From our personal letter:
I hope you're on cause guess what... I'M LEAVING SAN SEBASTIAN!! Wooowwwww has it
been a crazy couple of days, and emotional!! I am being sent to Juana Diaz,
which is right on the beach and aparently one of the hottest places on the
Island... ah!! And get this, Hna Sosa is leaving too!!!!! She is going to train
in San German. We were super duper worried about our investigators but the
missionaries that are coming in to take our place are awesome, so that took a
lot of my fear away. Hna Madrigal is staying and Hna Watkins is headed to train
near Bayamon. 3 changes mom!! It's been super hard on the ward but we are all
just so thankful Madrigal is staying, that will be a big help! Wow, even though
it's the hardest thing to leave this stake, this ward, and the people here whom
I love so dearly, I have to trust that this next area is where the Lord needs
me! I have been praying all week to be calm and have peace when I heard the
transfers. And the Lord has been so gracious with me, cause I know that in this
situation I would usually be FREAKING out haha (I might be just a tad), but it's
been alright. I have complete confidence that the Lord needs me there right now.
So my companion is Hermana Escobar and I don't know if I've ever met her and I
heard she is from Guatemala so that's super exciting! I leave tomorrow so next
weeks letter is going to be super fun to read :) Wish me luck, I'm gonna need
it!
Letter to all:
Hola todo! Well, this is the moment that us missionaries have been waiting
for all week.. I'm leaving to JUANA DIAZ!! Haha this weekend was absolutely
insane because we were supposed to hear about the transfers Saturday afternoon..
and they didn't have them. So then they were going to call us that night.. and
they didn't have them!! So we had to wait ALL Sunday, and they didn't call til
about 9 or so! Haha if you have been a missionary, you might know that it is a
little bit more difficult to have patience with the transfers! Anyway, we were
at the Stake Presidents house when they called to let us know and we all
basically started crying right there! Wow! It still hasn't hit my mind that I'm
leaving San Sebastian, but it's happening! To be honest, I am super sad to
leave, but super excited at the same time! I am just putting all my trust in the
Lord that this next area is where I need to be. And really, trying to have that
attitude and moving forward with a lot of prayer is definitely helping with the
move. And since we've only had one days notice, today has been full of packing
and goodbyes, and then after emailing, more packing and goodbyes! But all is
well, it is still the work of the Lord no matter where we are or where we go! So
tomorrow, I'm off to Juana Diaz!
So, to talk a little bit about this week, things are going well with the
investigators. They are super bummed about the changes, but we keep going,
right?? Sadly Aurora and Peggy, again, couldn't make it to church.. again.., but
Vicente came and he loved it!! It was fast and testimony meeting which was
perfect that he was able to hear everyone bear their testimonies! And guess
what?! We had a miracle in our ward. So remember our less active family of 7? So
for the almost 5 months that we have been here, they have come to our ward I
think 3 or 4 times now? So we have been working our absolute hardest with them,
they are such a wonderful family! And I'm not sure how much I've explained about
them, but the husband is President of the Elders Quorum and everything! So the
past couple of times that they've come to church, they've come a little late,
left a little early, and they would come in jeans and a t shirt. But, listen to
this.. as Hna Sosa and I walk into church, there was the husband in a suit and
tie, preparing for Elders Quorum!!!! So we went to go shake his hand and asked
him where his family was, because we hadn't seen them. He then told us that he
felt that he needed to come early because as President he needs to help prepare
for the class and get things ready and that his family was coming in a little
bit.. I didn't even know they had another car!!!!!!!!!! Hna Sosa and I couldn't
believe it!!!!! And then the rest of the family came, all dressed up and tidy
ready for church!!!! It was absolutely amazing and I have a feeling that they
are going to be going to church from now on :)
Also, something super exciting happened in our ward this week! Friday night
we had a guy come to talk about Geneology and Family History! Apparently, no one
in our ward has ever sent names to the temple.. so he came to teach them how!
Since there isn't a temple here, it's a little bit different because the
memebers aren't as aware of what goes on in the temples and all the temple
work. So, to show them how to do it, they used one of the accounts of a lady in
our ward - her and her husband just went to the temple and were sealed
in the Florida temple last week :) - and she had some names of her ancestors. So
the guy should her how to prepare the name for the temple ordinances, and we
sent them to the temple! The first names ever to be sent to the temple in the
history of San Sebastian!! It was SO incredible to see and the Spirit was so
strong, she even started to cry!! I have such a strong testimony of the
missionary work that is done inside the temples and beyond the veil! The fact
that we can help prepare with the temple ordinances of our deceased ancestors on
the computer is just amazing!!! Do family history :)
Hna Watkins asked me the other day why I felt like I was sent to San
Sebastian. As I was thinking about it, I'm not sure we always know the exact
reason why we are where we are. What is most important is that the Lord has sent
us to where we are. I have absolutely loved being here in San Sebastian. I have
been able to witness 3 baptisms, the beginning of a change of a ward, the
activation of a family, and I was able to spend almost 5 months with a crazy,
fun Honduranian!! And to be honest, I can't even say that any of the success we
had was because of me and my companion. Yes, we are instruments in the hands of
our Savior, but I know withouth a doubt that it is all because of the Restored
Gospel of Jesus Christ. How blessed I am that I have been able to seen the
affects of it in the lives of others so early on in my mission! And I still have
a long way to go haha! But our future is just as bright as our faith, right? And
I have faith that the Lord is going to continue leading me to the people who are
prepared to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
Now why is He now sending me to Juana Diaz? Well, hopefully I will be able
to figure that out in these next six weeks :) Wish me luck!! Have a great week
everyone!!
Love,
Hermana Holt
President Arocho and his wife
Sign in the Stake President's house
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