Si señor, yo te segire. (Yes, Lord, I will follow thee)
My most dear, adorable, lovely family!
I’m 20!!! whoa, que awkward. I’m antigua haha. So yes, this week was my
birthday, thank you thank you thank you for all of the notes, cards,
packages (even if they weren’t received :| ), thoughts, prayers, songs,
and love that was sent to me! What a beautiful day I had. You should
know I was spoiled in all kinds of manners. My zone leaders found out it
was my birthday a few days before and surprised me with a super rico
cake after the second session of conference Saturday afternoon. It was
really delicious and even said happy birthday hermana! I don’t know how
they did it with such short notice. But they did, it was delicious, even
split between 15 hungry missionaries:) Also it turns out that our
cook’s birthday was the same day! so we were invited over to her house
where we ate meat, real meat!!!! steak, pork and chicken. soda and to
top it off, a giant 3 chocolate cake! We got to blow out the candles and
share the special day with my new borrowed/adopted family! So I hope no
one worried, I had a very special and beautiful day. More important
then all the goodies and queque (cake!) I ate was that I had the
opportunity to hear the voices of our beloved prophet and apostles! Wow
was this conference powerful or what!!!
I'll admit it was a little hard because it was totally in Spanish. (I
loved the first 4 or 5 words of every talk because I could listen to
their real voices but quickly the translation would take over... I’ve
missed their voices so much!). But si, I listened to all 4 sessions in
pure Spanish and boy did I learn my Spanish was lacking. It was like I
could pick out the main theme of every talk and understand mas o menus
what they were saying, but I did miss that I could understand
everything. It was a little hard to focus also because we were
constantly worried about "what are our investigators feeling" "why isn’t
so and so here yet" "did they hear that part? It was so good and
exactly for them!” so needless to say my mind was a wee bit unfocused
and because of this my Spanish listening wasnt up to par. HOWEVER, i
still did have an incredible experience. The things I did hear, the
doctrine I received and the spirit I felt were exactly the things I
needed to study and understand. One of my favorite parts was the 2 talks
that were given in Spanish. I don’t know if it was translated for you
guys or if you only had subtitles and could hear him speaking, but the
1st (elder gaveret??) was incredible! Him I could understand almost
perfectly. wow. I’ve adopted his saying to be one of mine personally...
si senor, you te segire! One of my other favorites that was really sweet
was Elder Scotts. Mommy and Daddy this I felt was exactly for our
family. There are some things that maybe are optional but the 4 that he
talked about aren’t. 1. Prayer 2. Scriptures 3.FHE and 4. Ir al temple!
(go to the temple!). I know I was always a bum and it’s my fault we
never had fhe those Monday nights but this is a commandment from an
apostle. Monday nights are for the family... no importa what else is
going on, no team, sport, dance, activity, concert, class... nothing
takes precedence over my family and our time together. I didn’t
always feel so strongly about this, but now I do. Our family will be
eternal. My track team, my boyfriends, my etc. etc. obviously weren’t
meant to be eternal and I am so sad for the time I missed with you guys
those monday nights I wasn’t at home. Don’t let the little boys, mis
hermanitos, have this same regret! Juntos familia:) ser juntos. The last
talk I was in love with was that of elder Ballard! whooooooo. Wow. If
anyone wanted to know how a missionary feels all you have to do is read
that talk. He described the whole reason missionary work exists. Some
days it’s really hard to face rejection after rejection (and let me tell
you this was a week of rejection!) but when we remember why, It’s
easier to take. I'd encourage everyone to read that talk again and find
your own desire, your reason, to share the gospel.
Moving on because there’s soooo much to say!!! There have been so many
miracles in this last week I can’t wait to tell you. so much new so much
good! Primera, mi compnaera! My companion is Hermana Montoya! She is
also the Twin of my very own Paige Crittenden! They look totally
opposite but act the same, I love it:) she is 22 years old, from
California, her parents are both from Mexico, she’s hilarious, speaks
Spanish incredibly (but I mean her parents are from Mexico....), she
isn’t shy para nada and she is an amazing missionary! We’ve only had 1
week together but already I have learned so much from her example. We
have a lot in common- were both terrified of sharks, like to play
sports, vampire diaries fans, we both run about 5 minutes late... and
our differences balance each other out. We’ve been working so hard here
you wouldn’t believe it!
Miracle #2 we have a house! A dream house I tell you! Space oh beautiful
space:) we have a 2 story, 2 bathroom house just for us. In Santa Ana
we had that itty-bitty apartment to share but not now! I don’t now what I
did to deserve such a blessing. The lady who rents to us (she’s not a
member .... yet... ;) ha-ha) also comes in regularly to clean and does
our laundry. Its like I’m back home again! jk mommy jk, she doesn’t cook
for us so its nothing like home. But seriously. It’s so wonderful!
Miracle #3 Our Ward is awesome! We have a chapel even:):):) we have a
bunch of ex missionaries who go out with us to teach and also the young
men and women are really involved! The other night we had a noche de
grupo (like a family home evening ward style). It was awesome! I have
never heard so many jokes (scripture jokes even!) and laughter in 1
short hour. I’m excited to get to work with all these great people!
Hermana Montoya and I have a gigantic area but that gives us tons of
room to find news and to teach. The members here are equal to the
members at home (except I cant always understand what they’re
saying....) but they are converted through and through and are ready to
spread the good news with us!
I am so grateful to be only 1 of more then 88,000 missionaries and 1 in
15,000,000 members in this amazing moment in time! The whole world is
going to Meet the Mormons! The only way that people will meet the gospel
is through us... we are the converts, the teachers. The world needs us.
Today we had a meeting for the hermanas of the zone all about having
faith. You can’t have faith if you have fear.... be bold! SI senor, yo
te segire! Share the joy that you have that IS the gospel of JESUS
CHRIST! I love you all and am so grateful for your roles are helping me
along my conversion. Each of you is an important, beloved, irreplaceable
part of my family. I love you!! Prayers from Costa Rica:)
All my love,
Hermana Kugath
si señor, you te segire!
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