Dear Fam,

Hey you guys!!!! Hope life´s treating everyone well back at home. This week has been quite the rollercoaster for us here in Jardines de Ermita. We run around way too much and i end up being dead tired at the end of the week. However, we´ll need to dig real deep this week because there is a lot of things planned that we need to get done and P day will be tuesday next week... Yikes!!! Let´s just hope i get some good sleep in this week. Not likely but there´s no hurt in trying. 

So this week was rather interesting. I´m getting to know my new area a little bit better and I´m less and less lost as we run around town. It´s nice because that means I can be of more help to my companion than how i have been last week. Because leading an area is a mess sometimes. especially when you run out of options of where to go and there is not another head that has any idea of the work in that area.

We were able to find two new investigators this week and that was great. Roman and Elizabeth are great people who really have the desire to learn the Gospel so that was really fun to meet and find them. We also got to try some real Pan de Muerto this week that the Bishop´s wife made and it was waaaaay better than anything we buy in the stores here. I don´t think i will ever buy that pan in a store ever again because it does not even compare with the real thing. 

This week was also Stake conference in Ermita and it was awesome.  The thing that really got to me is that if we don´t share with others what we know or help others, we cannot be saved. Period. We have to help others because that´s what Christ would do and we have to become like Christ. That´s the whole point to our life here on Earth. Mind Blown. Well, at least for me. I hope to be able to continue to help others, member and nonmembers throughout my life so that I can become More like Christ day by day and I invite you to do so also.

I love you all! Have a great week!

Love,

Hermana Hyer

Praying your guts out

Dear Fam,

Hey you guys! Looks like life is fun back at home. 

The mission is the same fun as it usually is. I´m getting to know the members and the area and my companion and whatnot. As usual when one is new to the area all of the members and investigators pick on them to say all of the prayers. Thus the title of my email is very accurate. I prayed a whole bunch this week probably topping my record number of prayers in a day. It was really interesting.

So remember when I showed you all Del Valle and how modern and new it was? Well it´s the same deal here in Jardines de Ermita. Not quite as extreme in the newness of everything but it is probably the nicest of all of my areas. Our ward is a bunch of people who are really well off. The streets are huge and busy and we have a whole bunch of malls and big stores here. And there are no mountains... :( It´s flatter than a table here and it´s nice but I miss the ups and downs of Padierna. Our area is rather large because we cover 4 metro stations and it´s fun running around here and there.

Hna Escalante and I get along really well too. This morning we did the face masks that Mom had sent me and it was really fun. We´re a good team and we get things done.

There´s not much I can say because I still don´t know much, but all I can say is I know this will be a great transfer.

Love,

Hermana Hyer

Jardine de Ermita, my new home

Hey everyone! good to hear from you all again. Time just keeps on flying. I can´t even tell which day is which anymore and it´s driving me a little crazy but all is well. Life is really good in the mission field. Every single day is full of a whole bunch of things to do and the coolest part is that every single minute is focused on helping others. I love that the service we give is the most important part of my life as a missionary because it makes me feel great that i can help others.

This week was awesome. The highlights are that Mauro got baptized!!! WAAAAHHHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man it was really super exciting. His dad wasn´t all that jazzed about the idea when Mauro told him but in the end, he came to the baptism along with his brothers, their wives, his nieces and nephews and his mom. It was awesome. The spirit was so strong and President Mecham showed up. The Bishop was tickled pink when he realized that President came and was really excited to baptize Mauro. Then on Sunday, Mauro was confirmed and his mom came with him. Mauro was so excited to receive the Holy Ghost and his mom loved the services. Also, another couple that we recently contacted came to church and loved it. This week was the Primary Program so it was extra special.

And then comes the bad news, I have been transferred from Padierna. So sad!!! Things were finally getting really good there. The members loved us, they accompanied us on visits, we had lots of potential baptisms and new investigators who are really progressing. But I´ve heard that Jardines de Ermita is a really great area as well. It´s super fun to know that I’ll be sent somewhere where we don´t have to start from scratch. And my new companion is Hermana Escalante. She´s from Sonora and is almost done with her mission. She´s only got 6 weeks left, YIKES!!!! So I´ll be her last companion. We kind of know each other because we both were in Cafetales at the same time but we didn´t we each other much so we´ve got a lot to learn about one another. What´s funny about all this is that I´ve never been in two areas of the same stake. I´m always changing and running around. It´s fun to be able to see more of Mexico! But we´re back to a really flat area, very far from the mountains :( but whatever. I’ll see some mountains soon.

And that´s it for the week!!! I hope you all have a good week and have fun. I know the Lord will help you if you have struggles and I know that if we rely on Him everything will work out. Love you all!!!

Love,

Hermana Hyer

General Conference

Dear Fam,

Hey you guys! Conference as usual was awesome!!! I love when they speak to us. It´s the best thing in the mission field. Obviously there is no puzzle making but its really cool to spend a couple of hours listening to people speak English for a change.

So conference was cool but I´d also like to tell you about the miracles we saw this week. One of them is that Mauro´s family has decided to listen to us and go to his baptism. His mom and cousin came with him to the Sunday morning session of General Conference and they said that they loved it. I love seeing the reactions of nonmembers to conference. They are awestruck by the sheer power of the talks that are given. It´s awesome to be able to testify of the truth and show the world that God hasn´t stopped talking to man.

Some of my favorite talks were those by Elder Bednar, Elder Rasband, Elder Oaks, Elder Ballard and Elder Erying to name a few. Really, conference was a spiritual banquet and there is lots to learn and emphasize but I dont have time nor words to describe it all. However, I did love the theme of being worthy and repentance. We can truly be ready for the final day if we put in practice the Doctrine of Christ daily, we can truly come to be the people that the Lord wants us to be. It´s all about improvement and progression. As long as we keep on progressing we can be sure that we are on the right track. I hope you all put in practice you´re own revelation that you received in conference and I know that through diligence, we can keep on improving towards perfection.

I love you all and hope you have a great week!!!

Love,

Hermana Hyer