eternity shall we? Here´s to my
last 4 months.
con mucho amor,
Hermana
Elisa Black
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