September 29, 2014
Dear Family & Friends,
Hola! Well...I'm tired. I'M HAPPY! :)
But, I'm tired. I don't know if I'm getting sick or what, but every
night this week I came home with my voice almost gone. Basically in the night,
I sound like a man. ha,ha! We also live 45 minutes away from our area so
we are walking a ton. I LOVE coming home every night exhausted because
that means we are really working hard. (Also, the members are wonderful so they
ALWAYS feed us...so we eat a lot. Sooo the walking helps! :)
This week was, of course,
different. Always with a new companion, it takes some time to
adjust. My new companion, Hermana Nuñez, is from Peru. She's super
nice, understanding, and smart. The two of us are similar in many ways, but for
the most part we are very different. It was funny. We were asking each
other questions -- getting to know one another -- and we came to realize that
the answers she said were almost opposite from mine. I'll be honest; sometimes
it's kind of hard. BUT, I think we work really well together. We
balance each other out. ha,ha
Yesterday, we were supposed to have a
baptism -- My first. Working hard this week our investigator finally said
YES! I was so so excited, but a lot of things happened where it became
difficult. My companion and I were worried. We fasted and prayed that
things would work out. In the end, she decided not to be baptized
yesterday. Everything was happening all at once for her, and it all was very
stressful. It was stressful for Hermana Nuñez and I, but after she came to the
conclusion, we were honestly at peace. We were happy. We knew that it
would all be okay and that yesterday just wasn’t the time. She knows that
this gospel and the Church are true! She wants to be baptized :) so we are
planning for this week! ahhh!!
On Friday, we were visiting a family
in the branch. We got to meet their daughter who is very less
active. We all had fun and enjoyed ourselves. The next day, the
family told me that their daughter felt like she got along really well with me.
She said that I had a light and spirit about me. That she was impressed. She
looked at me and felt like there was something more. Because of that she
wanted to come to the conference. (We had a conference this weekend as a
district with our president) AND she came! When I heard that she had said that
about me, it made me so happy -- I wanted to cry! She also brought her friend,
and now we are teaching her, too!!
This week was full of all kinds of
emotions, but this experience reminded me of that time we sang the "We can
be a light" (Hope of America) song for the Young Women's program. When we
acted it all out with flashlights! ha, ha so cheesy...but seriously, it really
reminds me of how we can truly be a light to others. This experience made me so
happy and I know it's true. I know that each of you can be a light to
others, because you have the light of Christ. You have the knowledge of
the gospel. The gospel is THE light, and the truth. Honestly, I have been
kind of discouraged. I haven't had a baptism, and because of that, it can
be hard, hard to feel like I am making a difference. But now I know that
hey -- I'm doing my best. And I am helping others because I'm sharing this
light each day. Woot woot! I really love being here. I'm learning
so much. :) I love each of you! Thank you for all you do for me!
CON MUCHO AMOR!!
Hermana Pukahi
