I'll Slap You Holy

HI everyone! How are we doing this week? This week has been more eventful than last week. This week started out with Maria and Paloma. Maria is the mother and Paloma is the daughter, she is 11, and turning 12 this Friday. They are like ready to be baptized but it’s the pressure that Maria is feeling. But she has a testimony of the Book of Mormon, but Hermama Richardson and I are not going to pressure her, but help her influence her to say, hey I think it is time for me to get baptized.

I got to see Hermana Vaszque baptized! It was amazing! She is taking the next step to be sealed to her family for Time and All Eternity! But she is moving to Columba within 7 days, im just sad that I’m probably never going to see her again. She is an amazing woman, and how she knows what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. Honesty, I have never felt the sprit so strong at a baptism. Im just in shock that someone I taught is now a member! But it breaks my heart that she is moving to Columba, but at least she knows that the church is true, and that Joseph Smith was a prophet called from God.

This week we found a new investigator, her name is Chellie, and she is the friend of Sister Lewis. Sister Lewis gave a Book of Mormon to Chellie. And Chellie would read any random passage and she would feel peace, calmness, and the satisfaction that whatever trials she was having, everything would be alright. Chellie background is that she is taking care of her father, who had a stroke. Pllus, her son is having problems with school and I think the law. So her situation is tough, but she can’t understand the feeling that she has when she reads about the Book of Mormon. So, I just told her it was the spirit, so she understands but not completely. I know she will get baptized.

I am going to baptized a guy name Jo (Jose), he has a lot of questions about life and many practices, and he questioned the Catholic Church. Jo has this phrase, "I'll Slap you Holy." he says that a lot to his newphews that are misbehaving. he would take the Book of Mormon or The Bible and hold it up high and say If you don’t behave I’ll slap you Holy. that is like the funniest phrase ive ever heard. anyways, jo said that church always tell you assume what they are taching you is true, and not to question their teachings. But he told my companion and I that he has been reading the Bible. The Bible has a lot of answer but they are complete. He said, “There is a beginning and middle, but there is no end. That’s what I like about the Book of Mormon there is a beginning, middle, and an end. It explains the purpose of certain practices.” When I heard him say that I’m like hey sounds like you know the Book of Mormon is true. He just won’t come to church. He has been having problems with his Babies’ Mama. Jo never had a complete family, he was raised by his grandparents, then his grandmother died, so his grandfather was raised him. Eventually, stuff happened and he never had a complete family. And that’s what Jo wants for his kids, a father and a mother. But what kills me is that she is taking advantage of Jo. She is asking for money because she is “taking care” of their kids. While in reality, the kids are always with Jo. Jo can do much better, in my opinion; he has been emotional abused by his babies’ mama. He needs to break away from her and find someone else because he deserves so much more than her. But he is getting baptize because he has a testimony of the Book of Mormon despite the fact he doesn’t know it, but he just needs to find the strength to break all emotional ties with his children mama.

On a lighter note, I hate making frybread. Everyone found out that I’m Navajo and that I can make frybread, so they are like hey Hermana Beetso, can you make me frybread? So on Monday I made stew and frybread. That was a big hit, then a member was like, hey I want to try frybread. So I made it for her. She thought I was making tortilla,and she has this machine that makes it perfectly flat, but when I fried it, it didn’t look so great. Let’s just say I felt like I smelled like grease all week long.
This week my companion and I were knocking doors and someone finally slammed the door on me!!! It only took me 7 weeks!! My companion thought I was a freak because I was happy. Ive always heard stories but I finally experienced it!

Well, everyone I love you! And I miss you!!!
Love always, Hermana Beetso