Week 32, 33, & 34

Week 32

Haupei Yall!

Happy Things!

1. This week was not the normal BUT the happy news is that we are back to normal! I ended up staying for a little bit in the hospital, but I got the help I need, I got the right tools I need, and I am already feeling a lot better! We work hard out here on the mission and sometimes our bodies take a little bit longer to catch up. CHILL is a technique that has to be learned and applied to every phase of life and I am learning it now! Thank you for all the prayers. 

2. I was so lucky to get out of the hospital just in time for zone conference! Presidente and Hermana Evans actually picked me up and took me right to conference! I love them so much, I love their wisdom and guidance, and I know for a fact that I was called to this mission partly because they are the leadership that the Lord needed me to have.  I am so grateful to be in this specific mision.

3. 7 months this week! Man time is flying! The good has ALWAYS far outweighed the bad. 

The best part of this week has been all the scripture study I have been blessed to have this week as I have been getting better and stronger. One of my favorite stories is of Nephi in the Book of Mormon. He was commanded to go and get the plates of brass that contained the genealogy of his family. What I love is that he went into the whole situation without having all the answers to all his questions. He knew what he was doing(getting the plates), he knew where he was going, why he was doing it (it was a command from the Lord), he knew when he was supposed to do it, he had a lot of answers! But in his case he did not know HOW he was going to do it, but he is a rockstar and said, °And I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things which I should do. Nevertheless, I went forth.° 1 Nephi 4:6=7. And as he continued forth trusting the spirit he figured out the HOW he was going to do what the Lord had asked of him. I find myself in the same situation more than is ideal. I have almost all the answers to my questions, but miss the one answer that would °solve all my problems° but I have come to realize and know that it is in those moments that the Lord is helping us grow and testing our faith. I am grateful for not having all the answers and I am grateful for the principle of Faith in Jesus Christ that keeps me going always. 

XOXO,

Hermana Vergara

3 Nephi 5:13 

PS 7 alfajores for 7 months! my comp got a package from home with MAC N CHEESE, and straight chillin in the hospital

Week 33

Haupei Yall! 

Happy Things!

1. Worldwide Missionary Broadcast! I am sure all yall mormon pals have already seen a few of the changes to our schedules, but truly the schedule changes just give us more flexibility and more responsibility in our days. We also get two hours more on Pday! so that is happy. I am just so grateful for the leadership in the church and that they truly focus on the missionaries and the work we do. They counseled us that if we want to be stronger missionaries, really we can apply this to all of us, we need to understand and more fully live the doctrine of Christ! sounds simple right? But true. so true. 

2. Divisons with the Hermana Lideres! I went to Bellavista this week with my mom and trainer Hermana Taylor! A whole 24 hours to work together, talk about everything under the sun, and just be with one of my old comps that I love so much. She is finishing up her mission in just a few months and it was a treat to be with her again :)

3. So, with me being a little sick, we did not get to visit all the people we have been working with, BUT we were so happy when we saw two of them come walking in to church on Sunday! Celina, the one who sees spirits, came straight from working a 24 hour day and committed to be baptized! And Maria is the mom of two converts we have, TWINS, that went to their baptism and afterwards was a lot more open to sharing with us. She has told us she wants to be baptized to complete her family. PS she is married to a member too. SO COOL. 

4.The best part of this week though was a really solid experience we had in a lesson with two jovenes this week. We had contacted their family before I got sick and never had the chance to go back until divisions when Hermana Tandiman and Blanco visited them. I was told they were purete so we went back to visit them. We walked up and they immediately pulled out the chairs and got ready to visit. We asked them to bring out their folletos that they had left with them and the boy David went to go get it. He came walking back out with a Book of Mormon and another folleto of the Restauration. I thought, wow Hermana Tandiman and Blanco must have really being feeling it with them on the first visit and gave them a Book of Mormon! Sweet! Come to find out, they hadnt given David the book of mormon, but that it was his DADs from elders from 2014. Their dad passed away last year and when the hermanas had given them the folleto they recognized the book of mormon on the back and went looking through their dads stuff and found it. It was a powerful testimony to me of planting seeds. We give out folletos, tarjetas, we talk to people on the street and invite them to come to church, but a lot of the times we never see them again or never see the fruits of the seeds we plant. The two elders who signed this Book of Mormon from 2014 will probably never know what happened to the man they taught a few times, but they prepared the groundwork for this family to receive us here and now. I am so grateful to have this testament to me that every little thing we are doing out here will be worth it. 

All my love, prayers, and hugs, 

Hermana Vergara

3 Nephi 5:13 

PS Divisions with my mama hermana Taylor! sweet little Vero Marrecos and i matched at church on sunday! nyokis are my fave so this festival had my name all over it! and rainbows :)

Week 34

HAUPEI YALL!

Happy Things! 

1. Well this one is kinda sad, but way happy at the same time. Milva, one of the JAS here, is heading out on the mission in a week! She is going to BRAZIL! We had to say bye to here this week which was way hard, but she is so so prepared for the mission and the people in Brazil are so blessed to have her! 

2. We have just been trying to find and find and find this week, so everyday has been full of contacting and talking in the hot hot sun. We were finishing up a street and came to the last house, we were already late for a cita, but decided to knock the last one on the street. A sweet old grandma came out and welcomed us right in from the sun. She started telling us about how Mormons had visited her yearssss ago and had given her a book, but she gave it to her grandson who wanted a book because books are expensive here. I just happened to have another Book of Mormon on me so I pulled it out and she looked at it and smiled so big. I said it was a gift for her and she was just all smiles and kind words. She was so excited to have this gift. She loves that it is another testament of Christ and she wants to read anything she can get her hands on about Him and His love for His children. A tender moment :)

3. YALL ITS CHANGES WEEK. And Prez changed how they do them now! We got a phone call Sunday night from our Zone Leaders telling us what changes were, where we are going, and who our comps are. SO this one is sad and happy. Hermana Tandiman IS STAYING and I am LEAVING. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT! I am so so sad. only 1 change here in Luque! BUT I am so so siked because I am going to CAMPO GRANDE with Hermana Christiansen! She is the mission nurse so I will be in good hands lol yall will get the run down on her next week, but I am still so sad to be leaving my dope comp and forever friend Hermana Tandiman. Luque is blessed to keep her! 

All my love and prayers from Paraguay!

Hermana Vergara

3 Nephi 5:13 

PS i think my pday is changing with my new area so WRITE ME before friday!