HAPPY NEW YEAR!

An older picture that I love!

I hope everyone had a happy new year and got a big, wet kiss when the ball dropped! They don´t do a ball drop in Bolivia, if you did not know, and I am not allowed to kiss anyone as a missionary... But, I´ll get ´em next year!

This week was really good. We were able to find a lot more of the people we have been teaching, and a lot of people came to church on Sunday!We have been teaching one lady named D. She is an older lady, and has 2 daughters who live in Utah, and one is a member of the church. She told us she would not be able to come to church Sunday, because she had another commitment in the morning. But she came!!! I asked her about the other thing she had to do, and she said she didn´t go to it, she just came to the church!

Also, we taught a recent convert this week named J. He was having some problems with his family, because his wife wants him to be more active in the Catholic church. I thought of a scripture I wanted to share with him (D&C 22) that talks about baptism and by what authority it is performed. Then, the topic kind of changed, and I didn´t really think it was the right time to share it, but I really felt like I needed to! So I made a moment, and I shared the scripture. And after, he said it really helped him a lot, and he felt more at peace.

I really feel the presence of the Holy Ghost so strongly in my life. And I am learning how to better recognize and follow it´s promptings. I have learned so much already from being in the mission. I feel like the same person, but at the same time so completely different. I have a new love for others, for myself, and for my heavenly Father, and my Savior, Jesus Christ.

I hope everyone has a good week, and starts off this new year well!

P.S.  Sydney did not send me any pictures, so I picked some that had her in the background on the Cochabamba Facebook page.

Can you find her?

And another one, can you find her now?