Que significa Mormón???

Hey guys!

We have had lessons on lessons this week.
BEING BUSY IS THE BEST!!
Holy cow it feels so good to be busy even without knocking doors.
I mean that would be amazing to go out and do. But we happy using what we have.
We've been teaching the Sauceda/Mendez family. This week we dropped of copies of the Book of Mormon for their whole family. We wrote their names in them and marked a bunch of places for them to read. They loved it. We were able to stop by their house and have a lesson outside too...yes 6 feet apart and wearing our masks...which sucked when trying to actually explain the restoration.
Before we started the lesson Regina kept asking us...Que significa Mormón? Like 3 times because we couldn't understand what she said hahaha but we explained it to them.
But they all came out with their Books of Mormon and were ready to learn. They really liked it and wanted to know when we can come back. Haha

The youngest daughter Regina knows how to read out of the other kids because a few have some disabilities.

But we stopped by a few days after and were going to have a lesson outside but it was dumping rain. So we gave them pamphlets, Plan of Salvation. We drove home and made a video explaining what it is to send to them. Irene, the Mom, sent us videos of Regina reading the book of Mormon and the Plan of Salvation pamphlet out loud for all her siblings to hear. AWWWWW

This family is amazing!!!! 

We are so excited for them to progress on the path towards heaven eternity with each other. The Dad is always gone and never able to attend the lessons. But we talked with Irene about it and she said he believes in God but not religion. We're hoping to change his mind soon. :)

We got a referral last week named Aaron. He talked with some elders in Robstown but moved over to San Juan so they sent us his info. He is amazing. He wants to come to church and said he'd go this Sunday. But it got canceled R I P. That honestly broke my heart. But...uh...it's God's plan, not mine.

Anyway we...well I basically taught him the whole restoration through our phone call(we were also outside chilling in our car because our reception is the literal worst). Hermana Morgan kept pulling her phone out and I couldn't tell what she was doing. She ended up taking some selfies with this huge bright rainbow that was behind the car. It was hilarious. But Aaron loved the lesson and he truly wants to get closer to God and go back to church. WOOOHOOOO Lucky for him we can help him. God is good. :)

Oh last p-day we decided to go to the border. There is this huge nature reserve that touches the Rio Grande and has some cool towers that you can walk up and see el vale y México. It was amazing! They also had this other tower where you can walk across a bridge. That was pretty fun.

Then after walking and getting at least 10 feet away from the river we all walked back to our cars. We were out in the sun on a little dusty path for like 2 hours. Thank goodness an Elder brought sunscreen or I would have been roasted toasted. Right after that we went with our district and played Spikeball and chair soccer for like 5 hours. I was a little dead haha.

But then we made an appointment with this kid we met on the street to play basketball with him. Man that was fun...but I was SO BEYOND TIRED. We played 2 v 1. We won...for obvious reasons...I was playing...duh. Hahahah kidding. He taught us some fun layups though. So that was great. Then after we "practiced" our Spanish and taught him the whole restoration.

My compa also bought a banjo on p-day, we've made some videos with it. She kind of taught herself. We're turning our district into a band too. Some elders have guitars and people can sing I'll do the cowbell. Someone can do the triangle...those are very important roles to take on.

We have been biking more and one day we decided to bike to the church. After two minutes of biking it D U M P E D rain on us. We were completely soaked in like 30 seconds. So we thought we'll we're already wet. So we biked all the way to the church and had some pass off lessons with the elders. It was a little cold but it was fun. Haha

We dropped off a Book of Mormon to probably the most prepared women of my life. Her name is Doris and she loves the church. She loves the services that we give and she's honestly going to be a member soon. :) 

MY OLDEST BROTHER GOT MARRIED. Woohoooooooo. Congrats to Kollin and Jessica for tying the knot. Glad I was able to watch it through my little phone hahah. Blessings of technology.
Looking back at the beginning of quarantine. I was not happy. I thought the whole thing was dumb and it would've been easier to just go home. Literally the more people I talk to the more I know they were thinking the same thing.

I am so grateful that never happened. I am so happy I'm still out here. I still have 5 months to work my butt off. And to truly rely on the Lord.

I wouldn't trade these moments as a missionary for anything. A really good friend of mine recently told me..."Love every second out there and don't waste a second, that time is so precious and when you take off that tag you feel it"

I know I'm in Pharr for the Sauceda/Mendez family and for so many other people.
I know God has prepared them and Aaron, Doris for this time.
I know God is mindful of me.
I love you guys from all the way at the border.

Stay 2 legit 2 quit.
Con todo mi amor,
Hermana Darling

Sum picts
Dope lighting
Our nasty garbage can
We didn't want to put our masks on our mouths haha
Rainbow

Sunset through the glasses of H'Morgan
H'Morgan drew my future life with my mansion and a swimming pool, tennis courts, the missionaries were walking up to my future house

Javier playing my compas banjo