AshLee's Letter:
Family and Friends,
Well another week in the mission field has flown by. Last Monday I said goodbye to my two best friends in the mission hich was definitely difficult, but I know that theyre going to do awesome things in Belize. Hermana Smith received a ne companion named Hermana Slater, she is 19 and is from Arizona. On Thursday we had the privilege of having Elder Quitin L. Cook come to El Salvador and listen to him and his wife speak. Elder Cook really helped to motivate to focus in the work and the meeting was great because it was a meeting with all of the missions in El Salvador. I got to see my friends from the MTC and I saw my Springville buddies, aka Hermana Groneman and Elder Burtleson. I loved being able to see everyone again because it was like a family reunion. Except it was more fun, and we didnt play random wierd games. ha Oh family reunions...actually Ive only ever been to one in my life, but anyways..ha This week Hermana Pena and I have worked hard to try and find new investigators and to find where those less active and inactive members live. Needless to say the Lord blessed us with success this week which I am so greatful for. This week we actually got the chance to give service to one of the families that we are teaching. We went to visit them on Saturday and every time weve come theyve been busy or one of the members of the family hasnt been there, but on Saturday when we went the mom was washing her clothes in the pila so we took the opportunity to serve and we washed her clothes for her. It was great because it gave us time to talk to her and get to know her better and after we were able to teach her and her family. This week we actually found inactive members homes as well which was great because we know that there are many who live here, but we just didnt know where they lived. The Lord definintely blessed us this week with finding new people to teach and those less actives who are waiting for someone to come to thier rescue. Oh so my funny story for this week is that we were supposed to have dinner at a members house on Wednesday, but then I realized that I had to teach piano and thats when we have our English classes so we called the sister and she told us we could return on Saturday and well eat pizza. So Saturday we went to her house and we arrived a little late so we said sorry, but now were here. She gave us a funny look and then she said "I told you guys to come on Saturday?" We then said that we called her and she said we could come today? She said no I never recieved that call, but come in and Ill make you something. So we were all confused, but we entered her house (which is actually super nice btw) and we waited as she scrambled around trying to cook something. We told her not to worry about it, but she was kind enough to accept us. So after about five minutes so goes "I know, why dont we order pizza? We started laughing because that is what were going to have in the first place. Well needless to say we found out that there are two people in the ward with the same name and we actually called the wrong sister! Oops....ha Well at least she was kind enough to order us pizza! haha Oh this week Hermana Pena and I had to talk in church, I talked about the Plan of Salvation, and Hermana Pena talked about the importance of friendships among members and investigators (boom Hna Pena!). haha My spritual thought for the week comes from a talk in the October Ensign from Elder Holland. He said "I f the bitter cup does not pass, drink it and be strong, trusting in happier days ahead." I know that life can be tough and there are definintely days when we just want to give up, but we have to remember that the Savior did not give up when he atoned for our sins, rather he completed his purpose. I know that the Lord lives and that this is His work.
Love,
Hermana Ontiveros

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