Hey familiy! Guess what? Im going to have 4 months on Saturday, and this week I will complete my 12 week training, wahoo! ha This week was actually a really good week. On Tuesday we had a conference with all of the hermanas in the mission at President Hintzes house. We learned the importance of hermanas in the mission and about the importance of working with menos activos. On Wednesday we had a multizone conference where we learned how we can improve the work here and how to invite other to come unto Crist through baptism. Right now Hermana Boteo and I are working with a few different investigadors, most of them are women, but we have a few that are young adults. On Friday our ward had a family night activity and we were able to bring two of our investigators to this activity. The activity was really fun and our investigators really enjoyed it. As always were focusing on what we can do for our investigators but this week we put a little more emphasis on working with menos activos and with the members of the ward. With the members we shared the importance of helping us in the mission field to find the "1 lost sheep". Theyve been really helpful to give us references and to go with us on visits to investigators houses. Unfortunately we didnt have any investigatos come to church with us this week, but a mom of a menos activo family came and she hasnt been to church in over six months so that definitely was a blessing. Well this week I have an assignment for you guys, I hope that you can find the time to read "Come Unto Me" by President Eyring in the April 2013 Ensign. The message talks about the importance of the Saviours resurrection and about the importance of serving him. Another assignment is to read Eter 12, I read that this week and this chapter is so powerful. It talks a lot about the importance of faith and hope. Well that was my week, I hope you all have a wonderful week and remember that the Lord is always with you! Love, Hermana Ontiveros P.S. "Al prestarle servicio devoto El se acerca a los de nuestro familia a quieres amamos."-Eyring

Hola familia y amigos! Espero todo esta bien y gracias por sus oraciones y apoyo! This week was a slow one for me but nevertheless it was good. We are currently teaching a boy named Kevin and he is actually an old investigator. Hermana Boteo and her other companions left him because he wasnt progressing but now he is reading the Book of Mormon, he went to church with us, and he is really receptive of our lessons. We hope to put a baptism date this week for him. We also had another investigator come to church with us this week, her name is Alicia. She was a reference of a member and she definitely has her share of problems but we have worked with her this week and are hoping for the best for her. We are also teaching a boy named Eric and hes really interested in the church. We also have some other investigators that we are working with and hoping to put baptism dates for them this week but its up to the guidence of the spirit. This week we had the opportunity to give service again with our stake which went well. Well thats basically my week for you, sorry this letter is so short, but I do have a message for you from Presidente Utchdorf. "Procuren la felicidad que Su Padre Celestial ha preparado para ustedes en cada paso del trajecto. La felicidad es el destino final pero el tambien el camino." Have a great week! Love, Hermana Ontiveros

Hola familia y amigos! This week was really great because the members of our ward have really stepped up to help us during visits and Ive learned a lot from our members. Although my ward only has about 80, the people are really great and the youth of the ward are always willing to go out on visits with us. This week Hermana Boteo and I had a lot of success with contacting and we finally had one of our investigatores show up to church. She said that it was definitely a different experience but that she really liked it. This week we had the opportunity to do two different service projects. The first was for a family of one of the Elders in my district and the other was for the young men and women. For the family we help to trim thier "yard" with of all things machetties! ha It was hard work but I had fun. It was youth conference for the young men and young women this week and on Saturday they did a service project where they went around to neighborhoods giving out small bags of protectant to protect the pilas from denge. We went with our zone and we helped pass out the bags and flyers for the church. Earlier this week we had interview with Presidente Hintzie and his wife and they went really well. I have a feeling that a lot of great things are going to come about in this mission because of them. This week weve done a lot of teaching and a lot of contacting. We have two noche de hogars tonight with investigator families so wish us luck. Have a fantastic week! Love, Hermana Ontiveros

Well another week has gone by in the mission and as always Im working hard and learning new things. Last Tuesday we had the opportunity to meet with Presidente Hintze and his family during a meeting with all of the people in the new mission. Him and his family are from Utah and they have 5 kids if I remember correctly. One of their daughters just got off her mission from Hong Kong, and get this she served with Bubba and Freddy Woods! ha Small world we live in. Its a little wierd being with a new Presidente but he and his family seem really great and I have a feeling lots of great things are going to come about out of this new mission. This week weve met with a lot of new investigadores who are teenagers. Its different when youre trying to teach teenagers because they get distracted easily, but weve found that if we use the pamphlets and we review what weve taught that they understand more easily. Right now we are teaching the Familia Fuentes and they are really great, were trying to work with them to gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon because right now theyre unsure of the reason we have the BofM. Were also working with another family, Miriam, her baby Nicole, her father, and her cousin Oscar. They like the lessons and they had a baptism date but that fell through because they havent attended church. Our biggest problem that we face here is that our investigadores dont attened church. We go to thier houses in the morning to pick them up, we do service for them the night before so that they can be ready to go in the morning, but always they seem to have some excuse for not going. So right now for our investigadores were trying to figure out the best way to get them to church and how to help them gain a testimony of the BofM. Unfortunatley none of our investigadores came to church but all of our menos activos that weve been working with came so thats definitely a good thing. This up coming week we have members to take with us when we visit our investigadores which I think will really help because when investigadores have the opportunity to hear from a member they seem to be more responsive. Well I hope that you are all well and once again thanks for all of the support and prayers! Love, Hermana Ontiveros P.S. I have a new mailing address: Hermana AshLee Ontiveros Mision San Salvador Oeste/Belize Apartado Postal 81 Correos Multiplaza San Salvador, El Salvador CA

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--- ashlee.ontiveros@myldsmail.net wrote: To: ontiveros Subject: Guess what.... Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 11:50:13 -0600 Hola familia buen dia! Well guess what, we had cambios last week and the night before I recieved a call from my lider de distrito saying that I had cambios in the morning. It definitely was a surprise for me because Im still in training so I thought I would be with my companera for the full 12 weeks, pero el senor tiene un otro plan para mi. Tengo un nuevo companera y un nueva area. Estoy in Cuscatlan y mi companera es Hermana Boteo. Ella tiene 24 anos, habla no Ingles, y es un recien converso de la iglesia(solo tres anos). Mi nuevo area y barillo son super chicito compared to mi antiguo area, pero eso esta bien porque puedo conocer los miembros/hacer mas contactados aqui. No se la razon que necesitaba cambiar mi area, pero asi es. Pienso voy a tener mucho cambios en mi futura (mision/vida real) porque he tenido mucho cambios en mis primeros meses aqui. Oh un otro anuncio que tengo es soy en el nuevo mision con Presidente Hintzie: El Salvador San Salvador Oeste/ Beliz Mision. Estoy emocionado por este oportunidad pero fue duro a dejar Presidente Glazier y su esposa. Tuve mi ultimo reunion con ellos Jueves anterior y voy a miss ellos pero estoy emocionado a conocer Presidente Hintzie y su esposo. Lets see what else has happened in this past week..oh on Friday our ward had an activity for the primary and they did a skit about the plan of salvation and it was so cute, I love little kids! Right now we are teaching various differente investigadores y espero que progressaran durante mi teimpo aqui. Pero eso fue mi semana. Cuidales! Con Amor, Hermana AshLee Ontiveros NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. --089e015370025bb28804e076dcc2--