Hermana Guerrero in Guerrero Mexico!

 

Hello my name is Hermana Guerrero and I am serving in the.....GUERRERO Mexico misión!!!

 

Hola family and friends!

 

I Cant believe I am here in Mexico! My this week has been intense! I dont even know where to begin...well first off Guerrero is about 2 hours away from pachuca and it is up in the mountains. like seriously it is super far up and everyone jokes about it being a mini salt lake because everryone here are members except theres a slight difference...for one everything is in spanish, nobody speaks english and two there are tons of inactive members or well, members who dont go to church. It is so hot here, its like california summer every single day. and the people have already commented on how dark ive gotten. i would send pictures but my camera is broken, the charger inside is not working...bummer! but i will work something out! we went to the city today to try to find and store to fix it but no luck. but know im seeing cool things and that i am okay.

 

my companera is hermana sanchez and you all guessed right...she doesn't speak any english! I thought it would be cool to have a native speaker but it is really really realllllyyyy hard. And i am not going to lie... it has lead to me to be very emotional at times haha...My prayers have never been so heartfelt and sincere and meaningful until now haha i thought my prayers were meaningful before...nope. I know i need the Lord and i know i need patience. Here in Guerrero everybody talks so fast!  By the end of the conversation I probably understood 3 of the 500 words! haha IT HAS BEEN QUITE THE EXPERIENCE, AND EVEN THOUGH I AM STRUGGLING I KNOW I WONT AND CANT COME HOME. THE GOspel is way to important to me! Even then, it doesnt mean I wont struggle. My misión presdient and the other missionaries all said that the first three months are the hardest! i seriously have been taking it day by day. but i know the lord has a plan. now onto the things that are different here....

 

first off people have no shame in eating baby bug eggs! Yep! had them my first day here! wAS DYING INSIDE BUT WHAT AM I SUPPOSE TO say? oh no thank you i don't want to eat your baby bug eggs that you love so much? and even if i did, i wouldn't know how because i cant speak spanish hahah! bu,t hey its all part of the experience. um everybody washes their clothes by hand i did it for the first time today and it was really really fun! except when the string connected to the cactus broke in half and all my clothes that were drying fell onto the dirt haha again part of the experience.  and hmm in the church some people don't sing they kind of scream...but hey they are just really passionate :) i love it ahha. umm memebrs here also call me pocahontas or prima which means cousin because everyone here are guerreros and they call me lamanita haha. my comampanera is from uebla mexico and she is 20! super fluent she thought i would have a hard iome adjusting but i have been doing pretty good, the hardest thing for me is not being able to speak spanish. but yesterday 2 different members reminded me of that missionary in the movie the other side of heaven and said i will learn the language. So, since i Heard that twice i came to the conclusión that i am going to read the entire bookmof mormon in español. I had a quote to share but i will next monday because i forgot it. thanks for your love and prayers! ITS HARD BUT THERE IS NO GREATER WORK. LOVE YOU ALL!

CON AMOR,

HERMANA GUERRERO

Headed to Mexico!

Please note new address in Pachuca Mexico on your right of this page under Hermana Guerrero's photo.

HOLA FAMILIA Y AMIGOS!!!!

So sorry this email is going to be really short just because today is my last pday here in the US!! So i have a ton of packing and emailing and just a lot of things to do! But I wanted to still send out an email and let you all know that I love you and that I am so excited to serve the people in Mexico! It is weird to me that I am already leaving but I am so excited! Spanish is coming along....I still have a lot to learn but I am working hard! Thank you for your letters and packages and love to me! I love it here and I love this work.

At our MTC apartment

 

This week we had to say goodbye to all of our training investigators and that was already hard and our district said bye to one of our teachers yesterday! Seriously, I would love to come back and work at the MTC as a teacher! This week, especially yesterday, I learned how important it is to work with members and to encourage members to do missionary work and to reach out to others as well. Everyone deserves to know they have a loving Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ.

The Hermana's heading to Mexico this week!

 

 I went to the temple this morning and after the session I was able to read my blessing and let me just say that today was very spiritual and AMAZING!!! This work is amazing and I am loving it, am I nervous/ terrified? of course, I am representing my Savior Jesus Christ, and I want to serve the best way I can but I know with the Lord I can do it! EVERYBODY read Alma 26:12 Thats exactly how I feel and I cant believe by 1:00pm on Monday I will be in MEXICOOOOOOOOO! again, so so so sorry this is so short but I love you!!!!

The Hermana's in my district

 

Hermana Sophia Guerrero

 

Other fun photos this week!

Hermana Sophia's we have the same first name!

Sisters from Home

Sister Boone drew this picture of our district!

 

 

Flight Plans!

HOAL FAMILIA Y FRIENDS!! 

So sorry I already know this email is not going to be that long because I only have about ten minutes but I am going to try! Time goes by too fast here! 

Well good news......I am feeling so so so much better! Still have a cough but I am not as exhausted as I was and I am so thankful! My district and Hermana Bailey especially were all really sweet and helpful this week with me being all sick and all. However there was a point where the majority of our district were all sick! But we
are all getting better!


Thank you Mama Lisa for the package this week! 

I love EVERYTHING and I am taking my vitamins and everything so I can get better! Bronchitus is no bueno! Even with being sick, the Lords work must go on and Hermana Bailey and I have done a lot!

 This week was a big teaching week and the spanish is coming along a little better just because we are using it so much in our lessons but I still feel that I can't conjugate words for the life of me. I get the language on paper and in my studies but when trying to actually speak it...I don't know what happens! Even then, I still LOVE espanol! It is so beautiful! Hermana Bailey y yo have been made sister training leaders and we got a new district with all girls! We love them and it has been great trying to help these new girls with being a missionary and transitioning to the missionary life! We also got another district full of elders and so now our zone has three districts! I love my zone and I cant believe I was just in their shoes 5 weeks ago! Next week is our last official week because.....we all got our flight plans yesterdaaaayyyy!!! I am going to MEXICO!!!!! so excited!!!!! Nervous because of the language but so excited!!!!!!!

 Love you all so much and thank you all for your support in this work! Oh before I say bye I got to see Elder Argyle again on sunday and it was awesome and I got to see Sarah Jane today!!!

 Going to make this last week great! Sorry to everybody who has not received letters from me yet we only get saturday to write letters so I am sorry, I will get them to you all soon! Just got to be obedient! But I love you a ton! 

Con amor,

Hermana Guerrero

Teaching Brian

Hello Famiia and Amigos :)

I heard Sacramento has finally got some rain?! Si?! If so I am so happy! This week here in good ole Utah has been pretty interesting! Tons of highs and lows this week!

 To start off, I guess I spoke to soon when I talked about being healthy and feeling good. This whole week I have been pretty sick and when I finally went to the doctors he said I have an upper respiratory infection and he thinks its the early stage of Bronchitis! Where did that come from?! I dont know! But lets just say its been a tough week but I am still smiling and loving this work. Its difficult because usually when I am sick I can sleep it off but we are such a tight schedule that theres nothing you really can do.

 As a district we were all planning on going to the temple this morning but I sounded so terrible and was feeling so sick that My companera thought it would be best to sleep in. Its hard because I want to serve with all my might but my body is just being difficult! I have been praying a lot and I know that I will be okay, just takes time. I am thinking of asking for a blessing but we will see! Anywho wash your hands and say your prayers because Jesus and Germs are EVERYWHERE!!!

So aside from being sick, a lot of wonderful things happened! Hermana Bailey and I got a real investigator this week named Brain. And Brian really taught us a lot. We had so many wonderful spiritual experiences with him. He is reading the Book of Mormon and believes in the Restoration and he has such a sweet spirit. But hermana Bailey y yo only got to teach him this week. We get a new  investigator next week. But we had our last lesson with Brian and we testified of the Savior and his love for us and the spirit was so strong! It was hard to say by to him but I am so thankful Heavenly Father allowed us to teach someone so special like Brian! 

I realized that I haven't really told you a lot about my companera! Hermana Bailey is from South Jordan Utah and she is just so amazing! I feel so lucky and blessed to have gotten her as a companera especially this week! She has really taken care of me and her family is so sweet and are always checking up on me also! I am so so so thankful for her and we really do get along so well! I love her and we are so alike and connect so well that I know Heavenly Father was mindful of me when giving me her as my companion. We love each other and love this work! Spanish is coming along! Theres so much to learn! I cant believe I leave in a little over 2 weeks!!

! I got to see Elder Argyle again on my way to the doctors (such a tender mercy of the Lord) and I cant believe he is leaving next week!!! Time is the weirdest thing here in the MTC. The days seem like weeks and the weeks seem like days! So sorry this email is really short! I promise next weeks email will be better and longer! But before I close I just want to say Thank you to everybody who helped me get here! There is no place I would rather be and I am overwhelmed with gratitude of everybody who have been there for me and helped me to get here. I love this work and I am learning so much and though I am sick, I know I can do it all with the Lord. I dont want to stop and I just pray that you all know how thankful I am and know how important this work is. I love you all and I am so happy to be here :) I send my love to you all! Have a great week! Love you all!

Oh and kind of funny! this past sunday I was asked to give the opening prayer in spanish!!!! I was nervous at first but I did it and it went well, so yeah I said my first prayer in spanish in sacrament meeting!

much love,

Hermana Guerrero