What a week of miracles.

Here is Morgans letter from Tuesday! Don't be so shocked it came so early...I got a reminder to send this one out - that's why its so soon! =) It is a great letter - the note at the end is yucky, but a good story! Thanks for your love, support and prayers for Morgan. She feels them every day! (Remember, my comments are in green, hers are in red!)

Lisa
Photos attached are of her Zone going to the zoo. She said - "Check out Hermana Hansen's skirt" (they are wearing the exact same skirt!) I said "Does she shop at Burlington Coat Factory?" "Morgan said, "She is from California!"

Hello,
How was the zoo? Do we get pictures this week? Who went with you to the zoo? Was there a lot of different animals than there are at our zoo?

The animals are pretty much all the same. hahaha it was fun though. I sent pics. I hope they came through!!

How has your week been? Better than last week? Everyone loves how positive you are - you say it was an awful week, and then you say but after bad things come good things. I had lots of comments about that positive attitude.

I CAN TESTIFY WITH 100 percent SEGURIDAD (safety?- maybe she means I can safely say--100%) THAT AFTER THE BAD COMES THE GOOD. What a week of miracles. cant wait to tell it all. I will tell it all at the end.

Do you need anything?

I dont need anything. I am doing great. Seriouslly so grateful. Prayers that i dont get transferred this next change so i can be here for all the exciting things, but if i do get transferred i know it is what is best. I just have to selfishly say i hope i get to stay 1 change more. With hermana Zamacona!

How are your investigators? What happened with Arjona, and how about Sergio?

I will tell it all at the very end. GET EXCITEDDD!!

Are you really thinking that you will be transferred. I was thinking about that a lot, and the thing is, my dear, you said when you left your last area that you couldn't leave because of how much you love those people and could stand to leave them. Now here you are, in the same situation and you feel the same way. You will feel that way about every area that you are in. I wish you could stay there one more transfer at least so that you can continue to work with all those people. Especially Sergio that prayed for you to stay so he can go to church with you in September. I don't think it would hurt to have you be there a bit longer. But you know that it is inspiration that took you there and inspiration will take you from there. FAITH! And you have an abundance of faith! You wll be awesome where ever you are.

I had been praying that i wouldn't be transferred, then decided that was too selfish. Now i am praying i can be at peace with whatever happens at transfers.

We love you so much. You are a great example to so many people. They love your letters and you just radiate happiness in your letters. STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY -- love you!
Mom

OK I AM READY.
Just fyi quick, we will be emailing next Wednesday due to a zone conference Tuesday!

Saturday we called Marisol and Angel to tell them we found an abogado (I looked it up = lawyer)...i cant think of the word in english...so they can get married. Well Angel told me he had been calculating that they are going to be married the 30th of august. then in church on sunday they told us they needed to talk to us and they said they had been thinking...they said, if we get married saturday can we just get baptized the next day, on sunday. OF COURSEEEE!!! HELLLLLOOO MIRACLE. It is amazing. I can testify that the spirit works on these people. We felt as if we had done everything. We didnt know what else to do. So we prayed and fasted a lot, and we had a miracle. The spirit worked on these people. What an amazing thing.

I told you about Ana Lucia, the sister in law of the 70. Well this past week we went to visit her and she told us she knows the church is true. She has had contact with the church for 25 years. She told us her conversion story basically, and she knows. Her challenges are her husband...doesn't want anything to do with any church, and also she doesn't feel like she can keep all the commandments yet....so prayers for Ana Lucia would be great. She is aamazinggg!!!

OK LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE AMAZING PACA FAMILY. Their name isnt really paca. They work in a paca...which is a little clothing store. like clothes from the states that they sell really cheap. We found them a lonnggg time ago. Just knocking on a door next to them. Well , ahhhi wish i had more time. Basically it is another testimony of the spirit working on the people. The other night when we went to visit them. The dad, who is actually a less active told us they had been thinking about us a lot. They knew it was all true because they are living the answer. They said us coming to them was their answer. They talk about how we came into their lives in the perfect timing. The father Julio was baptized a long time ago and told us he was beginning to remember. Patricia the mother is told us she knows because she has prayed and felt it. Their son Kirby wants to serve a mission, and their nephew Tomy loves it all. Ah i cant get this cute family out of my mind. They are amazing. I just love them so much!!!

We have this cute investigator jaqueline who we have contacted in the street like 9 million times and finally we found her in the street again and we said can we go to your house right now and share a message with you and your husband. We went. THEY ARE AMAZING. The next day we went with jaqueline and she said, i dont know what it is, but believe me, every time i talk to you two i feel a peace. I love it! She prayed, we were in the street sitting down in the road, and she prayed to know if jose smith was a prophet. It was the most sincere prayer i have ever heard. THE SPIRIT WAS SO STRONG. in the middle of the street. What miracle.

Sergio is sooo cool Well the other day we called him and some random man picked up his phone. He told me he had just bought the phone....LIES. He had just stolen the phone. We were bummed cause had no way to get a hold of sergio. It was 830 later that night and had an appointment down at the very end of proyectos, and the lady wasnt home. I said well theres a reason we are down here, lets find out why. We both felt to go visit sergio. We did. He was home. Told us his phone had been stolen the night before, but we found him. He is doing so well. The spirit is just guiding every foot step.

Arjona wasnt in church again. He has been sick, but we are visiting him tonight.

I told you about Victor and how he came to church , well this past sunday he didnt come cause he had to go visit his dad, but his little sister did and she brought 2 of her little friends. SHE LOVEEEED IT! The primary just included her so well.

I can testify that this is the LORDS work. In Jacob it talks about how it is the vineyard of the lord and we are only here working in his vineyard. sometimes it is easy to forget that and we think he will help us in this work...but the truth of it is that it is his work and we are just helping him. The spriit guides every step. As we live worthy of it. I cant express to you my love for my Savior. I cant express to you the joy i am feeling here in Guatemala. I dont want it to end. EVER. The best part is that it doesnt have it. WE are children of god. WE have a sacred calling in this life. WE can share this gospel with EVERYONE. WE need to do it. We follow Christ decision by decision, action by action.

Funny stories...
The people keep their animals aka chickens and dogs on their roofs...well the other day a chicken jumped off the roof and almost landed on my companion.

We were teaching Kirby, heres the conversation:

Zamacona...como empezamos la oracion?...how do we start the prayer?
Kirby....con ganas y felicidad!!...with desires and happiness!!
She wanted him to answer Padre Celestial, or Heavenly Father


Also, teaching kirby, my watched beeped telling us it was 9. o clock. Kirby says....and now the bombs going to go off....those americans and their bombs....hahahhahaha WHAT!!

I am sure there is more. Dont worry, i am writing EVERYTHING in my journal. I wish i had more time but i gotta go! LOVE YOU ALL. Im serious. You are amazing!
Hermana Oliphant

Here is another note she sent me while online on Tuesday: GROSS!! -- poor thing!

She said, "Did I tell you about my foot fungus?"

I said WHAT????????????????

Here is her reply:

I got a foot fungus from walking in shoes with holes in them i think. I have had it for about a month and i didnt know what to do. The nurse gave me a cream to put on it but it didnt help. It just got worse and worse....it was hurting really bad. Like it hurt to walk. I couldnt walk on my foot, i was walking on the side of my foot a lot. Well i was praying and praying. Not for the pain, nothing like that, i just wanted to be able to work hard, and i felt like the pain was impeding that, well one day i felt strongly to put bacitracin on it. or however you spell it. Well guess what, bacitracin makes me DUH!! In 2 days it was completely gone. I am telling you. MIRACLE. This fungus was all over my heel, the pad of my foot and all my toes, and on both feet....IT IS COMPLETELY GONE!!!!

I took a picture of it, i will send one day or show you in a couple months. I dont have my camera cord today, but it was pretty gross...and SMELLED AWFUL. Well i told the nurse about the magic bacitracin and she is just in awe. She said TONS of missionaries have it...so she is way excited!!

I guess one day we will get a gross photo of that!

(Her comment of Bacitracin makes my duh is a family joke --I'll explain if you want to know or maybe you should ask Spencer!! I'll explain quick. When Spencer was little he got hurt pretty bad, we were told to use Bacitracin because it encourages "epithelization" by a doctor (when Brent cut off one of his fingers) but Spencer cried when we tried to put it on his owey and said "Bacitracin makes me duh!" Just crying and crying -- so funny It is like neosporin but better!)

It can't be from the holey shoes if "lots of other missionaries have it too! Maybe the yucky water they walk in during this raining season!?!?!?