So Many Pictures

Greetings Faithful Readers! Hermana Weatherford will be returning stateside shortly. Thus, her emails are a little brief. Oh, who am I kidding…she’s terrible at informative, lengthy emails! Lucky for us, she sends many pictures…all without captions this week. [if you lost count, she has one more week in Guatemala]

One week later and older too.

sooo... Last week we went to Antigua! I made it my goal to get rid of all the money I had and get as much stuff as I could for it. goal ACHIEVED. my suitcases are now ready for packing.

This week was awesome! We met a guy who lived 40 years in Queens. You can imagine that his accent is FANTASTIC. He's so cool.

Also, a family told us that their dad had a friend that was always drinking on Sundays and they would all end up borrachos. But the guy started going to church with the Elders in Santa Elena Barrillas and now doesn't go drinking and playing soccer like normal. Woohoo! The dad made the comment "these mormons are getting to everyone." the mom made the comment "if he doesn't come to church with us, he'll go with his friend. but either way, he ends up in church!"

Super good week. Next week we go to see Elder Anderson!

Love you all sooooo much!

Hermana Weatherford 

fotos are of us eating ice cream at pops! and in antigua

 

if you call me a slacker, that's okay, i deserve it...

this email is going to be super short. sorry in advance.

The pictures are of our house that after we moved yesterday (second time in my mission moving houses!) and the view from a bridge thing in our area.

Next week we go to Antigua with the zone on Tuesday, so I'll be writing on Monday. If you want anything cool, tell me now or forever hold your peace. 

Love you all! Have a super great week and know that Jesus Christ lives :)

Hermana Weatherford

White Christmas

On December 25th we had a baptism. It was really awesome  PS, my computer went all crazy and wont make any exclamation marks or smiley faces. soo... if this lacks emotion, Im very sorry.

The little boy is Wilson Romero. Hes so cute and he loved his Christmas baptism.

The other picture is of our Christmas eveª Here they celebrate it with fireworks and tamales and family. It-s awesome and we ate so much that it almost didn-t stay down. But luckily, there were no accidents on Christmas Eve. 

Sorry about my email last week... It was pretty bad, I can admit that.

This week I went on divisions to Ribera del Rio, one of my areas that I was in for 6 months. It was great seeing my converts again, one who is on the verge of going on a mission, ready with his papers, just waiting for his birthday. He-s sooo  pilas.

That-s all I have for this week. Know that I love you all, have an amazing New Years Eve and celebrate responsibly 

Love youª

Hermana Weatherford

week 6.

So, life is good!

This week we had a Christmas activity with 3 other zones and had a good time playing games and eating Thanksgiving food! I kind of got a little sick afterwards... i guess my body isn't used to anything more than chicken, beans and rice. haha..

We went on divisions to Bilboa this week and slept on the floor. The curly haired girl is my companion, Hermana Oliphant.

Love you all, talk to you Thursday!

 Mom Note: I did tell her that I didn't see any curly haired girl and what was up with the glasses!? But it was too late to get any response.  *sad face*

BTW...it's 44 days until Teigen returns to Oregon! People kept telling me that she would "be here before I knew it!" and my response was kind of disbelief. So I counted the days and now I can respond with exact numbers. When I get the flight time...I will add that to my countdown!

week 7... this is crazy.

So...Wednesday was fun!

Hermana Alba and I woke up suuuuper early, went on the bus and got to changes. We showed up a bit late, and the first thing they said to me was "Hermana Weatherford, usted tiene entrevistas." which can only mean one thing....

I'm now a Sister Training Leader.

I was definitely shaking harder than a bathed cat right after that interview. But all President Markham said was "The Lord is sure. He's called you." So, umm... Here I am.

I now have 3 companions: Hermana Oliphant, Hermana Angel and Hermana Villacis. All 4 of us are Sister Training Leaders and we're opening an area called La Sonora, Amatitlan, about 15 minutes away from the area I started my mission in!

For those who don't know, a STL is an experienced sister who is assigned extra responsibilities to work a day with each sister and analize how she works, to correct her if needed and to help her set goals to work on. We cover about 15 companionships of sisters, which is A LOT. It's a really big responsibility that the Lord has trusted us with, but I'm so excited to learn and help other sisters!

So far, it's super great! We're seeing a lot of miracles, walking really fast and helping out the girls! Today I go on my first divisions to the coast! I'm ready to go back. The capital is a little chilly! I miss the blazing sun and hot sticky nights! I'm going back now :)

One of the miracles that we saw this week is that we were walking around (just Hermana Villacis and I) and couldn't find anyone! So we stopped in the street and said a prayer asking for guidance and a miracle! It was amazing what happened next. We found a teen kid, sitting outside his house, basically waiting for us! We shared a message with him and saw that Heavenly Father really does have people prepared for us! We just have to ask His help to find them!

This week is christmas! Tomorrow we have the big activity where we get together with President Markham and his wife and we eat a ton of food and get to play games and get our packages!

Well, know that I love you all, that the Book of Mormon is true and has changed my life and that Christ is the Savior of the world!

Love you all!

Hermana Weatherford

A note from the mission president...

Dear Family Sister Olivia Teigen Weatherford, 

With much appreciation I inform you that your daughter has been named as a Leader Training Sister. Therefore, be responsible for the training and welfare of missionary other divisions carrying out every six weeks each fellowship under his charge. Your work will motivate, encourage, inspire, and uplift. It will participate on the boards of mission leaders. 

She has been chosen as a leader for inspiration and because of their experience and exemplary work in service to the Lord. I'm very confident Sister Weatherford and am grateful for his work as excellent in the mission field. 

Les appreciation, 

Melvin G. Markham 

President 

*this was translated within the email.