Are You Sure You Aren't Chinese?

Hi everyone!!!

Well this week started of great! i got to see a 2nd grade presentation about the circles! It was one of our less active memeber and his family. His son was a lion! It was great, and I forgot how much fun it is to watch young kids sing and dance!

On this past Tuesday we had the privilage from hearing from Elder Evans of the Quorum of the 70. He came and spoke to us about how we can become better missionaires. I loved how he gave us great suggestions that we need to do. Like how we need to be bold with people, by inviting them to be baptized on the 1st lesson. We were trying to find an investigator that we hadn't seen in a while. Instead we found her brother or friend, I'm not really sure how they are related but we asked him, "Do you go to a church?" and he said, "No." Then I was like, "Do you want to come to our church?" He looked very shock, because I dont think he is used to people telling him that he should go to church, let alone the LDS church.

This past week we got to visit with Carmen, Jose, and her family. I love Carmen so much, because she thinks that everything is good. I love her but she can be a blonde. For instance, before Jose got home, I had to explain to her that I'm not from China. I spent about 20 mins tell her that I am Native American, and basically how all my family is from Arizona. And how my people were the 1st people in the United States. I love Carmen but she just doesnt get it, it doesnt always click for her. But when Jose came back, we taught the 1st half of the Plan of Salvation. Jose has doubts about any church. He says that he is Catholic but doesn't go to church. Now, we got him thinking about religion. Espeically, the plan of salvation. At first he didnt think that we lived before this life. We shared a scripture in the Bible, but it didn't seem like it fit his answer. So i went to the Peral of Great Price, and it settled his question. But he still has doubts about the Plan of Salvation. But The scripture in the Pearl of Great Price helped calm his nerves. Jose feels overwhelmed by the doctrine we are teaching him. But I prmoised him that he if read the Book of Mormon and prays, he will know it is true. I mean we can never take mans word about religion, but we have to ask God. Because only God has the answers to all questions!

We got to teach Ricardo about the Holy Ghost and how to recionzed when we receive an answer. He told us that he never really prayed to know if Joseph Smith was a true prophet, but he knows that th Book of Mormon is true and wants to be baptized. He knows that this is the only true church and that he wants to gift of the Holy Ghost. So, we told him that he has the Holy Ghost but when he gets baptizted this March 13. 2010 he will have a constant companion.

So I think this week was about me being Navajo. No one, well the hispanics, like never seen a Native American Before. so we were at Lorena house and she just straight up asked me "Are you Chinese?" and I was like on no I'm Indian. And then she stared talking about how she saw this show and how the Indian were treated really badly, in the past and they got into some detail that I will remain out because it isn't that great...so I think in a week of "So your not from china?", but I think thats great that they can see a real live Native American! That can somewhat speak spanish!

I have to give a shout out to Grandma Betty Little Tsinigine. My grandmother that I love so much! This week we had a record of 12 inches of snow. And of coursed we track in the snow! So my companion was getting snow in her shoes. While i was dry, but cold, but very dry! So we got grouned, because 1. ice. 2. people dont know how to drive in snow. Plus, it didnt look like the snow was going away, any time soon. So, when the snow melted there were puttles of water! I swear there were ponds of water in lot of different areas. it was fun tracking in snow. But some people werent home because they had no electricity! Some of the elders in my zone didnt have any electricity or heater. so I'm thankful for the fact that we had heat!

Well everyone another week has come and gone!

I love you all!

Have a great week!

quote of the week:

Hermana Finnell and I were helping this man brush of the snow from his car. And this is what he said

"Is it ok to drive in the snow?"

yah...thats how often snow come in Texas. Im just glad that I went to school in Albuquerque. Albuquerque doesnt get much snow, but it still 100x more than Texas