Monday, February 4, 2013

you never know who is going to respond to the invitation, so you have to invite everyone.

4 February 2013
Hey!
   The address of the church is... de la retonda universitaria 1 cuadra al lago, 1 arriba.  It´s not very far away from Holiday Inn.  Ask directions in the hotel.  Just ask for the Iglesia Mormona en el reparto San Juan.  You can see the church from the road, but you have to take a kind of messed up road to get to the church.  The churches have gates around them and you´ll have to enter the car in a gated area.  We´ll be there at about 8:00 on Wednesday morning.  If you get lost, call me. 83302987  There will be a ton of missionaries there.    Just remember to wear Sunday clothes.  Remember, don´t just take a drive around Managua.  Go see a beach or Leon or Granada or something.
   Cool news....  I think you´re probably going to meet Hna and Pres Monestel tonight because the new missionaries arrive at the airport about 8:40.  I was in the mission office this morning for my last interview and we were chatting with Hna Monestel.  So she said, "we´ll probably see your parents tonight."  Also, Elder Santana and I are the only ones going home and Elder Santana is leaving with his parents right after the meeting because he lives here in Nicaragua.  So the Monestel family always eats lunch with the missionaries that are ending their missions, and I´m the only one.  So we´ll have a one on one experience.  President Monestel said, "well, that´s nice that your parents speak Spanish." 
   Well, Jose and Lizeth are progressing.  We´ll probably go visit them.  We´ll probably visit two investigators here in Miraflores.   I feel less sad after my interview this morning.  I feel kind of bad for Hna de Leon because my emotions have been kind of crazy but ya casi.   
   Also, a man that we contacted two weeks ago came to church this Sunday.  We were waiting for a convert and he was sitting outside on the concrete so we started talking to him. and he came to church today with the pamphlet in his hand!  Wow!  He doesn´t actually live in our area but that´s cool that he showed up.  It kind of woke me up because I was thinking, well, you never know who is going to respond to the invitation, so you have to invite everyone.  
   Rebecca Arroliga, the RS president shared her testimony this Sunday and it was awesome.  She feels really insecure in her calling but she has been visiting Jose and Lizeth with us.  And this Sunday she shared that she feels good every time that she visits them.  She said that she feels like her burdens are lighter and she feels happier.  I loved that because that could be a real change in her life so that she has the desire to visit members and less actives and investigators. Tonight we are going to have a noche de hogar with Jose and Lizeth with Rebecca and her husband!  
  Also, Henry is praying and reading his BoM.  He hasn´t gone to church in two weeks and he doesn´t have a baptismal date. 
  Since there are a ton of new hermanas, we are going to work with them tomorrow afternoon.  That´s good.  

   Mom, sounds like your experience in the MTC was great.  I want to hear all about it.  I loved the MTC too.  I love all the pictures of missionaries too!   Did you get a picture taken in front of the famous map?  
   Dad, thanks for the email. Sounds like you enjoyed your MTC experience too.  Did you go for a training, then? 
   Tanner thanks for the update.  I am glad that you are feeling better and you will have to smile for me so I can see which teeth are missing. 
  Cheryl, thanks for the email and all the pictures.  Everyone looks good!  I am glad that you are able to stay at home and do many good things!  Sounds like a great life!  I am excited to see you!
  Dani, thanks for the email and the morale booster.  I am excited to see you too! 
  Doug, thanks for the email. I am excited to see you! 
  Pablito, I hope you are doing well and that you are feeling good.  Keep on working hard with the diet!  I am proud of you! :)  
  Kyle, I hope you are doing well too and that you are enjoying school.  
 Kevin, sounds like BYU is great!  I am so happy that you are working there and I am sure that you are having some great experiences.  I am really grateful to the professors that took time to help me.   
   Well, see you all soon. I love you all a lot and I am grateful for all the letters and pictures and packages and love that you have sent me.  Take care, 
Love, hna Tew