This week I hit 1 year in the mission! We made french toast for breakfast that day to celebrate, so i´ll send a pic!
We´ve been working really hard at contacting lots, which has been awesome!! (My mom will fill in some blanks here... sorry!!) (She went to leadership council on Tuesday. It is where the Mission President meets with the zone leaders, assistants and the Sister Training Leaders. She said it was a great meeting and that the meeting the President said every missionary should be contacting at least 10 people everyday. So she and her companion have been working hard to meet that goal. Since it is a goal they have really worked to talk to everyone.) WE had consejo de lideres, y yo canté con una otra hermana ---- aaah sorry Spanish. I sang with another hermana, and it just so happens that we have the same clothes from missionary mall, so we dressed up the same. She is going home in a week, her name is hermana Ballard. (She´s the best!!)
We´ve had some awesome lessons this week (mom... sorry!) and we´ve just been rocking the area this week! When we show the Lord we are willing to work hard, he uses us REALLY WELL :) And it´s the best. (They have a man that they have been working with that is scheduled to be baptized this Saturday. There is a possibility that he will have to travel for work and they are anxious to find out if it will happen this weekend. Her comp will be transferred next week and may miss it if it has to be postponed (as often happens with missionaries...) Also another sister that has worked with him would be in their area (because she is going home this transfer) and could be there for the baptism if it happens this weekend. One of the great discussions she had this week was with a woman they met as they were pushing to make their contacting goal. As they taught her about the restoration and Joseph Smith she starting crying. She was also so excited to learn about the Book of Mormon. She serves in her church and is dedicated to Jesus Christ. They are so excited to meet with her and teach her more about the gospel. Jessica is seeing instant rewards from being obedient and opening her mouth to talk to everyone. She said she and her companion are still trying to work out how to do it some days. If they stop and contact on the way to appointments then they are late so they have to set aside time to contact.)
(She also said that she was so excited to be able to do laundry. There are sisters that are in the area next to theirs that have a washing machine. So they went over and did a couple of loads. They don't have dryers there and everything is hung up to dry. So she said they go over and do laundry while studying in the morning. Then they do their errands and go to the internet cafe. On their way home to change and get ready for evening appointments they stop by and pick up their wet clothes and take them home and hang them up to dry. She is also feeling much better. She has finally kicked whatever illness was lingering for 2 weeks. I asked about parasites and she said they have them there and lots of missionaries get them. They have been given counsel about what to eat and drink but sometimes members give them things made with regular water (instead of bottled) and it is rude not to eat it. She said she is fine and doesn't have one but she said she has eaten a few things that her system did not agree with...)
I know Joseph Smith really is a true prophet of God, and that the Book of Mormon is true, and that it really changes lives.
Con amor,
Hermana Rowe
Jessica and Sister Curtis
Jessica in a trufi (local cheap transportation)
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