Pinos are Pine Trees

Dear Family,

I cannot believe that I have been in Pinos for six weeks and ya we have transfers.

My companion, Hna Gimenez is going to Queretaro in the same area she was in before she came to Pinos. Apparently she didn't finish the work she did in Queretaro.

As for me, I am staying in Pinos :) :) :) :) :) Oh how I love Pinos!!! I am recieving a new companion- Hermana Plata. They put me as Senior Companion y oh nelly am I nervous but excited!! What an adventure we are going to have, Hna Plata and I!!!

They are putting elders in Pinos again and elder Torres, who was in Pinos, is returning with Elder Carlson who came to mexico the same time I did. Pinos is very big and thank goodness Hna Plata and I don't have to cover the area alone!!

As for C, we don't know what happened but he didn´t show up on Sunday. We confirmed with him on Saturday and he said he would go, but nothing happened. Hna Plata and I are going to pass by this week to see what happened.

I don't remember if I said anything about I but she is an old investigator that we found and are teaching again. She has had all the lessons and was just about ready to be baptized when the missionaries stopped visiting and she stopped going to church. The bishop tells us that she was pretty much a member besides the fact that she wasn't baptized. She went to every activity and everything. We are teaching her de nuevo and preparing her for baptism. She is nervous, but she wants so badly to be sure of her descision to be baptized and that's what we are there for :) to help her feel ready for her baptism. Her son, D (22 or 23 yrs old)  has been joining us in the lessons and asking when we are going to come back. He wants to read the Book of Mormon and when we didn't have one to give to him, he was taking his mom's to read. Don't worry, he has one now and he is pretty excited to read it! 

This week I had a very spiritual experience separate from the experiences I have with my investigadors and I wanted to share a little of my experience or mas que nada my testimony with you. This week I have faced some experiences that were pretty difficult and I felt it was necessary to ask for a priesthood blessing. The blessing confirmed that Y'ALL  are my support and my smiles that keep me going every week. Also, the scriptures. God knows that words are important to me and knows that I needed to hear Him tell me that I can find comfort in your letters and in the scriptures. Entonces, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS. 

Also, something specific that I can't forget is this: "Dios te ha creado para tener pruebas" or God has created you to have pruebas (sorry, I don't remember how to say this word in english). Normally, these words aren't that comforting but in that moment I knew that I agreed when I came to this earth to pass these trials and that I am strong enough to overcome them. 

I want you to know the same, that YOU ARE STRONG ENOUGH. Know that you are strong enough to overcome your trials and that before you came to this earth you agreed to pass these trials because YOU KNEW YOU COULD DO IT. Don't forget what you promised God you could do. If you forget for a moment, your Heavenly Father is there to help you remember that you can do it and gives you His power and strength (POWER and STRENGTH not from man but from God) to keep on movin'.

YOU CAN DO IT.

JUST DO IT.

Les amamos,

Hermana Beardall y Hermana Giménez