Hello family!
SO good to talk to you this week. What a blessing!
Well, I thank you for your letters. I am glad that everyone had a great time in N. Carolina....looked great. Who´s up for a return visit in October? :) By the way, Mikey, my comps are impressed that you have your own jet plane :) CONGRATS!
I was so shocked and sad to hear about Aunt Sarah. But I had an instant realization that the Gospel cures all pain and that Jesus Christ conquers the pain of death. I realize how grateful I am for the Gospel. Dad´s family has seen many hard experiences like this recently, but I know that because we all have the Gospel present in our lives, I know that they´ll be fine. They are well watched over, and well taken care of. I know that our Father in Heaven is taking them by the hand and guiding them through this rough patch. I am grateful for the restored Priesthood that makes it possible that we can be together forever. My testimony of this grows every day. Send them my love, and let them know that they are in my prayers.
This week´s letter is going to have to be a shorter one. This Pday is loco...it´s the last pday of the cambios...I have a hunch that I might be getting transferred, so there are a ton of errands to run. Also, tonight we have Roddy´s baptism!!!!!! So we are running around getting errands done for that. Pray for us that it all goes well!
Roddy will be getting baptized tonight. I´ll send you all pictures next week. I love you all so much. Keep them smiles, even when it might be a little harder than normal. I love you. Be good, and remember what´s important.
-Hermana Bertagnole.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
April 30, 2011
Hey family:
It´s good to hear that all is well.
Well, before I forget, we need to get the MOTHER´S DAY PHONE CALL (!!!!!!!) sorted out...p.s. I am so excited! The time zone will be changing here on the 7th of May, and you all can call on the 8th, but I am not exactly sure what the time difference will be. I am pretty sure that the hour is going to move forward an hour on the 7th. The plan right now between us three hermanas right now is that you all can call on the 8th (Sunday) at 7:00pm in Chile...now, what time that is in Kansas, I have no idea...sorry. You´ll have to do the math. But if there is a problem with that schedule, let me know por FAVOR! :) I wanna talk :)
Well, that´s that. On to the BIG news this week! We had some great miracles this week. One of our investigators that was waiting answers to his prayers, got them, and is preparing for a baptism the 14th of May!!!!!!! I am so excited! He said that he received answers to his prayers as he was following the word of wisdom. He went out this week with some friend and they offered him alcohol, and he drank juice instead. He said it was that night that his eyes were opened in the difference between those that live the Gospel, and those that don´t. He said he went home so happy. That night he said as he reread the Word of Wisdom pamphlet, he said he felt it was true, and then he felt a mini earthquake (they call them temblors). Hahah. He said that only confirmed it. Haha. He is really progressing well. He will be fasting this week with us, and I know that he will be a very faithful member. We are starting to teach his mom and sister, little by little. They are also really great.
Also, we have had some great references this week from members. One in specific is a younger woman who is the fiancé of a menos activo in the ward. She is really going to be progressing quickly. I can tell. She has come to church last week and will be coming this week too. She is just so great. She cried in the lesson about the Restoration. She said that she has felt the confusion just like Joseph Smith. She said that we can’t teach her in her house because of other family members, but we got to teach in the house of the members, and I think that made the spirit even stronger. Blessings in disguise.
Also this week our ex-testigo investigator told us that she wants to be baptized (!!!!!!!!!!) and be an active part of the church!! SUCH a big step for her. As a companionship we gave them a Hymnal, and then I gave her a set of scriptures ...she cried. She said "Que cosa mas bonita...". She said that she has been needing a lot of this lately. I look up to her a lot. She is a very strong and faithful woman. Love this family.
I am so, so, so happy to see the progress that has been happening in this sector. It seems that so much has all come together this week.
We feel very blessed. We are very happy.
We are still working on maintaining the unity in the companionship. Everything is a lot different in a trio than in a duo....but I like it a lot. I can feel the work progressing. We are doing lots of divisions with the hermanas, and it helps them get excited for the work as well, so it´s been great.
Well, that´s it for this week. I love you guys tons. Please pray for our investigators. They need the prayers so much.
(p.s. I found out that our investigator from Punta Arenas, the one that was atheist, just got baptized this last weekend. How cool is that?! I love the mission.)
LOVE YOU!!!!!
-Hermana Bertagnole
Hey family:
It´s good to hear that all is well.
Well, before I forget, we need to get the MOTHER´S DAY PHONE CALL (!!!!!!!) sorted out...p.s. I am so excited! The time zone will be changing here on the 7th of May, and you all can call on the 8th, but I am not exactly sure what the time difference will be. I am pretty sure that the hour is going to move forward an hour on the 7th. The plan right now between us three hermanas right now is that you all can call on the 8th (Sunday) at 7:00pm in Chile...now, what time that is in Kansas, I have no idea...sorry. You´ll have to do the math. But if there is a problem with that schedule, let me know por FAVOR! :) I wanna talk :)
Well, that´s that. On to the BIG news this week! We had some great miracles this week. One of our investigators that was waiting answers to his prayers, got them, and is preparing for a baptism the 14th of May!!!!!!! I am so excited! He said that he received answers to his prayers as he was following the word of wisdom. He went out this week with some friend and they offered him alcohol, and he drank juice instead. He said it was that night that his eyes were opened in the difference between those that live the Gospel, and those that don´t. He said he went home so happy. That night he said as he reread the Word of Wisdom pamphlet, he said he felt it was true, and then he felt a mini earthquake (they call them temblors). Hahah. He said that only confirmed it. Haha. He is really progressing well. He will be fasting this week with us, and I know that he will be a very faithful member. We are starting to teach his mom and sister, little by little. They are also really great.
Also, we have had some great references this week from members. One in specific is a younger woman who is the fiancé of a menos activo in the ward. She is really going to be progressing quickly. I can tell. She has come to church last week and will be coming this week too. She is just so great. She cried in the lesson about the Restoration. She said that she has felt the confusion just like Joseph Smith. She said that we can’t teach her in her house because of other family members, but we got to teach in the house of the members, and I think that made the spirit even stronger. Blessings in disguise.
Also this week our ex-testigo investigator told us that she wants to be baptized (!!!!!!!!!!) and be an active part of the church!! SUCH a big step for her. As a companionship we gave them a Hymnal, and then I gave her a set of scriptures ...she cried. She said "Que cosa mas bonita...". She said that she has been needing a lot of this lately. I look up to her a lot. She is a very strong and faithful woman. Love this family.
I am so, so, so happy to see the progress that has been happening in this sector. It seems that so much has all come together this week.
We feel very blessed. We are very happy.
We are still working on maintaining the unity in the companionship. Everything is a lot different in a trio than in a duo....but I like it a lot. I can feel the work progressing. We are doing lots of divisions with the hermanas, and it helps them get excited for the work as well, so it´s been great.
Well, that´s it for this week. I love you guys tons. Please pray for our investigators. They need the prayers so much.
(p.s. I found out that our investigator from Punta Arenas, the one that was atheist, just got baptized this last weekend. How cool is that?! I love the mission.)
LOVE YOU!!!!!
-Hermana Bertagnole
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Janelle's April 25 letter
Hey FAM!
This week was a good (and crazy) one. First of all, another belated birthday to Momma. I always remember the birthdays, but after it´s already too late to write. Ugh. Sorry...but at least I remember. I love you, and I hope that it was a special birthday. Also congrats on the graduation Scott Rob! That´s a big step. Atta boy! WHAAAAHOOOOOO! Thanks for the pictures. You looked hot in you graduation robe....keep wearing it around campus and you´ll be hitched in no time ;) Hahaha, muy bien.
Well, also I hope that everyone´s Easter was great. The Easter bunny came to our house, and I must admit that she hid the eggs very much like she hides them in Kansas :)
I guess I had better explain why the letter is late...this Saturday we spent the whole p-day in a little pueblo called Llanquihue...the senior missionaries bought a house there a few years ago, and it is beautiful, so we went there to play for the day. It was way fun, but because we were there all day long, we have to write today.
This week we had our last interviews with President Lovell ... he leaves in the 1st of July, but the way that the interviews fall, these were the last. It makes me so sad seeing him leave the mission, but at least I´ll get to see him and visit him and Hermana Lovell after the mission up in Heber. They are both so great. They´ve become like my family in the mission. I´ve laughed and I´ve cried with them, and I´m just going to miss them a lot.
We had a good week, even though maybe the numbers don´t show it. With the rain and everything it was a little bit tougher to get the members to come out with us, but sometimes the best things happen in the worst weather. We saw some miracles, including one of the investigators that came with us to conference (the guy who has read almost all of the Book of Mormon) accepted a baptismal date yesterday. We are really excited for him. I know that this is something that he has been prepared to receive. I pray that he will make this a priority in his life.
The other young man that we have been teaching is also receiving answers to his prayers, and hasn´t missed a week of church since the conference. For this, he is progressing so quickly. We hope to invite him to be baptized again tonight. I think he will be more prepared to accept it now that he has recognized that he has been receiving answers.
PLEASE PRAY LOTS FOR THEM BOTH!!!!!!!!
I am so grateful for the power of prayer. I feel that sometimes I personally don´t use it as much as I should or can. I am trying to repent of that and become better. I know that my Father will hear me and answer my prayers, it´s just a matter of having the faith sufficient and the humility to ask.
I love being a missionary. With this cambio being over half over already (they go faster every time), I am still just really trying to focus on loving it ALL. Living with a smile is so valuable, and it´s my goal. I feel happy and I feel the Spirit much more when I do. As Jimmy always used to say (and still does)..."gotta keep showin´ them teef."
I love my companions. We really have a great time together. We laugh lots, love lots, pray lots, and work lots. Perfect.
I love this work. It is so beautiful...and I just can´t say it enough.
Well, I hope that you all have a safe rest of your trip. I love you all tons. And I pray for you lots. Last calls on requests for souvenirs...(Eric, I need your shirt size for the jersey...and what kind you want if you have a preference.)
I LOVE YOU ALL SOOOOOOOO MUCH!
-Hermana Bertagnole
This week was a good (and crazy) one. First of all, another belated birthday to Momma. I always remember the birthdays, but after it´s already too late to write. Ugh. Sorry...but at least I remember. I love you, and I hope that it was a special birthday. Also congrats on the graduation Scott Rob! That´s a big step. Atta boy! WHAAAAHOOOOOO! Thanks for the pictures. You looked hot in you graduation robe....keep wearing it around campus and you´ll be hitched in no time ;) Hahaha, muy bien.
Well, also I hope that everyone´s Easter was great. The Easter bunny came to our house, and I must admit that she hid the eggs very much like she hides them in Kansas :)
I guess I had better explain why the letter is late...this Saturday we spent the whole p-day in a little pueblo called Llanquihue...the senior missionaries bought a house there a few years ago, and it is beautiful, so we went there to play for the day. It was way fun, but because we were there all day long, we have to write today.
This week we had our last interviews with President Lovell ... he leaves in the 1st of July, but the way that the interviews fall, these were the last. It makes me so sad seeing him leave the mission, but at least I´ll get to see him and visit him and Hermana Lovell after the mission up in Heber. They are both so great. They´ve become like my family in the mission. I´ve laughed and I´ve cried with them, and I´m just going to miss them a lot.
We had a good week, even though maybe the numbers don´t show it. With the rain and everything it was a little bit tougher to get the members to come out with us, but sometimes the best things happen in the worst weather. We saw some miracles, including one of the investigators that came with us to conference (the guy who has read almost all of the Book of Mormon) accepted a baptismal date yesterday. We are really excited for him. I know that this is something that he has been prepared to receive. I pray that he will make this a priority in his life.
The other young man that we have been teaching is also receiving answers to his prayers, and hasn´t missed a week of church since the conference. For this, he is progressing so quickly. We hope to invite him to be baptized again tonight. I think he will be more prepared to accept it now that he has recognized that he has been receiving answers.
PLEASE PRAY LOTS FOR THEM BOTH!!!!!!!!
I am so grateful for the power of prayer. I feel that sometimes I personally don´t use it as much as I should or can. I am trying to repent of that and become better. I know that my Father will hear me and answer my prayers, it´s just a matter of having the faith sufficient and the humility to ask.
I love being a missionary. With this cambio being over half over already (they go faster every time), I am still just really trying to focus on loving it ALL. Living with a smile is so valuable, and it´s my goal. I feel happy and I feel the Spirit much more when I do. As Jimmy always used to say (and still does)..."gotta keep showin´ them teef."
I love my companions. We really have a great time together. We laugh lots, love lots, pray lots, and work lots. Perfect.
I love this work. It is so beautiful...and I just can´t say it enough.
Well, I hope that you all have a safe rest of your trip. I love you all tons. And I pray for you lots. Last calls on requests for souvenirs...(Eric, I need your shirt size for the jersey...and what kind you want if you have a preference.)
I LOVE YOU ALL SOOOOOOOO MUCH!
-Hermana Bertagnole
Saturday, April 16, 2011
It's raining, it's pouring, the old borrachitos in the street are snoring.
April 16, 2011
WELL the winter is here...I sit here in the internet cafe with wet and cold feet....it´s been raining today...and will rain probably all day long, but I think I will miss the rain, once I return home to Kansas.
We are having a great week and we are working really hard. Those two always seem to go hand in hand. We are really working on teaching better with the three of us. It´s a lot different teaching with three missionaries than it is with two. I am really trying on getting us to all teach with more unity, and more clarity. It´s a work in progress, but it is really good for us. It´s a great experience being in a trio.
I feel more now than ever before in my mission that there really isn´t time enough in the day. I am trying to stay as organized as possible, but there are times that I feel like I am running around with my head cut off...I think that with training and with cambios it made things really hectic, but now I think things will start settling back down again. I am trying to still focus a lot on helping Hermana Hunt get trained thoroughly and also helping Hermana Turcios become familiar with the sector. I am still really trying to focus on keeping the Spirit with me at all times, and being sensitive enough to feel it and hear His whispers.
I am really enjoying the work that we have before us this cambio. I am trying my best to do the best I can. I love this sector, the people, and my comps. The work is beautiful.
We found an old investigator again!!!! We put him with a baptismal date again, and he accepted. We taught with his sister also this week, and she cried as she said the closing prayer. It was beautiful. However the last time that we passed by his son told us that he doesn´t want us to come by anymore and that no one likes us coming by...as he was asking us to leave, the father came to the door and invited us in with a smile. We had a heart to heart with them...we straightened things out, and hopefully the both of them will be coming to church this Sunday. I had to rely so much on the Spirit during that meeting I left just physically, mentally, and spiritually exhausted. It was intense, but hopefully we got things cleared up so that he and his family can continue to progress and receive these blessing that they need so very much.
I have gotten a lot of great news this week, including news that hermanito in Punta Arenas, who always used to help us in the work, got his mission call to AFRICA!!!! That´s big news for anyone here. Usually the farthest that Chileans go is to Columbia. I was really excited for him. Also, we have got some really just rock solid investigators right now...I know that we will be seeing baptisms.... One investigator mentioned casually this week that "when she and her daughter get baptized...." I was sitting there thinking...WHAT??! She is really starting to embrace the doctrine.
Well, this is all I have time for. I love you all so much. Thank you for your letters and the news from home. I loved it. I pray for you all every time. I miss you lots and I love you way, way more than you can ever know. I just realized that the Mother´s Day phone call is comin up! Can´t wait! Tell Scott congrats on graduating!!!!! I miss that kid. I am glad that he´ll be in Utah when I get back. I love you all tons.
Sent with bear hugs,
Hermana Bertagnole
WELL the winter is here...I sit here in the internet cafe with wet and cold feet....it´s been raining today...and will rain probably all day long, but I think I will miss the rain, once I return home to Kansas.
We are having a great week and we are working really hard. Those two always seem to go hand in hand. We are really working on teaching better with the three of us. It´s a lot different teaching with three missionaries than it is with two. I am really trying on getting us to all teach with more unity, and more clarity. It´s a work in progress, but it is really good for us. It´s a great experience being in a trio.
I feel more now than ever before in my mission that there really isn´t time enough in the day. I am trying to stay as organized as possible, but there are times that I feel like I am running around with my head cut off...I think that with training and with cambios it made things really hectic, but now I think things will start settling back down again. I am trying to still focus a lot on helping Hermana Hunt get trained thoroughly and also helping Hermana Turcios become familiar with the sector. I am still really trying to focus on keeping the Spirit with me at all times, and being sensitive enough to feel it and hear His whispers.
I am really enjoying the work that we have before us this cambio. I am trying my best to do the best I can. I love this sector, the people, and my comps. The work is beautiful.
We found an old investigator again!!!! We put him with a baptismal date again, and he accepted. We taught with his sister also this week, and she cried as she said the closing prayer. It was beautiful. However the last time that we passed by his son told us that he doesn´t want us to come by anymore and that no one likes us coming by...as he was asking us to leave, the father came to the door and invited us in with a smile. We had a heart to heart with them...we straightened things out, and hopefully the both of them will be coming to church this Sunday. I had to rely so much on the Spirit during that meeting I left just physically, mentally, and spiritually exhausted. It was intense, but hopefully we got things cleared up so that he and his family can continue to progress and receive these blessing that they need so very much.
I have gotten a lot of great news this week, including news that hermanito in Punta Arenas, who always used to help us in the work, got his mission call to AFRICA!!!! That´s big news for anyone here. Usually the farthest that Chileans go is to Columbia. I was really excited for him. Also, we have got some really just rock solid investigators right now...I know that we will be seeing baptisms.... One investigator mentioned casually this week that "when she and her daughter get baptized...." I was sitting there thinking...WHAT??! She is really starting to embrace the doctrine.
Well, this is all I have time for. I love you all so much. Thank you for your letters and the news from home. I loved it. I pray for you all every time. I miss you lots and I love you way, way more than you can ever know. I just realized that the Mother´s Day phone call is comin up! Can´t wait! Tell Scott congrats on graduating!!!!! I miss that kid. I am glad that he´ll be in Utah when I get back. I love you all tons.
Sent with bear hugs,
Hermana Bertagnole
We are in a trio now!!!!
Hey family,
The big news this week is that we are in a trio now. I am still with mi hija, Hna Hunt, but we got another new Hermanita from Honduras. She isn´t brand new, but this is only her second sector, so she is still pretty new. But it is so nice to have her. We are getting a ton of work done. Every time we have a member come out with us (a sister from the ward) we can do divisions! AWESOME! We are working hard and loving the work. The first week of trios has just been great!!!! I am not going to lie, I was really a little bit nervous. I prayed for strength and more faith, and I received peace. These last couple days with Hermana Hunt and Hermana Turcios have been great. We are getting a lot of work done. The days are flying, and I am really trying to focus on making every second count and be memorable. I don´t like when the days just blur into weeks..which I feel like happens a lot. There are so many miracles that happen around me, I just want to make sure that I am recognizing each and every one of them. I know there are miracles that are happening that maybe I´ll never know about as well. I have seen the hand of the Lord so much.
We have some great people that we are teaching. The people that we had at Conference are just progressing like crazy. The family that we brought are great. The father is the son of a very faithful member in Franke (another ward in the stake). I got to meet his mom at Gen conference. She was SO nice, and so happy to see us. The son has been inactive since he left for college almost 40 years ago. He is active and participating in the Church now. His wife isn´t a member but she comes to Church with him and their daughter every week. They are so great. It´s so refreshing to teach them.
Also we had two new investigators attend the Conference. They are both so great and so interested. They are progressing very well. They have such a conviction to know the truth. One has already read half of the Book of Mormon...and apologizes that he hasn´t finished it already! So great. We are focusing on the power of prayer with the both of them so that they can receive powerful answers. Our meta is to put them with fecha this week; help them to really take hold of the vision, and the plan of our Heavenly Father.
I am learning to be more bold. I feel the Spirit more when I do so. I know that we share a strong and powerful message, and I have learned that that is how it needs to be shared. With faith and confidence. Sometimes when you love people, it´s better to just tell them what´s up, than trying to do things suavecito....:) Palos con amor digamos. And it is always received well when it is done with love...and I LOVE THESE PEOPLE!
I am loving working with Hermana Hunt and Turcios. I can see Hermana Hunt just progress so much every day. Hermana Turcios has such a strong testimony and a quiet but very powerful presence. I feel a strong love and admiration for her already. I can tell she will be a very dear companion for me. She reminds me a little of my momma Aponte. Hermana Turcious has quite the story. Very strong hermanita. It´s a priveledge to walk along side her.
Well, I am trying to be like Jesus. I hope you all are doing the same. If we apply what we all learned in primary...we will be the happiest people on earth.
I love you all so much. Thank you for your letters. Sorry I forgot to tell Eric and Stephy HAPPY BIRTHDAY last P.day, but know that when the day of your birthdays came...I was aware and thinking of you
THE SECRET TO LIFE:
Read your scriptures everyday (personally and as family), pray sincerely (personally and as family), and have a Family Home Evening every week...(even if your kids aren´t home). I love you all so much...if you don´t do it...I will have to give you all palos con amor when I get back...I mean it :) Love you!!!!!!
The big news this week is that we are in a trio now. I am still with mi hija, Hna Hunt, but we got another new Hermanita from Honduras. She isn´t brand new, but this is only her second sector, so she is still pretty new. But it is so nice to have her. We are getting a ton of work done. Every time we have a member come out with us (a sister from the ward) we can do divisions! AWESOME! We are working hard and loving the work. The first week of trios has just been great!!!! I am not going to lie, I was really a little bit nervous. I prayed for strength and more faith, and I received peace. These last couple days with Hermana Hunt and Hermana Turcios have been great. We are getting a lot of work done. The days are flying, and I am really trying to focus on making every second count and be memorable. I don´t like when the days just blur into weeks..which I feel like happens a lot. There are so many miracles that happen around me, I just want to make sure that I am recognizing each and every one of them. I know there are miracles that are happening that maybe I´ll never know about as well. I have seen the hand of the Lord so much.
We have some great people that we are teaching. The people that we had at Conference are just progressing like crazy. The family that we brought are great. The father is the son of a very faithful member in Franke (another ward in the stake). I got to meet his mom at Gen conference. She was SO nice, and so happy to see us. The son has been inactive since he left for college almost 40 years ago. He is active and participating in the Church now. His wife isn´t a member but she comes to Church with him and their daughter every week. They are so great. It´s so refreshing to teach them.
Also we had two new investigators attend the Conference. They are both so great and so interested. They are progressing very well. They have such a conviction to know the truth. One has already read half of the Book of Mormon...and apologizes that he hasn´t finished it already! So great. We are focusing on the power of prayer with the both of them so that they can receive powerful answers. Our meta is to put them with fecha this week; help them to really take hold of the vision, and the plan of our Heavenly Father.
I am learning to be more bold. I feel the Spirit more when I do so. I know that we share a strong and powerful message, and I have learned that that is how it needs to be shared. With faith and confidence. Sometimes when you love people, it´s better to just tell them what´s up, than trying to do things suavecito....:) Palos con amor digamos. And it is always received well when it is done with love...and I LOVE THESE PEOPLE!
I am loving working with Hermana Hunt and Turcios. I can see Hermana Hunt just progress so much every day. Hermana Turcios has such a strong testimony and a quiet but very powerful presence. I feel a strong love and admiration for her already. I can tell she will be a very dear companion for me. She reminds me a little of my momma Aponte. Hermana Turcious has quite the story. Very strong hermanita. It´s a priveledge to walk along side her.
Well, I am trying to be like Jesus. I hope you all are doing the same. If we apply what we all learned in primary...we will be the happiest people on earth.
I love you all so much. Thank you for your letters. Sorry I forgot to tell Eric and Stephy HAPPY BIRTHDAY last P.day, but know that when the day of your birthdays came...I was aware and thinking of you
THE SECRET TO LIFE:
Read your scriptures everyday (personally and as family), pray sincerely (personally and as family), and have a Family Home Evening every week...(even if your kids aren´t home). I love you all so much...if you don´t do it...I will have to give you all palos con amor when I get back...I mean it :) Love you!!!!!!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Janelle's March 26 letter
HOLA HERMOSOS!
AWESOME about the story of the angel Moroni!!!! I can´t believe the temple is so far along!!!! I just got SO excited to hear that! COOL experience. That one better go in everyone´s journal. Well, also I hope that everyone is enjoying life in the good ol´ USA...I heard that Obama was here in Chile this week. Go figure...he didn´t even come say hi to his midwest homegirl...how rude. Oh well, I am over it. Anyway, loved seeing the picutres and hearing your news this week. Thank you! Also, I got the scripture stickers you sent...THANK YOU!!!! I was to the point where I could only mark the really, really good scriptures...and that´s just not right to play favorites like that. Thank you. I love you. My bishop said next time you send a package he wants beef jerky :) Hahahaha. ew. He had one too many gringo comps in the mission, I think.
I am sending a picture of the best family EVER! He is/was a menos activo for almost 40 years and she was a missionary for the Testigos de Jehova, and that´s how she met him. What a love story, eh? They are so great. They have started coming every Sunday. Bishop gave them the Our Legacy book and they have both read it almost all the way through! She liked it a lot. We had a really powerful lesson with them this week. We talked about baptism. They are the ones that I bought the BOM, BIBLE, HYMNAL, and Children´s scripture study (like we had when we were kids!!!!). I love this family. Please pray for them and another family that we are teaching They both need lots of prayers. Thank you.
Hermana Hunt and I are working hard here in Ovejeria. I feel so blessed to have such great support of our ward, and especially our Bishop. I know that all missionaries have problems with members falling through, and we have experienced that a little this week, but I still feel so blessed to have their support in the work. I know that they have the best intentions in the world to help us and go out with us, but life just gets in the way sometimes. I understand that. We had a great Noche de Hogar as a ward last night. It was fantastic. The importance of avoiding gossip. So good. I hope that it will be a reminder to all the members so that we avoid potential problems in the ward. We had a great turn out.
This Sunday we are hoping and praying for another great turn out of investigators in Sacrament meeting. We are working hard to make sure that they all get there. We are trying to get the members involved to give them an added push. Obviously the members make more of a difference than we do. Please pray for us!!!!!!!! We are trying to get a couple families to church, as well as a young woman that we are teaching.
Hermana Hunt is progressing well. She feels bad sometimes about her Spanish, but I keep telling her that she is progressing every day. I know she feels bad when people can´t understand her...I remember that. I remember how it was...and still is sometimes, but I know that it doesn´t matter as much when we teach with the Spirit. We are trying to really do things right here. It´s hard...and impossible to be perfect...in the mission or out. We always teach our investigators, that it´s ok if they are not perfect, but as long as they are trying their best...we teach them that glorious message of the Atonement, but sometimes I think we forget it as missionaries. Just because we are missionaries doesn´t mean that we are perfect...we just have to give it all we have. I am learning a lot of patience, and a lot of faith. I love the work. It is beautiful and inspired.
I am loving life as a missionary. What more can I say...it´s just so great.
Oh and just so you know...NEXT WEEK IS PDAY ON FRIDAY...because of conference....so if you´re going to write me (and I hope you do ) write before Friday, por favor.
I love you all, I hope you are all having a great week.
GO TO EVERY SESSION OF CONFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!! D&C 1:38 IT IS A BLESSING TO HAVE SO MUCH IN JUST TWO DAYS!!!!!!
ALso read your BOM and pray every day...don´t get lazy on the small and simple things...that´s what brings salvation. If we don´t do it, we put our salvation at risk.
Welp, with that being said. I love you all so much. Don´t you ever go forgetting that. I love you and think of you and pray for you all so often. Thank you for existing.
-BESOS!!!!!
Hermana Bertagnole
AWESOME about the story of the angel Moroni!!!! I can´t believe the temple is so far along!!!! I just got SO excited to hear that! COOL experience. That one better go in everyone´s journal. Well, also I hope that everyone is enjoying life in the good ol´ USA...I heard that Obama was here in Chile this week. Go figure...he didn´t even come say hi to his midwest homegirl...how rude. Oh well, I am over it. Anyway, loved seeing the picutres and hearing your news this week. Thank you! Also, I got the scripture stickers you sent...THANK YOU!!!! I was to the point where I could only mark the really, really good scriptures...and that´s just not right to play favorites like that. Thank you. I love you. My bishop said next time you send a package he wants beef jerky :) Hahahaha. ew. He had one too many gringo comps in the mission, I think.
I am sending a picture of the best family EVER! He is/was a menos activo for almost 40 years and she was a missionary for the Testigos de Jehova, and that´s how she met him. What a love story, eh? They are so great. They have started coming every Sunday. Bishop gave them the Our Legacy book and they have both read it almost all the way through! She liked it a lot. We had a really powerful lesson with them this week. We talked about baptism. They are the ones that I bought the BOM, BIBLE, HYMNAL, and Children´s scripture study (like we had when we were kids!!!!). I love this family. Please pray for them and another family that we are teaching They both need lots of prayers. Thank you.
Hermana Hunt and I are working hard here in Ovejeria. I feel so blessed to have such great support of our ward, and especially our Bishop. I know that all missionaries have problems with members falling through, and we have experienced that a little this week, but I still feel so blessed to have their support in the work. I know that they have the best intentions in the world to help us and go out with us, but life just gets in the way sometimes. I understand that. We had a great Noche de Hogar as a ward last night. It was fantastic. The importance of avoiding gossip. So good. I hope that it will be a reminder to all the members so that we avoid potential problems in the ward. We had a great turn out.
This Sunday we are hoping and praying for another great turn out of investigators in Sacrament meeting. We are working hard to make sure that they all get there. We are trying to get the members involved to give them an added push. Obviously the members make more of a difference than we do. Please pray for us!!!!!!!! We are trying to get a couple families to church, as well as a young woman that we are teaching.
Hermana Hunt is progressing well. She feels bad sometimes about her Spanish, but I keep telling her that she is progressing every day. I know she feels bad when people can´t understand her...I remember that. I remember how it was...and still is sometimes, but I know that it doesn´t matter as much when we teach with the Spirit. We are trying to really do things right here. It´s hard...and impossible to be perfect...in the mission or out. We always teach our investigators, that it´s ok if they are not perfect, but as long as they are trying their best...we teach them that glorious message of the Atonement, but sometimes I think we forget it as missionaries. Just because we are missionaries doesn´t mean that we are perfect...we just have to give it all we have. I am learning a lot of patience, and a lot of faith. I love the work. It is beautiful and inspired.
I am loving life as a missionary. What more can I say...it´s just so great.
Oh and just so you know...NEXT WEEK IS PDAY ON FRIDAY...because of conference....so if you´re going to write me (and I hope you do ) write before Friday, por favor.
I love you all, I hope you are all having a great week.
GO TO EVERY SESSION OF CONFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!! D&C 1:38 IT IS A BLESSING TO HAVE SO MUCH IN JUST TWO DAYS!!!!!!
ALso read your BOM and pray every day...don´t get lazy on the small and simple things...that´s what brings salvation. If we don´t do it, we put our salvation at risk.
Welp, with that being said. I love you all so much. Don´t you ever go forgetting that. I love you and think of you and pray for you all so often. Thank you for existing.
-BESOS!!!!!
Hermana Bertagnole
Janelle's April 1 letter
Es tan bonito aca....you all should probably come pick me up :)
We have seen lots of success so far this week. It´s strange having Pday today...even though it´s only one day early it feels like they´ve cut my week in half! Oh well, for a very, very good cause. CONFERENCE! I am so excited. We have quite a few people lined up to come and hear the Prophet! Including some new people that we have just started teaching, and a young man that is inactive since he was a little boy, and now doesn´t really believe in God. It is so great to see the change that takes place in people. Speaking of change....our APs just came back from visiting in Punta Arenas, and one of them used to be my Zone Leader down there, so he always heard about the people we were teaching. There was a little old lady...I don´t know if you all remember me talking about her. She is 81 years old and we taught her, but the progress was slower than she was, ...but there was still something that kept bringing us back to teach her....well, the AP came back and he told me today..."You wouldn´t believe who got baptized down there..." WHAT????? !!!!!! I always worried she wouldn´t get to be baptized here in this life, but I was SO overwhelmed to hear that. She is a very special old lady...I loved her so much...Some of my best memories of the mission are with her. So funny. I´ll have to show you all the videos I have of her when I get back. Our Heavenly Father works on people´s hearts. It´s beautiful.
Well, we are really trying to help keep our investigators having the vision of baptism. We began teaching a woman this week...she shared years and years ago with missionaries, and we invited her to be baptized, and she accepted. However we learned the second time that we visited her that she and her husband aren´t legally married, so we have some work to do there, but there is great promise in her. Also we began teaching a woman, her son, and his two friends ....de oro. They are so great...they just need to overcome a little bit of fear, and believe and have faith in the answer to prayer. They are really special people. We are teaching them tonight at 7pm...pray for us! Also we found a young man in contacts the other day. AWESOME. He shows great promise, and is planning on coming to Conference this Sunday. I am excited for him. You can bet on the Prophet to convert.
Well, that´s all I have time for this week. Thanks for your letters. I am glad to hear that everyone is having a great time on vacations, at work, and finishing up school. Sounds pretty good to me.
The pictures I sent are the graffiti outside the momita´s house and the other one is from today´s pday activity...we played broom hockey...and we broke all of the brooms from our houses. Hahahah it got kind of intense...but no one got hurt...a testimony that Heavenly Father protects His missionaries :)
Well, sorry I don´t have time for more, but the time is short. I love you all so much though. I hope you are all doing well. Thank you for all you do for me...you letters, prayers, love and support. Thank you. Love you.
-Hermana Bertagnole
We have seen lots of success so far this week. It´s strange having Pday today...even though it´s only one day early it feels like they´ve cut my week in half! Oh well, for a very, very good cause. CONFERENCE! I am so excited. We have quite a few people lined up to come and hear the Prophet! Including some new people that we have just started teaching, and a young man that is inactive since he was a little boy, and now doesn´t really believe in God. It is so great to see the change that takes place in people. Speaking of change....our APs just came back from visiting in Punta Arenas, and one of them used to be my Zone Leader down there, so he always heard about the people we were teaching. There was a little old lady...I don´t know if you all remember me talking about her. She is 81 years old and we taught her, but the progress was slower than she was, ...but there was still something that kept bringing us back to teach her....well, the AP came back and he told me today..."You wouldn´t believe who got baptized down there..." WHAT????? !!!!!! I always worried she wouldn´t get to be baptized here in this life, but I was SO overwhelmed to hear that. She is a very special old lady...I loved her so much...Some of my best memories of the mission are with her. So funny. I´ll have to show you all the videos I have of her when I get back. Our Heavenly Father works on people´s hearts. It´s beautiful.
Well, we are really trying to help keep our investigators having the vision of baptism. We began teaching a woman this week...she shared years and years ago with missionaries, and we invited her to be baptized, and she accepted. However we learned the second time that we visited her that she and her husband aren´t legally married, so we have some work to do there, but there is great promise in her. Also we began teaching a woman, her son, and his two friends ....de oro. They are so great...they just need to overcome a little bit of fear, and believe and have faith in the answer to prayer. They are really special people. We are teaching them tonight at 7pm...pray for us! Also we found a young man in contacts the other day. AWESOME. He shows great promise, and is planning on coming to Conference this Sunday. I am excited for him. You can bet on the Prophet to convert.
Well, that´s all I have time for this week. Thanks for your letters. I am glad to hear that everyone is having a great time on vacations, at work, and finishing up school. Sounds pretty good to me.
The pictures I sent are the graffiti outside the momita´s house and the other one is from today´s pday activity...we played broom hockey...and we broke all of the brooms from our houses. Hahahah it got kind of intense...but no one got hurt...a testimony that Heavenly Father protects His missionaries :)
Well, sorry I don´t have time for more, but the time is short. I love you all so much though. I hope you are all doing well. Thank you for all you do for me...you letters, prayers, love and support. Thank you. Love you.
-Hermana Bertagnole
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