Letter 24!

June 19, 2013
Well another week full of rain has passed by! If you picture me in Costa Rica on the beach with the sun shining brightly....get that out of your head. Many times this week we were walking in the street with rain half way up our calves and most of our body soaking, haha...but I love every bit of it!! Hermana Garcia and I just laugh at each other. Especially when buses go rushing by and it’s impossible to dodge the waves of dirty street water.
The other day we had a lesson in a members house and they were nice enough to give us a towel to dry us off with and we ended up sitting on it so that we didn’t soak their couches. When we get home, sometimes Hermana Elvira brings us out some hot cocoa...ahhh, she is the best! She has been the house manager of many missionaries and so she has learned very fast the palabra de sabiduria and that we don’t drink coffee.
Well it was soooooo discouraging and sad that Maritza ended up not getting baptized this past Sunday. She told us that she needed more time as it is hard for her to accept another book of scripture and she just wanted more time to get a for sure answer. She has been going to church with us for the past 3 weeks and says that she wants her family to join her. She studies the book of mormon everyday and loves learning more and more. She has already been baptized in two other churches and so she just wants to be sure that this is right. Last week we watched the restoration with her...she loved it. the spirit was so strong as Hermana Garcia, a member, and I all bore our testimonies of the prophet Joseph smith. She said that the storty of Joseph smith was incredible and that it reminds her of herself. She feels so confused with all the many churches but says she wants to have a testimony lilke us. We know that she will get to that point and will be baptized because she really does have a sincere heart and really does want to do the will of the Lord. Keep her in your prayers because she is golden! hermana Garcia and I love her so much and pray that she will recognize her answer.
On Sunday after church we went to Hermana Rosarios house to eat dinner with her, her husband who is a menos activo, and her son who is an incredible return missionary. Hermana Garcia and I made a mexican dish ,well i didnt really make it just did what Hermana Garcia told me to do. Actually...it was really nice to eat something that
wasn’t rice, haha. I never thought that eating rice and beans here every day would get old, but it happened. But gayo pinto still has a special place in my heart always!
it was a surprise to find Jadira at the house of hermana Rosario as we have been trying to find this reference for a long time! It was so happy to set an appointment with her as she really seems interested! well we have another temple session to go to and a sealing tonight so i have to run...so excited!! I love you all and this gospel is so true!!!! Love, Hermana Pease