Dearest Familia and Queridos (dear ones- for you non Spanish speakers- I looked it up )-
And so begins the week of the waterfall..... (transfer week)
To start out on a bright note, we didn’t see changes here in Gravilias:):):) well mostly.... I’m sad to say that one of my favorite hermanas, Hermana Olsen (the one from Pocatello) is going home in just a few days:( now we’ll just be two Idaho girls in the house. what a heartbreak. I’m so sad to loose her (but just in case she ever reads this) I am so extremely grateful for her example, her love and her friendship. now I know we can have a mission reunion whenever we want when I get back too!!!! yay for Hermanas from Home!
Basically its been a week of celebrating the ¨life¨ (mission haha) of Hermana Olsen! on Saturday we went to the temple with all our recent converts and investigators. it was a really sweet experience. we got to see all the great people wave been working with enter for the first time. it was really emotional too. we’ve grown together as hermanas in the Ward and there’s no better place to celebrate then together in white in the temple. We also had 2 going away dinners haha- the members here love to spoil us. Even though we weren’t the ones leaving we got invited to eat lots and everyone’s all emotional again about the obra missional (missionary work)! my favorite celebration of the week was last night when we drug all our mattresses down stairs to have a huge sleepover. we watched Legacy, ate smores and talked, it was like a normal girl party except that were representatives of Jesus Christ and not just normal girls so that made it a more holy Slumber Party haha.
This week we taught one of my favorite lessons of all time. So this girl named Yulesi (pronounced you lazy in English.... ha-ha its a killer name) is super incredible! last week we gave her a pamphlet of the restoration and when we came back this week to talk about it shed read it so many times that it had started to fall apart!! she underlined everything she liked, looked up the scripture references, wrote her thoughts and feelings in the margins and taught us all about the apostasy, the restoration and Joseph Smith. she even had the dates of the first vision and when he received the priesthood memorized!!! we answered the questions she had and then explained what the Book of Mormon is. you could just see the light in her eyes growing!! she asked how much she had to pay for the book! Obviously we just gave her one but she looked so happy it was really unbelievable.
We also did a street contact with a guy yesterday, he said ¨my names Gabriel, like the archangel¨ haha he told us he really wasn’t interested but was still really nice to us. later that night we found him in the street again and he called us over to talk to him. he told us that if he wasn’t a practicing Catholic he would be Mormon haha. he was really intelligent and we had a great conversation about our beliefs. We got cut a little short cause he and his friends were leaving but I’m sure we’ll find him again one day!
Anyways, prayers and love from Costa Rica to home!!!
Oh and good luck my little Kameroon!!! my own little Hermana Allison leaves to the MTC this week! go get em killer;) I’m so sos so sososososososososo proud of you and your decision to serve a mission. you’re allowing the Lord to mold you into what he wants you to become. I love you!
All my love, (no translation needed)
Hermana Kugath
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