Milagros

Hey y'all!!!

I LOVE MISSION TEXAS!!

The people here are so amazing and loving. They literally will be living in some horrible conditions but are willing to give us the shirt off their back. They support us missionaries so much it's ridiculous how much love they have for us and for our families who they don't even know.

We have had so many miracles happen to us since this transfer has started.
1. The De Hoyo family accepted baptismal dates for the 10th of November!! This family is super cute and wants to get closer to God and each other.
The Mom and one of the daughters have BD's. The youngest daughter is 7 but can't wait for her baptism when she's 8. The oldest daughter doesn't really come out during lessons but she has before. The husband works on an oil rig so he's gone for two weeks then home for one. So it's a little hard to teach the whole family at the same time.
2. Our trio is literally a party. We all get along super well and bounce off each other in lessons a ton. We're all pretty balanced in how long we talk for and our transitions flow pretty well.
3. Sister Durrans got her visa and is leaving on the 21st of October for Perú. When Sister Bainbridge told her she recorded it... Her reaction was priceless. Hahaha
She is super awesome. She's from Heber, Utah. She's also hilarious and is full of funny sounds and jokes. Haha
We're going to miss her SOOO much!!!
4. The member missionary work her is insane. The ward members are super supportive and are willing to go out with us on any lesson at anytime.
5. Our stake president has made so many changes to the wards. He also called every single member of the McAllen West Stake to be a ward missionary. He gave everybody their neighborhood to literally have them knock their neighborhood for us and find the people who are wanting the gospel at this moment in their life.
6. We have an apostle coming to talk to us on the 19th and 20th. So we're having a mission wide conference on the 19th. It's going to be so much fun to see every single missionary again. Then on the 20th he's speaking in a special stake conference.
7. Sister Bainbridge is super sick. She has Crones disease (how ever you spell that) and she finally was approved to have a procedure to diagnose her so she can get the medicine she needs. She has an appointment on the 23rd. Yeah!!! There was a big possibility of her having to go home to get it done but it was approved by Missionary Medical so now she can do it in Texas.
8. We had a cold front come in for like 2 days. We were all studying out in our main room area and we just look out side and it's super hazy looking and really windy. We step out side and it's not 90 degrees anymore. It's like maybe 70ish. We were so confused haha. And we had decided that morning that we were going to take a bike day. Yeah!!!
So we rode down to our dinner appointment and it was too bad the wind was behind us luckily. We made it there in like 15ish minutes. After we worked in that area some we decided to head towards our apartment so we aren't eaten alive by dogs when it's later. The wind was ridiculous. We were all going so stinking slow a 4 year old could have easily run faster then us. And we were all laughing...so that didn't help. And a dog started chasing us and we tried so hard to pedal away from it... Thank goodness it's owner called it back before it bit us haha because we would have been destroyed because we could pedal.
We got back in 45 minutes. The wind was soooo strong. My legs felt super good after though.
9. We have a huge zone group chat and our Zone leaders called us and told us to hype it up...weird but okay. So we decided to make a dance video and put it in the group chat. All 5 of us had blankets and danced to this rap that some sister missionaries made like 3 years ago in this mission. It was super funny and everybody loved it.
Success!!!
10. The ward here is amazing!!! One of the best things that all the Hermanas do at church is hug you and you kiss each other on the cheek. No matter if you just met them. It's one of my favorite culture things that everybody does here. All the women in the church do it. Literally by the end of Sunday it feels like I could have more make-up on my cheeks then I started with haha.
They are so loving and kind to all of us.
11. I have a testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that Baptism with the priesthood authority of God is a gateway on the path that brings us back to him. I know receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost is one of the most amazing gifts I have been given. It's a constant companion that helps me know what to do in certain situations. Through Jesus Christ we can be saved. He loves us so much. Same with our Father in Heaven. We were put here on this earth for the ability to gain experiences and trials. I know that because of the atonement we can be forgiven of our sins. I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God. I know I'm sent here to help share the message of the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ to the people of South Texas. I love all the people here. My eyes have been opened in so many different ways it's unreal. Everybody has the light of Christ in them.
Every member a missionary.
Stay 2 Legit 2 Quit

I love you all!!!

Con amor, Hermana Darling