by Hermana Libzilla

THANKS GRANDMA FOR THE TINY CANVANS!!! I made tiny art for Hermana Ross (its cartoon temple square)

I found White Pants in our appartment...... I think at some point they belonged to an Elder used for baptism.... but I only know ONE thing to do in white pants..........

#righton #RELAY #Elbows #myREALcalling

Lots of things happened this week....

 but I will tell you all about them when I see you again.... but in case you wanted to know my feelings and not just the Day to day HERE: 

 "With my head on your shoulder 

You pour in my palm 

Will life have a purpose When you are gone?

 Without your wisdom And without your song 

Will life have a purpose When you are gone? 

You're crossing an empire 

But you're leaving my side 

Did you find another love song?

 We're sharing an atlas We're both skin and bone 

But I cannot go where you have gone 

Whenever I feel like giving up 

Whenever I feel I've got it wrong

 Whenever I fall you lift me up 

Show me how to be strong enough" 

 (strong enough, A Silent Film) 

 XOXO hermana LIBERTEE Valenzuela 

 p.s. I also realized I forgot to tell you all that Chloe Whittaker called me at midnight on my Birthday!!! She set an alarm to wake her up and remind her so she could! Shes the best and I love her!!

just me walking by this big ol´ tree

just me cooking with Jessica Martinez (we call her ica)

We´re all doing 22............... guess why 

This week was good.

We had a lot of meetings and things but at the end of the week found good contacting time and tried so hard to find new prepared people... well it looked like it wasnt working but THEN...

we found not NEW prepared people but rather ´recycled´ prepared people.

Remember when I mentioned the miracle of getting all our investigators to "meet the mormons?"

well 2 of those were the daughters of Joel and Lucia (my converts who both just recently got baptised)

Their names are Dalma and Lucy and they are cool and nice but... until this week , showed very normal "too-cool" teenage feelings toward the church and listening to us. Seriously we had to almost BEG to get them to "meet the mormons" but... in the end we thought they liked it Ok. 

Well last week they came to their Dad´s baptism so we took a chance. We took a shot! We went to go visit them and try to have their parents testify and open their hearts to want to listen to us. Well we showed up to where their parents were and they were NOT there........so .... we taught Lucias Sister and a neighbor but THEN we headed over to Dalma and Lucy´s house (because we knew they were home alone so it was a perfect DTR opportunity) 

When we clapped (Paraguay´s equivalent for knocking) they happily said "come on in". Well after me cracking some jokes to break the ice we basically said..... "the other day we were talking and thought about how terrible we would feel if in 20 years or something you guys said something like ¨yeah the missionaries came over and taught all the time but they never invited us to be baptised¨ so we´re here to do that... Invite you guys to learn more and figure out what we believe and then, if God tells you its the truth, get baptised too. Would you guys let us start teaching you and preparing you for baptism on July 3rd?"

And they quickly responded YES!

This all seems like it was too easy... but if you know the vibe they were sending before you´d recognize the Change of heart miracle.

God prepares, we search them out and invite. His Spirit converts and then He changes their lives!

So.... 

My "last" baptism might be the daughters of the family that we have been working with and baptising little by little... one by one.... and my PARENTS would be able to come.

And then in a year Hermana Ross could see them all be sealed.

Hows that for a new dream worth fighting for?

PRAY FOR FAMILIA BENITEZ AND PARTICULARLY FOR DALMA AND LUCY

also... please continue to pray for Luis Souza (Enda´s husband). He is....kind of trying.... so God is kind of helping him. Luis needs to know he needs to know this!

And the search for more and more sheep goes on.

I have animo and ganas (most of the time) and I am still blessed with THIS chance so I will continue to try my best to take it and make the most of it that I can.

For all that we've grown

How could we forget

Those who don't know

Or just don't know yet

Let's harvest this field

From sunrise to sunset

The Master is coming

We are not done yet

Also it was my birthday.

I love being 22 a lot. I sing T-swift´s song on the daily. 

Almost everyone that I wanted to remember it did and some that I didnt think would remember not only did but gave my sweet showings of affection! (including phone calls, songs sung AND suprise presents sent from YbyYau!:D)

Hermana Holly Ross Decorated the wall by my bed like a boss! #RossTheBoss

The Elders bought me pie de limon and surprised me at English Class (which went extremely well). They had prepared exactly 22 candles... which makes me so happy!

Also Luis and Edna hosted a small gathering in my honor for hot chocolate and cake. #Cutest

I bid adeu to my 21st year of life with fond memories of service to the Lord EVERY day of it. It was probably the year that marked the most growth in my life thus far. 

I´m stoked to see what my 22nd year of life has in store for me.

It seems like one of those [years], we ditch the whole scene and end up dreaming

Instead of sleeping.

nothing much else to report but in a fitting close I will say that there are 22 full days until I am hugging mi Mamá y Papá.

until then...

I don´t know about you

but I´m feeling 22

XoXo

Hermana Libertee Valenzuela

p.s. I just feel like I have to mention how often Hermana Whittaker and I still are in contect, which is every night. We talk about a lot of things and we´re always feeling the EXACT same as each other. Also... we´re both equally FREAKIN´ STOKED for DISNEYLAND. 

ok bye