Alright
well ready for the big news? Just finished my 2nd transfer of the
mission and ready for it....I'm staying here!! Haha wasn't
surprised about that though. Newbill is staying too! I probs would
have vetoed president though if he moved her because she only has 1
more transfer left (6weeks) before I kill her off and she dies
(translation- "ends her mission"). But here's the
twist...we are getting a baby and are going to be training! Well
Newbills the trainer so naturally I'm the assistant trainer. So yeah
I'm going to be in a tripanionship this next transfer...Newbill and I
were not excited about this when we found out. We had literally just
been talking about how
much we would hate to be in a tripanionship a few days before. Just
goes to show you that Gods going to give you exactly what you need. I
think we are going to learn a lot this transfer. We have been making
guesses about what the baby's going to be like...I've settled on a
native Guatemalan health nut philanthropist because we've each been
praying and trying to speak more Spanish to each other, eat healthier
and be more charitable. So knowing HF hes probably going to give us
someone that's going to force me to learn these things. I'm excited
though. Part of getting a trainee right now though means that I will
probs finish training her after Newbill leaves since she is going
home half way through baby's training. So basically here's how it's
going to go down...6 weeks from now my I'm going to kill off my mom
and then will be taking custody of my little sister. The mission
field is a pretty messed up place. We will be going to transfer
meeting up in Tampa to pick up our child on Thursday... So stay tuned
to meet our newest member of the family.
- This week was kind of slow buuut we had 4 baptisms on Sunday so I
guess you could say that made up for it haha. It was the baptism of
the 4 little girls from part member families! The baptism was so
good! It was kind of crazy getting everything ready for it since we
had it
right
after church and pretty much the entire Ward stayed for it but it was
a big success. I love these 4 girls so much...they were so excited to
be baptized. I loved waiting with them in the back as they all waited
anxiously in line for their turn to go down into the water. One of
the little girls who was baptized is the daughter of Magaly, the
woman who got baptized a few weeks ago who had been investigating for
over a year. When Jocelyn (her daughter) was confirmed president
blessed her during the confirmation that she would one day be
married and
sealed in the temple and I just got chills right then the spirit was
so strong. I just felt so strongly that we really can be with our
family and loved ones forever. That the priesthood and the covenants
we make during baptism and in the temple are real and that the bonds
we share with each other don't end at death but can strengthen
eternally. After the baptism we had a huge party because it was fast
Sunday and we had four baptisms and a branch full of hungry Hispanics
so naturally that means tons of meat and rice and tortillas and
bread. It was
so much fun to just spend time all together celebrating as a Ward.
They are starting to feel like my family I love them.
-
okay going back in time! On Tuesday we had the sisters conference at
St Petersburg which was awesome. We talked a lot about the talk from
conference "approaching the throne of God with confidence"
which was my favorite talk this session. I love how simple and direct
it is...it really just outlines to the point how we need to be
applying the gospel in our lives. I know the atonement is real and
that we need to use it daily. Repentance isn't a bad thing. In fact
it's the opposite. And it's not just something we do for our big
mistakes. Repentance is something we should do joyfully and
constantly. It's an opportunity to try a little harder to be a little
better and to be a little happier every day. Im So grateful that we
have a never ending potential, that we can never reach a point in our
lives where we can say alright I'mgood enough. Because of the
atonement and Gods plan for us, we can always progress. There really
is no limit.
-
Halloween was pureety crazy this year. We went to a raging Ward trunk
or treat, got like a mini sand wich bag full of candy and dressed up
like missionaries. And wait for it....wait for it......we even
switched name tags. I know I know we probably went a little too far
but I couldn't help myself. Haha but yeah we didn't really do much
for Halloween. Apparently people don't really want to hear about the
restored gospel of Jesus Christ when they can walk around in costumes
and get free candy. Who knew. The trunk or treat was the night
before and
the night of Halloween we went to a members house for a little bit
and ate hotdogs and talked to their nonmember friends there and that
was about it. But we actually got some pretty solid referencias from
them!
-
One cool thing that happened was on Wednesday! we have been
teaching a less active who's husband is not a member and a few weeks
ago we had a really awesome lesson and asked if we could have a
lesson with both her and her husband and she said yes. We have been
trying to set up the lesson since then and we're finally able to have
it this week. Of course the only time they could meet was during the
English Ward trunk or treat so we weren't able to go to that but we
were like yeah this is definitely way more important than any piece
of candy we could get haha. At first her husband seemed a little
hesitant to be there and seemed like he was just there to make his
wife happy. But as we started teaching him he got more comfortable,
started asking questions and opening up more. I know it was because
the spirit was there and he was feeling it! We got him to offer a
kneeling prayer at the end and he said he would be baptized when he
knew our message was true! He said we could come back next week to
teach him again and then he came to the baptism we had on Sunday with
his wife!
- We weren't able to see Gino this week again...I'm kind of worried
about him. He's putting work and other things before God again and
wasn't able to go to church either. We are still working with him
though and he knows the church is true so it's only a matter of time
until
he gets baptized.
- We weren't able to see marcela or Maria this week either...everyone
just needs to stop working and having lives. We are staying positive
though and are just praying that God will continue to put those who
are prepared in our path!
-
It's getting cold here! Either that or I'm becoming a whimp...Newbill
told me that it gets kind of cold here and I didn't believe her but
saturday and Sunday it was like 65 degrees! Haha ok that
sounds bad I guess I am a whimp but it really was pretty cold. It's
getting me excited for the holidays though. Hope everyone has a great
week! Love you!
Hermana
Baugh
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