May 10, 2016

My apologies for not posting anything for a while.  I was having some issues with my laptop.  It's all fixed now so here is the first post to catch up.  Thank You for your patience!  ~Becka

Well, my week was good. We took some hard blows this week in our area.
A family we had been teaching dropped us because things were happening
in her family due to her meeting with us. We texted her on Sunday
because there was no other way of contacted her, we've tried for 2
weeks. We basically gave her an ultimatum text haha no we were just
bold and told her that we are here for her and just want to know what
is going on. She told us that her motherinlaw got to her husband when
her daughter's told her they are meeting with us and now there are a
bunch of issues, so we have to wait for her to let us know. So we
aren't teaching them right now, but I know that someday they will be
baptized!

It was pretty devastating, but we did add one of our investigators
daughters and her mom is a less-active. They both came to church on
Sunday and we taught them yesterday! The mom and dad are super into
it, but the daughter is more apprehensive. It was one of the
experiences I had with charity this week because she did NOT want to
talk to us. But then as we tried to talk to her and get to know her at
church, she softened. When we went to visit, she had a smile on her
face and really wanted to talk to us! It was crazy because as we Erie
planning for her lesson that morning and arriving at her house that
evening, we were so nervous because she wasn't very interested in
anything at the church, but it was so weird when we got there and she
was smiling and super nice. She is a singer and sings at a music
school in Mexicali and plays the guitar. So we bonded over that too.

Our investigator alma didn't come to church again!we were so upset!
She is such a funny old lady and such a sweet heart. She doesn't
really know how to use her phone that well so it's really hard to
contact her as well. Pray for her! The phone thing is funny because
she will answer the phone, but then she always some how hangs up the
phone with her face! It makes for a good laugh every time we call her.
Last time we met with her, she said she knows the church is true, she
just wants to go to church more and read more in the Book of Mormon.
We were like, "well, yeah! That's exactly what you need to do!" It was
jus funny because we were talking about her baptism at this point and
those were the reasons she said that she doesn't feel prepared to be
baptized.

We had a 5 de mayo party this weekend as well. Before we went to the 5
de mayo party we ran into a former investigator who sometimes goes to
our church just because it's near by. She doesn't like he Book of
Mormon and always makes fun of my companions Spanish. She basically
sis my Spanish was good and then looked at my companion and said "y
tu, Güera??" Which basically means "and you, blondie?" Haha she's just
kind of a mean old lady and so we bumped into her and tried to ask her
if she was going to the party and then she got all upset and yelled at
us that 5 de mayo means nothing in Mexico and even if it did, we don't
celebrate I right....yadayadayada.....then she showed up at the party.
I know this sounds likes complaining story, but actually it was just a
funny story because she is just soooo old and sooo mean. The party was
a success. There were more no members than members, mostly because
some of our members invited a group of folklorico (Mexican dance)
dancers to the party. It was pretty cool to see all those people there
and talk to some of them! This Ward is so awesome and they are getting
so excited about missionary work, it's really cool to see. They also
have a scouts program that brings a lot of non members. It's amazing.

Anyway, I am doing good! My companion and I get along and are always
teasing each other. It makes for a fun time :)

Love,
Hermana Lapp