Serving in Paradise: Week 17

Hello Friends :)

Tengo buenas noticias hoy! haha No one was transferred! They didn't close my area thank Heavens and Hermana Salas will be transferred normally and not of emergency! So that was happy news and we were able to relax and resume working hard for another week together! (we have transfers next week and we know for sure she is leaving and I am staying) I am really going to miss her but I am excited for this opportunity to experience my first real change on the mission and ending my training to be a real missionary! haha

We were able to visit Lourdes this week and she is totally solid! She still hasn't accept a date but that is alright because she is reading the Book of Mormon right now and is super positive! Just need to get her to come to church! We are getting there!

We had a super awesome Noche de Hogar (Family Home Evening) with Carol and her family! Her future husband (that is what I am calling him now) actually is the one who asked for this one and set it up with us and it was so much fun! We talked about being united as a family talked about their marriage plans ( to get married here is very difficult and is a lot of blood work and paper work and just weird tests and what not but since THEY'VE BEEN TOGETHER 14 YEARS they only have to pay $30-$50 dollars and have 2 witnesses and yeah!) and what they can do as a family to invite the spirit into their home. It was great because they were talking about being an eternal family and how that is their real goal. They have agreed to read the Book of Mormon every night as a family :). We finally were able to make a baptismal date with Carol and her oldest son Hadid!

Yesterday we had another Temple tour with our investigators and we brought Carol, Hadid, Illian (her 2nd son), and Noah! (the baby!) Her future husband almost made it but he had work but was incredibly helpful in getting her to go! He actually was the one to convince her! Anways it was so beautiful and the spirit was so strong. Carol's testimony grew so much there. She felt the spirit so strong and she cried and so did Hadid. The spirit really was so strong and even more so when she embraced it. She knows that everything we have ever taught her leads to the Temple and now more than ever she wants to go there. We are planning on getting them married and baptized this week before Hermana Salas leaves! I am so excited!!

I hope you guys are enjoying your summer and that all is well! Thank you for all you love and support! This church is true and the Temple is the house of the Lord. I am so grateful for the temple in my life! I love you all so much!

Les quiero

Hermana Garcia

This is Teri our guard dog :) He is always on our porch and He is always there when we get home! haha He even warns us where there are crabs at our door!!