The gospel changes lives !!

This week was amazig! Maria and Selso will be baptized this Friday. They are incredible, we had a lesson with them and we were all crying just talking about how greatful we are for this gospel that changes lives. We taught them the ten commandments and they are doing so well at living them and seeing the blessings of obedience in their lives.  

This Sunday was Fathers day in Bolivia so we made a polaroid type cut out and stood in a public place of our area and contacted families to come take pictures and we taught about eternal families . It was incredible, we met so many families who now want to learn about this gospel because no one wants to be separated from the ones they love. 

We invited Maria and Selso to come take a picture with us and they were the first ones to come, but the best part was that they were the ones helping us. At one point an older man came and asked what we were doing but he didnt speak Spanish he spoke Quecha and Selso quickly came over and started preaching in Quecha to this man and everytime a family would come by Maria she would say look a family!! And we would go contact them. 

They gave away Liahonas and books and everything all 5 hours we were there. It was amazing!!A member said: wow you guys are amazing!!! and they said we have to work for the Lord now. WOOOW. That's conversion. 

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Hermana Lopez 

Maria and Selso's family helping us to share the gospel!!

We ate arroz chaufa a delicious peruvian dish. A peruvian member of the curch invited us over for lunch 

Bolivian birthday!!

 This week was a really good week. Angel was baptized and his baptism was so special, there were a lot of investigators there and his whole family came and everyone teared up. Angel said he felt so new and its true he is a new person and the baptism helped with that, but truly the atonement of Christ makes us new each 
day.

Also Maria and Selzo accepted a baptismal date for the 25th of March. We had a really powerful lesson with them, we talked about repentance and that God will forgive them of their sins. And then they told us they recieved an answer that this is the true church of Christ. They are so kind and so humble and so so prepared for the Gospel. They strive to live it and to comprehend it, the spirit teaches them so differently its amazing. 

Also thank you so much for the birthday wishes to everyone, really thank you thank you. I had an amazing birthday and felt so happy to be in Bolivia. Bolivia has my heart. 

I had three cakes !! On Sunday I was in consejo de barrio and after the prayer  the bishop said WAIT ONE MORE THING EVERYONE STAND UP AND SING TO HERMANA LOPEZ ITS HER BIRHTDAY and then everyone sang to me hahahha it was realy funny  and then they brought in a cake and made me bite in.  

Then my pensionista made a cake for me and  all the sudden they all threw eggs on me and flour and I had nooo idea, I was smiling in that pic and I had no idea they were going to do that it was really funny, but thats how they show their love here in Bolivia  hahaha.  

Maria and Selso's family

Then I had to go shower and change because  we had a cita with Maria and Selso and  four members came with us it was amazing!! We taught a poweful lesson and then Maria and Selso were like wait and they came out with a huuuuge cake.!!  They are the humblest people I have ever met and they bought me a cake.  Maria hugged me and told me Hermana Lopez thank you for everything please never leave us !!  Selso told me: we just wanted you to know how much we love you. It was very emotional I wanted to cry, then they sang to me and then Maria and a member shoved my face into a cake hahahhahaha,

I love Bolivians I know I need to be here to learn from them about true charity and humility. 

Have a great week
Hermana Lopez

Zone activity

My Savior Lives!!

Hi everyone:

 This week went by super fast. We have some incredible incredible investigators.

 We are teaching this really young couple, Jose and Michelle, they are expecting a baby and want to change their lives in order to care for their better. We found Jose through his mom and his mom let us in the house and Jose was in the house so we naturally asked him to come talk to us and he sat down and was so interested. He said he was so shocked that we were in his house because his mom never lets anyone come in, but he told us he would read the book we left him and everything. 

Well after a month of visiting him we found out his girlfriend was pregnant and they want to be serious parents that are centered in Christ. Amazing!! They have plans to be married and baptized within a month and they are making plans to be sealed in the temple.

On Friday we taught them about the Plan of Salvation and then we asked them if they had any questions before we left. Jose said well, yeah, you know how last time we talked about Joseph Smith and there being a true church, I just wanted to let you guys know that I am 100% certain that this is the true church of Jesus Christ. My companion and I were trying not to scream of happiness. 

Jose is amazing we saw them on Saturday and he invited his cousins over so they could learn about the Book of Mormon and he told them he would give them all his phamplets so they could learn, then he said that it is a habit it is something deeply rooted in him to pray every day at night and in the morning. WOOOOW. 

Also we had stake conference and I learned something really cool. Elder Balderrama,  a seventy, spoke and he told us that we need to ask ourselves how new we are becoming? We should be a new person every day and then he shared an amazing experience that he said his son was watching a movie about the cruxification on Christ and at the end the movie didnt show the resurrection of Christ and his son went up to him with tears in his eyes and said God is dead.  And then he looked him in the eyes and said God lives and because of that we can be best friends for all eternity--forever. 

I love this gospel and I know He lives. 

--  Hermana Lopez

Humble Acts of Service in Love Toward One Another

Hi friends:

So this week was a good one. It was the last week of the  transfer "cambio" and we worked really hard. I love Boliva with all my heart and I love being a missionary. 

We are teaching an amazing family. Maria y Selso. They are very humble and work 24/7, they have hardly nothing, but when we teach them they give us everything they have. They give us their best bread, their best mate, their best everything. It is amazing. 

They want to learn so much about Jesus Christ and they want the best for their children. It is a little hard to teach them because they don't understand so well, but we drew pictures for them and we drew The Plan of Salvation to teach them. And I was a little worried they would be offended or something, but at the end of the lesson The Spirit was SO strong. We put a fecha "date" for their baptism and they accepted and then Selso said the pray on his knees and he cried. His words were so clear and he asked for forgiveness and more knowledge. It was so beautiful. Heavenly Father knows His children so well. 

Also. Ronald and Maria came to a baptism with us! The Spirit was there and Ronald said wow this is life changing. They are amazing amazing people with such great potential.

I love Bolivia, I have never met people so so amazing. Bolivia is teaching me so much about humility so much about love. 

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Hermana Lopez 

My Savior

Hi friends!!

 This week was amazing amazing because I learned so much about Jesus Christ. We had a zone conference and we watched a video about Jesus Christ where Elder Holland is talking about how hard His life was and why would it be fair if we had a perfect life or mission if the most perfect man on earth didnt get a perfect life? 

We talk to so much people every singe day and they all have a ton of problems and their lives are completely depressing, but Jesus Christ died and suffered for them. Not just for their sins, but for their weaknesses, depressions, injustices, EVERYTHING. And we have a message that can change their eternity.

We are still teaching Ronald and his wife and they are a miracle. Ronald said the most important thing about this gospel is to share it. WOW, and he isnt even baptized yet. We are also teaching this really humble family Maria and Selzo and they work so hard and try their best and they finally came to church and wow it was so amazing. Teaching families is the best. 

I love serving as a missionary, it is the best decision I have made and it will be the best year and a half for my life. I love my savior Jesus Christ and last night when teaching about Him, I thought about what I needed to do to value The Atonement more. How many drops of blood did He shed for me? And what am I doing for Him? 

Love you all.-- 

Hermana Lopez 

"I love the rain"

"Ponchos"

Faith

Hi everyone !!

This week was awesome we saw so many miracles and I have been praying more to use my authority as a representative of Christ. It has been working, I have been promising a lot of things as a representative of Christ and sometimes I even get scared of the promise I make haha.  

But Ronald, who I talked about last week the man whos wife left and had no job, we had a lesson with him and he failed us. BUT it was because he found a job as an editor!! So, we were OK with it. Haha, we called him and told he we were going to wait for him Sunday 8 am at church! And he said he would definitely be there. He recognized tha the Lord blessed him when he chose to act on his faith!! And wow so it was 8:20 am and no sign of Ronald so I kind of gave up on him, but then he walks in with his wife and daughter!! BLESSINGS 

 

 

Also, I went back to my first area because Sonya got married and baptized! Seriously what a great example of faith. Her husband baptized her and her son, it was beautiful.

I have learned that so much about faith on my mission. That faith is nothing nothing nothing unless we act on our faith. When we make promises with the Lord, He makes promises with us!

 Big mangos 3 for 15 bs. that is like 2 dollars

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Hermana Lopez 

Goals and goals

Hola, this week was really crazy. 

So, first a lot of dogs turned against us. My companion and I aren't afraid of dogs and we have never had a problem with them, but all of a sudden they are trying to bite us and guarding doors. And also a lot of key investigators are struggling and dropping us and we are having to drop them. It is extremely sad. We talked this week about fighting Satans power because it is real and it is attacking our area hard. We made goals to pray more with more power and we made goals to use our authority as sister missionaries more. And wow miracles are coming out of nowhere. 

My companion Hermana Gomez  is a really good missionary who has her priorities straight. We are working hard and are finding miracles miracles miracles. We have a lot of people  and progressing. its great!!

Eating peruvian food1! Yummy!!

A view of my area!!

I like this yummy fruit "chirimoya"

We found a man named Ronald. Ronald talked to missionaries before a long time ago. But its super sad because he is going through difficult times now. We had a "cita" (appointment) with him and he opened the door and told us. He was really depressed. We had a member with us and none of us knew what to do. But my companion said can we share a scripture with you? and he agreed and let us in. I was panicking in my mind thnking ohhh noo what scripture could help him? and I was panicking, but then I remembered the Spirit wouldn't work with me if I was freaking out. So I prayed in my head and a scripture came to my mind. We talked with Ronald we let him talk. And we testified about the gospel. And the next day he came to church and said he felt so relaxed and peaceful despite the trials he was going through. He is even reading the Book of Mormon. It is amazing because I know that I am so not experienced in the world or in anything, but the Lord trusts me and uses me despite my weaknesses. 

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Hermana Lopez