Well, as Woody would say, Howdy howdy howdy!
Hna B. and I just keep loving the work! The mission has some new, high goals for baptisms and new investigators, etc. this month and next so that President can go out with a bang. 100 people baptized in May! So we're just workin workin workin to find the people who are ready for the Restored Gospel.
OH! H WAS BAPTIZED ON SUNDAY!!!!!
Man. He was truly converted. I LOVE hearing about his experience when he prayed to know if the Book of Mormon is true and if Joseph Smith is a prophet. And his baptism was beautiful. We had JC, another very recent convert, baptize H. And we had a lot of support from the ward. He was SO ready. And after his baptism he couldn't stop talking about how happy he was--not just immediately after, but like days after... Yesterday when we taught him his first New Member lesson he told us about how he came out of Walmart and a guy threw a car jack into his car window.... and he didn't get mad at him. He just sent him on his way, vacuumed up the glass and is going to replace the window... He's so full of light right now and I'm SO thankful I was the lucky one to see it through, to be able to teach and know and love him. He'll be a strong member now.
During his baptismal interview he told Elder N. how when he was in Mexico as a boy, working on his grandpa's farm, his grandpa would watch him work and sometimes they'd see the misioneros go by. He'd say, "Grandpa! Who are they?" His abuelo would tell him they're the men of God. He then asked, "Well shouldn't we follow them then?" his grandpa would reply yes, he (H) could, but he was too old and set in his ways. So H would follow the Elders around on his bike and they'd give him cards, but wouldn't ever teach him. He'd put the cards under his pillow and saved them. Fast forward 35 years.... he's finally a member of the true church of Jesus Christ. He loves church and learns and ponders. And he's content that this was his time. And he has started a new life!
Other than that, we're just tryin to keep all our new investigators on board! We have high hopes for E and his family, Z, and M. It's great teaching Hispanics.... but they work ALL THE TIME!! hahaha
Well'm, there's just too little time to say what there is to say. I wish I was a better journal-er. No time, though. Ever. But it's a good thing.
I hope you all are mucho bien and that you're READING YOUR BOOK OF MORMON EVERY DAY or at least something of the Standard Works every day. I really like Brent's scripture study idea. I've done something similar and it's super good. Your understanding sky-rockets when you study all 4 at a time.
Well, I love you all!
Tengo que irme!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Abril 6 - Happy Birthday, Jesus!
Well...
I have absolutely no time to write because.... I was doing what missionaries do best! I've been talking to the guy next to me for about an hour about the Restoration of the Gospel and so now I just have a couple minutes to write!
So Hermana B and I are just having so much fun. :) We love being back together. Yesterday we got 4 new investigators!! The one I'm most excited for is a Spanish family. SO sweet. And we also took a guy's beer away. It was awesome. We went in and taught him and he confessed he does marjuana and smokes and drinks. We made him some bold promises that we have every confidence the Lord will make good on (that's another cool thing about being a missionary--you can be bold making promises to people and the Lord will keep them!) and he said he didn't have any drugs in the apartment but he did have some beer. We asked if we could take it to remove the temptation and help him begin on his way to turning around his life. And he actually agreed! He gave us his beer and we went and dumped it out on the grass. And someone who saw us do it became our next lesson and new investigator. So we went around this apartment complex yesterday with the intention of contacting formers or potentials but found 6 new people to teach. MIRACLES. Another lesson was a guy from Honduras. :) And we taught a 16 yr old and his sister the day before and we're going back today. We've lately been "blowing up our system" to be able to set much higher goals and accomplish them and have the kind of faith that these new higher goals require. And the miracles are..... miraculous!
H. attended 2 sessions of conference and loved them and learned much and took notes. He's so excited for his baptism and we just love him.
S. fell off the face of the earth. Again.
SP did too. :(
A. has a baptismal date and we're teaching him today too. We'll see how it goes. Our last appt with him was... interesting lol.
C..... breaks my heart. She was so golden and now we can't get a hold of her whatsoever.
D.... same.
The VC is great. I keep learning and improving my tours and the people who come in are always interesting. :) And the Lord prompts you when to go down and do referrals because he knows when people are home and when they'll accept your offer. :) Me gusta!
I loved hearing about all of you!
CONFERENCE WAS AMAZING.
But I only got to watch 2.75 sessions because of VC, etc. But I'm excited to get the Ensign and read them all again.
HO my gosh I need to go. Now.
I love you all!
Can't wait to hear from you again.
I have absolutely no time to write because.... I was doing what missionaries do best! I've been talking to the guy next to me for about an hour about the Restoration of the Gospel and so now I just have a couple minutes to write!
So Hermana B and I are just having so much fun. :) We love being back together. Yesterday we got 4 new investigators!! The one I'm most excited for is a Spanish family. SO sweet. And we also took a guy's beer away. It was awesome. We went in and taught him and he confessed he does marjuana and smokes and drinks. We made him some bold promises that we have every confidence the Lord will make good on (that's another cool thing about being a missionary--you can be bold making promises to people and the Lord will keep them!) and he said he didn't have any drugs in the apartment but he did have some beer. We asked if we could take it to remove the temptation and help him begin on his way to turning around his life. And he actually agreed! He gave us his beer and we went and dumped it out on the grass. And someone who saw us do it became our next lesson and new investigator. So we went around this apartment complex yesterday with the intention of contacting formers or potentials but found 6 new people to teach. MIRACLES. Another lesson was a guy from Honduras. :) And we taught a 16 yr old and his sister the day before and we're going back today. We've lately been "blowing up our system" to be able to set much higher goals and accomplish them and have the kind of faith that these new higher goals require. And the miracles are..... miraculous!
H. attended 2 sessions of conference and loved them and learned much and took notes. He's so excited for his baptism and we just love him.
S. fell off the face of the earth. Again.
SP did too. :(
A. has a baptismal date and we're teaching him today too. We'll see how it goes. Our last appt with him was... interesting lol.
C..... breaks my heart. She was so golden and now we can't get a hold of her whatsoever.
D.... same.
The VC is great. I keep learning and improving my tours and the people who come in are always interesting. :) And the Lord prompts you when to go down and do referrals because he knows when people are home and when they'll accept your offer. :) Me gusta!
I loved hearing about all of you!
CONFERENCE WAS AMAZING.
But I only got to watch 2.75 sessions because of VC, etc. But I'm excited to get the Ensign and read them all again.
HO my gosh I need to go. Now.
I love you all!
Can't wait to hear from you again.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Marzo 30
How is everybody doing?? How's everyone holding up with spring on its way and Conference around the corner? YAYA!
What a week! What a week!
This week was so good! Sis. D and I learned SO much together! I have been learning SO much about faith--what it really is and how to consciously have it. We had a great district meeting on Friday (given actually by our zone leader, Elder T) and we were very motivated after that and we set new goals, high goals, and then went out and had a good week. I shoved myself out of my comfort zone and just went for it. We contacted EVERYONE. Have you ever chased someone down on the sidewalk to tell them about the most important thing in your life? It's pretty exhilarating. :) I chased quite a few people. And when we were stopped at a stoplight I gave the woman on the corner a pass-along card. And when we were in the QT gas station I gave a 40 second rundown of the Restoration.... in Spanish... No idea how. Hahaha that one makes me laugh. I approach this lady and she gets this slightly apprehensive look on her face when I start talking in English and have an English pamphlet and indicates that she only speaks a little English and then I go, "Oh! Esta bien!" and switch it for a Spanish one and flip into Spanish ahahaha. She was probably like, "Who IS this girl?...." but she was really nice and said she'd read it. Yay.
And so the other day we were trying to contact a referral ... and were unsuccessful... again... and there was this guy out painting his rocks (?) across the street so I'm like, "hey... let's go talk to him..." So we went over and talked to him and gave him a pamphlet and got his and his wife's name and said we'd come back. So on Monday we went back and I'll be honest, I wasn't full of faith when we knocked on the door and the wife opened it. The time we'd contacted them, R had seemed minimally interested and his wife had been nice, but not said much. So I was surprised when she invited us in. We sat down and talked and I realized that I needed to change my state of mind from normal to faith-full and with vision so I told myself, "I can see her in white...." and I did. And so when I thought that I started worrying more about what I was going to say to her because it now mattered more.... and had to stop myself again and remember the promise of Elder Holland in Preach My Gospel about listening and not premeditating on what you're going to say, how it'll be given me in the moment I need it. I made the decision to listen to her fully and let the Spirit teach instead of me--He's supposed to be the teacher anyway and after all is the most affective one. In a nutshell I conscientiously "got out of the way" (as Elder Bednar calls it). And...... it worked. I can honestly say that the Spirit led that discussion. Sis D and I worked in unity, we said what needed to be said clearly and concisely and simply. We told her about the Book of Mormon, its background, and she replied, "Well that sounds amazing!" and we're thinking, "Yeah! It is! That's the correct response to this book!" We asked if she'd read it and she said absolutely, and if she could have one for her husband too, that they'd start reading it that night, together. We asked if we could come back and when and she's like, "Yeah! You can come back today if you'd like..." Wha'??! The only person who says that to us is H.... because he loves us... and already knows it's true.... hahaha. We were on shift that evening so we set up a time to come back on Wednesday, today. So we're meeting her (hopefully them) today at 5! Miracles happen when you follow the Spirit, when you do what the Lord would have you do, and when you get out of the way. :)
H is amazing as ever and well on his way toward baptism on April 10th. We are excited to watch some of conference with him. :) He described how he felt when he prayed to know if this was all true and his description was awesome. Perfect. He says, "Me senti .... mucha paz. Mucha paz. Mucha felicidad....."
SP... so hard to get a hold of because of her crazy job! But we taught her again and 'twas wonderful. She's amazing. We taught her the Plan of Salvation and she told us that meant a lot to her. And she's doing great reading the Book of Mormon. She flies a lot so she reads on the plane...
S.... S is always on fire.... she's on like 4 Nephi now.... and if she comes to conference and church the next week and keeps her other commitments, she will also be baptized on Apr. 10.
D and L... not totally sure. The first lesson was awesome. The second they were distracted by D's daughter.... and we just feel like it went over their heads because they were trying to fit the circle of the Gospel into the square of their protestant background. So obviously the Spirit wasn't there as strongly as it could've been. Hopefully we can meet with them again soon.
And A! A was sitting on the stairs when we tried to contact another referral... again, unsuccessfully. I went up to him and we started talking and I gave him a pamphlet, invited him to read it and said we'd be back and where did he live. He said he would and then pointed to his apartment. So we went back the other day and haha so we were standing outside the door before we knocked to practice our Spanish a bit and the people inside apparently heard us and opened the door hahaha we felt silly. We awkwardly asked if there was another man living there (we didn't yet know his name because we couldn't understand it when he told us) and thankfully somehow they understood and he came out and recognized us. We talked to him and he said he read the whole pamphlet, loved it, and wants to come to church. Yaya. So we're teaching him today at 3.
This morning we had the farewell breakfast. At the end of every transfer they have a breakfast at the VC for those who are going home. it was awesome. We sang farewell songs and took 40,894 pictures and.......
So that brings us to the next bit of news:
transfers are tomorrow.
Sister D is leaving for Concordia, MO..... and Sister B is coming here to be with me in Riverview!!!! So excited. I am sad to see Sis. D go, though. (She has a great companion though! Sis. R is AMAZING. I served with her one day back in Feb.) We learned so much together, Sis. D and I, and grew to love each other. When it was tough this transfer, I knew I had 2 choices. I could either go forward or backward. I could get annoyed and be stubborn and worry about myself.... or I could back down, learn from whatever the situation had to offer, learn from my companion and her knowledge, and become a better missionary and more like the Savior. And I'm happy to say that I am a better missionary now. And I am excited to keep on learning how to work better, teach better, BE better. The key is definitely humility, the Spirit, and love.
So there's a quotation from Elder Pearson that I love and want to share:
"The problem with some missionaries is that they do the same thing they've always done and expect different results. That's the definition of insanity! No wonder some missionaries think they're going crazy!" He talked about how when Pres. Hinkley made the goal to build all those temples, that they had to go into the temple dept. and just blow up the whole system because the way they were doing things then just wasn't enough to operate at the kind of magnitude of his goals. So they had to blow up the system and make a new one that could handle his kind of operation. And so basically don't be afraid to blow up your system in order to accommodate bigger goals, more investigators, more baptisms, more lives changed. It's really quite amazing how much of this work depends on the missionary and his/her attitude and faith. FAITH IS EVERYTHING. (reference Moroni 10:7 :) ) It is something completely different than I ever really knew before. It's something I always wanted to be able to pin down more and I think that desire has driven me to do what it takes to have faith and to receive faith--after all, it's a gift from God. And it truly, truly, truly..... moves mountains. I say that with all seriousness. The mountains that it moves in peoples lives are huge. But when you have the power of faith, aka the Power of God behind it, nothing is impossible. Absolutely nothing. Remember that the next time you pray. Prayer is the key to faith. I definitely receive more inspiration while on my knees than perhaps any other place. Too many times before in my life I'd pick up the prayer phone, order my 'groceries', say thanks, and hang up. But it is literally renewing when you actually be quiet for half the time you're praying and let Him talk back to you. I've learned that when I pray in faith, He answers. This life and time is way to crucial to not slow down and listen.
Ummm.... I AM SO EXCITED FOR CONFERENCE. And I'm so excited to have our investigators hear our general authorities!
But I certainly hope you are all enjoying spring. It's still freezing here. IT was 85 one day and then plummetted again lol.
What a week! What a week!
This week was so good! Sis. D and I learned SO much together! I have been learning SO much about faith--what it really is and how to consciously have it. We had a great district meeting on Friday (given actually by our zone leader, Elder T) and we were very motivated after that and we set new goals, high goals, and then went out and had a good week. I shoved myself out of my comfort zone and just went for it. We contacted EVERYONE. Have you ever chased someone down on the sidewalk to tell them about the most important thing in your life? It's pretty exhilarating. :) I chased quite a few people. And when we were stopped at a stoplight I gave the woman on the corner a pass-along card. And when we were in the QT gas station I gave a 40 second rundown of the Restoration.... in Spanish... No idea how. Hahaha that one makes me laugh. I approach this lady and she gets this slightly apprehensive look on her face when I start talking in English and have an English pamphlet and indicates that she only speaks a little English and then I go, "Oh! Esta bien!" and switch it for a Spanish one and flip into Spanish ahahaha. She was probably like, "Who IS this girl?...." but she was really nice and said she'd read it. Yay.
And so the other day we were trying to contact a referral ... and were unsuccessful... again... and there was this guy out painting his rocks (?) across the street so I'm like, "hey... let's go talk to him..." So we went over and talked to him and gave him a pamphlet and got his and his wife's name and said we'd come back. So on Monday we went back and I'll be honest, I wasn't full of faith when we knocked on the door and the wife opened it. The time we'd contacted them, R had seemed minimally interested and his wife had been nice, but not said much. So I was surprised when she invited us in. We sat down and talked and I realized that I needed to change my state of mind from normal to faith-full and with vision so I told myself, "I can see her in white...." and I did. And so when I thought that I started worrying more about what I was going to say to her because it now mattered more.... and had to stop myself again and remember the promise of Elder Holland in Preach My Gospel about listening and not premeditating on what you're going to say, how it'll be given me in the moment I need it. I made the decision to listen to her fully and let the Spirit teach instead of me--He's supposed to be the teacher anyway and after all is the most affective one. In a nutshell I conscientiously "got out of the way" (as Elder Bednar calls it). And...... it worked. I can honestly say that the Spirit led that discussion. Sis D and I worked in unity, we said what needed to be said clearly and concisely and simply. We told her about the Book of Mormon, its background, and she replied, "Well that sounds amazing!" and we're thinking, "Yeah! It is! That's the correct response to this book!" We asked if she'd read it and she said absolutely, and if she could have one for her husband too, that they'd start reading it that night, together. We asked if we could come back and when and she's like, "Yeah! You can come back today if you'd like..." Wha'??! The only person who says that to us is H.... because he loves us... and already knows it's true.... hahaha. We were on shift that evening so we set up a time to come back on Wednesday, today. So we're meeting her (hopefully them) today at 5! Miracles happen when you follow the Spirit, when you do what the Lord would have you do, and when you get out of the way. :)
H is amazing as ever and well on his way toward baptism on April 10th. We are excited to watch some of conference with him. :) He described how he felt when he prayed to know if this was all true and his description was awesome. Perfect. He says, "Me senti .... mucha paz. Mucha paz. Mucha felicidad....."
SP... so hard to get a hold of because of her crazy job! But we taught her again and 'twas wonderful. She's amazing. We taught her the Plan of Salvation and she told us that meant a lot to her. And she's doing great reading the Book of Mormon. She flies a lot so she reads on the plane...
S.... S is always on fire.... she's on like 4 Nephi now.... and if she comes to conference and church the next week and keeps her other commitments, she will also be baptized on Apr. 10.
D and L... not totally sure. The first lesson was awesome. The second they were distracted by D's daughter.... and we just feel like it went over their heads because they were trying to fit the circle of the Gospel into the square of their protestant background. So obviously the Spirit wasn't there as strongly as it could've been. Hopefully we can meet with them again soon.
And A! A was sitting on the stairs when we tried to contact another referral... again, unsuccessfully. I went up to him and we started talking and I gave him a pamphlet, invited him to read it and said we'd be back and where did he live. He said he would and then pointed to his apartment. So we went back the other day and haha so we were standing outside the door before we knocked to practice our Spanish a bit and the people inside apparently heard us and opened the door hahaha we felt silly. We awkwardly asked if there was another man living there (we didn't yet know his name because we couldn't understand it when he told us) and thankfully somehow they understood and he came out and recognized us. We talked to him and he said he read the whole pamphlet, loved it, and wants to come to church. Yaya. So we're teaching him today at 3.
This morning we had the farewell breakfast. At the end of every transfer they have a breakfast at the VC for those who are going home. it was awesome. We sang farewell songs and took 40,894 pictures and.......
So that brings us to the next bit of news:
transfers are tomorrow.
Sister D is leaving for Concordia, MO..... and Sister B is coming here to be with me in Riverview!!!! So excited. I am sad to see Sis. D go, though. (She has a great companion though! Sis. R is AMAZING. I served with her one day back in Feb.) We learned so much together, Sis. D and I, and grew to love each other. When it was tough this transfer, I knew I had 2 choices. I could either go forward or backward. I could get annoyed and be stubborn and worry about myself.... or I could back down, learn from whatever the situation had to offer, learn from my companion and her knowledge, and become a better missionary and more like the Savior. And I'm happy to say that I am a better missionary now. And I am excited to keep on learning how to work better, teach better, BE better. The key is definitely humility, the Spirit, and love.
So there's a quotation from Elder Pearson that I love and want to share:
"The problem with some missionaries is that they do the same thing they've always done and expect different results. That's the definition of insanity! No wonder some missionaries think they're going crazy!" He talked about how when Pres. Hinkley made the goal to build all those temples, that they had to go into the temple dept. and just blow up the whole system because the way they were doing things then just wasn't enough to operate at the kind of magnitude of his goals. So they had to blow up the system and make a new one that could handle his kind of operation. And so basically don't be afraid to blow up your system in order to accommodate bigger goals, more investigators, more baptisms, more lives changed. It's really quite amazing how much of this work depends on the missionary and his/her attitude and faith. FAITH IS EVERYTHING. (reference Moroni 10:7 :) ) It is something completely different than I ever really knew before. It's something I always wanted to be able to pin down more and I think that desire has driven me to do what it takes to have faith and to receive faith--after all, it's a gift from God. And it truly, truly, truly..... moves mountains. I say that with all seriousness. The mountains that it moves in peoples lives are huge. But when you have the power of faith, aka the Power of God behind it, nothing is impossible. Absolutely nothing. Remember that the next time you pray. Prayer is the key to faith. I definitely receive more inspiration while on my knees than perhaps any other place. Too many times before in my life I'd pick up the prayer phone, order my 'groceries', say thanks, and hang up. But it is literally renewing when you actually be quiet for half the time you're praying and let Him talk back to you. I've learned that when I pray in faith, He answers. This life and time is way to crucial to not slow down and listen.
Ummm.... I AM SO EXCITED FOR CONFERENCE. And I'm so excited to have our investigators hear our general authorities!
But I certainly hope you are all enjoying spring. It's still freezing here. IT was 85 one day and then plummetted again lol.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Marzo 23
So last Friday was our Mission Tour where Elder Pearson of the Seventy and his wife came and spoke. SUPER GOOD. No. WONDERFUL. I actually heard him in the MTC and I loved his insight there and have referred back to those notes, and this time he got to speak for a lot longer and the Spirit was very present and thus I was able to learn MUCH more than otherwise. I love that--how He can "open the eyes of our understanding" and help us really understand if we'll only make the decision to be meek and open and humble and faithful... :)
Last week we were able to teach 2 new investigators, D and L. The lesson was very good and they were both touched--that was very evident. D is about our age or a little older with 2 little girls (one whom she lives with) and L is her grandma who is living with her temporarily until she moves back to Kansas. L's daughter, D's mom, is a New World Revival-ist that isn't our biggest fan. I'm pretty sure she tries to tear down every wall we build with them. She's been to Israel a bunch of times for movies her church does; she says she was healed over there from chronic pancreatitis, and she's a very strong-willed outspoken person. So we'll see how everything pans out.
On Saturday Sis D and I gave a tour to 3 non-member men, all married and in their 30's, part of the same congregation, very religious, coming in to ... I'm not totally sure. Just check it out I guess.
THAT was an interesting tour. There's so much to tell about it that I almost don't even want to start. 2 of them were at least a little open at first and then started asking more questions--phrased in a way that wasn't just trying to get an answer out of us but actually interested as to what we believed on the subjects. Then they started asking more questions and I pulled out the Book of Mormon and read them some passages in answer to different things, etc. and it was good and Sis D and I could tell they were feeling something. Then at last, the one guy that wouldn't make eye contact with us or whose body language indicated anything but interest spoke up at the end and goes off about how he can recognize counterfeit money and he can recognize scripture.... and the things I read out of the Book of Mormon were NOT SCRIPTURE and everything's a hoax ..... right then, Spirit GONE. This awful feeling crept over us, and it was like a light switch that he switched in the other two and the one who had been most open at the beginning went on this spree of quoting Bible scriptures (and their references) that he thought proved us wrong, eventually ending by saying that either we're right or they're right and if they're right, we're going to the lake of fire and brimstone and will be the ones who say, "Lord, Lord! We've baptized in your name, etc etc." and whom Jesus says (in Revelations), "Depart from me, ye workers of iniquity." and how it says in the Bible that man has never seen the face of God so Joseph Smith's a fraud and all this.... It was just so interesting how the Spirit was totally there for most of it and then once that switch was flipped.... BAM. They KNEW they felt something. They KNEW the things we were telling them made sense (they were taught them before they came to earth, after all, and it was sounding familiar....) and I think..... well, I think a LOT of things about that experience. It was funny how we could have combated their arguments with a myriad of truths straight from their own Bible, but at that point it would have been fruitless. J encouraged me to leave the Book of Mormon aside for a while and just read the Bible so that I could see the difference and climb out of my ignorance or something like this and I just thought, "I can't. I just can't. I could never 'leave the Book of Mormon aside for a while' because it's TRUE!!!!!!" so I just said, "Okay! And in return, I encourage you to read it. All the way through. and then take Moroni's challenge...." They departed a bit heated. I think it bugged them that we kept smiling throughout their rampage and said a friendly goodbye still.... I KNOW they walked out of our doors entirely more affected than they expected. I guarantee you that they all have thought about the things we discussed a lot since then and I hope that they'll eventually soften their hearts enough to see the truth. "Tis hard to kick against the pricks...." ;) I'll be honest, though, it took a little toll on me. I had to go downstairs and play the piano to get the Spirit back. It was crazy for me to see people feel the Holy Ghost like that and then shove back against it so hard.... while instilling fear in me that I'd go to that lake of fire and brimstone.... And God NEVER works by fear..... so yeah. The next morning I read "Safety For the Soul" by Elder Holland and it is the PERFECT talk for J..... Y'all should watch it after you read this email. ;) It's one of my favorites. Watching it is better than reading it. btw
Well, other than that we finally heard from H again!! We were afraid he was in trouble up in Minnesota (his whole family's in a mess) but he's back now and we taught him again yesterday. So good. And we're seeing S today and SP tomorrow! Last week was kind of a drought with all of them.... But we found S and C and possibly M.... People are so interesting...so different.... yet so the same.....
This week has also been a challenging one emotionally and mentally and Spiritually. For many reasons. At this time in my mission more than any other as of yet I feel my rough corners and edges being chipped and sawed off to become smooth and I learn MUCH more about being truly Christlike and patient when it is NOT easy on a very regular and consistent basis.
Well, I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures. Sorry there weren't that many. I'm trying to take more. I have no idea where my batteries and charger went and it's driving me crazy. I really hope it's not in JC..... Dang. Probably is........
I hope you're all having a wonderful week!!
Last week we were able to teach 2 new investigators, D and L. The lesson was very good and they were both touched--that was very evident. D is about our age or a little older with 2 little girls (one whom she lives with) and L is her grandma who is living with her temporarily until she moves back to Kansas. L's daughter, D's mom, is a New World Revival-ist that isn't our biggest fan. I'm pretty sure she tries to tear down every wall we build with them. She's been to Israel a bunch of times for movies her church does; she says she was healed over there from chronic pancreatitis, and she's a very strong-willed outspoken person. So we'll see how everything pans out.
On Saturday Sis D and I gave a tour to 3 non-member men, all married and in their 30's, part of the same congregation, very religious, coming in to ... I'm not totally sure. Just check it out I guess.
THAT was an interesting tour. There's so much to tell about it that I almost don't even want to start. 2 of them were at least a little open at first and then started asking more questions--phrased in a way that wasn't just trying to get an answer out of us but actually interested as to what we believed on the subjects. Then they started asking more questions and I pulled out the Book of Mormon and read them some passages in answer to different things, etc. and it was good and Sis D and I could tell they were feeling something. Then at last, the one guy that wouldn't make eye contact with us or whose body language indicated anything but interest spoke up at the end and goes off about how he can recognize counterfeit money and he can recognize scripture.... and the things I read out of the Book of Mormon were NOT SCRIPTURE and everything's a hoax ..... right then, Spirit GONE. This awful feeling crept over us, and it was like a light switch that he switched in the other two and the one who had been most open at the beginning went on this spree of quoting Bible scriptures (and their references) that he thought proved us wrong, eventually ending by saying that either we're right or they're right and if they're right, we're going to the lake of fire and brimstone and will be the ones who say, "Lord, Lord! We've baptized in your name, etc etc." and whom Jesus says (in Revelations), "Depart from me, ye workers of iniquity." and how it says in the Bible that man has never seen the face of God so Joseph Smith's a fraud and all this.... It was just so interesting how the Spirit was totally there for most of it and then once that switch was flipped.... BAM. They KNEW they felt something. They KNEW the things we were telling them made sense (they were taught them before they came to earth, after all, and it was sounding familiar....) and I think..... well, I think a LOT of things about that experience. It was funny how we could have combated their arguments with a myriad of truths straight from their own Bible, but at that point it would have been fruitless. J encouraged me to leave the Book of Mormon aside for a while and just read the Bible so that I could see the difference and climb out of my ignorance or something like this and I just thought, "I can't. I just can't. I could never 'leave the Book of Mormon aside for a while' because it's TRUE!!!!!!" so I just said, "Okay! And in return, I encourage you to read it. All the way through. and then take Moroni's challenge...." They departed a bit heated. I think it bugged them that we kept smiling throughout their rampage and said a friendly goodbye still.... I KNOW they walked out of our doors entirely more affected than they expected. I guarantee you that they all have thought about the things we discussed a lot since then and I hope that they'll eventually soften their hearts enough to see the truth. "Tis hard to kick against the pricks...." ;) I'll be honest, though, it took a little toll on me. I had to go downstairs and play the piano to get the Spirit back. It was crazy for me to see people feel the Holy Ghost like that and then shove back against it so hard.... while instilling fear in me that I'd go to that lake of fire and brimstone.... And God NEVER works by fear..... so yeah. The next morning I read "Safety For the Soul" by Elder Holland and it is the PERFECT talk for J..... Y'all should watch it after you read this email. ;) It's one of my favorites. Watching it is better than reading it. btw
Well, other than that we finally heard from H again!! We were afraid he was in trouble up in Minnesota (his whole family's in a mess) but he's back now and we taught him again yesterday. So good. And we're seeing S today and SP tomorrow! Last week was kind of a drought with all of them.... But we found S and C and possibly M.... People are so interesting...so different.... yet so the same.....
This week has also been a challenging one emotionally and mentally and Spiritually. For many reasons. At this time in my mission more than any other as of yet I feel my rough corners and edges being chipped and sawed off to become smooth and I learn MUCH more about being truly Christlike and patient when it is NOT easy on a very regular and consistent basis.
Well, I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures. Sorry there weren't that many. I'm trying to take more. I have no idea where my batteries and charger went and it's driving me crazy. I really hope it's not in JC..... Dang. Probably is........
I hope you're all having a wonderful week!!
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Marzo 15
Hola familia,
Yup, this week I had P day on Tuesday. So it'll be a couple weeks before I hear from any of you because everyone waits til Tuesday night or Wednesday morning to email me lol. You snooze I lose I guess haha.
So anyway, how's everyone's week been?
Well, I got to go to the K's baptism on Saturday!! It was awesome!! It was so neat to see them again. Bro W picked us up from KC with Sis H (someone I was close to in JC) cuz Sis. W is about to pop she's so pregnant. And it was good to see some of the JC crowd and Sis. N again... and then C drove us back afterward and we got to know each other a lot more then. :) I'll send pictures of the baptism with the Ks... I gave a talk on the Holy Ghost and played the piano and last-minute-ly accompanied Sis N singing the same song that I sang at my baptism. :) The Ks are solid. I love that. What a unique privilege I had to help bring a solid family into the gospel. That's every missionary's dream.
So about the Book of Mormon signed with some of the YW's testimonies. There are actually 2 teen girls here that could benefit from it. SP has 2 daughters, 10 and 13, and the 13 yr old seems precocious. And then B, 17, in JC, the daughter of the W family... So that's neat....
But so last week when we met with SP, it went very well. :) We taught her the first lesson, she nodded all the way through it, was already on 1 Nep. 10 and before Sis. D could even finish the sentence to commit her for baptism, she's like, "Oh yeah! Of course!" So we're excited about her. She has a tough work schedule, however. She's starting up a new branch of her company in Nevada so she has to jump around quite a bit and thus we don't get to teach her as often as we'd like. But so that makes 3 people currently, along with S and H. :)
Satan is DEFINITELY doing his best to thwart things, though. He never goes down without a fight. Random stupid things keep keeping H from attending church. And for once it's NOT the investigator's lack of motivation. He's wanted to come for 4 weeks. Satan is very creative in his tactics. This week he decided to put H's daughter in law in the hospital in Minnesota. His son wasn't able to be with her and so he left Saturday night for Minnesota to be with her and take care of things. Which means we have to move his baptism back to the 27th instead of his birthday, the 20th. :( :( :(
We gave H a church tour last Thursday and in it I asked him why he wanted to be baptized and why he thought baptism into this church was necessary instead of another church, etc. He replied, "iPorque es verdadero!" and then explained the peace he feels when he reads and when we teach him. Everything clicks. And when he prayed as we instructed him to, he felt it was true. The doctrine of prophets made sense. He realizes that baptism means a new life and he's excited to start it, to have his sins washed away. He has such amazing faith. So then after the church tour we were waiting with him for his ride home and we gave him the Word of Wisdom pamphlet. He goes, "Oh! Bueno. No fumo, no tomo..." (aka I don't smoke or drink) we said, "Si! Es bueno. Pero hay dos cosas mas..." and we told him about no tea or coffee. He kind of paused and told us how he drinks coffee a few times a week.... "Pero... no mas! Starting tomorrow, I no more drink coffee." He just continues to amaze Sis D and I with his faith. The things he expressed that day humbled us. He trusts us so much. It's humbling to be a servant of the Lord and have someone so meek have so much faith in what you teach them to be willing to change his/her life... It's a privilege.
However, there are a lot of times on the mission when you feel like a complete failure. You're doing the best you can, but things still don't work out. Or, despite your best intentions, you mess up or weren't aware of something... But ya live and learn.
Alrighty then...
Th-th-th-th-th-that's all folks!
Until next week, have a wonderfully sunny week! In all aspects!
Yup, this week I had P day on Tuesday. So it'll be a couple weeks before I hear from any of you because everyone waits til Tuesday night or Wednesday morning to email me lol. You snooze I lose I guess haha.
So anyway, how's everyone's week been?
Well, I got to go to the K's baptism on Saturday!! It was awesome!! It was so neat to see them again. Bro W picked us up from KC with Sis H (someone I was close to in JC) cuz Sis. W is about to pop she's so pregnant. And it was good to see some of the JC crowd and Sis. N again... and then C drove us back afterward and we got to know each other a lot more then. :) I'll send pictures of the baptism with the Ks... I gave a talk on the Holy Ghost and played the piano and last-minute-ly accompanied Sis N singing the same song that I sang at my baptism. :) The Ks are solid. I love that. What a unique privilege I had to help bring a solid family into the gospel. That's every missionary's dream.
So about the Book of Mormon signed with some of the YW's testimonies. There are actually 2 teen girls here that could benefit from it. SP has 2 daughters, 10 and 13, and the 13 yr old seems precocious. And then B, 17, in JC, the daughter of the W family... So that's neat....
But so last week when we met with SP, it went very well. :) We taught her the first lesson, she nodded all the way through it, was already on 1 Nep. 10 and before Sis. D could even finish the sentence to commit her for baptism, she's like, "Oh yeah! Of course!" So we're excited about her. She has a tough work schedule, however. She's starting up a new branch of her company in Nevada so she has to jump around quite a bit and thus we don't get to teach her as often as we'd like. But so that makes 3 people currently, along with S and H. :)
Satan is DEFINITELY doing his best to thwart things, though. He never goes down without a fight. Random stupid things keep keeping H from attending church. And for once it's NOT the investigator's lack of motivation. He's wanted to come for 4 weeks. Satan is very creative in his tactics. This week he decided to put H's daughter in law in the hospital in Minnesota. His son wasn't able to be with her and so he left Saturday night for Minnesota to be with her and take care of things. Which means we have to move his baptism back to the 27th instead of his birthday, the 20th. :( :( :(
We gave H a church tour last Thursday and in it I asked him why he wanted to be baptized and why he thought baptism into this church was necessary instead of another church, etc. He replied, "iPorque es verdadero!" and then explained the peace he feels when he reads and when we teach him. Everything clicks. And when he prayed as we instructed him to, he felt it was true. The doctrine of prophets made sense. He realizes that baptism means a new life and he's excited to start it, to have his sins washed away. He has such amazing faith. So then after the church tour we were waiting with him for his ride home and we gave him the Word of Wisdom pamphlet. He goes, "Oh! Bueno. No fumo, no tomo..." (aka I don't smoke or drink) we said, "Si! Es bueno. Pero hay dos cosas mas..." and we told him about no tea or coffee. He kind of paused and told us how he drinks coffee a few times a week.... "Pero... no mas! Starting tomorrow, I no more drink coffee." He just continues to amaze Sis D and I with his faith. The things he expressed that day humbled us. He trusts us so much. It's humbling to be a servant of the Lord and have someone so meek have so much faith in what you teach them to be willing to change his/her life... It's a privilege.
However, there are a lot of times on the mission when you feel like a complete failure. You're doing the best you can, but things still don't work out. Or, despite your best intentions, you mess up or weren't aware of something... But ya live and learn.
Alrighty then...
Th-th-th-th-th-that's all folks!
Until next week, have a wonderfully sunny week! In all aspects!
Marzo 9 =0)
This week was so good.
My companion and I had a few really neat conversations about the gospel and other different things, we taught some good lessons, have 2 people committed for baptism!!!!!!!!!! and have finally gotten in touch with a couple people that we've been searching for for a while.
First of all, the K's baptism got moved to the 12th so I'll be heading to that on Saturday. But I'm very excited!
The 2 people we have set for baptism here are H and S.
We can't believe some of these people we meet and teach. They are so prepared by the Lord to receive His gospel. It's amazing how, if His children just listen and let Him go to work, He does!!
S is a young black woman who has been through some crazy stuff. But she's basically more in tune with the Spirit than I am... and she doesn't even have it yet! She met Sis. D on a bus in Kaw River (Kansas City, KS) and saw a picture of a B of M on her pass along card and said, "Oh! I've been wanting one of those!" and they gave her one, taught her once in a McDonald's, and then she fell off the face of the earth. (so many do....) Then she finally reappeared this week and she's in much better circumstances and she's in Alma 51 or something, started from the beginning! I'm excited to get to teach her more and know her better.
Then H we've been teaching for a couple weeks and we committed him to be baptized on March 20. And he said it was the perfect day because it's his birthday! I was like, "Yaya! Fui bautizada en mi cumpleanos tambien! ....pero tenia 8 anos.... hahaha." He's so ready. He was asking us what else he needed to do to prepare more to be baptized. He doesn't drink or smoke or live-in-sin and he loves the Libro de Mormon. He doesn't understand all of it, he admits, but it's good and he reads the parts over and over that he doesn't understand.
I'm getting more used to the VC now. I still want more time in our area, but alas, it's ok. And the Lord definitely blesses us in the time we do have.
Last week we were able to help D organize her things after we helped her move on Tuesday. It was good and we got to talk to her about the gospel. We need to see her again soon, though...
She was supposed to come to stake conference on Sunday and didn't. Stake Conf was amazing, by the way. Pres. Eyring and Elder Cook and Bishop Burton and Sister Cook spoke. VERY good talks. Of course. So this was our super-duper-frustrating moment for the week...
We set H up with a ride to stake conf. with the P family. Sunday morning at 7 they call us and tell us they can't bring him. So we call half the ward to find him another ride and finally Bro. L said he could pick him up. He went and rang and knocked but no one answered, and he described the house and we knew he had the right one.... and we called H 10 times and his phone was screwing up for some reason.... (only time it's ever done that...) and we were so sad when he wasn't there. Especially since he was supposed to come to the VC afterward. Then later in the day he called us and we were like, "Le extranamos, a la conferencia de la estaca...." and he told us how he had gotten up at 7 and showered and gotten all ready and went out at 8:30 and looked for a car..... no car.... and then again at 9.... no car.... and he has no idea why his phone wouldn't ring for us or why he didn't hear any doorbell. "Yo estaba al hogar! Si! Si! Estaba esperando por el ride!" He was totally ready and waiting.... BAHH. I hate Satan. But this Sunday that will not happen. No way.
USU won the WAC!!!!!!!! (my comp's dad updates her on all the sports. And apparently BYU has been getting a lot of publicity about that honor-code-breaking-player... but that it has actually been a good thing.)
And thank the YW and ward for the signed Book of Mormon. I'll do my best to place it in the hands of another teenage girl who will be most effected.
I thank you muchly for your prayers. They are seriously real. God hears them and blesses us as missionaries with the things you pray for.
Thank you for your emails and letters. I love hearing about life at home.
One last thing I should've said before, I love taking tours at the VC. Especially nonmember tours. :) I took a couple of those this week and they both went very well. It's neat how the special feeling and spirit within the VC works on people. They feel the difference. They walk out with Books of Mormon and with the commitment to go to church, different things like that whereas they wouldn't have otherwise.
And yesterday I went on exchanges into an English area, but got to teach in Spanish! It was good, too, that I came that night because the husband wouldn't have understood much at all if it was all in English as it would've been if I weren't there. Yay. God is great.
I hope you all are doing marvelously, growing spiritually, physically (did you win the competition, DAD?????), mentally, emotionally and socially. I know I am!
Hasta despues...
My companion and I had a few really neat conversations about the gospel and other different things, we taught some good lessons, have 2 people committed for baptism!!!!!!!!!! and have finally gotten in touch with a couple people that we've been searching for for a while.
First of all, the K's baptism got moved to the 12th so I'll be heading to that on Saturday. But I'm very excited!
The 2 people we have set for baptism here are H and S.
We can't believe some of these people we meet and teach. They are so prepared by the Lord to receive His gospel. It's amazing how, if His children just listen and let Him go to work, He does!!
S is a young black woman who has been through some crazy stuff. But she's basically more in tune with the Spirit than I am... and she doesn't even have it yet! She met Sis. D on a bus in Kaw River (Kansas City, KS) and saw a picture of a B of M on her pass along card and said, "Oh! I've been wanting one of those!" and they gave her one, taught her once in a McDonald's, and then she fell off the face of the earth. (so many do....) Then she finally reappeared this week and she's in much better circumstances and she's in Alma 51 or something, started from the beginning! I'm excited to get to teach her more and know her better.
Then H we've been teaching for a couple weeks and we committed him to be baptized on March 20. And he said it was the perfect day because it's his birthday! I was like, "Yaya! Fui bautizada en mi cumpleanos tambien! ....pero tenia 8 anos.... hahaha." He's so ready. He was asking us what else he needed to do to prepare more to be baptized. He doesn't drink or smoke or live-in-sin and he loves the Libro de Mormon. He doesn't understand all of it, he admits, but it's good and he reads the parts over and over that he doesn't understand.
I'm getting more used to the VC now. I still want more time in our area, but alas, it's ok. And the Lord definitely blesses us in the time we do have.
Last week we were able to help D organize her things after we helped her move on Tuesday. It was good and we got to talk to her about the gospel. We need to see her again soon, though...
She was supposed to come to stake conference on Sunday and didn't. Stake Conf was amazing, by the way. Pres. Eyring and Elder Cook and Bishop Burton and Sister Cook spoke. VERY good talks. Of course. So this was our super-duper-frustrating moment for the week...
We set H up with a ride to stake conf. with the P family. Sunday morning at 7 they call us and tell us they can't bring him. So we call half the ward to find him another ride and finally Bro. L said he could pick him up. He went and rang and knocked but no one answered, and he described the house and we knew he had the right one.... and we called H 10 times and his phone was screwing up for some reason.... (only time it's ever done that...) and we were so sad when he wasn't there. Especially since he was supposed to come to the VC afterward. Then later in the day he called us and we were like, "Le extranamos, a la conferencia de la estaca...." and he told us how he had gotten up at 7 and showered and gotten all ready and went out at 8:30 and looked for a car..... no car.... and then again at 9.... no car.... and he has no idea why his phone wouldn't ring for us or why he didn't hear any doorbell. "Yo estaba al hogar! Si! Si! Estaba esperando por el ride!" He was totally ready and waiting.... BAHH. I hate Satan. But this Sunday that will not happen. No way.
USU won the WAC!!!!!!!! (my comp's dad updates her on all the sports. And apparently BYU has been getting a lot of publicity about that honor-code-breaking-player... but that it has actually been a good thing.)
And thank the YW and ward for the signed Book of Mormon. I'll do my best to place it in the hands of another teenage girl who will be most effected.
I thank you muchly for your prayers. They are seriously real. God hears them and blesses us as missionaries with the things you pray for.
Thank you for your emails and letters. I love hearing about life at home.
One last thing I should've said before, I love taking tours at the VC. Especially nonmember tours. :) I took a couple of those this week and they both went very well. It's neat how the special feeling and spirit within the VC works on people. They feel the difference. They walk out with Books of Mormon and with the commitment to go to church, different things like that whereas they wouldn't have otherwise.
And yesterday I went on exchanges into an English area, but got to teach in Spanish! It was good, too, that I came that night because the husband wouldn't have understood much at all if it was all in English as it would've been if I weren't there. Yay. God is great.
I hope you all are doing marvelously, growing spiritually, physically (did you win the competition, DAD?????), mentally, emotionally and socially. I know I am!
Hasta despues...
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Marzo 2
Hola mi familia,
Como estan?
Esta semana ha sido interesante. Siempre, no?
So this week was good. An adjustment.
I like being out and about all day a lot better and we have extremely limited miles which gets in the way of a lot of things. :(
But this week we taught a man named Humberto twice. Spanish! He is so prepared. I don't know why he's not baptized already. We have another appt. with him tomorrow where we'll commit him for baptism. :) :)
We also taught a woman named Alma yesterday. Also Spanish. I have high hopes!
And we have an appt with Maria tomorrow (it'll be the first formal teaching appt so cross your fingers...)
And we're still trying to get in constant contact with Sharon, a woman who walked into the church the week before I came requesting a Book of Mormon because she'd read one of Glen Beck's books that mentioned it.... She's golden, but SUPER hard to get a hold of because her job is nuts and takes her out of the state all the time. Please pray for her also.
Last week we also taught Orlando and made it very visual. :) I made a path out of random things leading to his wife and children and Sis. D. and I were "the gate" aka baptism (2 Nephi 31). The hard thing with them is they're illegal from Honduras and not married, even though they've lived together for 15 yrs and have like 4 kids. And to get them married is like pulling teeth because Missouri and Kansas require proof of legal residence now.
So our ward is so unique. Talk about the antithesis of a Utah ward hahahahahahahaha.
There are grand total of like.......... 19 white people in the ward....... including the missionaries........ like 60% are Spanish, 25% are Black, 7% are like Cambodian or Marshalese ...... Very diverse. We serve with elders. It's nice to have them for backup and help, etc. Elder N. (of Sandy) and Elder G. (of California). It's also neat being around so many other missionaries. Out in JC, district meeting is by far the most missionary contact you have haha, but here you see the sisters every day and elders throughout the week. And there have been many miracles this week in so many wards, it has been wonderful seeing them and hearing about them. One of our miracles was how we were driving down the street to contact an LA (less active) and there was a lady scraping ice away. We stopped to help her and afterward found out she is a member. Man.... the Lord KNOWS HIS SHEEP AND THEY ARE NUMBERED. We'll be back to visit (and hopefully reactivate her) and I took note of a few people on the street that maybe we can contact when we got back... Also, Humberto is a miracle. He's so great. He has family who are members in Utah I believe and within 2 days of our 1st lesson was on 1 Nef. 10. :D
Well, this email was definitely scattered. And granted I'm still trying to gain my bearings here. You have to work and weave around sOOOOOOO many different time obstacles here. Drives me slightly crazy. But it's good to learn how to do. And the Lord is very aware of His work. So it'll be okay. And I have a good companera. :) I make her laugh all the time and we're pretty similar in work ethic.
Well'm, I hope all of y'all's weeks went well.
Have a wonderful week.
Thank you for your love and support and prayers.
Please pray for Humberto, Maria, Sharon, Dieune, Anjulette, Maureen.
And look for missionary oppotunities WHEREVER YOU ARE. :D
Como estan?
Esta semana ha sido interesante. Siempre, no?
So this week was good. An adjustment.
I like being out and about all day a lot better and we have extremely limited miles which gets in the way of a lot of things. :(
But this week we taught a man named Humberto twice. Spanish! He is so prepared. I don't know why he's not baptized already. We have another appt. with him tomorrow where we'll commit him for baptism. :) :)
We also taught a woman named Alma yesterday. Also Spanish. I have high hopes!
And we have an appt with Maria tomorrow (it'll be the first formal teaching appt so cross your fingers...)
And we're still trying to get in constant contact with Sharon, a woman who walked into the church the week before I came requesting a Book of Mormon because she'd read one of Glen Beck's books that mentioned it.... She's golden, but SUPER hard to get a hold of because her job is nuts and takes her out of the state all the time. Please pray for her also.
Last week we also taught Orlando and made it very visual. :) I made a path out of random things leading to his wife and children and Sis. D. and I were "the gate" aka baptism (2 Nephi 31). The hard thing with them is they're illegal from Honduras and not married, even though they've lived together for 15 yrs and have like 4 kids. And to get them married is like pulling teeth because Missouri and Kansas require proof of legal residence now.
So our ward is so unique. Talk about the antithesis of a Utah ward hahahahahahahaha.
There are grand total of like.......... 19 white people in the ward....... including the missionaries........ like 60% are Spanish, 25% are Black, 7% are like Cambodian or Marshalese ...... Very diverse. We serve with elders. It's nice to have them for backup and help, etc. Elder N. (of Sandy) and Elder G. (of California). It's also neat being around so many other missionaries. Out in JC, district meeting is by far the most missionary contact you have haha, but here you see the sisters every day and elders throughout the week. And there have been many miracles this week in so many wards, it has been wonderful seeing them and hearing about them. One of our miracles was how we were driving down the street to contact an LA (less active) and there was a lady scraping ice away. We stopped to help her and afterward found out she is a member. Man.... the Lord KNOWS HIS SHEEP AND THEY ARE NUMBERED. We'll be back to visit (and hopefully reactivate her) and I took note of a few people on the street that maybe we can contact when we got back... Also, Humberto is a miracle. He's so great. He has family who are members in Utah I believe and within 2 days of our 1st lesson was on 1 Nef. 10. :D
Well, this email was definitely scattered. And granted I'm still trying to gain my bearings here. You have to work and weave around sOOOOOOO many different time obstacles here. Drives me slightly crazy. But it's good to learn how to do. And the Lord is very aware of His work. So it'll be okay. And I have a good companera. :) I make her laugh all the time and we're pretty similar in work ethic.
Well'm, I hope all of y'all's weeks went well.
Have a wonderful week.
Thank you for your love and support and prayers.
Please pray for Humberto, Maria, Sharon, Dieune, Anjulette, Maureen.
And look for missionary oppotunities WHEREVER YOU ARE. :D
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