Hermana Emmaline Kmetzsch

Hello Everyone! This week was great and full of miracles! The Lord really is here with us in every part of our lives and I know that he is watching over us! THE GOOD STUFF: So this week we had another killer lesson with Ana! We taught her about tithing and I was trying to teach her everything and after every word I said, she said, "I know. I know. I know," and she really did! She had studied the pamphlet that we left and was so willing to accept it! I showed her an example tithing envelope and she took it from me and started writing her name because she wanted to pay right then! She also told us that she is reading her Book of Mormon everyday. She expressed how grateful she is for the Book of Mormon in her life. Hermana Kirkham walked out of that lesson so happy and so pumped!! There really isn't a feeling like bringing the joy of the gospel into other people's lives.  THE FUN STUFF: So there is a cute couple from Utah in our ward and they took us on...

Hello Everyone!  THE GOOD STUFF: So this week we have been focusing a lot of our teaching on Jesus Christ and his atonement and how that is the "Why" behind why we do everything we do. It's why we go to church, why we keep the commandments, why we serve other people, why we choose to be the way we are. We cannot comprehend the pain that the Savior felt when he atoned for our sins. He suffered a moment for everyone and He knows exactly how we feel and exactly what we are going through. He doesn't just understand, He knows perfectly. He sacrificed so much for us, and all he is asking is for us to come and follow Him.  I want to encourage you all to remember the why behind why we do what we do and to remember that we are never alone! We have this super cool guy named Jesus who is never going to leave our side :)  THE FUN STUFF: Nothing too exciting happened this week but it has actually been super cold! (Cold for the DR) It has rained a lot and I have...

Hello everyone!  This week was a hard week but also a week full of miracles! The Lord really does work in mysterious ways.  THE GOOD STUFF: So we are teaching a woman named Ana right now. We went last week and taught her about the word of wisdom. She agreed with almost everything we taught, but she wasn't too happy about the fact that we don't drink coffee. She said that she LOVES coffee and that she's been drinking it every day since she was a little girl. We talked about how we can work with her and help her to overcome it. She said that she would try "poco a poco" or "little by little" but she didn't seem too happy.   We were bummed but she said she would try so we decided to make her a "Coffee Calendar." We had a box for everyday and how many cups she could drink and we planned it out so she could leave it gradually and all that jazz and we felt pretty good about it. So the next appointment we went to her house with our cof...

Hello Everyone!   Okay disclaimer, no pictures this week. I forgot my adapter at the internet center but I will send some next week!   THE GOOD STUFF: Olvis was baptized this week! It was such a sweet experience. He is 26 and his parents are recent converts. I looked over at them right after Olvis was baptized and his Dad had the BIGGEST smile on his face! He looked at me and gave me the biggest thumbs up! It is such a sweet feeling to know that this family is going to be blessed and are going to have the opportunity to be together FOREVER! What a blessing this gospel is. THE FUN STUFF: New years this week! We had to be in the house by 6 but we heard all of our Dominican friends celebrating all night! We made some brownies (which we burned), watched some testament videos and stayed up to see the new year come! We woke up at 6:30 the next morning and the music/parties outside were still going!! Gotta love those Dominicans. We were also with the other Elders in our wa...