Mission Baby

Happy Tuesday! Sorry for emailing a day late. Don't worry, I'm alive!

I have officially hit 9 months in the mission, which means I'm halfway done! I remember when I was a brand new missionary and it seemed like my halfway mark was years away. But now here I am with just 9 months left! I don't know how the first 9 months went by so fast... and I hear the second 9 months goes by even faster... I just need to make the most of every day I have!

Well, William is still in the hospital. He keeps saying he should get out soon but then his time to leave keeps getting pushed back. This week we visited him in the hospital with two of the elders in our district. They gave him a blessing and we taught him a lesson. He really misses learning more about the Gospel. We can't wait for him to get well and get home so we can teach him again and he can start progressing again.

So a couple weeks ago I wrote about this tiny Mexican bakery we went to and how we got into a discussion with the manager and he ended up paying for our tacos. Well this week we went to that same place to get dinner, and there were a couple Mexicans there that we started talking to about the Gospel. They asked us a lot of questions about who we are and what we do and why we do it. One of them noticed we didn't have drinks and he bought us peach juice, and the other ended up paying for our tacos before we could stop him and said "Parece muy bien lo que ustedes hacen y por eso ya lo pague" (It seems that what you do is a very good thing so I paid for it). We got their information and we have an appointment with one of them tonight and the other one tomorrow night! Hopefully they will both become new investigators!

Saturday there was a big Relief Society activity at the church to celebrate the birthday of the Relief Society. There were a bunch of fun activities and a ton of food (because what kind of Hispanic activity of any sort doesn't have a ton of food) and it ended with the broadcast of the women's session of General Conference. The whole thing was great. Our investigator Luz came and she absolutely loved it! She was taking pictures and videos with her iPad the whole time haha

Yesterday for Pday there was a special activity for all the sisters in the mission! It was in Morristown and it takes about 3 hours to get there from Toms River so it took up the entire Pday, which is why I am emailing today instead. It was Luau-themed and really fun! There were a couple speakers and games and we did hula and had a great Hawaiian lunch. It was also my first time seeing my trainer Sister Galvan in three months!! She goes home pretty soon :(

Easter and General Conference are both this weekend! Super exciting! The church has put out a new Easter video called "Because He Lives" and we have been given a ton of pass-along cards about this video to give to people. I know miracles can come from the holiday pass-along cards because I've seen them happen. That's how we first contacted golden Carlos- with a Christmas pass-along card. I am excited to see the results and the new investigators we can find using this video! Anyone who hasn't seen it yet should check it out! helives.mormon.org