Okay, so as you all know, we had transfers this week. I am still here in Buenaventura and my companion is still Hna. Miranda. The only major change for us was that Hna. Wi Repa left and is now serving with the Jefferson 2nd ward, one of our neighboring wards. She is serving with Hna. Reynolds, one of the most amazing missionaries I know, and they're going to help J2 grow! Also, we had the surprise of moving apartments! Where we used to be living now is the home for four elders who serve in the J2 ward. We now live in the apartment that used to be home for one set of J2 elders. It's a bit weird for me because this is the first time that I'm not living in a member's home, but it's a cozy apartment. We moved in last Wednesday so I'm still adjusting to it but it has a lot of perks for us. For example, where we used to live was up a fairly large hill and further away from where most of our investigators live. Now, we live right in the middle of where most of the people are and it's a lot flatter so my knees are happier! :) Oh, and we are also back on bike because Hna. Wi Repa and Reynolds need the car as their area is much larger than ours.
This has been a great week! I mean, as long as we are choosing to have a great time, we're usually okay, but this week has had us seeing miracles. Something new that we are doing is that we are working more with the Elders who cover our area as well and with the other Elders in our district. (I think I forgot to mention, the district I'm in has 6 missionaries in total; me and my companion, the other set of Buenaventura Elders, and a set of Elders out in Roy). We are now praying every night as a district -we have a list of people that need prayers and we all pray for every person every day- and each of us are improving in our obedience. Hna. Miranda and I have been working on being more exactly obedient, trying our best to follow the example of Jesus Christ, and be more positive and we are starting to see the results.
As a mission, we have the goal that each companionship teaches 3 lessons a day; we managed to teach 5 lessons one day and 7 lessons another, with our average minimum being 4 lessons a day. We have found new people and are continuing to find new people and we both have this strong feeling that we are going to see a large miracle this transfer. We have talked a lot in learning the balance between doing all that you can do and being obedient, and also allowing others their agency. As we've been striving to find that balance, we have struggled and had some hard days, but now we are moving forward again. Our district leaders have been really helpful with that too; they keep telling us and our Elders that they feel like we are going to see miracles and they have promised that the Lord is pleased with our work and will bless us as we continue to learn and grow.
I want to testify again that I know that we can choose our attitudes and how we react to situations. It can be hard seeing yourself not reach goals that you had set or being told, again, something that you already know you're struggling in, but these things can't control us. We have been given agency and we have the ability to use it for he positive; God will ALWAYS help us choose the better path is we will listen to Him and His soft Spirit.
One of the people that we have found this week is called Hna. Rodriguez (neither Hna. Miranda nor I can remember her first name..... Sorry :) ). We shared the Restoration in 4 minutes and the Spirit was really strong. We invited her to be baptized and she said yes; we then invited her to be baptized on September 17th and she said yes! This was amazing for us! She is a really nice woman who we are really excited to start teaching. We have tried her daughters before and haven't had a tone of luck and one day we found her. We'll see how she does these next few weeks as we are praying and working hard for her.
We are also a still working with Judith. She's an amazing woman who really knows how to stay firm to her beliefs as she feels they have come from God. When I first met her she was really set against reading the Book of Mormon, she didn't even want to talk about, but now she's reading from it fairly regularly! She's really working hard to come closer to receiving her answer changing. I love this woman, she's really special to me, so we're praying and hoping that everything works out for her soon.
I love you all. Life is going well, we keep working hard and hopefully smarter :) and the mission keeps bringing new miracles. I hope that you're all doing well and have a great week. Be good and remember who you are!
Love,
Hermana Lindh
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