First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my favorite little sister, Macalla! I can´t believe she´s already 17! Where did the years go....
Speaking of time flying by, this week I will hit my 6-month mark of my time in the mission. And according to my ministerial certificate, I should be released from my calling as a missionary on this date in exactly one year. That´s really not too much time left in the mission! 1/3 gone. I´ve got to make the best of my time here!
This week was kind of a crazy one. Hermana De Leon and I had been working a lot in a very small part of our area last transfer, so this last week we decided to open a new part of our area and expand our efforts. We spent several days just knocking doors and looking for new investigators to teach. Those days can be pretty tiring, but we´ve seen some good potential in some of our investigators and are excited to continue working in that area.
But one night we were out working and it had been quite the day. We found a few new investigators and were headed to an appointment about 30 blocks away.... when we had a bike accident. The breaks on Hermana De Leon´s bike were faulty and when I stopped at the curb, she ran into the back of my bike and went hurling foward, landing sprawled out on the pavement. Luckily there was no more damage than a few bruises. But the back of my bike was pretty damaged, so I ended up carrying the back of my bike for 25 blocks until we arrived at the bike shop of a member. Needless to say, we missed our appointment for the night, and we both ended up feeling pretty sore by the end of it, but at least it´s an interesting story to tell.
Anyways, we´re still working hard in Junin. Although we´ve had some problems with bringing our investigators to church- which is ultimately how they are going to progress- we´re working hard to improve that. Because of the lack of church attendance, it doesn´t look like we´re going to baptize this month, but we´ve got big plans for the month of October. The work continues on. That´s something kind of interesting about the work-- we´re always planning ahead, for the next day, next week, next month, that sometimes it´s hard to remember what the date actually is. But we have lots to do and only a short time to do it, so we press forward!
I hope everyone is well and I send my love!
Sincerely,
Hermana Walton
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