Congreso - Post 4

Hello everyone!

So this is my last week of this transfer! QUE LOCO!  I´ve been here for 5 weeks.  Sometimes I feel like I´ve been here forever and sometimes I feel like I just got here yesterday!  To be honest I really don´t remember much of what happened this week.  We still don´t have any investigators.  It´s frustrating because we are working hard and every day are thinking about what we can do better as missionaries to find those who need this message in their lives.  It´s hard in the city and we realized that we need to strengthen the ward here and help them to have the vision of missionary work in this area because without their help, missionary work here is next to impossible.  So we´ve been visiting with the members and teaching lessons about la obra missional and helping them to remember why this gospel is so important to them and help them to have the desire to share the joy and happiness that this gospel brings and how important it is for everyone to have the chance to hear this gospel. Also, the ward is working on putting together a ward mission plan to help the ward work together to crecer the obra missional aca en congreso (grow the missionary work here in Congresso).  We´re really excited to work better with the members and ward leaders here!  I just hope we stay here another transfer to help continue the growth in the missionary work and work with the ward to bring more souls to Christ.

Hermana Mowry and our
Littlest Christmas Tree

We´re still working with quite a few of the less-active members here and we´ve had some really AWESOME lessons with them-full of the Spirit!  We are working with Andres y Milagros.  They are a brother and sister that got baptized when they were very young and became inactive very quickly because they didn´t really have the support of their family.  Right now he´s 19 and she´s 22. It´s crazy to think I´m the same age as Andres!  We were teaching them the Plan of Salvation and talking about what we need to do in this life.  One of which is keeping the commandments so I mentioned the law of chastity, and he was like what´s that?  SO we set another appointment to teach him the law of chastity.  It´s so crazy that we're the same age but I'm on a mission teaching him about the law of chastity.  It was a really good lesson though, both of them were.   

I got the first 2 boxes on Tuesday from Mom!  Muchas Gracias!  I finished off the bag of white cheddar popcorn yesterday.  I made it last 6 days! haha you should be so proud of me :)  I am doing pretty well rationing out the rest of the edible things you sent me.  Our apartment is now very much christmas-afied and it´s awesome :)  We rearranged our apartment for the 2nd time this week and now it´s super spacious and awesome. 

En realidad (Really) I have no idea what else to tell you all.  I´m doing well and enjoying my time here!  I miss  you all and wish you a very merry christmas season and will see you in about 15 months!  

Lots of Love,

Hermana Allison Scarlett

My first bowl of grits since leaving the states - YUMMY!!!