Hna. Jessica Keele- Nov. 8, 2010

Hola, Hola!

It´s been a really good week! :)

First of all, we have many dogs! haha We lose them, and then they find
us again days later. The first we named Che. Later came Pastañas, Then
Viejo, Pastañas dos, Nacho, and now Buster. The lady that works here
at the internet place is trying to kick him out right now. "Afuera,
afuera!" haha but he won't leave. :) haha He found us yesterday,
followed us from about 4 o´clock in the afternoon until 9 pm. He
waited outside all of the houses we visited. Then to the church but
sneaked in the fence. haha When we visited Maria y Luis last, they
drove us home :( So he got lost. Then today we were walking in el Centro
and he found us again! He was so excited, and now he won't leave us!!
We´re not allowed to have pets, but it's hard when they won't leave you
eh? haha Ah well, que se puede hacer? :)

Bueno, now I want to share my testimony on fasting with faith. Last
week we decided to fast for our investigators who committed to come to

church yesterday. And even more, it was a stake conference so they have
to travel farther than usual. It´s about Orem to American Fork, but no

one has a car so that makes it even more difficult.

Well, we´ve been visiting a very poor family, Rocio, the mom, Maria, the
g-ma, and then 2 kids, Antonio and Mariela, 6 (Mi favorita!!). We saw
them Saturday night. Maria said she didn´t want to go anymore because

her shoes are really worn out but we told her not to worry because we had
some extras in the apartment and we would bring them for her! Antonio and

Mariela really wanted to go!! Rocio, the mom, has been promising them

that they will go but it hasn´t happened yet and Antonio about started crying
because she wasn´t sure. She eventually said yes but we could tell she was

just saying it to make him happy for the moment. We figured it had

something to do with the money because remises (Taxis) are expensive even
for us and the collectivo [bus] with 4 people adds up too! Plus the stop is

a bit far away for the grandma to walk to.

We told them we would meet them at their house at 8:45 if we were
going by bus. Otherwise, 9:30 if we could find a car. So we went home, and
called members who have a car but no one could help us. So we went to

bed, and then we got a text from Rocio. -Sorry misioneras, but I got in

a fight with my boyfriend and we´re not going to be able to go

tomorrow...- My companion and I decided we weren´t going to worry

about it because whether Rocio goes or not, Maria and her grandchildren are
going to go! Haha So we went to sleep.

We woke up in the morning and still weren´t sure how we were going to

get them all there. But we decided the bus was the only way to go. About
5 minutes before we were about to leave, our Mssion President calls.
“Hey Hermanas! Hermana Gulbrandson and I are headed for your stake
conference, but it looks like we´re going to get their about an hour early.
Do you have investigators coming? Do you want a ride?” -Bueno, Sure!-

haha

So we pulled up to their house. Antonio answered the door all ready in

his buttton up shirt but had been crying because his mom said they weren´t
going to go. “No, but we have a car!! Go get your grandma!” He had a huge smile

and ran to go get Maria.  Rocio was still sleeping. We gave

Maria the shoes and she found a skirt to put on. Rocio still didn´t
come. She had a really rough night, but mira [look]! we had a priesthood
holder there! President gave her a blessing, and we´re expecting her to come
next week.

I was worried that the kids were going to get bored because there was no

Primary, just 2 hours of adult talk. Antonio loved it and Mariela

loved it. They were the most well behaved kids there! (In fact my
companion got bit by another little boy. haha) But a 6 year old and a 9 year old
loved it and cried because their mom doesn´t want to come! Imagine
that!! A bit reverse, eh? Haha But really, they are an amazing family!!

And Antonio is the most excited for his baptism then I´ve seen anyone
be!

I love this gospel, and I love being a missionary! :) I love you all

and I´m so grateful for your support! :)

Con amor,
Hna Keele