Hi family! Well............ "IT'S THE FINAL COUNT DOWN!!!!!" Because today is the start of my very last change in the mission! My last planner My last companion My last pair of shoes 6 more weeks of rice and beans 6 more weeks of spanish 6 more letters home and 6 more weeks to enjoy, live up, and love every moment being a missionary! Ready, set go. Ok I just have soooo much to tell you all. I could sit here and write for days... but I wont cause there is just way to much to do. Belen is on fia and I am just the happiest ever that I get to end my mission here. God loves me! And answers prayers. Update time, The Sibaja family is going through the temple September 6th and I get to go. Yay! Juan has already read the book of mormon... TWICE! Miguel and Brandon came ready in their white shirts and ties to pass the sacrament Sunday. Members are going to talk with Martha's boyfriend tonight so they can convince to marry so she can get baptized. Yader has introduced us to all his neighbors and tonight we have family home evening with them. Natalia is still my favorite investigator in the world! Story time, So we went to teach her and Oscar the restoration on Wednesday. But before we started, we asked them if they had read the pamplet. Oscar says of course and starts to go into complete and full detail about the priesthood and the apostasy and Joseph Smith and I'm pretty sure my jaw was just hanging wiiiide open because I have never ever ever met a family so amazing and so prepared. For real. And the best part is THEY LOVE COMING TO CHURCH. And all the members are sooo sooo happy to see a new family there. Every one ran up to them after sacrament and made them feel so loved. Then after church we went over to their house with some members and watched the restoration movie and we were all just crying afterwards sharing testimonies because the spirit was so powerful and just filled the room. No one could deny it. So then I asked their 6 year old son, Dani, what he liked the best. And he said, "when he prayed in the trees and saw God! But I didn't like it when they didn't believe him. But dont worry, I believe him!" Ahhh it was just the best thing ever and we all knelt down to pray after and it was the most touching prayer I've ever heard. Oscar asked to have his heart, mind, and soul open to be able to discern if this is what he should do for his family and to be able to accept the gospel in their lives to continue feeling the peace they have felt. They are just the greatest, nicest people ever and I just cry when I think about how blessed I am to be able to teach them. And how the Lord put them in our path. No doubt they will be ready for their baptismal date September 6th!!! YEAH!!! When we feel like hope is lost, we just have to keep praying for those who are waiting for us and I TESTIFY they will come. As long as we keep working. Natalia, Oscar, Santi and Dani are the people I've been praying for my entire mission. Crazy news time, Hermana Ponce has changes and is going to return to her 2nd area. She will have a total of 9 months in this place! Wowww! She is super excited and going to train a newbie for her last 6 weeks. I am going to miss her like crazy. We have seen so many miracles together. And it's so sad saying bye to someone you have been with and grown to live in 4 months... My new companion is hermana Martinez from Honduras. She's got 6 months in the mission and has been to Belen on divisions and taught Natalia for the first time. Coincidence?! No way. God is perfect. And so are his plans. Story of my life time, So I got stung by a bee for the first time, which really hurt, and found out that I'm slightly allergic. And by that I mean my entire leg swelled up like a baloon while 3 sister missionaries who didn't know what they were doing tried to get the stinger out with no luck. Finally we went to a pharmacy... which is like a doctors office here... and when I asked the doctor to look at it she encouraged me to buy tweezers and do it myself because they dont "do these types of things" haha. THANKS! Then she sold me some weird cream that said tico on it and well hopefully it'll heal up here pretty soon. Yep, that's the story of my life hahaha. Tico time, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, MA! Because August 15th was Mother's Day here! Why you ask? Because it's also the birthday or celebration of the SANTA MARIA! Being a missionary is the biggest blessing and greatest miracle there could ever be. I love representing Jesus Christ and am determined to make this last change, the best yet! These past few months haven't been the easiest, but seeing the miracles and the blessings now makes every tear worth it. And I can now testify that president Monson's favorite scripture is true... *And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up.* XO, Hermana Starke P.s. we had pancakes for sacrament this week. Hahaha I LOVE CR!
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| Always a party we are planning....;) |
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| This is the reunion with the Hermana's Training specialist. |
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| This is my view everyday... getting to see Hermana Ponce |
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| My view everyday |
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| This is my view everyday.... |
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| This is about how many soccer balls one family has |
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| This is what they wear to school |
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| We made these for all the Mother's on Mother's day |
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| Beautiful Rainbow |
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| This is Natalia and Oscar and their kids |
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| The Haws Family from Arizona that fed us. |
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| This is the street that I live on |
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| This is where I live |
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