Our Lives Are So Weird! (week 39)

F-A-C-T. Missionaries lives are so weird. Mine has been extremely weird this week. Well.. more like stressful. I have felt like a chicken running around with my head cut off and a puppy that gets put where i need to and left there. hahaha okay those are weird analagies but for reals. This week was good though! We got kicked off the island again for Mardi Gras and so that gave us about 2 full days of work in my area. which is really stressful. Our investigators have been so neglected but we have been really trying to keep in contact with them through phone calls. So here is a little bit about the week!

Monday we had some really great lessons. We were able to see some great people. We saw Eva, Claudia, and a supperrrr cute family that we have been trying to see forever. And we finally found them!! Eva is doing good and so is Claudia! She is so much happier and the spirit is always so strong in all of our lessons with her. She is such a doll and i really love her. And the new family we found was so adorable!!! When Hermana McGrath prayed, the dad and son repeated everything she said. haha it was a little weird... but they are so open and willing to learn!! i am really excited to work with them!!

Tuesday I went on exchanges with the english sister, sister vea because her comps and mine went to a meeting in Sugarland. So we stayed and worked both areas. I was so stressed but it turned out to be an awesome day. We did a lot of service. And found out i suck at painting. like we painted empty apartments and lets just say that there is paint ALL over the floors. oops! ;) But we taught a lot as well and got TONS of Mardi Gras beads. without having to go! yes! i really just wanted cool necklaces... ;) im a child at heart. 

Wednesday was a full day of work and it was great! We got to see a lot of people that we needed to before we left the island. And we were able to see them all in a short amount of time! miracles!!! 

Thursday we had Zone meeting!! Hermana McGrath and I had to give a training about getting investigators to church and it went really well. It was fun too :) Then we had a REALLY good lesson with our investigator Johnathan about repentance. Part way through the lesson he was like "so what are the requirements for baptism?" i was like AHHHH well how about we read D&C 20:37. He is AWESOME. He has some things he needs to work out but I have so much faith he will be baptized soon!! And then we had an awesome dinner appointment with my favorite family. Then it was off the island! Lets just say... it was only by the spirit that we made it to where we needed to go because we were SOOO lost. I am also really bad at directions. So many weaknesses. hahahaha but its okay we were all safe and made it home on time!! 

The rest of the weekend we were in Kemah with Hermans Beltran and Gudiel. They are both natives and like only speak spanish to each other so it was really fun to practice my spanish!! It was crazy with so many things to do and i have been just dead tired every night but i have learned a lot from those sisters about this work and loving the people. I am grateful i got to be with them for a while. 

I am just so grateful for this work. This is truly the Lords work and this is the only true church. I know this church is true and through it we can find happiness and peace and joy. I love you all so much and hope you have a wonderful week!!! 

Love, 

Hermana Dorian :)