So what happened this week? Well, IT´S 2014! QUE LOCO! It´s even crazier to think that I will be in the mission THE WHOLE YEAR! It´s kinda awesome because I can focus all of my goals and what I'm going to accomplish here in my mission this year. What a blessing :) So how did we festivate this holiday? Eating of Course! We had a HUGE lunch and 2 HUGE DINNERS New Year´s Eve! Oh man I was just way super stuffed. As for the rest of this week, just the norm - talking to loads of people, visiting the members - both less active and recent converts.
As for Santa. We had 2 more REALLY great lessons and set an appointment for another one, but she cancelled. All week we've been trying to set another appointment but she kept cancelling or wouldn't set a specific time. Then she stopped answering our calls and texts. I was super worried about her. We saw her Sunday morning in the street before church and stopped and chatted with her. She said she's grateful for our help and what but decided she doesn't want what we have. I asked her if she prayed about what she taught. She said yes. Then I asked her how she felt and she said "I just want to continue with what I´ve always had." What can we do? She had it set in her mind that she was just going to continue in her old ways. She didn't want to change. It was sad because she is looking for more in her life to help her and I KNOW without a doubt that we have it. I want to help her so much and really have a lot of love for her. But what can we do? Everyone has their own agency.
On another note, we have another investigator. His name is Felipe and lives with Jose Navarro, a less active member we are working with. They are friends from Colombia and came here to study together. We passed by to have a lesson with Jose and Felipe and his girlfriend were there. So we invited them to join us in the lesson and they said they would. We talked about the Book of Mormon and why it´s important. I invited them to be baptized and they said Yes! They are so sincere and really want to have God more involved in their lives. The girlfriend doesn't live in our area though. We gave them each a Books of Mormon to read and are excited to continue working with Felipe.
As for my Spanish, I am doing WAY better than my first day here. I am able to have conversations with people and I'm really working hard to have good grammar. Sometimes I'll be talking and then a minute later realize I said it wrong! But I am doing so much better. It´s so much easier and I am loving every second here.
So that´s pretty much it. Feliz Año Nuevo les amo mucho!
Hermana Allison Scarlett
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