¡¡Hola!!
Well my life is pretty boring nothing way exciting!! I have a new companion! And I suck at changes and so the first few days were filled with crying and being upset but now they are great. I really miss Hermana Quartino but she is doing great I´m sure at home and we are doing great here. My new companion is Hermana Lefler, she is from Texas. She has a lot of excitement for the work and a lot of hope for this area which is exactly what I needed here. I was starting to feel a little down about this area but now I have her and she has a ton of excitement and so I´m excited about that. It´s always good to have a new companion because we have different ideas for the work in every area and that is what is happening now. Before Sunday she really didn´t believe me that our branch is about to die but after church and only having and attendance of 18 she changed a little bit and saw what we saw and so now we are working hard together to make plans to try to build the branch and to build the investigator pull here also.
We found a way awesome investigator this week!!!! Like way awesome. We were contacting her neighbor and she walked up and was like what are you guys talking about and so we told her and she asked if we could pass by the next day and so we did. Her name is Nancy and she is the mom of 4 girls and her husband of 30 something years died last year and she turned to stuff that really didn´t help like smoking and drinking and now she is really searching for inner peace, she wants to find God for real. After our first lesson with her she was really excited and the next day we passed by and she had already read and was really excited about everything and that she is starting to find peace and finding answer to her questions. We started to teach her the Plan of salvation but we didn´t get through it with the part that she had be with her husband forever and so we are really excited to teach her that. We have a lot of hope for her and her girls. We are also sharing with the 14 girl right now and so that is nice. They are both very prepared and we are really excited. We are also teaching a family with 9 kids right now. They keep saying they are going to come to church but they never come and so we will see after this next Sunday, if they don´t come we are going to have to move on. They are very sweet people and we really want them to accept the gospel but if they aren´t willing to do their part then we can´t do anything. We will see what happens with them.
But the area is moving forward I´m excited about it, we are working hard, we are finding a lot of people to teach and I¨m really excited bout it all. We have a lot of great plans for Christmas for our members and such. We are going to try to do a 12 days of Christmas thing with the branch where we are picking a member of the ward everyday for 12 days and going to do service or something for them and we will see. Then we are going to plan a big branch activity and hopefully people come but we are going to make sugar cookies for Christmas and then take the youth and share a little Christmas message with totals and then give them a little plate of cookies and so we are really excited for that. We are going to have the women of the relief society do all the cooking with us and then the youth and the primary to cut them out and to decorate them with frosting and then the men to put them on the plates with a little Christmas poem and then we are all going to head out. We are excited about this activity and just hopefully that it works out and that people come so that we can do it and everything can work out well.
Oh dad you asked about the language, well it´s great actually. yo puedo hablar y todos pueden entender y este es la clave, si todos pueden entender todo está bien. Mi compañera neuva solamente tiene 3 o 4 meses mas de yo entonces ambas de nosotras estamos aprendiendo todovia pero todo esta bien, podemos ensenar con el espiritu y podemos tener conversaciones.
But yeah that was about my week, I got to ride for around 15 hours in a bus which 7 of those hours was in the middle of the night so that was fun and I was quite tired after wards but it was fun I guess. My feet were way swollen after wards but they went down by the next day. Oh and mom I got your package, THANKS!!!!!! I´m trying hard to resist to open the Christmas presents but at the same time I don´t know if it would be bad to do so because my companion doesn´t have anything to open Christmas morning and so I don´t want to make her feel bad by having Christmas and opening presents and her not having anything. But we will see. But yeah that is about it!!! Oh mom tell all the ward thanks for the support, I really feel the love from everyone!!! I got a letter from Tanya Yamauchi today that was a really nice surprise and then the Kraus Family is writing me and that is really nice. It is nice to have the support. Monday is our day to kind of chill out and feel love and to prep ourselves for the next week so it is great to feel so much love!!! Oh also mom with those talks and you copy and paste them to me because I can´t follow the links because it is outside the web pages that we can use so if you can copy and paste the actual words that would be great!!!
Well love you all!!!!
Hermana Hubbard
Monday, December 5, 2011
Ultimo Semana November 28, 2011 #17 letter
Hola!!
Well everything here has been getting better. I´ve had a few rough days this week because I just feel the burden of this area on my shoulders. I just don´t feel quite ready to introduce this area to someone new. It really scares me but what ever it´s fine everything will work out. I had a mild break down last night as we were walking from an appointment but I have an awesome companion and we sat down and talked for awhile about what is going on and how I just need to have more faith.
Well Saturday we had Gloria´s baptism and it was crazy!!!!!!!! And I mean crazy, Hermana Quartino said that it was the craziest baptism she has had in her mission. Well we woke up and were studying and around 10 the branch president called us and was like "I have a surprise for you guys!!" We thought it was food or something . . .then he said "the water it shut off to the chapel because I forgot to pay the water bill" He sent us running to all the different fire stations throughout Encarnacion trying to find one that could come and fill the baptismal font for us. Well we found one that would do i for cheap and then all of their water trucks are in Asuncion right now and so we couldn´t use them. They told us of a different station on the opposite side of our limits and so we headed off basically running. Bought some Empanadas on the way and ate them while we were running. We got there and they said that it was 180mil to fill up the font wilt 1000 liters of water. Just so you know it´s 4mil to a dollar so you can realize how ridiculous that was. So we were like alright well we are going to have a branch building activity of everyone bring buckets and such and coming to our apartment and carrying water a block and a half to the church until the baptismal font is full. We called our district leader so that he could come and help and he called our zone leaders. Well they then called us and said that they were going to try and find something else to do because carrying water to the chapel was going to take all day. So we waited a while while they talked with President Callan abut what we could do. Well they called us and said that the mission was going to pay the passage for everyone on the collectivos to go to rama 2 which is about a 10 to 15 minute bus ride. So we hid that from the members because we knew they wouldn´t come if they found out that they ahd to ride a collectivo there. We called Gloria and her mom and they were fine with it. Well we got everyone in teh chapel and then we told them we were headed to rama 2 and well all the adults besides our branch president, and his counselor and the mom of Gloria stayed all the other adults, "oh I have a different commitment, sorry" Well we headed off with about 10 youth and these three adults. We called the elders to let them know we were coming and they said that they had just seen a miraclc because they had been in the chapel for the past 5 hours trying to get their font to fill up and then they discovered that the pipes the fill the baptismal font are completely rotten and nothing can pass through them and while they were trying to think of what to do the font started filling up and we had water. It was yucky green water, but hey i was water. Well we all got there. the baptism went great, ate some yummy cake and had a fun time and then headed off to catch the collectivo home. Well we walked from about 10 minutes to the bus stop and waited about an hour and it wasn´t coming and it wasn´t coming and it wasn´t coming. Then all of a sudden all we could see all these cop cars and stuff a ways off and we were trying to figure out what it was. Well it was a huge marathon, and so we watched a marathon while we waited and that was quite fun to sit and cheer these people on. Well after about an 1 and a half of waiting we decided to just start walking. So we headed out. It took about an hour to walk home but man it was beautiful, most of the walk was over this bridge that goes over part of the Parana River. We could see Argentina with all of i´s lights on one side, we could see the San Pedro Neighborhood behind us and then Encarnacion in front of us. It was beautiful. We finally made it home about 10 at night. We were way late, and way exhausted but it was worth it. Gloria was super super happy and that is all that matters.
Then Sunday was also really good. We had an attendance of 35 people we were way excited!!! At the end of the meeting one of the ladies that was visiting came up to me and gave me a big hug and with pain in her eyes she asked me to go and please continue to pass by her son and daughter-in-law they were baptized about two years ago and are now less active with 9 children. She just came to me, gave me a big kiss on the forehead because i was playing the piano and could giver her a proper greeting and then just said "please, PLEASE don´t forget about my son. Those are my grandchildren" She started to cry a little and I just watched as her heart broke in front of my eyes. We have stopped passing by this family because we have passed by so many times and every time they hide from us. But now I Have a new desire to pass by and to try to share with them. It was a pass oh so familiar that I say in her eyes, It really made me think of mom and I don´t want this mom to feel the pain that mom feels and so I´m going to work my hardest to try to help this family find the true path again. But that was a way good experience. It´s just amazing how the Lord works, he has ways of telling us what we need to do. I now know that I need to help this family. We just have to figure out a way to get in their door now.
But yeah that is about it this week. Oh and my hope in the ward, the one youth that has a huge desire for the work and wants to help moved yesterday. Pati Ayala, she is like my best friend here, I´m really sad about that!!! But oh well her family needs her more than I need her. But yeah that was about it. OH this week was thanksgiving, well me and Hermana Quartino had way big lans but we were both sick and couldn´t eat anything so I think I ate some toast and drank some water and that is about it. It was quite depressing we were excited for our thanksgiving adventures but oh well. I´m just glad we are better now. Oh and mom don´t worry we are eating well. the branch members love us and so they feed us almost everyday now. We have found our branch grandma too, there is a grandma that wants to take care of you in every branch or ward here and we have found her, our dear Palerma Ayala. She is a sweetheart, she is always bringing us little snacks to eat. And we usually eat at their house on Sunday but they were traveling this Sunday after sunday school and so she brought dinner to us in the chapel so that we could have dinner Sunday it was really fun. and it was delisos also!!!
Oh mom thanks for telling me when Tanner s coming home, you read my mind because I really wanted to know because i was gong to send him a letter but I think I´ll send it to his house now because I doubt he will get it. So will you get me the address to his house please!!!
Well thats all folks!!! Keep praying for me and for the people here in Encarnacion because they need your help always!!!
Love you guys a lot!!
Hermana Hubbard
Well everything here has been getting better. I´ve had a few rough days this week because I just feel the burden of this area on my shoulders. I just don´t feel quite ready to introduce this area to someone new. It really scares me but what ever it´s fine everything will work out. I had a mild break down last night as we were walking from an appointment but I have an awesome companion and we sat down and talked for awhile about what is going on and how I just need to have more faith.
Well Saturday we had Gloria´s baptism and it was crazy!!!!!!!! And I mean crazy, Hermana Quartino said that it was the craziest baptism she has had in her mission. Well we woke up and were studying and around 10 the branch president called us and was like "I have a surprise for you guys!!" We thought it was food or something . . .then he said "the water it shut off to the chapel because I forgot to pay the water bill" He sent us running to all the different fire stations throughout Encarnacion trying to find one that could come and fill the baptismal font for us. Well we found one that would do i for cheap and then all of their water trucks are in Asuncion right now and so we couldn´t use them. They told us of a different station on the opposite side of our limits and so we headed off basically running. Bought some Empanadas on the way and ate them while we were running. We got there and they said that it was 180mil to fill up the font wilt 1000 liters of water. Just so you know it´s 4mil to a dollar so you can realize how ridiculous that was. So we were like alright well we are going to have a branch building activity of everyone bring buckets and such and coming to our apartment and carrying water a block and a half to the church until the baptismal font is full. We called our district leader so that he could come and help and he called our zone leaders. Well they then called us and said that they were going to try and find something else to do because carrying water to the chapel was going to take all day. So we waited a while while they talked with President Callan abut what we could do. Well they called us and said that the mission was going to pay the passage for everyone on the collectivos to go to rama 2 which is about a 10 to 15 minute bus ride. So we hid that from the members because we knew they wouldn´t come if they found out that they ahd to ride a collectivo there. We called Gloria and her mom and they were fine with it. Well we got everyone in teh chapel and then we told them we were headed to rama 2 and well all the adults besides our branch president, and his counselor and the mom of Gloria stayed all the other adults, "oh I have a different commitment, sorry" Well we headed off with about 10 youth and these three adults. We called the elders to let them know we were coming and they said that they had just seen a miraclc because they had been in the chapel for the past 5 hours trying to get their font to fill up and then they discovered that the pipes the fill the baptismal font are completely rotten and nothing can pass through them and while they were trying to think of what to do the font started filling up and we had water. It was yucky green water, but hey i was water. Well we all got there. the baptism went great, ate some yummy cake and had a fun time and then headed off to catch the collectivo home. Well we walked from about 10 minutes to the bus stop and waited about an hour and it wasn´t coming and it wasn´t coming and it wasn´t coming. Then all of a sudden all we could see all these cop cars and stuff a ways off and we were trying to figure out what it was. Well it was a huge marathon, and so we watched a marathon while we waited and that was quite fun to sit and cheer these people on. Well after about an 1 and a half of waiting we decided to just start walking. So we headed out. It took about an hour to walk home but man it was beautiful, most of the walk was over this bridge that goes over part of the Parana River. We could see Argentina with all of i´s lights on one side, we could see the San Pedro Neighborhood behind us and then Encarnacion in front of us. It was beautiful. We finally made it home about 10 at night. We were way late, and way exhausted but it was worth it. Gloria was super super happy and that is all that matters.
Then Sunday was also really good. We had an attendance of 35 people we were way excited!!! At the end of the meeting one of the ladies that was visiting came up to me and gave me a big hug and with pain in her eyes she asked me to go and please continue to pass by her son and daughter-in-law they were baptized about two years ago and are now less active with 9 children. She just came to me, gave me a big kiss on the forehead because i was playing the piano and could giver her a proper greeting and then just said "please, PLEASE don´t forget about my son. Those are my grandchildren" She started to cry a little and I just watched as her heart broke in front of my eyes. We have stopped passing by this family because we have passed by so many times and every time they hide from us. But now I Have a new desire to pass by and to try to share with them. It was a pass oh so familiar that I say in her eyes, It really made me think of mom and I don´t want this mom to feel the pain that mom feels and so I´m going to work my hardest to try to help this family find the true path again. But that was a way good experience. It´s just amazing how the Lord works, he has ways of telling us what we need to do. I now know that I need to help this family. We just have to figure out a way to get in their door now.
But yeah that is about it this week. Oh and my hope in the ward, the one youth that has a huge desire for the work and wants to help moved yesterday. Pati Ayala, she is like my best friend here, I´m really sad about that!!! But oh well her family needs her more than I need her. But yeah that was about it. OH this week was thanksgiving, well me and Hermana Quartino had way big lans but we were both sick and couldn´t eat anything so I think I ate some toast and drank some water and that is about it. It was quite depressing we were excited for our thanksgiving adventures but oh well. I´m just glad we are better now. Oh and mom don´t worry we are eating well. the branch members love us and so they feed us almost everyday now. We have found our branch grandma too, there is a grandma that wants to take care of you in every branch or ward here and we have found her, our dear Palerma Ayala. She is a sweetheart, she is always bringing us little snacks to eat. And we usually eat at their house on Sunday but they were traveling this Sunday after sunday school and so she brought dinner to us in the chapel so that we could have dinner Sunday it was really fun. and it was delisos also!!!
Oh mom thanks for telling me when Tanner s coming home, you read my mind because I really wanted to know because i was gong to send him a letter but I think I´ll send it to his house now because I doubt he will get it. So will you get me the address to his house please!!!
Well thats all folks!!! Keep praying for me and for the people here in Encarnacion because they need your help always!!!
Love you guys a lot!!
Hermana Hubbard
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