Hey - I will start off this email by telling you about a miracle that took place. I lost 30 pounds in one day!!! haha! After being force feed 10 pounds of rice every night for the past few days, I decided I needed to see the damage. I hopped on the scale, wanted to cry , and hopped off. But, when I got off this time I looked down at the scale and realized that it was broken! It has been starting at 30 pounds, not 0-. Hermana Zindel and I fixed it. So, that is the miracle of loosing 30 pounds. I have been thinking I am 30 pounds heavier than I am for 8 weeks! hahaha!
District meeting this week was tooooooooooooooooooo much fun! The elders bought us water guns. Anytime that somebody spoke English we got to shoot them in the face. Elder Moore was drenched! Hermana Zindel has really bad aim. She went to spray Elder Moore but ended up hitting a picture of Jesus! Pretty sure that’s against the rules - haha!
John Lennon, get it?
We have a new investigator named Y! She is C's neice! She is SO sweet! I just wish you guys could meet all of these people! She is 15, from the Dominican Republic and moved here almost a year ago to live with her aunt. She doesnst speak any english. She came to church this week and we have another appointment set up! Oh ya! C’s husband died a little over a year ago. This week she is going to be sealed to him! She asked us if we could go with her! We called up President and he said yes!!!!!!!!!!!!
We had an awesome time watching Women’s Conference! We had a party at Hermana Quintanilla's house. C came! So did Hermanas Maria y Norma! It was a great night! I made those almond swirly things mom! I think my favorite part of the night was during Elder Uchtdorfs talk. I liked when he said Heavenly Father is literally raining blessings down upon us. It is a stormin’ afuera! I agree we are the ones that keep ourselves from these blessings! We are the ones breaking his commandments, putting up our umbrellas and keeping ourselves from experiencing and enjoying the gifts that Heavenly Father is trying to pelt us with!
This week we had a TON of lessons! We visited so many investigators and less active members. I am TIRED! haha! But, Hermana Zindel and I got a little discouraged last night. None of our investigators are ready to be baptized. Let me rephrase that. Most of our investigators are ready, but, they either don’t feel like they are or somethigngelse is holding them back. C, por ejemplo, came to church again this week, is learning more and more, but she doesn’t want to be baptized. She was raised by Nuns in Peru and doesn’t want to feel like she is turning her back on them. So, Hermana Zindel and I are trying to sort through everyones doubts and problems so that we can help them make this essential step and be baptized.
This week my testimony of the Book of Mormon has been strengthened. It had been such a cool experience reading it in Spanish as well. Lots of our citas this week were either teaching the Book of Mormon or reading with investigators and less actives. El Libro de Mormon is everything. It is literally everything! I love the quote from Joseph Smith " Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? WE have none" The truth of every lesson we teach and message we share depends on whether or not the Book of Mormon is true. This is why it is so important that our investigators read and develop a testimony of it. This is also why it is so important that even after we join the church we read from it every night and continually act on Moroni's invitation and promise- Read it, ponder about it, ask God if it is true. I know that if we sincereley do these 2 things, that our testimony of the truthfulness of this Book will hit us like a ton of bricks. I have done this and will continue to do this the rest of my life!
I. LOVE. YOU. GUYS. SO . MUCH.
Thanks thanks thanks thanks for the notes and packages I got this week!!! Hannah, those talks- WOWZA! The book with easy to access scriptures-WOWZAZAZA!!! Mom, overnighting your letter and sending me candy!!! I cant even tell you guys how much it means to me! I am so happy that families are forever! We is gonna have the time of our lives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love,
Hermana MAngum :)
Things I forgot to write about it the main body of my letter...
#1 This week we ate this really yummy green spaghetti! SO GOOD! The problem was that after, the next person we visited made us drink several glasses of chocolate milk even after we had refused. Well, as soon as we walked out of their house I threw up this concoction of green noodles and chocolate milk into a bush in the parking lot. n a s t y
#2 While street contacting this week, we had some crazy experiences. We were handing our Mormon.org cards the other day and several people grabbed our hands and held them on separate occasions, and started to pray for us. #maryland
#3 WE ARE MOVING TODAY AND TOMORROW. I dont know what our new address is. So, not sure what we should do about that. I guess I will just write you guys letters this week and hear from you later…
Our neighbor Nancy! She made us chocolate cake with peanut butter icing because we are moving
Max these are for you! There was a car show downtown the other night! The last one is of the truck and it has a hot tub in the back and a flat screen tv.
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