This week was a much better week. Our member present lessons went up and our district (just the 4 of us) did awesome! We had 9 investigators at church today, combined with the elders, Desert Bloom had 11 investigators at church! One of those people happened to be Isidro, the man we've been trying to get to come to church for forever! He would always tell us he will when his leg heals, blah blah, but he came yesterday for the first hour. I'm so proud of him. I prayed for him a lot so that he'd be able to come to church. I just have a lot of love for him - well, for all of our investigators - but he's always been kind of special to me, don't know why. I feel like he's my grandpa or something. I felt the same way with Marcos. Last time we went over to see him, we were bold with him, restated our purpose and let him know that while we are always there for him, we cannot continue to come by if he is not willing to put his trust in the Lord to help him fulfill this commandment. It was a cool lesson and he came to church in his slippers and book of Mormon! I asked Heavenly Father in my prayers to let us know if he is ready or not in this moment, by giving him the strength and motivation to come to church. I'm so happy to see that the answer to my prayer was a yes. :)
The Ventura family also came to church, minus the mother and one of the daughters. Juliana as well, but she only stayed for the first hour this time. We also had a brand new investigator show up late. We did a little church tour with him. His name's Victor and he's from Cuba. By the way, did you know Cuban flan is 10x tastier than Mexican flan? Yep. :) I'm starting to love the Cuban people, we've been teaching a lot of them lately.
We had interviews with president this week. It was a good experience. President Neider assured me that I am a great missionary and he can feel my strength. Him and sister Nieder told me I was a great trainer as well. sister Neider told me I look so much different than the first day I arrived. She said she doesn't know why or what changed, but that I have a bright glow about me and seem to be a different person altogether. "You looked beautiful before, but now you look drop dead gorgeous!" She said that to me the last couple of times I saw her, too. She also said, "Your mission has changed you." I know that those are all kind of petty, vain things, but in a way a big answer to my prayers lately. I've been wondering whether or not I would be the kind of person I want to be by the time my mission is through... to hear sister Nieder and president Nieder's perspective of the kind of missionary I've become and how they see me, I feel as if I'm hearing what Heavenly Father feels about me and sees in me. When elder Carlson came he said something about how we should go home the kind of person our parents don't recognize. That made quite an impact on me back in November. I hope when I see you all in August, you'll be able to see that I've changed for the better. I still feel like myself, but a better version. I have a ways to go still, but I'm a work in progress and I plan on having that process continue after my mission as well and throughout the rest of my life.
Also, during sister Abernathy's interview, sister Nieder and I went on a power walk together around the chapel. That was fun and I actually just got to talk to her about the branch and everything. I might be going English soon. yikes!
I love you all very much!
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