General Conference was so great! 4/8

This weekend was FANTASTIC! I loved the messages that we heard and thought of specific people as each message was given! It was a truly inspired conference and I loved it.

We went to the stake center to watch it, so many of our investigators didn't make it, which really made me sad. A few little girls came and they were bugging poor Hermana Sol the entire time! Afterwards I heard about it and chewed them out HARDCORE. They were pretty quiet and just kept asking me "are you angry with us?". haha it was pretty fun and i think they learned a little bit about paying attention in church!

This week has been hot and it's about to get hotter Semana Santa is coming, it starts this Friday I think. It's a week that's pretty big around here and there are a lot of traditional foods! But it also gets pretty darn hot. So, my companion and I are going to turn into human raisins :)

Yesterday we had a zone pday! It was pretty great! We gathered together, played soccer (i hurt my ankle, but it was well worth it!) and then went to buy taco bell! Afterwards my companion and i went to a grocery store with a lot of things from the states! We bought a lot of gringo things (i got her hooked on the cereal Life!) and then went home to clean and get ready for the day.

I've started the project of reading Doctrine and Covenants! I have everything planned out to read 2 sections a day and i'm going to finish on June 11th! whoohoo!

Well that's all I have to share today! Don't forget the invitation made to all members to invite 4 people every year to listen to the missionaries! It's ALL about the members! They're the ones with the friends :)

Love you all!
Hermana Weatherford

pictures...
[they didn't come through this week]

Parental Note: I think I said this in October but it's no less true in April: I love that we all watch conference at the same time. It's like a connection over long distance, we listen to the same speakers, sing the same songs and raise our hands at the same time to sustain our leaders. I wasn't aware that my missionary did this in English! That's pretty awesome as well!

another week wiser and growing closer to General Conference​!

March continues on with the goal of 400 baptisms and we're working hard! We haven't gotten there yet, but we are working super hard to get there! We need all of your help and prayers :)

Here in Ribera del Rio there isnt much else to tell. My camera doesnt work, so, I am sorry but there wont be any pictures this week!

My companion and I are working hard, trying to get at least one more baptism in this month and it is going to be DIFFICULT. We have 3 possiblities, who arent looking too positive at this moment, but we have faith that its all going to work out!

We have been reading the Book of Mormon to prepare us to hear and apply the words of the prophets in the General Conference! Just 2 weeks away and we are sooo excited! Reading Ether right now and we finish the April 4th.

Love you all and I am so sorry that I dont have more to say! I promise that next week will be better :)

Lots of love and wishes of health!
Hermana Weatherford

ESTA LLOVIENDO BAUTISMOS Mar 11

well this last weekend we baptized a woman who is 91 years old. But she can chew out people better than I can. She is PURE ATTITUDE. and she's super cool. We loooooooove her!!! Her name is Teresa and she is an angel.

Here are a couple pictures of her baptism and my companion and i last pday goofing around.

As you all know, we are working toward the goal of 400 baptisms in march and to get to that goal we made a little sacrifice yesterday. Instead of finishing pday at 5 pm, we finished at 3. My companion and I were sooooo tired and it was soooooo hot! but it was great!!

that's all for this week, know that i love you all!

hermana weatherford

mil disculpas! March 4

I'm so sorry I didn't write last week! We were crunched for time and when we were nearing close to the end of our time, the power went out on the whole block. we waited for awhile, but it didn't come back, so we just gave up.

First off, a couple pictures from when we went to the temple a couple weeks ago.

 

The first one of my companion and I and then of our district. On the left, the zone leaders. Then me and Hermana Sol and on the right, Elder Parker and Elder Etter (our district leader).

And about changes this transfer.... We got the call yesterday morning and my companion and I are staying together again! That's really strange, because I've already been in the area 3 transfers (about 4 months) and at the end of this transfer it will be about 6 months in such a teeny tiny area! It's really weird, but we're happy. I love my companion and we get along really well. We have a few baptisms lined up that I really want to see, too!

It's been a great week! We definitely faced our challenges. This week more than anything was with health! It's been super hot and we didn't drink or eat much for awhile and when we ate I got really sick! I could hardly walk and I ended up puking in the street in front of a member! It was super embarrassing but afterwards we saw a lot of blessings!

that’s all for this week! love you all!
hermana weatherford

Blessings and Miracles!! Feb 17

This week was pretty exciting and full of miracles! I can't say all of them, but here are a few...

-We had a baptism!! An 8 year old of a family we're teaching decided to be baptized! His parents are still working out all of their paperwork so that they can get married, but they're super pilas and are going to do great in supporting their son!

 

-All of our converts have gone to church this month! That means that we're not just baptizing to baptize, but to keep our converts in the gospel too!

 

-We had divisions this Wednesday. Divisions are when we separate (one of us here in Ribera and the other in another area) and work with other sisters from different areas. These 2 sisters that we worked with are super duper pilas and we definitely learned a lot from them! I went to Prados (an area that really isn't too far from mine, and the area my comp was in before coming to Ribera!) and DIED from the heat. It's really the same climate as our area, but they were burning a bunch of trash, so it was extra extra hot.

 

-One of our positive investigators changed schools! She was studying every Sunday, but she changed schools and is now studying Saturdays! She came to church and said that she knows she's going to be blessed for making that change. She's so cool. We're planning on her baptism March 2nd. She just has to stop drinking coffee (one of her Personal Progress goals) and talk to her parents for permission. We're suuuuuuuper excited!

 

-We're going to the temple tomorrow! The temple isn't open Mondays, so that's why we're writing Monday. But only today is different. And tomorrow we're going to go to the temple (really early! we have to be ready to travel at 6 am, so we probably have to wake up at 3ish. yuck.), go to the distribution center, eat as a zone and then go play some games or something. woohoo! i'll send pictures, don't worry :)

 

-Because we're going to the temple tomorrow (bright and early), 2 missionaries from an area far away are here with us in our area! We're going to do divisions and visit a ton of people! And then they're going to sleep in our house the night and we'll all go off to the temple together :)

 

Well, that's what's going down in Ribera del Rio. My companion and I are working super hard and doing some great stuff :) Thank you for all of your prayers!

 

Love,

Hermana Weatherford

LOTS of Pictures

Sorry that I don't have time to write, pictures take a lot of time!!

Thank you all for the bday wishes! I'm very lucky to have such a loving family at home and here in Ribera as well!

This week my comp and I would like to ask that you pray for our investigators; Jorge Mazariegos, Yanira Landaverde and Hugo David Marroquin who are all preparing for baptism.

And our recent converts; Elisa, Lisa and Jorge Cardona and Maria Jose Hernandez so that they'll be able to come to church this weekend!

Thank you for your love and support always!

 

 First one: the pday we burnt a ton of stuff :)

 Second one: the day of cambios when Hna. Cruz went home!

Third one: my companion who is so strange.

 

First one: microwave cake my comp made me on my bday

Second one: the manifestation in Villa Canales

Third one: my comp and i today outside of the chapel in Villa Canales

Crazyy crazyyy birthday week!

So many things have happened this week!

 

My companion and I are working hard, but so far, no baptisms. But that's sure to change soon. We're sure of it.

 

We went to visit investigators with Marlon (our recent convert) and he is so cool!!! He was amazing during the lesson sharing his testimony and he really enjoyed it! This weekend when he's not working he said he would join us again! We're pretty darn excited!

We had a retention meeting and had to wake up early for that, but I got to see a few of my friends and we ate really well! Then we went back to our area and ate a second lunch! It was pretty hard to walk after that. More like waddling.

 

Monday was my birthday! We woke up at 6:30 (it was amazing) and studied and cleaned and ate lunch with Hna. Elsa and Hna. Leti. That was really tasty!

 

Later we went to buy groceries. When we came out we saw a bunch of teenagers in school uniforms in lines in the streets, blocking the cars and buses. The had signs saying that they wanted computer equipment and teachers for technology. So we hopped on a bus that was looking for a way out. But this driver and his assistant were really angry. They kept inching forward towards the teens until they were about nose and nose. The horn was blowing like crazy and the kids were standing with their eyes closed, not doing a single things. Hermana Sol and I felt awful. The spirit was not there and we felt gross. So we just got off and had to walk to the highway. We walked there for a bit until we hitched a ride back to our area. We got back to the house and slept for a bit and then left.

 

That night we spent running around between members houses having lessons there with investigators while they gave us cake! That was pretty great! All in all, I had 5 different cakes! And it was pday! A very very very good birthday!

 

Today we had our zone training and interviews with President Brough. Those are so good and I always leave crying! haha, but we also had a good surprise, all of our mission has cell phones now! For a lot of people, that may not seem like a big deal, but we're the only mission in all of Central America that has them and we're being monitored to see if it helps. If it does, all of Central America gets phones. But we only get to be the pilot group because we're obedient. So yay for exact obedience!

 

One sad thing, the girl that my companion trained went home early last week. I won't tell you her name, but if you could pray for her, I know that would mean a lot to me and my companion.

Thank you so much for your love and support and prayers!

Hermana Weatherford