Esta manana Yo y mi compañera ansiosa-mente esperamos oír las noticias de quien se iba ir, o si las dos nos íbamos a quedar en Coita. Estamos muy, muy felices de saber que vamos a estar juntos para otras 6 semanas.
Cuando pienso en este primer cambio me quedo asombrada en que tan rapido se ha pasado. Cuando esta en el CCM vi una pelicula, el discurso de Elder Bednar, The Character of Christ, en el cual el hablaba de la diferencia en un misionero que tiene un testimonio y un misionero que esta convertido a Jesucristo. Yo puedo testificar que yo se con todo mi ser que me he convertido a Jesucristo. No hay nada mas poderoso, mas importante que nuestras verdadera conversión.
I love Coita, Ocozocoautla more and more each day. I am very excited to be able to be here for another 6 weeks. Me and my companion are very excited for two of our planned upcoming baptisms this Saturday. The Lopez family are literally a golden family. As missionaries each Sunday we teach Gospel Principles to our investigators/recent converts and I am always marveled at how receptive they are to the Gospel. We truly are in the last days and our Savior, Jesus Christ is going to come and we as his latter day saints must be prepared for that day.
This past wednesday we had another Zone Conference in Tuxtla, these are always such spiritually uplifting experiences.The focus for our Zone was turning our Debilidades (weaknesses) into abilidades (strengths). I dont think i have told you but we have an investigator named Viviana. We met here about a month ago and planned her baptism as well for this upcoming Saturday until we found out she isnt legally married. On wednesday we spoke to her about the power of Fasting and how we truly can receive guidance from the Lord this way. She asked us to fast with her on Friday, we did. We are planning to speak with her partner/husband this Sunday. I am praying that he will accept and want to marry Viviana. They are both very young. Viviana is 23 and her partner is 24, they have a 4 year old daughter named Alejandra together. Viviana is very faithful, she reads her Book of Mormon Daily, says her prayers individually as well as with her family and she comes to church every Sunday. I know that we will be able to help her come unto the Waters of baptism soon.The people of Coita have become very special to me.
Now for a funny story. There is a less active family in our branch called the Gomez family, they have a ton of little chicks which I just love. On Saturday we went to visit them and I held one, the photo below is with their daughters- 17 yr old Rosa, 9 yr old Jocabeth, and 7 yr old Hazel. We took a picture together and all was well until... 5 minutes later I sat down and Hazel passed me the roudiest chick. It was frantic as I was holding it in my hands, I let it go and it sat on my lap for like 5 seconds, when i took it off it pooped all over my skirt. So gross... Lets just say this family wont forget me anytime soon, hahah.
Here is a photo of Coita, these little white motos are called Moto-taxis, there are literally like 1000 moto-taxi´s in Coita and they are very cheap, like 12 pesos to get across town, which is roughly one american dollar. We also take Combis (huge bus´s) when its too far to walk, these cost 5 pesos which is like 50 cents.
Mom, kids here loooove the toy cars and american candy.Keep them coming. They started calling me Hermana Dulce. haha Being in Mexico has truly made me appreciate little things like A/C, my own vehicle and hot water. But even with these comodities I wouldnt trade being a missionary for anything. It truly is a privilege to be able to wear the name of Jesus Christ across my heart everyday. Its very easy to become distracted by things that are in the world but it is So important to remain ¨in the world but not of the world¨.
Dont forget it is our responsibility to share the gospel with our friends, family, neighbors, strangers, everyone!!! Invite them to a family home evening, a lunch with the missionaries, give them a book of mormon, bring them to a church activity. There are so many ways to serve. Look and pray for these opportunities. Remember ¨when you are in the service of your fellow beings, ye are only in the service of your God.¨ (Mosiah 2:17)
Study the scriptures. I have found more comfort in my morning scripture study than I have in anything worldly that seems pleasing. Always look onward and upward my friends!!!
With Much Love,
Hermana Coronado
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