Sorry about not writing last week. I feel like a ton of stuff has happened in the last couple weeks with my new comp, Hna Villatoro. She is finishing her mission the 15th of January (the day Hannah starts!!! Yay!!) And so my last companion will be the only one who will still be here in the mission when I go home.
And I have about a 99% chance of dying here in Belmopan. Which will make 9 months in Belmopan, 9 months in Belize, and half of my mission…
Sister Villatoro is really great. I’m kindof sad I won’t getta finish with her since she goes home before me. But it’s kindof cool because I can call all my ex companions when I go home… Aw man. I’m so afraid when I get down to my last transfer–Sis Duarte was depressed sometimes–and her last day she was like crying all day cuz she didn’t want to go home and I kept getting so stressed because she’s going home and then Hna Ellis and Hna Villatoro–and next it’s me!! Well, after Rachel. Haha.
The two families that me and Sis Duarte worked so hard to get to church–the Lopez and Cruz families–are now no longer progressing. Brother Cruz shouted, “We’re not receiving ANYONE anymore!” to me and Sis Villatoro when we came to teach them. And we dropped the Lopez family. Because they don’t wanna repent and get married and go to church.
So we’re working with new families! Our first week we managed to get a new family to church! They’re an interesting couple, because the Brother, Brother Brakas, is a Hindu from Nepal (not sure where that is… I haven’t looked at a map of the world in ages…) and Ana is an evangelical Belizean. I was really worried about how they would feel in church, Brother Brakas was excited to go because his uncle is a converted Christian and he wanted to know why his uncle had changed his faith etc. (don’t know what faith).
I was so happy though because after the first hour of church, they had to go (Brother Brakas had worked a graveyard shift) but he said that “Today, I feel so happy. I feel so happy. I like it a lot.” Sister Ana has more apostasy–we only taught lesson 2 because we didn’t know what Brakas knew about Jesus Christ… for the first time in all of my mission I think, I told the story of Adam and Eve (it’s just that everyone already knows it here because pretty much everyone’s Christian and I’ve never taught anyone who wasn’t Christian before…) So anyways, pray for them that we can teach them and help Sis Ana with her apostasy. It’s really hard to find them because they have crazy schedules.
We also found the Pop and Sub families and a brother we just contacted on Saturday showed up at church. We just invited him and he said, “I’m going.” We were like, “Really?” He was like, “Yes, I’m going.” We were like, “Ok… can we visit you sometimes brother?”
“I’ll give you my direction when I get to church.” So we were like, whatever, we’ll see.
And he came!!
His name is Edgar Menendez. He’s a friend of Brother Bonilla, who was shocked to see him in church Sunday (Bro Bonilla invites everyone he knows to church always, and he’s known this guy years back I guess).
Please pray for the Sub, Pop, and Magar (Ana and Brakas) families, and Edgar Menendez and ALLISON! WHO IS FINALLY GETTING BAPTIZED THIS SATURDAY!!! FINALLY!!! After like three months of teaching her she finally got her passport and can get married and I am so happy for her! 🙂
Hopefully someone else can get baptized in December, but we’ll see. We’re also having a Christmas activity, which I’m really worried about because things don’t run like they do in the states down here…. ie… mas disastre.
Love you all! Happy Christmas!
Hermana Holladay
What is your favorite moment so far from your mission?
There isn’t one. Only the times when I feel the Holy Ghost testifying to the things that I teach. Those are the best. When you can feel the Lord using you to say what needs to be said at the time it needs to be said. And the moments when I comprehend a little better what the purpose of life is, and who I am.
What is the funniest moment from your mission?
Probably sis Ellis telling our investigators they had to get married not knowing that they were actually separate… that Lady telling me that our painting of Isaiah was Moses in our pamphlets…
What is the most difficult time you have had so far? What did you do to help you get through it?
Sister Fuentes. I prayed that God would soften her heart. And He did.
Other than that–not having baptisms. Those months were terrible… the only thing that helped is studying the scriptures and asking forgiveness.