Fasting

Dearest Family and Friends...

Can I just say, fasting is the best thing in the whole world!!!! I’m not kidding people, it works. If the Lord has taught me anything this week its the power of the principle of the fast. The week started off pretty slow. Not many new people to teach not much goin on, but that’s normal right? Wrong. This week felt like we were walking through an investigator wasteland!! Luckily earlier in the week our DL had challenged us to put the Lord to the test by fasting twice with a specific purpose. Being the obedient little hermanas that we are we did it, asking the Lord to guide us to new people. We fasted (some of the hardest fasts of my life because it was real hott and we walked extra those two days) and also put in our part by talking with literally everyone we saw and contacting all the references wed received. So here we are doing everything we can and having the faith that we´ll be blessed, but God sometimes is funny, he likes to try my patience haha. Usually by Friday we have 6or 7 new people to teach but come Saturday night and we didn’t have a single one! So Sunday afternoon rolls around (Sunday afternoon is the HARDEST part of the whole week for me cause I’m usually exhausted and I’m one of those sunday-napper kinds but that’s not actually acceptable in the mission, but my body doesn’t want to accept that either) and its right after lunch so the whole world is in siesta mode. We walked all the way to the limit of our area to contact a reference and we got a huge surprise..... We found a family of 11 people!! This is the biggest family I’ve ever seen in Costa Rica. The mom, dad and 9 kids! Holy smokes. They invited us in and we got to know them a little and taught a short lesson about how the gospel will bless our lives and our families. Anyways, long story short, we found a family of 8 possible baptisms. 8 people 8!!! And on top of that the lord blessed us with 1 extra special new:) in the space of 2 hours Our Heavenly Father placed 9 of his chosen and beloved children into our care. It was incredible and really taught me the blessings of fasting and faith.

Anyways I wanted to talk a little bit about something called  la pereza (that means laziness). Here in Costa Rica they have a saying "que pereza" that they say whenever they don’t want to do something... go to school? Que pereza. Work? Que pereza. Read the book of Mormon? Keep the word of wisdom? Wake up early to go to church?? Que pereza. I have had just enough of this phrase to last me a lifetime!!!! It may be difficult to understand or to desire, but everything worth having we have to work for. God didn’t send us down here to sit on our bums and watch TV..... He wants us to learn, to change, to progress!! As humans changing is hard, we don’t love it, but we have to. I love this quote  " “a religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things never has power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation. … It is through this sacrifice, and this only, that God has ordained that men should enjoy eternal life.”
The Sacrifice of ALL THINGS. Not some, not a few, not most. ALL. Time, energy, talents, money, food, weaknesses, desires, etc. I hope we can all look more at our lives and ask what? Or how? Can I sacrifice so that my faith is sufficient to save.

I love you all so much!!!! I pray for you all, for your happiness and your progression in the gospel everyday. you are all my world:)

All my love and prayers,
Hermana Kugath

P.s. some crazzzzzyyyy news!!!!! Remember Moravia?? Well mi companera Hermana Montoya and I had a dream right? A crazy dream. We wanted 2 chapels in Moravia and....... They’re going to do it!!!!! A member showed up at our house last week to tell us that in the next few months they’re going to test it to see if it will work. There’s going to be two churches there!!!!!!! :):):):):) Were not so crazy after all I guess