Buenas!
How is everything?? Can I just tell y'all how much I love the south? I love it with every fiber in my being. Even the many uneducated yet loving people ;) My heart is just full of so much love for all of them. I love that I get to learn 2 languages while I am down here: Spanish and Southern. "Let me AKS you a question", "Kill it" (basically means, "get out of here"), "Fixin' to/Fittin to/Finna", "He was in the pin (jail)", "buggey" (not shopping cart), "Let me carry you home" (take you home), "That tickles me", "make you so happy you want to jump up and slap your grandma", "more nervous than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs", "___-er than the dickens!" Y'all didn't think you sent me out here to learn two languages did ya?
Well this week was crazy, just as always. OH! first off. We got transfer calls and guess who is not moving!? Me! I get another 6 weeks in beautiful Corinth which I feel eternally blessed for because there is so much work to do here, and so many amazing people! So, I am a happy missionary. So let's see, where to start. Well Rey and Jesus came to Church again! I just love them so much. I wish they would just get baptized already! But the Lord's time :) We taught Jesus this week about revelation and how he is going to get his answer through the holy ghost and how sometimes just the fact that the "seed" is growing, can be an answer. He may be from a little pueblito in Mexico, but he is a deep thinker. He pulled out some Bible on us and told us that he doesn't want to plant the seed in barren land because then it wont grow. He wants his "land" to be fruitful. Basically, he knows the seed is good, but he doesn't feel good enough. We taught him about the atonement and I just wish these investigators could see how much the Lord loves them, even though they aren't perfect! Nobody is! I have found though, the more we focus on Christ and his love, the more our investigators progress. Which makes sense. I have progressed most in my life when I felt his love most.We saw Jesus again on Saturday and we invited him to pick his own baptismal date but we want to shoot for next month. He said he would so *crossed fingers*! His favorite word is "a lo mejor" (maybe)... it's frustrating ;)
Rey is almost the exact same as Jesus. We saw him this week with an english member, which was awesome! at first... then he started going in to Cortez and Columbus and I could just see Hermana Barroso saying "please no" behind the pamphlet she was holding. I just kept looking at Rey and mouthing "sorry". The member just talked a bit too much and Rey doesn't speak very good English in the first place so it just started going crazy. You got to love it. I think the lesson was good none the less. We saw him again last night and we finally got him to pray with us! Granted, I did have to write it down for him, but PROGRESS! I feel like a proud mother :) Both him and Jesus are so close, I can just feel it! And I'm excited for them :D
Oh, by the way, we are in a trio now. Our dear love Sister Saville had to go home :( The mission just became to overwhelming for her and with her anxiety issues, she couldn't handle it. We are sad to see her go, but I know she will be happier at home. The Lord needs her at home anyways. Everything happens for a reason. So we have adopted Sister Wells! It's fun, but it takes some getting used to in lessons and all. She understands a lot of Spanish which is good because that means she is not totally lost.
Cool story! My dear beloved companion and I decided this week to be more exactly obedient. In Zone Training they talked about being so obedient that you even stop at stop signs on your bike... which sometimes we just blow through if there is nobody there. So we put it to the test! That same day we went to see one of our investigators and decided against it because they looked a little wasted in the house and went to our back up. On our way there we saw a car broken down and a young short girl with the hood up. We decided to go talk to her and see if we could help her. Turns out she is American but her ex and fiance are hispanic so she knows Spanish! She said someone was going to come help her, but we waited a bit just to make sure, and when they didn't show up we pushed the car off to the side (yeah, were buff ;) ). She said she was just going to walk home but it was dark and we were in a rougher part of town so we told her we would walk her home. We talked a bit and she was so impressed with us she said we could come back and teach her :D And it's perfect because she knows both Spanish and English AND her church just split up. Three lessons learned: exact obedience brings miracles, service softens peoples hearts, and the Lord will guide us. I love being a missionary!
The work is moving forward! We found a family this week! They seem prepared. I found out a family we had taught in Huntsville just got baptized! So many blessings and so many miracles.
LOVE YOU ALL!!! Miss you!!!!
Love, Hermana Masey Decker
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