November 28, 2011
Yesh, I woke up and my face was itchy, they attacked my face! it swelled a bit but not too bad, just itchy.
It is getting a lot hotter here! There's a bunch of humidity and the bugs are flying.
OH! yes, translados! So I'm still in Puerto with Hna. Sleight. Hna Arancibia left to train again, and guess who else is training! HNA Vaughan! Yeah! Wow, she's incredible!
But Hna Israelsen is now with Hna. Orten from Provo. She has a few more transfers in the mission than I do, like 9 months ish. She seems really nice and cool and stuff.
G was confirmed yesterday! Woo hoo! and this friday is the entrevista for N, so we need to find a time to teach her still, but she really wants it. She should be baptized either on saturday or sunday, she prefers sunday because more people will be there but we'll see.
Let's see, our district is the same except Hna Orten, and two of our investigadors decided they didn't want to commit to anything right now so we'll have to "kill" them. But this next week we're planning on finding a lot of new ones so that should be good. We'll be getting a lot of help from the members this week too so I'm excited!
Bueno, the dizzy really is just from lack of good sleep, I've been stressing lately but I haven't been dizzy regularly so I'm not worried. We walk....depending on if we can get lessons or not and where. I'm not sure how big our area is but we generally walk anywhere from 4-5 hours. Yeah, you'd think I'd be getting thinner right? My shoes are holding up really well actually so I'm happy.
For thanksgiving we made rice and put tuna on it with some mayo and then I tried to make pastas froles which is kind of like a pie but not.
I totally forgot my camera today! But I'll send all the pictures next week! Promise! Yes I took pictures of our food that day :)
Oh, how was the show?! Oh man, why in the world didn't Jacob want to go to prep day, I looked forward to that because it was where I could be with people again and not miss the show so much.
But that's ok,. he can sleep if he wants to, you can dance if ya yunk to! Ja ja aja ja. The Robaldis have a baby...mira..Is Adam married, or did I just think I saw that before I left? The coco motion! I totally forgot those existed! Yeah it would be recieved well! Oh, yo quiero. Dad's cool and awesome like that to surprise you, ah, I love him.
Ha ha, the original plan was to get the emails from our families, print them off so we could read them later and come back tomorrow (that's why I didn't repond to all the photos), but then Hna Sleight was able to get on a computer so we decided to stay.
This P-day was crazy, we dropped Hna Arancibia off at the terminal last night at about 11 and went to bed at about 2, got up at 6:30 and went to a ward thing because one of the other Hnas' investigadors went, then we went to pick up Hna Orten at about 3:30-4 ish and then we bought food and went to the server. It's a holiday so a lot of things are closed but this one is open with limited computers but llegamos :)
ANYWAY I opened my mailbox and Hna Sleigh and I both went woh! What a happy surprise to get to see most all of the family! Thank you mom! You've always been clever like that!
Warm soup is one thing I'll not be having for quite some time, but at least I'll come home to it! Mi favorito enserio!
Oh dear, if there's one thing I have a much bigger testimony of from the mission it's going to church. We need to study the scriptures, pray always and go to church, that's part of the enduring to the end bit of the plan. Go to church! Like really!
The week is better and there are not a lot a good excuses not to go to church and renew a covenant with God. It's one thing I relish now.
Mom, how are you so awesome as to get a man like dad to snatch ya? He's my example really of the type of man I want to marry, he's so willing to help and has a fire about living the gospel. I love that about him.
And I think they would melt if you sent peanut butter balls, BUT I GOT THE PACKAGES!!!!! Wow mom thank you so so much! don't worry I didn't open the wrapped stuff yet :D And Hna Sleight says your awesome for sending her stuff too! Te Quiero Mama!
Yes pictures and physical letters! and maybe marshmellows, no wait, there's no maybe there, yes marshmellows! They only have flavored kind here so we can't make cool things or roast them. I can print off the letters but it's so much more special to have a person's handwritting.
I absolutely LOVE the at this moment pictures! And always shopping isn't necesarily a bad thing...... :) Thank you so much for your letters, your thoughts, your ideas and your prayers. I love you so much mom and really hope it'll be a good week for you!
-Hermana Aubrey Pixton
PS. Hopefully orangeleaf will still have awesome flavors when I get back, I don't have to worry about Roxberry being awesome though ;) Ha ha, love you all!
Monday, November 28, 2011
November 21, they got her to sing!! warms mamas heart
WOO! Ok, So we had a baptism yesterday! Yes! Gladis Sulca se llama y ella es increible! Enserio! It was really great to see her finally in the waters of baptism! Sadly none of her family came to see her take this step, but we're hoping on teaching some of them if not all. We also have a girl named Nadia who really wants to be baptized but she's making sure that she knows in her heart and not just that she likes it, which we can definately respect, still we're going for her baptism this saturday! We need to find new people to teach though! We had a zone conference on Friday with Elder Aiukietis...algo asi, and he bajar-ed la caña pero mal! I just finished feeling like dirt this morning! But it was needed, we have some really good goals for the end of the year and so I'm more excited now. Ha ha, so we got another District leader llame Elder Thomas, he's from Utah and he's the new companion of Elder Knudson who we also very much enjoy. Anyway, we told Elder Thomas one night that we felt like dirt and he was all, you girls are like clouds....because...they're higher than dirt... Ha ha. It made me feel a bit better. So yes, we need to find a lot more new investigators this week and get them ready to take the step of baptism. Wow, my brain is dizzy, anyway! Other than that it's gotten really hot. OH!!!! I washed my clothes today in a bucket! Yes! I was pretty excited about that. They smell clean and everything but they're all hanging on nylons in our bathroom drying now, so that's the only downside, is they're still wet. But it was fun! This is the last week of the transfer but I'll probably stay in this area until....April or something. Which I'm ok with, I really enjoy Puerto and there is still work here for me to do. The language is coming still. I have a hard time with questions todovia but I think it'll get better.
I'm doing well, a bit dizzy but good. Hna Sleight is doing better than me! She has a very good hope for this next week and I'm very grateful for that. We work really well together actually and we're growing a lot together. Let's see, eating opportunities....we ate normal things.....like sandwiches with hotdogs for the meat and ravioles and other pasta, and chicken and rice and......bread. Yup, we eat some awesome things, we have the Dia that is our main food supplier, and really, mostly I just buy cereal, oats, raisens (this is my cereal mix) milk and sometimes things for the house, like butter or rice. I am learning to make quite a bit of fun things, like arros con leche, it's pretty epic. Because of the emergancy transfer where we got our new district leader we didn't get mail this last week. Hmm, but I'll let you know, ALSO! I took out 417.12 pesos from my checking account, that should be about 100 dollars or close to it. So when you see that on my account, yeah, that's what it is. I haven't taken anything out of there since the MTC, just so the record is clear :) I had this idea for christmas but I forgot! But if you want to get Joseph to make peanut butter balls I'd be ok with that ;) He generally ate all the ones I made so I think he needs to make them this year. It's almost thanksgiving! Crazy stuff, we'll probably buy some chicken and make a "pie" which is actually pasta froles. Vamos a ver. We did bust out the Christmas music this morning and for some reason I have a bunch of music on my ipod like "Mr. Grinch" and "12 days of Christmas" we'll avoid those on normal days :D But it was fun. We're invited to the Bishop's house for Christmas dinner so that should be good, and we're praying Hna Arancibia gets to stay for Christmas and New Years. We had a little cold scare but it passed with only a head cold for Hna Israelsen (there's 12 kids in her family, ha ha Israel...yeah, it's cool to me) But yeah! I hope thanksgiving is great and all the apples are cut really really small for Grandpa and there is a lot of pecan pie left over so eat the next day! That's the best with turkey sandwiches and all. Yes, Hna Sleight wants to buy a little tree for our house and I'll break our the cinnamon sticks and make it awesome, and then we'll have a baptism that saturday and it's be great! Oh! For the baptism of Gladis, our ward mission leader told us to prepare a musical number the day before. We ended up singing "Come thou Fount" in english and spanish and I was elected to sing the first verse solo and the last line of the song too. Yeah. But it was good and I got a lot of members shocked faces telling me how good I sounded and that they didn't know I could sing like that. It was a good feeling. Hna Sleight sang the third verse and Hna Arancibia sang the first one in Spanish. I can come in the morning and print them off and have them and then respond in the afternoon, that'd probably be best, I'll do that next week! Love you Momma!
-Hna Aubrey Pixton
I'll try to respond to the other emails!
I'm doing well, a bit dizzy but good. Hna Sleight is doing better than me! She has a very good hope for this next week and I'm very grateful for that. We work really well together actually and we're growing a lot together. Let's see, eating opportunities....we ate normal things.....like sandwiches with hotdogs for the meat and ravioles and other pasta, and chicken and rice and......bread. Yup, we eat some awesome things, we have the Dia that is our main food supplier, and really, mostly I just buy cereal, oats, raisens (this is my cereal mix) milk and sometimes things for the house, like butter or rice. I am learning to make quite a bit of fun things, like arros con leche, it's pretty epic. Because of the emergancy transfer where we got our new district leader we didn't get mail this last week. Hmm, but I'll let you know, ALSO! I took out 417.12 pesos from my checking account, that should be about 100 dollars or close to it. So when you see that on my account, yeah, that's what it is. I haven't taken anything out of there since the MTC, just so the record is clear :) I had this idea for christmas but I forgot! But if you want to get Joseph to make peanut butter balls I'd be ok with that ;) He generally ate all the ones I made so I think he needs to make them this year. It's almost thanksgiving! Crazy stuff, we'll probably buy some chicken and make a "pie" which is actually pasta froles. Vamos a ver. We did bust out the Christmas music this morning and for some reason I have a bunch of music on my ipod like "Mr. Grinch" and "12 days of Christmas" we'll avoid those on normal days :D But it was fun. We're invited to the Bishop's house for Christmas dinner so that should be good, and we're praying Hna Arancibia gets to stay for Christmas and New Years. We had a little cold scare but it passed with only a head cold for Hna Israelsen (there's 12 kids in her family, ha ha Israel...yeah, it's cool to me) But yeah! I hope thanksgiving is great and all the apples are cut really really small for Grandpa and there is a lot of pecan pie left over so eat the next day! That's the best with turkey sandwiches and all. Yes, Hna Sleight wants to buy a little tree for our house and I'll break our the cinnamon sticks and make it awesome, and then we'll have a baptism that saturday and it's be great! Oh! For the baptism of Gladis, our ward mission leader told us to prepare a musical number the day before. We ended up singing "Come thou Fount" in english and spanish and I was elected to sing the first verse solo and the last line of the song too. Yeah. But it was good and I got a lot of members shocked faces telling me how good I sounded and that they didn't know I could sing like that. It was a good feeling. Hna Sleight sang the third verse and Hna Arancibia sang the first one in Spanish. I can come in the morning and print them off and have them and then respond in the afternoon, that'd probably be best, I'll do that next week! Love you Momma!
-Hna Aubrey Pixton
I'll try to respond to the other emails!
November 14, 2011
Wow, this week was a bit crazy, so we have two investigators who have their baptism date for this coming Sunday, the problem is we aren't sure one of them has a testimony and so we may need to change that one, the other one llame Gladis is spectacular, she reads and prays and when she has a questions she reads and prays to know the answer! She came to church yesterday...for the first time. Yeah, but she really liked it and the Bishop and Pres both said that if she passes the interview she'll be baptized! With Nadia, the other investigador, we're not able to meet with her until maybe thursday...that's the other thing, so I'd definately feel better about baptizing her on the 26th or algo. But I think they'll both be baptized this month! The other Hnas have a couple of 50 years who aren't married yet, but they really really want to be baptized so they're getting married! it's really hard to get married here so that's kind of a big deal! We also found another woman this last week llame Edith. We were trying to find a street (with my random up and downs of other streets) and we rounded a corner and there she was sweeping the walk. We started talking and she invited us in to share our message. Hna Sleight started saying something like how this Gospel is the way that Christ made for us to obtain peace and joy and this poor woman started crying! We decided we make lots of people cry, this wasn't the first time but it was so strong to me. We went through the first lesson with her and she got the Book of Mormon and said she was going on a trip to Buenos Aires this week but that she would read and call us when she was done! After we got to the house that night we got a text from her saying thank you for the peace we brought. We decided that in this work, we don't do anything. It's all the Lord and we just open our mouths and walk and stuff like that. It's been a great week and Hna. Sleight and I are working much better together.
Bueno! I totally enjoyed the pictures! Siempre! I haven't gotten any other packages yet but tomorrow's another day. 5!!!!!!! Oh wow mom! Thank you so so much!!!!!! I haven't had to pay for my packages but I'm wondering if I've just been lucky. Apparently they go through and randomly choose a few that the people need to pay for them, but I don't think with the last two I was chosen. We'll see though. But thank you so much! Furlong....I feel like he was but I can't put a face to him, I'll keep an eye out though. YES! It's super warm now, my colerbone area is much darker now and my face has been protected by my makeup and such so I think I look funny :) We have a big ol fan in the apartment that we'll probably utilize soon though. Clothes for the mission....really I'm good with anything, they don't seem to be super strict on the buttom up shirt deal but skirts need to reach the mid-calf. I may have a much different style when I come home to be honest but we'll see. I trust your judgement :) I can shop a bit here, it's just interesting the price conversion, like a good shirt is anywhere from 50-100 pesos but I can pull the money out of the account from home, so if that's easier on you I can totally take care of that. We'll talk to each other really soon! Navidad is almost only a month away! Crazy huh? And don't get too excited about hearing my spanish, it's still super slow and not in good grammer at all! But we can teach somehow so that's good enough from me! Know that all is well here :) I was talking to Hna Sleight about how Elder shopping is SO much easier than Sister shopping, so that's good for Jojo, mucho mas stores to buy shoes and all that :) That day is gonna creep up, what's up with the 25th? That was the day I went in too! I'm really glad about Grandpa and the funness of the celebration of the birth of one of my most favorite people ever! And I remember during the high school plays when I made the costumes, I loved seeing them in action and helping the actor create the character for the audience. Jo jo is such a good boy and I'm so proud of him and Jacob, they're growing up really well. Oh! B& t B! Woot! Hopefully the wig doesn't fly off or the case around the rose doesn't break :) Ha ha! I miss that show, though I'm more likely to see a Tango than a play out here. The ward has a show de talentos on the 25th and so that should be really great! Other than that..that's about it. I'll keep working and praying and walking and talking and hope I can be a tool somehow in the hands of God. He really does guide this work and we are nothing without Him. "Look to me in ever though, doubt not, fear not" This is so great a work and if this gospel wasn't true, the missionaries would have messed it up a long time ago. I love this so much! I love you all so much and thank you for always writing me and sending me pictures and helping me know that I am still loved back home. Thank you for your prayers and know that I pray for you too. I love you momma!
-Hermana Aubrey Pixton
Bueno! I totally enjoyed the pictures! Siempre! I haven't gotten any other packages yet but tomorrow's another day. 5!!!!!!! Oh wow mom! Thank you so so much!!!!!! I haven't had to pay for my packages but I'm wondering if I've just been lucky. Apparently they go through and randomly choose a few that the people need to pay for them, but I don't think with the last two I was chosen. We'll see though. But thank you so much! Furlong....I feel like he was but I can't put a face to him, I'll keep an eye out though. YES! It's super warm now, my colerbone area is much darker now and my face has been protected by my makeup and such so I think I look funny :) We have a big ol fan in the apartment that we'll probably utilize soon though. Clothes for the mission....really I'm good with anything, they don't seem to be super strict on the buttom up shirt deal but skirts need to reach the mid-calf. I may have a much different style when I come home to be honest but we'll see. I trust your judgement :) I can shop a bit here, it's just interesting the price conversion, like a good shirt is anywhere from 50-100 pesos but I can pull the money out of the account from home, so if that's easier on you I can totally take care of that. We'll talk to each other really soon! Navidad is almost only a month away! Crazy huh? And don't get too excited about hearing my spanish, it's still super slow and not in good grammer at all! But we can teach somehow so that's good enough from me! Know that all is well here :) I was talking to Hna Sleight about how Elder shopping is SO much easier than Sister shopping, so that's good for Jojo, mucho mas stores to buy shoes and all that :) That day is gonna creep up, what's up with the 25th? That was the day I went in too! I'm really glad about Grandpa and the funness of the celebration of the birth of one of my most favorite people ever! And I remember during the high school plays when I made the costumes, I loved seeing them in action and helping the actor create the character for the audience. Jo jo is such a good boy and I'm so proud of him and Jacob, they're growing up really well. Oh! B& t B! Woot! Hopefully the wig doesn't fly off or the case around the rose doesn't break :) Ha ha! I miss that show, though I'm more likely to see a Tango than a play out here. The ward has a show de talentos on the 25th and so that should be really great! Other than that..that's about it. I'll keep working and praying and walking and talking and hope I can be a tool somehow in the hands of God. He really does guide this work and we are nothing without Him. "Look to me in ever though, doubt not, fear not" This is so great a work and if this gospel wasn't true, the missionaries would have messed it up a long time ago. I love this so much! I love you all so much and thank you for always writing me and sending me pictures and helping me know that I am still loved back home. Thank you for your prayers and know that I pray for you too. I love you momma!
-Hermana Aubrey Pixton
Monday, November 7, 2011
November 7
Who's that kid with Eryn? Glasses! Oh Family!!!!!!! Love it!
Bueno, Yay! My brain is everywhere right now, I'll start off by responding:
Oh Grandpa! I'm glad he's feeling better though! Yes! We will go in December to get frozen yogurt and pedicures! I love this plan so much! Weirdy huh? I only have about a year left. I'm also so glad that the chocolate cake is still at Mac Gril. If that had changed...well then.....we'd have to find another chocolate cake! It sounds like you had a really really good birthday! What better way to celebrate life than with those who're in your life. Oh good! You got my letter! I would've mailed it earlier but we only get to write once a week...but I'm glad it got there. And I can't believe Joseph's call came that day too! Que loco! Que bueno! Oh yes, it's so good. He did indeed write me and I was very happy to hear from him and his enthusiasm and everything! TEMPLE!!!!! It's closed? Lame, oh well, if he's ok with another one there's the same work done there but I can understand if he has a preference. I'm really excited for him, for this journey he's starting out on. It really has been the best thing for my life (not to mention being raised by awesome parents :D). I asked Hna S about ordering garments and aparently I can get them by telling our district leader about it, so that should be good. Ummmmmmm......Birthday mio..........I'll get back to you on that one, I may discover things I'd really enjoy having out here a bit later in another area or what-not. Transfers are on the 26th and we think Hna. A will be transfered because sh's had about 6 months in this area and that's about the limit. So maybe the rest of us will stay in P. Anyway! I can't really think of anything else I'd like for Christmas, letters, photos, from everyone..... ;D. We actually don't have daylight savings time down here, yeah, I guess it's a states thing. Like right now it's 6:15 ish. I personally LOVE the Christmas idea! I'm not sure how it'll work on the mission because we're not supposed to give plata. I'll see what I can think of though. And I'll definately comprar algo for todo la family at one point, maybe next year when I'm closer to coming home so I don't need to llevar everything with me for a year...yeah, that'll probably be better. Oh wow, Jan 25th.......That's so crazy! I remember when I got my call, it was so...grounding. I knew what I was doing and where I would be going and when! it was a great feeling, I may have written about it in my journal that's still at home.
This last week was had a few lessons with a new girl named N, she has real questions and really wants to ponder these things and figure it out and I love that in an investigator. It doesn't matter what we know, it matters what they understand about this Gospel and how we can help them find it's treaure for themselves and she wants to find it. She also came to church so her baptism day is still on! She said she'd like to come this next week to so I'm pretty excited! We also have G and we hope she went with L (our recient convert) to another ward with Ls neighbor SA. If so, we can give her a date too and maybe have two that day! I really hope we can be led to those who are ready and can teach something. Our catillano is getting better, it still isn't awesome but we're leaning on each other a lot more when we teach so that's good. I'm almost out of time and I need to send pictures! I love you and I'll try to get some better letters out next week! Chau!
I love you so so much Mom!
-Hermana Aubrey Pixton
Bueno, Yay! My brain is everywhere right now, I'll start off by responding:
Oh Grandpa! I'm glad he's feeling better though! Yes! We will go in December to get frozen yogurt and pedicures! I love this plan so much! Weirdy huh? I only have about a year left. I'm also so glad that the chocolate cake is still at Mac Gril. If that had changed...well then.....we'd have to find another chocolate cake! It sounds like you had a really really good birthday! What better way to celebrate life than with those who're in your life. Oh good! You got my letter! I would've mailed it earlier but we only get to write once a week...but I'm glad it got there. And I can't believe Joseph's call came that day too! Que loco! Que bueno! Oh yes, it's so good. He did indeed write me and I was very happy to hear from him and his enthusiasm and everything! TEMPLE!!!!! It's closed? Lame, oh well, if he's ok with another one there's the same work done there but I can understand if he has a preference. I'm really excited for him, for this journey he's starting out on. It really has been the best thing for my life (not to mention being raised by awesome parents :D). I asked Hna S about ordering garments and aparently I can get them by telling our district leader about it, so that should be good. Ummmmmmm......Birthday mio..........I'll get back to you on that one, I may discover things I'd really enjoy having out here a bit later in another area or what-not. Transfers are on the 26th and we think Hna. A will be transfered because sh's had about 6 months in this area and that's about the limit. So maybe the rest of us will stay in P. Anyway! I can't really think of anything else I'd like for Christmas, letters, photos, from everyone..... ;D. We actually don't have daylight savings time down here, yeah, I guess it's a states thing. Like right now it's 6:15 ish. I personally LOVE the Christmas idea! I'm not sure how it'll work on the mission because we're not supposed to give plata. I'll see what I can think of though. And I'll definately comprar algo for todo la family at one point, maybe next year when I'm closer to coming home so I don't need to llevar everything with me for a year...yeah, that'll probably be better. Oh wow, Jan 25th.......That's so crazy! I remember when I got my call, it was so...grounding. I knew what I was doing and where I would be going and when! it was a great feeling, I may have written about it in my journal that's still at home.
This last week was had a few lessons with a new girl named N, she has real questions and really wants to ponder these things and figure it out and I love that in an investigator. It doesn't matter what we know, it matters what they understand about this Gospel and how we can help them find it's treaure for themselves and she wants to find it. She also came to church so her baptism day is still on! She said she'd like to come this next week to so I'm pretty excited! We also have G and we hope she went with L (our recient convert) to another ward with Ls neighbor SA. If so, we can give her a date too and maybe have two that day! I really hope we can be led to those who are ready and can teach something. Our catillano is getting better, it still isn't awesome but we're leaning on each other a lot more when we teach so that's good. I'm almost out of time and I need to send pictures! I love you and I'll try to get some better letters out next week! Chau!
I love you so so much Mom!
-Hermana Aubrey Pixton
October 31
Happy Halloween! But more importantly, (a few days early) Happy Birthday! Yeah! 35! Right? :D
Wow, this week was interesting, but for suerte I'm still moving and thinking and I'm ready to work another week! We had stake conference this last Sunday, it was really good to hear from the leaders and our mission President. I leaned over to ask Hna. Arancibia about how many wards are in a stake and it turned into us talking about how we could have another stake by the end of the year and hopefully a temple in our mission really soon! That would be so great for the people here. Oh! I miss the Temple! I brought the Stephen Capp Perry Come to the House of the Lord with me on my iPod and it makes me miss the temple. Then there's the ensign talks and things about covenants and things...yeah, I miss it. So stake conference was good, I did have another encounter with the snake though and the other Hnas have told me that yes he is indeed a snake. I'm not too worried about it, I've not said a whole lot to him and the other Hnas are really good at getting me out of potentially hazardous situations so I should be fine. No worries mom, not thinking about men at all right now, flirting can't get our investigators to church (they're all women). Ha ha! Bien. Today we were thinking about what to do for Halloween, they kind of have it here but not a lot of people actually celebrate it, I think it's a States thing but I'm not sure where it came from before that. I still have the packs of fruit punch drink mix so we'll probably get back tonight and drink some "blood" and maybe put oven mitts on our heads and knock on the bedroom door and do a dance or something after we plan. Yes, it should be fun :) Any pizza and Harry Potter tonight? That's generally what I think of when I think about Halloween. But what an exciting week! Birthday and a call and todo esto! Divertido to say the least. Party it up! Ha ha :) Oh! Have you read the Book of Mormon Liahona yet? I got through a lot of the talks but then felt guilty for not studying the Book of Mormon so I still have the rest of the issue to finish :)
This last week was interesting but good, I think Hna Sleight and I finally feel like we have a foundation and we know more about how each other teach and so it's definitely better. We've been working with menos activos and converso recientes....recently...That's fun to say. We got a call on saturday night from one of our old investigators, like the end of my first transfer kind of old. He was a little drunk but agreed to come to the last bit of saturday night part of conference but since we haven't been able to get a hold of him. We've also been trying to contact a reference from the Elders who is apparently really awesome, so we're super excited! We have Sofi still and she told us that she'd be baptized by the end of the year by one of the ward missionaries! It's not really a date but I'm happy with it! We're giving her a calender tonight of december so she can set the date tranquilo. We also have two new ones, C and A, a mother and daughter who are a reference from a contact. We're really hoping to teach them for a while and we also have G. She's so special! She just needs to come to church! That's really the only thing that keeps her from being baptized. And we're still trying to find new ones to teach. There is work to do and I'm excited to do it! We have a cita soon, that's why this'll be a bit early. I still need to write Pres. so if you want to send me another email I can read about the week just after :) I completed 5 months in the mission this last week, so weird, so weird I was in the MTC from the 4th of July and now it's Halloween. I know right! Wow. I love you and I hope you have a great great week! Love!
-Hna. Aubrey Pixton
Wow, this week was interesting, but for suerte I'm still moving and thinking and I'm ready to work another week! We had stake conference this last Sunday, it was really good to hear from the leaders and our mission President. I leaned over to ask Hna. Arancibia about how many wards are in a stake and it turned into us talking about how we could have another stake by the end of the year and hopefully a temple in our mission really soon! That would be so great for the people here. Oh! I miss the Temple! I brought the Stephen Capp Perry Come to the House of the Lord with me on my iPod and it makes me miss the temple. Then there's the ensign talks and things about covenants and things...yeah, I miss it. So stake conference was good, I did have another encounter with the snake though and the other Hnas have told me that yes he is indeed a snake. I'm not too worried about it, I've not said a whole lot to him and the other Hnas are really good at getting me out of potentially hazardous situations so I should be fine. No worries mom, not thinking about men at all right now, flirting can't get our investigators to church (they're all women). Ha ha! Bien. Today we were thinking about what to do for Halloween, they kind of have it here but not a lot of people actually celebrate it, I think it's a States thing but I'm not sure where it came from before that. I still have the packs of fruit punch drink mix so we'll probably get back tonight and drink some "blood" and maybe put oven mitts on our heads and knock on the bedroom door and do a dance or something after we plan. Yes, it should be fun :) Any pizza and Harry Potter tonight? That's generally what I think of when I think about Halloween. But what an exciting week! Birthday and a call and todo esto! Divertido to say the least. Party it up! Ha ha :) Oh! Have you read the Book of Mormon Liahona yet? I got through a lot of the talks but then felt guilty for not studying the Book of Mormon so I still have the rest of the issue to finish :)
This last week was interesting but good, I think Hna Sleight and I finally feel like we have a foundation and we know more about how each other teach and so it's definitely better. We've been working with menos activos and converso recientes....recently...That's fun to say. We got a call on saturday night from one of our old investigators, like the end of my first transfer kind of old. He was a little drunk but agreed to come to the last bit of saturday night part of conference but since we haven't been able to get a hold of him. We've also been trying to contact a reference from the Elders who is apparently really awesome, so we're super excited! We have Sofi still and she told us that she'd be baptized by the end of the year by one of the ward missionaries! It's not really a date but I'm happy with it! We're giving her a calender tonight of december so she can set the date tranquilo. We also have two new ones, C and A, a mother and daughter who are a reference from a contact. We're really hoping to teach them for a while and we also have G. She's so special! She just needs to come to church! That's really the only thing that keeps her from being baptized. And we're still trying to find new ones to teach. There is work to do and I'm excited to do it! We have a cita soon, that's why this'll be a bit early. I still need to write Pres. so if you want to send me another email I can read about the week just after :) I completed 5 months in the mission this last week, so weird, so weird I was in the MTC from the 4th of July and now it's Halloween. I know right! Wow. I love you and I hope you have a great great week! Love!
-Hna. Aubrey Pixton
October 24
Yes, I am very happy right now, which is super weird because we didn't have a lot of exito this week. We were pretty much trying to find the ground beneath our feet, only to discover that we were walking on water out to Christ. Yeah, that was a bit scary, and I felt like I was sinking for about a day, then I realized that all I need to do is ask for help, call out and ask for help, and straightway the Savior reached out and pulled me from the water. I am so thankful for that right now. I have a testimony of the power and reality of this Gospel. People may think that we're disillusioned (like this lady at the beginning of this week) but it's so reassuring to have that testimony of Christ, to know that at the base of all our beliefs is Jesus Christ. Wow. Yeah, I'm feeling good, and not dis animated. I've been feeling the forces of Satan working on me this week, it was intense. Satan uses all he can to cause us to fear or to lose faith. But we know that God gives love and power and a sound mind. It's when we adjust our focus that we (o por la menos mi) see that if we give our burden to Christ, He will carry it for us, His yoke is light and His burden easy. He loves me and I know that my Father in Heaven is mindful of everything that happens on this planet. If I share the Gospel with someone who maybe isn't ready for it right now, I know that God doesn't forget them. This is a HUGE comfort to my heart. Anyway..... :D
Yes, I know I slip into Spanish sometimes, I think it comes from living with a Chilean. I have grown to love her so much! She's my "tia" in the mission and she's been such a help to me, from planning to figuring out why my stomach hurts (it was stress, don't worry :D) I've really learned a lot about myself in this last week too, how I cope with things, how I can be a better companion, how I can communicate better and how I can share the Gospel clearer. It's so simple and wonderful, I can't believe I was trying to make it complicated! I also was reminded that it's really hard to leave someone you love a lot. But I know that with this new companion, Hna. Sleight, we will both grow to bear fruit that before we couldn't have thought of. I'm excited. GAH!!! Joseph's call!!!!!!!?????? No chiste!!!?????? Freaking enserio! That's awsome! Yeah, China was an impulse, I really have no idea, maybe rome, that'd be cool, or preston Idaho (say HI to the Sleight's for me!) Yup no tango ni idea, but let me know! I love the board too! That's so awesome! Yes! and I'll keep an eye out for the new sister. I may be a trainer soon....no, Hna S and I were thinking that Pres. is trying to get us ready to be trainers, but maybe not. We'll see. How freaky would THAT be? I'l check with the garment ordering, and...I may not send anything home this Christmas, apparently it costs more to send it than it's worth, so I officially owe all of you presents in about a year and 2 months. I LOVE that quilt mom, it's really awesome and I may need to make one with you in a year or so :) I have a bunch to say but I still need to respond to the fam e-mail! but I love you and I'll definately let you know how this next week goes!
Love you so much!
-Hermana Aubrey Pixton
PS. Apparently I have a package (so say the elders) Gracias!!!!!
Yes, I know I slip into Spanish sometimes, I think it comes from living with a Chilean. I have grown to love her so much! She's my "tia" in the mission and she's been such a help to me, from planning to figuring out why my stomach hurts (it was stress, don't worry :D) I've really learned a lot about myself in this last week too, how I cope with things, how I can be a better companion, how I can communicate better and how I can share the Gospel clearer. It's so simple and wonderful, I can't believe I was trying to make it complicated! I also was reminded that it's really hard to leave someone you love a lot. But I know that with this new companion, Hna. Sleight, we will both grow to bear fruit that before we couldn't have thought of. I'm excited. GAH!!! Joseph's call!!!!!!!?????? No chiste!!!?????? Freaking enserio! That's awsome! Yeah, China was an impulse, I really have no idea, maybe rome, that'd be cool, or preston Idaho (say HI to the Sleight's for me!) Yup no tango ni idea, but let me know! I love the board too! That's so awesome! Yes! and I'll keep an eye out for the new sister. I may be a trainer soon....no, Hna S and I were thinking that Pres. is trying to get us ready to be trainers, but maybe not. We'll see. How freaky would THAT be? I'l check with the garment ordering, and...I may not send anything home this Christmas, apparently it costs more to send it than it's worth, so I officially owe all of you presents in about a year and 2 months. I LOVE that quilt mom, it's really awesome and I may need to make one with you in a year or so :) I have a bunch to say but I still need to respond to the fam e-mail! but I love you and I'll definately let you know how this next week goes!
Love you so much!
-Hermana Aubrey Pixton
PS. Apparently I have a package (so say the elders) Gracias!!!!!
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