First Week in MMM

Hola Familia!!!!!!!!!

I made it to beautiful Minnesota! It is so amazing here and I truly already love it!! It is bitter cold. It is cold the second you walk out the door. It is crazy because in Utah you can be outside for a second and be fine but in Minnesota its like you are bundled up to be in the snow and still can feel the cold pierce you the moment you walk outside. But it really isn't so bad because I have lots of good stuff to keep me warm and I am so focused on the work that is the last thing I have to be worried about!

My mission president and wife are so cool and great I cant wait to get to know them more and my companion Hermana jones is amazing! She is so diligent and is teaching me a lot im really excited to work with her! So I have seen so many miracles from just my short time being here I see a miracle everyday. I invited 11 people to be baptized and taught 16 restoration lessons! It is sometimes a little intimidating to have to go knocking on everyone doors but it is so rewarding and some people actually listen and invite you to come in! In real life I would probably be really scared of trailer parks but believe it or not that is where a lot of my time is spent! All of the Mexicans live in the trailer parks so that's where we are needed most of the time. It is really dirty so I usually just take a deep breath and put on my smile and just let the spirit and the lord do the rest. One funny story.. so we had an appointment with a guy named Pablo but a lot of Mexicans are bad at planning and following through with commitments. So it was getting pretty late and we really wanted to teach him and we knew he was home cause we could see everyone in the trailer. They wouldn't answer the door and so I had to go completely out of my comfort zone and knock on the door and call his name out twice! It sounds pretty ridiculous but god wont bless us until after the trail of our faith! He never came to the door but I know the lord blesses us for putting in everything we have! Also last night while teaching a 13 year old from Chicago while we were walking out the door said "God has blessed you two with cuteness" hahahaha it was really funny.

One crazy awesome experience was we went and did service for these people we meet who were member of the Methodist church we helped them move buildings and it was weird because I never really had a testimony of how our church really is the house of the Lord. I didn't feel the spirit in their building at all it just felt like another building and It made me so grateful for our church and just built my testimony again that our church is TRUE!! They also bought us lunch at this awesome Mexican restaurant that is in town and a few of our investigators work there so cool!

 A miracle this week was meeting and teaching a man named Gustavo. He was unloading things from his car and I thought what a great opportunity to serve and meet someone. So we went up and started talking with him and he was so nice! Since he was a male we couldn't go inside but he was thankfully willing to go and talk in the laundry mat! That was a blessing in itself so we didn't have to freeze! So we taught him the Restoration and he was really receptive and had wonderful questions he also believed it! He couldn't commit to a baptismal date because his work schedule is always so crazy but he said he would be baptized! Also we asked him to pray and he did! He was scared and unsure because he had NEVER before prayed in his life. Sure enough he prayed and he sounded like an old pro. I know that was the Lord and I know that was a miracle. I love watching this work go forward it is truly the most amazing thing ever!

I am already in love with this area and being blessed so much please keep Domingo, Elvia, Kayla, missy, Valeria and Gaspar in your prayers those are some of our investigators!

I LOVE YOU ALL!

Make it a great week and have a happy valentines day!

xoxoxox

Pictures:

1. Companeras

2. Crazy Cold Companeras

3. Here's the snow!!!!