August 24, 2015

Mis Queridos

So fun to read about your weeks- you sound like you are doing great! I

am so thankful for your support. You really are the best! To answer

questions, I got to know a little bit more about my new companion this

week since I was with her 24/7 ;) She is 21, from Michigan, studying

photography, and guess what! Youngest of 6 (me too), 4 to serve a

mission (me too), and has 8 nieces and nephews (me too if you don't

count Kevin haha). She is great though I feel so lucky to get to serve

with her. Hearing her testimony every day is such a great experience

for me! She is a hard worker, and i'm very excited for this transfer.

My "not my will but thine will be done" lesson was put into practice

this week. First, with Susi. The reason why she picked her baptismal

date was because it her mom's birthday who died a few years ago. She

was SO excited, not kidding when I say every time she saw me she would

tell me how many days are left. The problem is that weekend is our

Stake Conference and so we aren't allowed to have baptisms that

weekend. Her face was so disappointed when she found out. We are

trying to see if we can move the date around, but she has her heart

pretty set on that day so we will see. Vanessa and Lilian are kind of

in the same situation, only with different commandments. We tried to

set some plans with them involving dates, but by the end my companion

and I both felt like as far as baptism goes, we felt we needed to be

patient. They both have strong testimonies and desires to be members

of the church, but have things they need to work out first. Is it the

most ideal situation for us? No, but I learned this week I want what

The Lord wants to happen. The Lord has a plan for these three

incredible women and I am so grateful for the opportunity to teach

them and see their testimonies grow every week.

On a happier note though, I have two new people to tell you about! The

first is Danny. He stopped us on the guagua wanting to know more about

the mormon church. It was so cute he came to english class and when he

was introducing himself he said, "Hi i'm Danny, and I'm here because I

want to learn more about Mormons." Ah! We met with him after that to

teach him lesson 1 haha :) He is accepting what we have taught so far

and is reading, so we are really excited to see his progress! We also

got a reference from the hermanas in Telde of a woman named Marina.

She is from Brazil and she is the most caring person! We were able to

have a lesson with her this week with a member from Brazil, and now

they are best friends. She came to church yesterday and loved it! She

fit right in it was great.

The Miñaca Family is doing great as well. Their situation is a little

different because they are practicing evangelists. Like, the dad is

the priest and everything. I was super intimidated at first, but we

started teaching and The Spirit took over. We taught The Plan of

Salvation and they had so many great questions!! They also have a son

that isn't active in their church that they want us to meet. I'm

trying not to get my hopes up, but they love the Book of Mormon and

want us to teach their son, so I can't help but be excited for this

family! It will be little by little, but they really are great.

So long this week I'm so sorry! I need to share something funny. We

had a stake activity this week up in the north of this island and I

got absolutely fried. Seriously everyone was calling me a lobster

yesterday at church. Missionary tan lines are the best! We went hiking

this morning to a place called Roque Nublo, and that didn't help

anything haha! Way fun though, this island is gorgeous.

I love being a missionary. This is The Lord's work and I am so

grateful to be apart of it! I love you and hope you have a great week!

xo,

Hermana Marsh

 Stake activity! First with my companion 

 and later with Naty and Stefi,  Susi's girls :)

 Missionaries in Gran Canaria!

Hi tenerife!

 Here we are at the top of Roque Nublo!

 

Yami came!! Words don't describe how much I love her. She really is
one of my best friends!

 The most amazing views!