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10/20/14

I have now eaten octopus. There are lots of things I thought I would NEVER eat in my life, but I have eaten. Yep, thanks to the mission I am a LOT less picky of an eater. You are all welcome. ;) 

Anyways, So, remember the sweet girl who was supposed to be baptised? WELL, She was on vacation and there was a BATTLE here. The bishop, President, counselors, members, missionaries, everyone. But, President out rules everyone, and he stayed firm in his decision. So, we prayed, A LOT. She returned home Thursday. 2 Days before her "Baptism." WE went to go visit and to break the news. It could NOT have gone any better. She was, "Yeah, I can wait for my mom! It will be so cool when we are both waiting to enter the water and have the same goal and everything!" To say the least, it went well. I testify of pray and fasting, because without it, who knows what would have happened. Also, God has a plan for each one of us. Sometimes we don't understand it, but he knows! I learn that more and more each day. Also, when they came back from Guadalajara,she brought me a pair of hand blown glass earrings. They are dolphins for good luck! :D Awww.



Also, know whats fun? Going to the Er at 11:30 in the night time! Its exciting! But don't worry, it was my companion. She has lots of health problems too. More I think... Anyways, the whole day she was "dying" of pain. And finally in the night she was crying and so President came and got us and aways we went. The nurse was the daughter of one of our recent converts! (And a new investigator of ours!) I almost passed out when the took HER blood sample. Why???? I don't get it... Anyways,turns out it was just Colitis. So, we left the hospital and got home about 2 am. President asked, "so,what time are you getting up?" My comp" 6:20!" "NO! 8:30! and not before!" Woot! I was ok with that. The funny thing was, is the next day we had divisions,and we went to visit the RC and she was like, "OH NO! My daughter told me what happened! Where is your companion?!" :D


That's about all I can think of at the moment. But life is good. The church is true. And its getting cooler.

Loveyou all soooooooooo very much and hope that life is treating you well!!!! Read your scriptures!!

Hermana Stanger

I won a car today!!! And a watch! I was the only one who threw a ball and it landed in the cup! :D WOOT

9/14/14

This week, we had a trial. Well, One of our golden investigators, did EVERYTHING for her baptism, that is supposed to be Saturday. She had her interview and everything. Sunday night, we got a call, she cant be baptized because she wont have a member living in her house and she isn't 15. (Her mom just has to get married for her to be baptized.) So, we get to tell her she needs to wait just a little bit longer. Its going to be exciting. Wish us luck! But its all part of Gods plan, so, we will see.

Continuing with the problem, I wont lie, I felt quite down. I didn't understand it. I got a little depressed and yes, thought about returning. I know, that's not good, but when you gotta tell someone they cant be baptized, it makes you sad. Anyways, last night we went to visit a less active couple. We started talking about eternal marriage, but it turned into them telling us how much the missionaries have changed their lives. They talked about how "They don't understand, but every time they feed us, they ALWAYS have food. Even when they have no money left, its there." They talked about how we have helped increase their testimonys so much and every time we leave they want to be better and read their scriptures and pray together. When I first got here, they thought about divorcing, now they want to get sealed. The best, was when the father cried because he could see how they are helping their child, and how when his child of 1 and a half folds his arms to pray and says amen, he knows its the right thing and its something special. It was amazing and helped remind us why we are here. It was so special.



The temple was AMAZING!!!!! Just what I was needing. You don't realize the blessing of having a temple so close, until you cant go. GO TO THE TEMPLE!!! There is no place like it. Feel the spirit. Receive answers. Feel peace. Do everything possible to be there. WORK FOR IT! Yep. That's my counsel for the day.


Life is an adventure and we got to hold on tight. Sometimes we don't understand everything, but the Lord does. He has a great plan and is always there for us. I testify he loves us, and he knows better. Don't give up the fight. It is CONSTANTLY going, but, we kn ow who's going to win. So pick which side you want to be on.


Love you ALL!!!!!!
Hermana Stanger

10/6/14

This week was pretty good. New companion, new adventures. Its pretty exciting because I have a slight gringo accent and she has a slight Argentinan accent, so sometimes people are a little confused with BOTH of us! Not just me. Haha.


One of our adventures. One day, one of our visits cancelled and no one was home. So, we decided we were going to contact EVERY SINGLE PERSON WE SAW. Yeah, that was exciting. That's one of the blessings of being a missionary. Being able to talk to everyone. Why wasnt mom a missionary? Sorry, random thought. Anywho, we contacted 9 people in a row. Not 1 was in our area, but hey, maybe we planted seeds and hopefully the missionaries from there area will look for the referrals we sent. Yeah.

Conference was AMAZING! But, it went way to fast! I remember being a kid and the 8 hours were the longest thing ever. Now, they were the shortest. Its so amazing all the things we can learn. There were so many wonderful talks! Also, I was blessed to hear everyone but 2 in their native language AND understand!!! :D That was pretty cool. The people here were SO excited about the change. They loved it because "You could feel their emotions" and other such things. Also, I think my favorite talk was Elder Eyrings. Or Jorg Kilb?? I loved how BOLD he was.


I had other things to say, but everything left my brain. Hope life is good and you enjoyed conference!! I am going to the temple next Tuesday, so I will be writing then, not Monday. 

LOVES!!!
Hermana Stanger

9/29/14

 First off, LUPITA WAS BAPTIZED!!!!! The Jehovas witness from my other area. Yeah, her. Well, I got a call friday night that she was getting baptized and wanted me to be there. So, we called president and he gave us permission to go! When she saw me, she said, "STANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" And then gave me a huge hug and criend. Then she exclaimed to her son, "SHES THE ONE WHO GAVE ME THE BOOK!!!!" (reffering to the book of Mormon) Then she was baptized and we sang to her. Everyone cried. Then she bore her testimony. At first she just started quoting scriptures, but then she just let it loose. Her final words, crying like a baby were, " I WANT TO HAVE AN ETERNAL FAMILY!!!" It was beautiful.


Also, this week I got a letter, or should I say, a BUNCH of letters from my wonderful Young women! I loved each and everyone of the sweet little letters. My companion said the other day, "Letters are like patriarchal blessings, SUPER SPECIAL!" Yep, a letter is worth a lot. Thank you to my sweethearts who wrote me! Hope the rest of Girls camp was wonderful! I am sure it was. I will try to write back soon!!!


Today we had transfer. I am now with Hermana Prado. She is from Argentina. She has Argentinan spanish, so sometimes I get confused, but its going to be great!! I am so excited to get to work with her! I dont know lots about her yet... so. yeah.

Conference is in just a few short days!!!!! I am so excited! I encourage everyone to prepare for it. Think of any questions you have and pray about it and ask to recieve revelation. You will get it! If you prepare.



Also, sidenote, I am proud to say that I ate shrimp and fish and chile without gaging once. The blessings of the mission! :D


Thats about all I can think of this week, but life is good. I love the mission! The people are wonderful. Love you all and hope all is well! Off to piano lessons!!!
Hermana Stanger