Family-
Well it sounds like I have quite a few relatives who are going to be getting married. Hopefully they all can hold off for a while. Tell Lindsey to email me! She shouldn’t be dating seriously and not telling me about it. Shame on her.
Updates!
- On Tuesday we are going to witness the wedding of a less active and an investigator, Gustavo and Teresa. She’s pregnant, and the bishop just laid down the law with the two of them. I haven’t mentioned them yet, because we honestly thought this day would never come! (faithless I know). It’s not really going to be much of a wedding… but it’ll be legal.
- I sort of laid down the law with Naomi semi on accident. I was just talking about how satan gets in our way in really inconspicuous ways by making us feel like we are “too busy” or have “other things to do” when in reality God should always come first. Ya… she made the connection.
- Luis we only saw for like 5 minutes this last week. He’s doing really well and listens to the scriptures during his lunch break at work. He wants to help his nephew in Mexico get the gospel, and might be moving down there in a few months to help him. He is still planning on may 3rd.
- Jorge is still smoking. He did however get some weird voodoo doctor thing done on his back to release the air in it… He has purple circles on his back.. it’s very odd.
- I just received a picture of Lucy and the ENTIRE GANG of missionaries at her baptism. I’ll probably forward it to mom. We’re so proud of her!
We found a couple new investigators this last week, and I have a really awesome story I think I forgot to talk about. (if i did… OOPS. you don’t have to read it.)
ERIC.. We were out knocking some doors, and this man comes out and basically just starts talking about all the drugs and partying and monkey business he likes to do. Mainly he was just trying to say anything to shock us. Little did he know we have heard much more shocking things than that! So we left him with an OYM card and went on our merry way.
The next day we get a phone call. He says “Hey do you have any of those books? I haven’t been able to stop looking at that card you gave me.. Everyone tells me not to read it, and that just makes me feel like I need to read it.” So he asked us to bring him everything we could, and to come teach him. So we did just that (with the help of a member because he seemed a little Coocoocachoo).
Long story short, we are teaching Eric and he and his girlfriend Amanda are READING the book of mormon. I don’t mean like opening up to a random page and reading but from the start. It’s a beautiful thing.
Another thing you will be happy to know is that Hermana Jackson and I went from painting a house, to translating at the church for Gustavo and Teresa, back to painting a house lick-a-dee-split! We are wardrobe change artists. If changing real fast were an Olympic event I’d win the Bronze at least.
I’m done Yacking, love you all,
Hermana Holladay
Questions:
You said something that made us think that you knew when you would be coming home. Have they given you any information on that or did I misunderstand what you wrote? I’ve known when I go home like my entire mission… July 15th. I just had to make sure you wanted me to fly home to the Salt Lake City Airport. Stop asking.. sshhheesh
How is everyone doing? We have been praying for Jorge. Louis? Naomi and her family?
Pretty good! We love ’em..
How are you and Sister Jackson? Do you think you will get to stay together through this next transfer?
We are getting along swimmingly still, I really doubt we will have another one together.