August 9, 2016

Welll to update you on me....the one who is always getting
lost....This week we have only been getting lost slightly less than
the last one.....haha. I have been kind of learning the streets now,
so thats good. Please pray for me ;)

yes, the weather is nice, I am wearing a sweater today!!!!! People
think Im crazy, but its cold here!

This week we contacted this referral. He lives super far away from the
rest of our area, but we had an appointment and he seemed pretty
interested. Well, his trailer was in this weird place where people fix
cars, but theres different sections, so that was super weird because
we thought it was going to be apartments....His brother and him were
there though and the spirit was super strong. We shared the
restoration and talked a lot about baptism. The first time we
mentioned it Miguel was like, Yeah I need to get baptized sometime. It
was pretty cool because nobody ever really says that they need to get
baptized! They were super funny too and always making fun of each
other.

This week there was a ward activity at a park, so it was outside...and
it was pretty cloudy, so I decided that sunscreen wasn't necessary
when my companion asked me if I wanted some...I got the worst sunburn
of my mission! (Which actually wasn't that bad) But still....I guess
my stubbornness hasn't changed that much :)

We have also been teaching this older lady named Celia...She is in a
wheelchair and only has one leg and says she is waiting for the
day.....well, you know. its kind of sad. But she is super funny in
lessons! She just really gets into what she is saying and sometimes
she yells and I cant really understand her because she talks really
fast and slurs a lot and she just seems mad. Shes just so intense. But
she also is super into what we talk about and hopefully will be able
to make it to church soon.

We got a referral for this guy named Humberto and he ended up being a
member! He is also super sick and his brother is taking care of him.
His brother is...super interesting and at first had no interest in
talking to us. We taught his brother outside the sliding glass door
while he was in his room. During the lesson his brother came out and
said to let him know when our lesson was over so we can pray for him.
So we knocked on the door for him to come pray when we finished and
after the prayer he took an interest in the message! So then we
testified about the restoration and gave him a Book of Mormon and got
a return appointment. I think the Lord is really trying to prove to me
lately that hearts can soften and that I just need to keep giving it
my all everyday!

I love being a missionary. Some days it may seem hard, some days may
be full of crazy miracles, and some may just seem to be ordinary, but
at the end of the day, I realize that miracles are all around us and
that we are truly children of a loving Heavenly Father, that
everything is never as it seems. I know that we are not alone in the
Work, there is a hand much bigger and greater involved.

Love,
Hermana Lapp