Zumba

fried potatoes from the 4th!

The North American's cooked for the Latin Americans.

We had a conference with our new president this last week, and the
assistants talked about our schedule in the morning. Which is
basically wake up, exercise, personal study, companionship study, and
language study. Buuuuuut, we haven´t been exercising in the mornings.
A lot of missionaries don´t. But we want to be obedient, so our work
can receive more blessings. So we bought a DVD of Zumba and have been
doing that every morning! Let´s all take a minute to recognize how
spicy I am, living in Latin America and dancing Zumba every morning
with a girl from Peru. (but really, if you saw it, it´s painfully
white.)

I´ve also been working more with my companion to teach her English.
It´s a commandment for the Latin American Missionaries to learn
English, but a lot don´t ever study it. But we have been working on it
more! And she helps me with my Spanish, too. Like, I can speak Spanish,
but sometimes not very well. Haha.

This week we had a lot of really great lessons. The parents of two
girls we have been teaching just gave them permission to be baptized.
And the elders have been teaching a lady who lives in our area, so
they asked us to help teach her. She is really amazing. She prayed to
know if the church is true, and when she bore her testimony to us that
she knew it was, she cried. It is really amazing how much the Lord has
prepared her.

There is a saying, probably from a prophet or apostle, I don´t
remember, but it´s that obedience brings blessings, but exact
obedience brings miracles. I definitely feel like we have been getting
a lot more help in our work from The Lord because we are trying harder
to be obedient.

It´s amazing how much I have learned and changed already in my
mission, and I still get to be here for a little more than a year
more. It really is a blessing.

I hope everyone at home is doing well!
Love,

painting on Night stand

Hermana Wingate

The van says, "Don´t cry, I will return"