Week 39b: Lauree's Sacrifice, Why Me And Not Them?, I Still Have Work To Do....

This next month Lauree has decided to focus on writing to family members only so we decided to share our personal emails with you minus the stuff she probably wouldn't want us to share...Well, maybe a little ;)

Hey mommy, so just so you know personally, I am making the sacrifice to only write one hour on mondays. I hope you don`t freak out, I just figured that I had to make a sacrifice that meant something and this is something that means a lot to me. I haven`t been able to try the hairstyle, because I have been running a bit late in the mornings jajaja, this sector is killing me when it comes to sleep and all that jazz. jaja but mommy I love you remember that. Did you get the letters in the package as well? Oh mommy I was thinking about what you could send me for my birthday.. jjaja. And More shade shirts like the gray one you send me would be fantastic! they don`t have those here. In black, navy blue, some fun color (I trust you) and then a skirt more pencil skirt like if possible and hi-chew and gummy bears and then above all LETTERS! Oh and I feel really picky chewsy but if you could send me some money in my accound that would be great.... I don`t like asking for things. But Thank you mommy for all you do! Hna. Vélez sends her love, she is great! You would get along with her really well!
I love you will all my heart!
Tu hija,
Lauree


Hey daddy,
I love you soooo much and I hope you got my letter in the package. I don`t remember if I send this to you yet but when I was really down finding out about all the hermanas that have gone home I felt really bad like why was I still there when others better than me had to go home and I found this scripture (now I don`t remember exactly but something like Mosiah 13:3 when Abinadi says don`t touch me I still have more to do here. That is how I feel. I still have a lot more to do here. I have nine months to make up for the nine months of planting seeds. So this means that I have nine months to harvest. And what the harvest it is going to be. Daddy thank you for your example and patience with me. I love you soo much and REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE, my favorite daddy!
Te amo,
tu hija,
lauree

Week 39: Adjusting P-Day Schedule, "I Believe It Is True," Testimonies, The Miracle Of Change

Hermana Milligan's companion
Hermana Valdez

Well first off Buenas Noches! Yes, I know it is a lot later than normal to be getting a letter off to you. So this is the story. Our sector is really far from where we live and when we arrived in our sector an hour and a half late because of traffic we decided to go out and work in the morning and then have our pday the rest of the day. So far it works a lot better we are not super late and we are able to find and teach a lot better. But this is what happened today. We went to the normal internet that we normally go to and there were not two computers for us so we went on a great big search to find one, we finally found one and then one hour later, "we`re closing" so then it was another search for internet. And that brings us to where we are now.

So these past couple of weeks have been a big trial of our faith, a big trial. We have been able to visit with a lot of the members and we are getting to know them really well but finding people has been a different story. Throughout the whole week we were struggling to feel like we were doing much. And we have been fasting and praying for this one family that we have found and the trick with them is that the son is taking the courses for his primer comunión and the family needs to go every Sunday to help him in this...yeah. But it is a good sign that they are really faithful.... So we were fasting that they would decide to come with us instead. And well to say the least that did not happen. But the daughter wanted to come to church with us, she is 16 and suuuppper smart! She came with us even though her family did not and when we asked her what she liked most from the testimonies she said that everyone knows the Book of Mormon is true and that Joseph Smith is a prophet and when we asked what she thought of it she said "creo que es verdad" WOW! That was yesterday. Also, all the members that we visited have shared their experiences with us and a few shared these as their testimony. Por ejemplo, this one sister is really standoffish and doesn`t like other people much, but she bore her testimony of how she had been praying to recieve and answer in one way or another for two years and then tuesday, when we visited her, she said that she recieved her answer. She didn`t say how or who or any of that but we knew that she had changed, she was happier and friendlier. Yesterday was a day just full of experiences like that. We have seen a lot of changes in the ward it is beginging to grow!

Well we are at the end of the month of March or the end of this month of miracles. And no we did not baptize

Hermana Milligan's
current area.

una familia or rescue a less active family, but we have seen a lot of blessings, miracles of a different sort and things are getting better, changing. I have seen a miracle in myself. I am happier, even with a lot of trials, I am happier and am enjoying things more and not freaking out as much. I have seen little miracles in people, there is a less active who we are working with a lot and she is showing a LOT of progress, she went from "no I´m catholic and I betrayed my religion when I got baptized" to in her prayers "Father help me return to your church" she is such a sweet lady and I love her so much, she is going to come back really soon, she just has oposision from her family but she is going to returen ya mismo. We have been blessed in soo many soo many ways. That we as companions have decided to make our own sacrifices this next month. And just so you all know, my sacrifice is to be only write every monday for 1 hour. So to save my mom from a few freak outs (I love you mommy) I am only going to write family and not a big general email like right now. But that doesn`t mean you cannot write me jaja. I hope you all know that I love you sooo much and that I am so grateful for your support and love, you are all soo special for me. I love you. and when I say that I mean it.

I hope you all have a wonderful week and till we meet again.

les amo,

Hermana Milligan