Monday, January 26, 2015

Never coming back... or are you???

Hey there everyone!!
      Hope everyone had a wonderful week! Guys guess what?? Im about to be 20 years old :O haha. I cant believe it. I think my district has somthing in mind for me... i guess we will see! :)
Well guys this week has been great.We have really been working hard and trying are best to teach. Its a little hard because we both dont speak the language very well but we are trying are best. Keep us in your prayers.
So this week we have been working really hard with the less active members because there are over 600 of them in Santiago. So we have been working with this one in particular for a while and he told us that he had a testimony but was never coming back to church. Well guys guess who was a church this Sunday? Yep you guessed it haha.. he was!! I was super amazing because his brother is also a less active member and he came to church also. Along with Jean Carlos (who is his son/ investigator). It was just a big family reunion at church yesterday! Wonderful!! We had about a 75 attendence at church yesterday which is the best its been in a really long time. So we are trying to keep that up. If we get 100 people at church for 6 weeks, we get a big chapel. So we are aiming for that goal and higher.
So this week Hna. Duvy got confirmed a member of the La Iglesia de Jesucristo de Los Santos de Los Ultimos Dias!! What a blessing for her. She was sooo excited. She is also really excited about going to the temple in March. She is just a wonderful person.
So guys, you ready for a wonderful story? Well here you go..... So here we are, my companion and I walking down the street going to vistit Luis who is an investigator. So we stop at his house to ask him if he would like to go with us to get something to eat. I dont know if I have ever told you guys this but his mom is a little crazy. She hates us and doesnt like that we are teaching her son. She says we teach him bad things.................... hmmm.... well anyways, we went to his house and yelled out for him to come out. Mind you, his mom is like 90 years old and crazy. She comes out and starts yelling at us in English NO NO NO!! I DONT WANT!! NO NO NO! I DONT WANT YOUR RELIGION!! We just stood there and looked really scared. Then she says in Spanish... and I quote "voy a llamar la policia" then she said... voy a hachar los ladrones es como decirle a ellos que le hagan algo malo a nosotros. Which is english means that she was going to call the police on us and she was going to call robbers to do bad things to us... Shes nuts!! Haha.. We thought it was pretty funny. I just looked at her and said "Hermana" and then she jumped in a said NO I AM NOT YOUR SISTER.... Lets just say we wont be at her house anymore to meet with Luis. We will be meeting him at the church from now on.
Well guys... I hope you all have a wondeful week and day. Love you all.. Dont forget my birthday Feb. 7th haha. Love you all.

El evangelio de Jesucristo bendice a todas aquellas personas que lo aceptan y lo vivan. (the gospel of Jesus Christ blesses people who accept and live the gospel)


Monday, January 19, 2015

Pictures that i found of Lexi on Sister Bennett page








































Dog story...... its been a while

Hola everyone,
     Hope you all had a wonderful week. My companion and I have been working really hard here in Santiago!! We have also had some really hard days this week. Two people told us that they didnt believe what we taught and that Joseph Smith didnt see Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. They also told us that prophets were important back in the day and that they had there time but now they arent important. Its just soo sad to me that people dont know the truth. I just really wanted to help this lady sooo much. I tried bearing my testimony to her but she just shot me down. Maybe one day in the near future she will know the truth.
Other then the hard times this week we had a baptism. It was the first one for my comapnion, she was sooo excited. I am to haha. Hermana Duvy (lady who was baptized) was just sooooo ready to hear the gospel. Right before the baptism we watched the Joseph Smith Restoration video with her. After the video was over she looked at my companion and I and told us that everything we taughted her was true. That the Book of Mormon was true and that J.S really didnt see Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. After the baptism on Sunday she got up and shared her testimony to everyone there. During her testimony she thanked my companion and I for everything that we taught her. She said we gave her the truth!! She was soo happy. Now she is really hitting hard on family history. She is soo excited to go to the temple in March. She needs Sister Bluths help with some good old fashion family history. They dont have anyone in the branch that knows alot. We are so excited for what is to come with Hermana Duvy. She is awesome!!
Also this week during divisions with one of the sister training leaders I got bit by a dog. After all this time of no crazy dog stories now you have one. Sit back and enjoy. So here we were just walking down the street and my companion for the day stops to ask a member in her area where an investigator of theirs lives. As we stoped and talk to the member I noticed that they had a really unclean dog. He was kinda big but looked super nice. He wasnt barking or anything. So me being comfortable with dogs (You know... since nothing bad has happened in a while) went to pet the dog which was inside the gate of the house. I put my fingers next to its nose so that it could smell me before I pet him then BAM!!!!! As he was sniffing me BOOM he bit my fingers and started to bark. The member looked over and yelled NO, HE BITES!! Well thanks for telling me... to late now haha. My companion was freaking out. But I was fine just a little scrap and some skin. No big deal. You cant even tell now haha... So their is your dog story. Long time... sorry guys haha.
Well today (it being preparation day) we got to hike a mountain. It was about 2 hours to the top. Super cold but really cool. Pictures are to come.
 have learned alot about studying the scriptures latley. We need to make sure that we study every day. I have made it a goal to read my scriptures in Spanish this next change. I just started and Im almost out of Nephi. I dont understand everything but thats okay. I invite you guys to join me. Love you guys and hope you have a great week!!!
OFF TO WORK!!

-Hermana Patrick


                                          This is Hermana Duvy that got baptized yesterday!!

                                      This is Hermana Duvy that got baptized yesterday!!

                                      This is Hermana Duvy that got baptized yesterday!!


This is Hermana Duvy that got baptized yesterday!!
                                          This preperation day we got to hike a mountain!! Super fun!!

                                          This preperation day we got to hike a mountain!! Super fun!!

                                            This preperation day we got to hike a mountain!! Super fun!!

                                            This preperation day we got to hike a mountain!! Super fun!!

This preperation day we got to hike a mountain!! Super fun!! 
 This preperation day we got to hike a mountain!! Super fun!!


 This preperation day we got to hike a mountain!! Super fun!!

 This preperation day we got to hike a mountain!! Super fun!!

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more pictures of my area here in Panama

                                          A bus with my name haha!!! Im famous here in Panama