We've had a nice week... worked hard and have been finding miracles and blessings.
Recently we have been working with two people who have the potential to be baptized this week and really want to be. They are progressing very well and we're hoping to have one of their baptisms on Wednesday. It will be a sister named Violet who listened to the Gospel a couple of years ago but just wasn't ready quite yet to be baptized. She ended up having to move out of the area for a few months, but just recently we found her back in the area and have been working with her. She says every time we see her that she just wants to be baptized now. So we're going to work with her the last bit necessary and hopefully she can be baptized this week!
Also we have Alberto. He's a great guy now.. One who I think I told you a bit about. He used to drink and had been drinking the day we got there, but since then has not. He is very excited to follow Christ. The other day he called his mom and told her that he is changing and will be baptized this week and she supports him. He's a full grown man, but wanted to share this part of his life with his mother. It's cool to see that he feels good about himself and is truly starting to grow in the gospel. I know he'll make a great member!
This will be a great way to end this transfer and have a great last week! I'm happy and just keep on working to the end. Hermana Coronado is a great worker and dedicated missionary. Even though I sometimes feel like she doesn't like me or that what I'm doing bugs her, I'm really grateful to know her and to work with her.
I'm feeling well and am excited about the work and will keep it up until the end.
Have a great week everyone. Enjoy the heat like I have and do good things! Love you all! I know the church is true and I know the Gospel is here for US!
Hermana Humphrey
Monday, June 29, 2015
Monday, June 22, 2015
A Good Week
This week has had some ups and some downs, but it has been a good week that we've been able to enjoy together. We had the opportunity to go to the temple and do family names this week which was super great and the results of our work that day were great with the spirit and happiness that the temple gave us. I'm so glad to have the temple here in our area.. even though sometimes it is a challenge because everyone has seen it and thus there is more work being done by Satan with all of the people here. We had a two days that we had the full day with appointments planned, but between the two days only one of them was able to receive us. All the others either weren't home or weren't able to listen at the time, but we still kept working on and did all we could to find people to teach. It wasn't easy, but I know the Lord is testing our faith to see how strong we are and it depends on me to do all I can to keep the work going and find the miracles.
We've seen many miracles this week even with these things that have been a bit hard. We're working with a young man who has been less active for most of the time he's been a member. He wants to learn English better - well practice - so we have just started to teach him (in English) when he's here in town. Yesterday he invited his friend who is not a member to also come and listen and he has a good desire to learn more and come unto Christ. Sometimes the miracles are things like the fact that we both speak English. We've found a couple of different people that way which is cool.
Another miracle is Alberto. He is a reference from a member here. We went to see him a week and a half ago and he went to church last Sunday and also yesterday. His friend who told us about him has told us that Alberto no longer is drinking since the first day we met with him. And he is preparing to be baptized. It's great to see the true desire in people's hearts and help them to change.
I hope you all have a great week and enjoy all you do!
Hermana Humphrey
We've seen many miracles this week even with these things that have been a bit hard. We're working with a young man who has been less active for most of the time he's been a member. He wants to learn English better - well practice - so we have just started to teach him (in English) when he's here in town. Yesterday he invited his friend who is not a member to also come and listen and he has a good desire to learn more and come unto Christ. Sometimes the miracles are things like the fact that we both speak English. We've found a couple of different people that way which is cool.
Another miracle is Alberto. He is a reference from a member here. We went to see him a week and a half ago and he went to church last Sunday and also yesterday. His friend who told us about him has told us that Alberto no longer is drinking since the first day we met with him. And he is preparing to be baptized. It's great to see the true desire in people's hearts and help them to change.
I hope you all have a great week and enjoy all you do!
Hermana Humphrey
Monday, June 15, 2015
Hola de Tuxtla
Hey! This week has been a good one. We've had a good time working together and keep on finding miracles and working for the Lord. We have had a brother accompany us a few times this week and it has been great because he is a fairly new member and has been excited to work with us and present us to people he knows and to people the other missionaries have taught. It's been a cool experience and through him we have found a brother named Alberto. We had a short lesson with him the day we met him. He is a middle aged man who is addicted to alcohol (so we will always go with a member) and he has the desire to quit and to change his life. The brother that was with us offered to stop by for him to go to church and he actually accepted and went. He is already being friendshipped in the church and is learning bit by bit.
We also found a brother who has all the attendances that he needs to be baptized and he just was drinking back when the other missionaries were teaching him. When we met him, we asked him the baptismal questions and he is prepared - has stopped drinking, is still reading the Book of Mormon and remembers what the others have taught. He accepted to be baptized too! The problem is that he works a lot (out of town) so he's hard to find. But we want to work hard still so we can find him and help him come closer unto Christ.
We're working with a couple of other great people who are doing great and progressing bit by bit and I'm excited to keep working with them and help them to prepare to be a faithful member of the church!
I had an intercambio up in Cintalapa (about 1.5 hours away). It was fun to be in a little small town again. Each day as I work here I'm finding new things and learning new things and it's weird as I'm getting closer to the end to see all the things I've done, changed and learned! The mission is great!!
I hope you all have a fun week and do great things!
Hermana Humphrey
We also found a brother who has all the attendances that he needs to be baptized and he just was drinking back when the other missionaries were teaching him. When we met him, we asked him the baptismal questions and he is prepared - has stopped drinking, is still reading the Book of Mormon and remembers what the others have taught. He accepted to be baptized too! The problem is that he works a lot (out of town) so he's hard to find. But we want to work hard still so we can find him and help him come closer unto Christ.
We're working with a couple of other great people who are doing great and progressing bit by bit and I'm excited to keep working with them and help them to prepare to be a faithful member of the church!
I had an intercambio up in Cintalapa (about 1.5 hours away). It was fun to be in a little small town again. Each day as I work here I'm finding new things and learning new things and it's weird as I'm getting closer to the end to see all the things I've done, changed and learned! The mission is great!!
I hope you all have a fun week and do great things!
Hermana Humphrey
Monday, June 8, 2015
Hey Hey :)
We've had some good experiences this week. One is that we're working with two sisters from around San Cristobal that speak Tsosilt (and also Spanish fairly well). They both have the desire to change their lives and be baptized and have a date right now for the 4th. I'm happy to be able to work with them and am excited to see their progress! We also have a few people who have several times they've been to church so we're working with them and it will be great to see the change in them too!
It's been a great week full of lots of work and all kinds of fun. We had an intercambio that went well and was enjoyable. I was with a sister named Hna. Allende. We had a service opportunity too.. we helped a member move in to her new house.
It's also really cool because sometimes we find people who are at the church and we just happen to be there too and they want to know more about the temple. It's a great experience to be able to find these people who truly have a desire to get to know the Gospel and have an eternal family by going to the temple! Even though these people we've found aren't from our area, we're finding people and helping them learn and change. It's great!
It's a little weird as things are starting to come to the close, but I am so happy being here, learning from the other sisters and doing the work of the Lord - helping others come unto him. I love the scripture 2 Timothy 2:10. I hope you can all take a minute and read it and think about how you can all apply it too! Lots of love your way! Have a great week!
Hermana Humphrey
It's been a great week full of lots of work and all kinds of fun. We had an intercambio that went well and was enjoyable. I was with a sister named Hna. Allende. We had a service opportunity too.. we helped a member move in to her new house.
It's also really cool because sometimes we find people who are at the church and we just happen to be there too and they want to know more about the temple. It's a great experience to be able to find these people who truly have a desire to get to know the Gospel and have an eternal family by going to the temple! Even though these people we've found aren't from our area, we're finding people and helping them learn and change. It's great!
It's a little weird as things are starting to come to the close, but I am so happy being here, learning from the other sisters and doing the work of the Lord - helping others come unto him. I love the scripture 2 Timothy 2:10. I hope you can all take a minute and read it and think about how you can all apply it too! Lots of love your way! Have a great week!
Hermana Humphrey
Monday, June 1, 2015
New Beginnings
This week has been a super crazy week here in Bonampak. We've been working hard and been looking all over our area trying to find the members and new people to teach. We feel kind of like we're opening the area because I don't have much time here and my companion is brand new in the area. So we've looked for all the less active members this week (not quite all of them yet, but lots) and we've found some great investigators in the process.
On Wednesday we got a message from someone we contacted about a month ago saying he wanted to join our church. We thought that was too good to be true, but planned a day to meet with him anyway. He ended up being someone who really does want to change and accept the gospel and accepted a baptismal date. Also a girl who is from San Cristobal area (where they speak a different language/dialect) and she wants to come to church and wants to be baptized. It was really cool to meet her and she also introduced us to her sister. So we're starting to teach them. They both came to church yesterday and several others who we visited came too (that are less actives and a few investigators). It was a good week. It's been a bit tiring, but so great and I am happy to have been able to be here working and finding the many people and miracles waiting to be found. We've seen many this week! It's a big miracle that we have even been able to find some people to teach and get them to church and I know that there are many who are here just waiting to be found! There are always miracles if you let them happen and invite them in. I hope to continue seeing them and that this will be the greatest transfer!
Hope you are all doing wonderful and that you have an enjoyable week!
Hermana Humphrey
On Wednesday we got a message from someone we contacted about a month ago saying he wanted to join our church. We thought that was too good to be true, but planned a day to meet with him anyway. He ended up being someone who really does want to change and accept the gospel and accepted a baptismal date. Also a girl who is from San Cristobal area (where they speak a different language/dialect) and she wants to come to church and wants to be baptized. It was really cool to meet her and she also introduced us to her sister. So we're starting to teach them. They both came to church yesterday and several others who we visited came too (that are less actives and a few investigators). It was a good week. It's been a bit tiring, but so great and I am happy to have been able to be here working and finding the many people and miracles waiting to be found. We've seen many this week! It's a big miracle that we have even been able to find some people to teach and get them to church and I know that there are many who are here just waiting to be found! There are always miracles if you let them happen and invite them in. I hope to continue seeing them and that this will be the greatest transfer!
Hope you are all doing wonderful and that you have an enjoyable week!
Hermana Humphrey
Monday, May 25, 2015
Jola ;)
Hey amigos! I hope all is well in the land of red white and blue! This week has been a good one... A bit crazy! But good though. We've had two intercambios with the sisters in our zone to finish them all off for the transfer. We made it just in time. So I got to go up to Cintelapa which was fun. It was nice to be in a littler town again to work. It's a lot more fun there. (Even though I still believe in Bigish cities for living). Then on Friday we had an intercambio where I stayed in my area with (guess who?) Hermana Bate! My companion from the MTC! So that was way fun. I did get a little stressed out because I got a little lost trying to find a street that we were looking for. We passed by it like four times and as we were talking to someone, I got hit by a mango (eaten) from someone who threw it out their window of their car. Cool..
It was super great though being with her because we had fun and also we taught a lesson in English to a guy who is learning and knows a lot of English. The funny thing is that we struggled to be able to speak English. It was almost a year and a half ago that we were struggling together to teach in Spanish! Oh how things have changed! It was cool!
Good things also happened on Saturday! First.. We got to go do a service activity. All of the missionaries serving in Tuxtla went out to collect plastic bottles on the streets of Tuxtla. We filled up a huge truck by the end! That was fun to do! And then we got back and went to the church to get the font ready and stopped by the temple to see the people who came.. Guess who came this weekend?! The people from my ward in Tapachula!! It was so cool! Even though only about 10-15 came, it was so great to be able to see people from my ward again! And I also saw Hermana Agustin there because the branch she's in came up to the temple too! It was a great morning!
Then in the afternoon we went to the baptism!! A sister we've been teaching for the time I've been here was able to get baptized on Saturday! She's so great and so excited to be a member and will do a lot of good here in the ward!
By now I'm a little stressed because my companion is finishing her mission and is leaving the area to me to figure out. She's helped me a lot to feel better and get to know the area, but it's still a little hard. Also we have some trainings to do this week, but all in all it's great! There's a lot of work, but I'm here to do it! YAY!
Have a fun week! Love ya!
Hermana Humphrey
It was super great though being with her because we had fun and also we taught a lesson in English to a guy who is learning and knows a lot of English. The funny thing is that we struggled to be able to speak English. It was almost a year and a half ago that we were struggling together to teach in Spanish! Oh how things have changed! It was cool!
Good things also happened on Saturday! First.. We got to go do a service activity. All of the missionaries serving in Tuxtla went out to collect plastic bottles on the streets of Tuxtla. We filled up a huge truck by the end! That was fun to do! And then we got back and went to the church to get the font ready and stopped by the temple to see the people who came.. Guess who came this weekend?! The people from my ward in Tapachula!! It was so cool! Even though only about 10-15 came, it was so great to be able to see people from my ward again! And I also saw Hermana Agustin there because the branch she's in came up to the temple too! It was a great morning!
Then in the afternoon we went to the baptism!! A sister we've been teaching for the time I've been here was able to get baptized on Saturday! She's so great and so excited to be a member and will do a lot of good here in the ward!
By now I'm a little stressed because my companion is finishing her mission and is leaving the area to me to figure out. She's helped me a lot to feel better and get to know the area, but it's still a little hard. Also we have some trainings to do this week, but all in all it's great! There's a lot of work, but I'm here to do it! YAY!
Have a fun week! Love ya!
Hermana Humphrey
Monday, May 18, 2015
Special Week
So this week went great! We were able to work a lot and do lots of great things. We had intercambios with the sisters from a little town (not as little as Zanate, but smaller than Tuxtla for sure) so I got to go work up there for a bit and it was fun! And even cooler, I was with Hermana Westbrook from my MTC district! So that was great!
On Saturday, Ceci came to the temple and while she was here we were able to meet up and see her for a little bit, so that was fun. We didn't stay with her too long, but it was nice to be able to see her. Sadly, I didn't see anyone else from the branch, but at least her and some people I sort of know from the district.
And we had this really cool experience.. The other day we were leaving the church/temple grounds and had a great experience. My companion decided to talk to the guard who watches over the grounds. He was there for the first time which called her attention. He didn't seem to be a member from the way he spoke (but later we found out he is just a less active member) so we asked him if we could sing a hymn and share a short message. So we went to the bench outside of the temple and sang him a hymn. With that hymn a parable that Jesus taught came to my mind, but I thought it didn't seem necessary to share it.. but then I did. With that it really made him ponder and he realized that he should start coming back to church. He started to cry and just really felt the Spirit guiding him and reminding him. I feel like that lesson changed him and what he has waiting in his future. He now wants to change and will be able to have a better life. It was definitely spirit guided and we were able to help him change.
Besides that we had stake conference. We have a new investigator we're teaching in English so he can practice and it's great because he actually wants to learn. He cam from about 30 minutes away for us to teach him and we offered for him to go to the Priesthood session with the bishop and a few others who were there and he said yes. So it was great because he could go to that. Usually new people are really unsure about that kind of stuff especially when the missionaries aren't in there with them, but he's great! So that's exciting!
I know the Lord has people like him waiting! We just have to go and find them. And he will help them to change and have a better life! I'm happy to be part of the work!
Have a great week!
Hermana Humphrey
On Saturday, Ceci came to the temple and while she was here we were able to meet up and see her for a little bit, so that was fun. We didn't stay with her too long, but it was nice to be able to see her. Sadly, I didn't see anyone else from the branch, but at least her and some people I sort of know from the district.
And we had this really cool experience.. The other day we were leaving the church/temple grounds and had a great experience. My companion decided to talk to the guard who watches over the grounds. He was there for the first time which called her attention. He didn't seem to be a member from the way he spoke (but later we found out he is just a less active member) so we asked him if we could sing a hymn and share a short message. So we went to the bench outside of the temple and sang him a hymn. With that hymn a parable that Jesus taught came to my mind, but I thought it didn't seem necessary to share it.. but then I did. With that it really made him ponder and he realized that he should start coming back to church. He started to cry and just really felt the Spirit guiding him and reminding him. I feel like that lesson changed him and what he has waiting in his future. He now wants to change and will be able to have a better life. It was definitely spirit guided and we were able to help him change.
Besides that we had stake conference. We have a new investigator we're teaching in English so he can practice and it's great because he actually wants to learn. He cam from about 30 minutes away for us to teach him and we offered for him to go to the Priesthood session with the bishop and a few others who were there and he said yes. So it was great because he could go to that. Usually new people are really unsure about that kind of stuff especially when the missionaries aren't in there with them, but he's great! So that's exciting!
I know the Lord has people like him waiting! We just have to go and find them. And he will help them to change and have a better life! I'm happy to be part of the work!
Have a great week!
Hermana Humphrey
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