And the heavens came down

Dear fam,

Hey! i hope you all had a great week. This week was really great. And as the title says, the heavens fell upon us this week. Man it has rained sooo hard!! look at hna esteban´s shoes. They literally have foam coming out of them. we got real wet on friday and coming home was a nightmare because the streets become lakes when it rains. All of the rain from the mountain comes down and floods all of the streets. The gutters becomes rivers and I´ve even seen them pull rocks down from the mountain. Its cool and scary and awesome and wet all at the same time.

This week was also zone conference and it was great. As always, we talked a lot about obedience. And yet again the Spirit confirmed in my heart that obedience is really the only way to happiness. And strict obedience brings miracles. And it really does. We´ve been really obedient this whole transfer and yesterday a miracle occurred. We´ve been teaching a teenager named Mauro and yesterday his dad didn´t want to let him go to church. We tried to convince him and it seemed like he wasn´t going to let him go but in the end Mauro came to church. It was awesome! I was super happy to see him there and see him grow more in the Gospel. It may not seem like that big of a deal to you guys but for me it was.

Women´s Conference was awesome and was exactly what I needed to hear. The General Authorities seem to always have the answers but I know that who truly has the answers is the Holy Ghost. The General Authorities are just much better at listening to him than we are. I am super excited for this weekend because it will be another Spiritual Marathon. I hope you are all looking for your answers in conference and know that if we listen hard, the Spirit will tell us everything we need to hear.

I love you all and hope your week is excellent!

Hermana Hyer

Independence Day!!!

Dear Fam,

So this week was a blast and you all should know why!! If not read the title of the email. That`s right. Mexcian Independence day. Man, it was AWESOME!!!! We had a blast! So we live with a member and she has a whole bunch of traditional mexcian garb from a bunch of different cities so she lent each of us something and we all dressed up and did makeup (eww but it was necessary) and ate tacos dorados and some of the sisters presented some of the traditional dances that they know and it was awesome. I had a blast. this whole weekend was an interesting time but we got such a kick out of everything. Really, there`s not much to say. just take a look at all of the pics. However, it looks like not all of them are going to download so next week I promise to send you more.

We had a miracle this week. Rocio and her family, which is a less active family with whom i`ve been working with for months, finally came to church yesterday and she said she loved it. WAHOOOOO!!!! You guys have no idea how happy i was when i turned around to see her and her family come into the chapel. Man, it was beautiful and my heart is sooo full. I hope that she keeps coming and gets stronger and stronger in the process. Rescuing the lost sheep is just as satisfying as finding new ones. So help out your less actives. all you have to do is love them and listen to them and never give up. it`s not that hard. So help em out will ya?

I love you all and hope you have an awesome week!

Love,

Hermana Hyer

Trio again???

So, this week has been real interesting. Why? because we are in trio again. President Mecham accepts all of the temporaries while they wait for their visas and this week one left for their mission and so there were some big changes in the mission. We now have Hna Esteban, who if you recall, shared the area of Educacion with me. She was part of the Trio in our ward and now she´s a part of my trio in this ward. Life´s really interesting. One interesting part is that all three of us have been companions of Hna Goulding so we have a bunch to talk about. It´s a whole lot of fun.

This past Saturday was the Mexican Independence activity in the ward and man was it fun! We brought Mauro who is a new investigator and he brought a friend and we all went to the activity and had a blast. All of the organizations performed a number or did poetry or skits or a video and it was awesome. Mexican music and traditional dancing and whatnot and I realized yet again that I am in love with Mexico. I was dumbstruck by the awesomeness of their culture and believe me when i tell you that I´ll be teaching everyone about it when I come home.

Church was really cool for no particular reason this week. I mean, the sacrament bread was pancakes but other than that everything seemed normal but I wasn´t normal. Not in a bad way but in a good one. There was way more focus in the Sacrament this week and I felt different this time. I could actually understand more about the Sacrament and it´s something I hope each and every one of you can feel this week. Do something different to allow yourself to understand more.

I love you all and hope you have an excellent week!

Love,

Hermana Hyer 

Rain and Success

Dear Fam,

Hey you Guys! Guess what? life`s as great as ever as a full time missionary. There`s always some ups and downs but just like any good rollercoaster, it`s a bunch of fun. Hna Ponce and I are really happy with all the progress we are finally getting to see here. This week we`ve found the needs of so many people and are working really hard to meet them all. We`ve got lots of less actives who are now going to church and an investigator named Mauro who`s really progressing. He`s got a strong desire to be baptized and we`re working hard so he can reach his goal.

I hope you all know that in the mission, sometimes there are some ups and sometimes there are some serious downs. I was having a down the other day because I couldn`t see how all of our work was helping the ward and our investigators progress. Because really, all you want in the mission is to see the fruits of you work. Nothing else. So I get to church this week and the bishop`s 11 year old son comes up to me and hands me a note. I opened it up and this is what it said.

From Osmar

For Hna Hier

Hi hna Hier thanks for making it so there are new members in the ward. Thank you very much.

De Osmar.

   I was shocked and it was priceless. The Lord even sends little kids to answer our prayers! I know he loves us and helps us grow as much as we can.

I love you all so much!

Love,

Hermana Hyer