GUYS.
I went back to Tacna to do Divisions with our Hermana Leaders on Friday and guys I GOT TO SEE MY INVESTIGATOR PAMELA!! She got baptized yesterday <3 and she was so happy and excited to be getting baptized! I didn't get to go to her baptism but I loved getting to see her.
I love getting to be a person that helps people make changes in their lives. I've seen this gospel change so many lives here. Its truly amazing. <3
This week me and Hermana Wilson have been living it up here in San Francisco in Moquegua. We go running in the mornings and walk up steep hills and all the stairs they have here.
There are lots of people here who are prepared for the gospel its amazing!! We're gonna have a baptism this week and that should be fun! Her name is Stefania and she has a CRAZY strong testimony and I´m so glad I got to be here and meet her.
Guys the Lord loves us. Even though we have lots of trials we can still find the blessings from our Heavenly Father. He will always show us His love. He will send us help when we need it.
Thank yall for your Love, Support and Prayers :)
I love yall lots
Until we meet again next P-day
<3 Hermana Howe
FOTOS:
1-Pamela :) shes all baptized and stuff now :) Talking about serving a mission too <3
2-This is my companion I had for 3 days the other week. Hermana Cruz. Also the sash that Hermana Wood and Hermana Poulson made me wear on my birthday last week.
Hey yall :)
Thanks to everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday :) yall are the best.
This week was CRAZY. So I was in my area with Hermana Cruz for about 4 days. And we had some other rather interesting experiences. So I had some trouble with my anxiety and I had to be emergency transferred (again) to the mission home. So I stayed in the mission home for about a day to settle down. I spent sometime with President and Hermana Johnson which helped me calm down. I love those guys :_)
They then put me in the trio again with Hermana Poulson and Hermana Wood which was SO HELPFUL. We had blast being together again and speaking horribly grammatically incorrect English haha. They definitely have become some of my best friends.
And yesterday at night they took me to the house of a member who is from Utah to have a small celebration for my birthday. I got to eat chocolate pie :)
This morning I then traveled to the beautiful, hilly and sunny. MOQUEGUA. I am now with Hermana Wilson from Texas. I'm about 4 hours from Arequipa. So that was a fun bus ride for my birthday.
Yall. The Lord loves us. Sometimes we don't why things happen but we always have a loving Heavenly Fathre and a Savior who suffered for us.
I love you all
Until we meet again next P-day
Hermana Howe
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Fotos Next week ya? :)
Hola Mi familia y Amigos,
It's taken me a long time to figure out what to say to y'all this week. This week was the scariest hardest week of my life.
I had an emergency transfer to Arequipa this past week.
I had an experience that I think changed my whole life.
I just want y'all to know that I am SAFE. I have really great leaders here in the mission that helped me alot.
We were robbed in the street and it was a very traumatic experience for me.
But like I said I have awesome leaders. So the Zone Leaders came and they read Doctrine and Covenants 122 with us. It was really powerful.
It says
´´ If thou art called to pass through tribulation; if thou art in perils among false brethren; if thou art in perils among robbers; if thou art in perils by land or by sea.
...know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good.´´
Yes this experience was hard but sometimes we just gotta go through it.
So after this experience, I was immediately transferred to Arequipa (I flew in a plane which was a really interesting mid-mission experience)
I was then put in a trio with 2 hermana leaders from Utah and that was so fun! They really helped me to try and get over the thoughts and feelings.
I never thought that something like this would happen on my mission.
This week was cambios so I now have a new companion. Shes also from Argentina. Her name is Hermana Cruz and shes way cool.
I have a strong testimony, That our Heavenly Father loves us. And sometimes we might not always understand what happens to us. But I know that I was protected and that EVERYTHING happens for a reason.
My Dad just sent me this quote and its so true.
´´We cannot control all that happens to us, but we have absolute control over how we respond to the changes. —W. Christopher Waddell´´
It´s gonna be hard. But I know that God has a plan and all things will work out for our good.
I love yall so much.
Thank you for your prayers and your love
Until we meet again next p-day
Hermana Howe <3
Fotos <3
1-The best district ever. Miss these Elders
2-The last doughnut with Hermana Batallanes. Yall these doughnuts are so good and only cost 1 sole.
3-Our Super Awesome Trio of Gringas. Hermana Wood, Hermana Poulson and I. We lowkey didn't want to stop being a trio. <3
