Well this week has definitely been a week of ups and downs but its been a good week none the less. We have been working hard with contacting people and we have been working with members to help us find new people and to share their testimonies con our investigators. This week we had the opportunity to hear Elder Duncan of the 70 speak in our multizone conference and it was really great. I learned about the importance of planning really well and how to keep moving forward with faith. We had two investigators with baptism dates for September but this week we found out that they dont want anything to do with the church and that the baptism we have scheduled for the 30th of August is unsure if he wants to be baptized. Hermana Sanchez and I were definitely discouraged but we fasted and prayed for help from the Lord and on Sunday we recieved taht help. One of the investigators who had a baptism scheduled for September that fell through actaully came to church with a less active family. So hopefully we can work with him and this less active family more and he can complete his baptism date. Oh a fun thing that I did this week was I learned how to make pupusas. A less active family invited us over for dinner and we helped them make pupusas which was really fun, and hey I never say no to a free meal so ya know. ha    Well Hermana Sanchez and I are good and always were working hard. As always thanks for the love and support I really appreciate it. Remember that the Lord is on your side and that through faith we can do all things.The Lord shows men thier  weakness to help them learn and become stronger. Im so greatful for the help fo the Lord in my life. I know that this church is true, and I am so greatful for the opportunity I have to be a representative of Jesus Crist.

Love,

Hermana AshLee Ontiveros

Hola todos! Trabajabamos duro esta semana y pusimos fechas bautismales, entonces esperamos que ninguna van a cayer! ha Tenemos un investigador se llama Kevin, y el tiene un fecha bautismal por 31 de Agosto, esperamos que todo va a estar bien y que el puede bautizarse en este dia. Por favor, oren por Kevin porque sabemos que el esta listo pero cuando el tiempo es cerca Santanas le gusta a impedir planes por bautismos. Esta semana hicimos muchos cosas incluye trabajando con los lideres de zona, trabajando con miembros y mi companera y yo hemos apredido mucho sobre cada otro a cual es bien. Ayer fue una buena dia porque nuestra asistencia en la iglesia fue 120 y tuvimos 4 investigadores en la capilla! Gracias por todos de sus oracciones porque yo se que hemos recibido mucho bendiciones de esos. Esperamos que esta semana va a estar bien como la semana pasado. Pues eso fue mi semana, y en Martes vamos a tener un reunion de multizona con un miembro del 70, Elder Duncun. Estoy emocionado por eso. Gracias por todo to su apoyo y amor! Tengan un buena semana!

Love,

Hermana Ontiveros

P.S. Escrituras quiero dejarles: Eter 12:27, DyC 24:8

 

She can not believe that another week has gone by. She is working with an investigator who has the name of Kevin. He is scheduled for baptism on August 31st. She is very excited. She had four investigators come to church. My companion and I are doing good. She had a multi-zone conference. She said she heard a talk by Elder Duncun. Thank you for the love and support. Have a good week.

Here are your scriptures for the week. Ester: 12:27 and D & C 24:8

Well hello there, its been a busy week for me, but its been a good one. We had changes on Wednesday and well...its a girl! ha I recieved my first hija on the mission. Her name is Hermana Sanchez, shes 21 years old, she is a recent convert to the church and she is from Peru. So basically I have learned how to speak Spanish from an Ecuadorean, Salvadoreneans, Guatemalan and now someone from Peru... confusing..yeah just a little but no worries one day Ill get this Spanish thing down. Its definitely different being a trainer, but Ive learned a few things from it for example Ive learned a lot about the importance of faith, trusting in myself, and Ive learned how to really teach with the Spirit. This week we made the usual visit, and we did a lot of contacting which is good because were always looking for new people to teach. Weve actually started teaching a couple of new people so hopefully they will progress and one day be baptized. Sorry for the short letter, but that was basically my week. Again, thanks for the love and prayers! Love, Hermana Ontiveros

Well hello there family! This week my companion and I have been working hard as usual and I believe that we are making great progress. This week I learned the importance of really listening to the influence of the Holy Ghost to know the needs of our investigators. Right now we are teaching an 18 year old, Kevin and he knows that what we are teaching is true but he really wants to know for sure so we taught him about the power of the Holy Ghost and I think teaching about that really helped my testimony of the Holy Ghost to grow. We have been teaching a mother named Rubi and her kids and this week we finally got to meet her husband and teach them about the Family Proclomation. Oh something really great that happened this week was that we have been teaching a 15 year old named Joselyn and she has a great testimony of the Book of Mormon because she read the whole thing in one month. Crazy I know, but its true. The problem is her mother wont let her go to church because she belongs to another church. This week we had the opportunity to sit down with her mom and teach her about the restauration of the gospel. The spirit was so strong during the lesson and we actually found out that she took lessons from the missionaries when she was younger and she has read the book of mormon as well. We asked her to be baptized and she accepted so hopefully we can work hard with her to make that happen. We are working with other investigators as well and were hoping to make more progress with them this week. Well guess what..Presidente Hintze called my companion and I Friday night to let us know that we are going to be trainers. We went to a meeting for all of the trainers on Saturday and he told me good luck hermana, I know you will do great. When I first started the "12 Semanas" program they said that sometimes once you finish your twelve week you will have to opportunity to train another person so prepare, but that rarely happens. Well I dont have much time in the mission, but apparently the Lord believes that I can train a new missionary and that I wont mess her up to bad. ha I dont know what area I will be training in or who I will be training until Wednesday when we have cambios, but pray for my new companion that she can have patience with me and that I can teaching something good. Well thats my week for you, thanks for everything! Love, Hermana Ontiveros