HOLA.

Has it maybe been the longest? Yes it has. I'm sorry I haven´t written for awhile. Can I just say El Salvador computers aren´t really quite top notch. But I´ve got letters from Jen, Nicki (yes that is the best address to use), Heidi (are you really home from your mish and Lara too!! wow that was fast! write me!!!l love u), and my grandparents. THANKS!!! you´re the best

So I don´t even know how to catch you all up. I´m still in this area, I´m going on 6 months here! But I love it; it´s the area I opened up. We´re still in a trio with the missionary we´re training. All is going well. I´m learning a lot, especially patience........

BIRTHDAY
I had a great birthday.....I woke up, my comps sang the worst version of happy birthday I'd ever heard. Bless their little hearts, they let me sponge shower on our patio first. Sofia (the wife of our investigator Jose) made me bean soup for lunch, we knocked the doors and went out for pupusas for dinner, BEST BIRTHDAY EVER.

NURSING
The nursing thing is insane. I´m going a little crazy trying to balance all these balls thrown at me, but the Lord is helping me. Wow these elders are stupid . Ok sorry but they are- sticking their fingers in fans, taking Pepto Bismo for a chest infection, trying to burn off warts by themselves with a kit they bought in the street. Not to mention I had one sent to the ER and had to call president to stay the night in the hospital with him, but they are keeping me on my toes.

INVESTIGATORS
Ok do you all remember Jose? The long hair rebellious man? He invited us over Saturday night for pupusas for my birthday (yes we eat pupusas like every night and they are sooo fatting- let´s not talk about it). He is so different, and I would give anything to see him baptized. Please pray for him for me. His heart still is a little hard.

Ok we have another lady Rosmari. She and her son are friends of Sofia and Jose. We have been teaching them for three weeks and they want to be baptized!! Joy. But we have to have a wedding first. So this week we´re planning a wedding and after we will have their baptism. I don´t know if they will be baptized this week or the next. Only her and her son will be baptized the father has a problem with the word of wisdom. They are a cute family, but so poor. They live on nothing but are already sacrificing for the church everything they can. I love these people.


I´m so good. I have struggled seeing my converts go inactive. It´s been the hardest part of my mission and the greatest pain I can remember. I remember a talk by Elder Holland at the MTC. He said to be a representative of the Savior we must walk his path. The road to salvation always passes through Gethsemane. A token must be paid. Pain must be felt. I pray that all may recognize this and continue to give it every thing to have what is only given after the sacrifice. I know this church is true. The Savior lives and is always next to us. Take up your cross, follow him. Walk in his steps. Look to God and Live,

HOORAW FOR ISRAEL,
Hna Tav

HOla!!!! Que tal? I hope you all are living up that summer! It´s crazy to think it´s summer because here it´s colder than I´ve ever been because of all the rain we´ve been getting, maybe I¨ll buy myself a blanket today for Pday!! We don´t use blankets on our beds at all, just one flat sheet to protect us from bug bites.

Wow this week was a little crazy....again. always. So I´m getting calls off the roof from these poor elders, always sick. I¨m trying to find time to do some missionary work between telling the elders to just take their Peptobismo. But this week we got such the suprise when I talked to the assistents Tueday night and the said they wanted us to train one of the new missionaries. I was a little blown away because training is a lot of work and I was sure with the nursing stuff I wouldn´t ever be training a little greenie. But yes my first daughter was born into the mission July 6, 2010. 5 ft7 ins tall. 148lds, and she has brown eyes! Haha she is from here in El Salvador but the other mission. And so we are in a trio right now. It´s been even crazier because the shower doesn´t work anymore so we put up our shower curtain outside, we have like a little patio thing, and like a big cement sink outside and so we do the bucket shower thing. It´s been quite the adventure! I think it´s the cleanest shower I¨ve had here.

OK updates.....
my converts

Jose from my last area the boy we found in the street....he´s good it´s in a different ward and so i never seen him but he´s in the same stake and he´s preparing for his mission in a 10 months.

Carlos (alma the younger)...sadly I have not heard from him. he moved to a different area and i´m scared that he is not going to church there. But I pray for him and will let you know what i hear.

Martinez family!!!!!!!! Wow they are powerful!!! I love this family. The stake primary pres came to our ward yesterday and was way impressed with their son. Sister Carmen did divisions with us yesterday. Really they´re so great.

Alejandra... she´s really active and has lots of friends in the church. It´s great to see the growth in her, she still has a bit to learn but Im excited to see the changes that are happening.

Investigatores....

Jose... He was not a church this week because he was sick, but we had a good lesson with him this week and we even brought his crazy catholic parents some cookies, I think they like us!


Thats all for this week. thanks for your prayers and support!!! LOVE YOU. HOORAW FOR ISRAEL:...

HNA TAV