Happy Thanksgiving!

Leadership Conference

Hello:)

I hope that you all had a great week with your studies, work and other activites:) 

Funny: This section has been omitted.  The only reason we mention this is to assure you that Katie has not lost her sense of humor.  Perhaps she will tell this story upon her return, but it will not be over the pulpit.  Needless to say, we are excited to think of her coming home.

There was a HUGE forest fire in the mountains this week
which is truly awful because there really is no water in Cochabamba...

Cultural: Bolivians don't celebrate Thanksgiving, but my pensionista worked in the US for a family, so lots of her recipes and traditions come from the US too...I LOVE HER SO MUCH:D

Thanksgiving! 

Spiritual: This was an amazing week because we really decided to focus on the members in our ward. We were directed by the spirit to visit an amazing woman named Rut Leon who truly needed our help. She and her daughter are the only ones who attend church because her husband and 3 sons have gone completely inactive. We were able to talk with the dad a day later in a family home evening, and the situation is so sad: he doesn´t talk directly to his wife-only to us and his children. He has started to smoke, he doesn't like to spend time in the house and is simply tired. He doesn´t want anything to do with his family, especially with his wife. 

When we visited the wife a day earlier, she was completely distraught and hopeless. By visiting her, however, we were able to help her through reminding her of her great importance as a wife and mother and we were also able to help her husband. 

We talked to the family about priorities and putting the Lord first, the family second and after, other obligations. We will visit them again this next week and are confident that we will see improvement:)

Making brownies with a few investigators:)  Don't worry, I didn't cook this time, I just encouraged;D

I love you all and hope that you all know that this work is so important. Never think that you can accomplish the difficulties of this life by yourself. You need the help of God. Never doubt the power of kneeling in prayer to talk with Him!

Hna Garff

I seriously almost left the house like this because it was super comfy;D