"I don't remember His face, but I remember He loves me."

I don’t remember His face, but I remember He loves me….

Costa Rica Mission: My mission has gone modern, I found out through text. ha-ha we have cell phonesª uuuushª hahaª is now and exclamation point. sorryª haha. (New keyboard) so I’m now so hip!!! We´re doing a lot of great things collectively as a mission. I used to knock fences. But there’s just such a better way to do missionary work. So we don’t do that anymore. We get the members involved – it’s through the members that missionary work, WORKS. We´ve been working pretty closely with them and finally yesterday we met 7 new investigators. Finally. I´m pretty excited about them. Naturally we´re working on retention too; keeping the members and getting them back. My personal area has been full of drama for a long time. 

We're getting festive!! Found Christmas lights and pumpkin decorations! 

Highlight: We got permission to go to bed early to wake up at 4 to go to the Elder Amado, from the 70, conference. The bus ride there was awesome. I love my district. We share camp stories, Chuck Norris jokes, and BYU vs U of U jokes. (Please send me BYU burn jokes.)

Elder Amado was great. Three hours of spirit and Spanish. He started off talking about the importance of getting married and having babies when you get home. Naturally that made all of us a little squirmy and giggly. But it was great. I really liked the way he taught what the Spirit would have him teach. I received a lot of personal revelation for how I can improve and really help our investigators.

The Work: Yesterday all of our appointments fell through. We were like, well what a bummerª But I know that when we÷re out doing what we should be, miracles happen.  We felt like we should visit a member’s house. We haven÷t seen the dad at church for a while. We shared a Mormon Message about how forgiveness alleviates our burdens about a man named...Chris Williams. It÷s an amazing message about a man who forgave when it was not easy. We turned off the clip and almost everyone had watery eyes. My comp was like, you talk firstª And as I started to testify, I felt such a strong spirit. I thought I÷d share a little piece of that with you all: (insert Megan’s voice here) “I know that when Jesus Christ walked into Gethsemane, He did it for you and me. I know that when He was nailed to the cross, He did it for you and me. And when He hung there, He openly forgave, even though it was not easy. I know we don÷t have to carry our burdens alone. I know that God lives and loves us. I know God wants us to be happy. I know that there never is anything that can÷t be undone. I love my mission. I’m so grateful I can share this great news with whoever wants to hear it.”  As it turns out, someone had offended the dad. He told us that he’s been fighting the devil and now knows he’s got to go back. It was a great lesson. I’m glad we followed the prompting.

 Hna V and I taught the message of the restoration to a beautiful lady and her and her 10-year-old son yesterday. I felt like I was in my head screaming out a prayer, Please Heavenly Father. Help her to remember. Please. I really truly hope she can act. I hope she can pray to know the truthfulness of this message.

Tender Mercy: The other day the gringo missionary couple serving here, called and wanted to take us out for dinner. They bought us dinnerªªª  We then told her that we were craving pumpkin. Days later she shows up with pumpkin bread and two cans of Libby’s pumpkin. I was soooooooooooooooooooo grateful. She’s amazing. I love youªªª and love the tender mercies.

Pizza....mmmmmmmmm

Goals: Its been super rainy and were running out of people to teach. Remember that family we found last week question mark, why is this keyboard nuts. Well, I called to see when we could go back and the wife was like whenever you want as long as you don’t talk about religion. So that’s awkward....its kind of my job lady. Anyways that really rattled me. We weren’t even being given a chance. But through a lot of prayer and scripture study I think it would be best to give her a dose of King Lamoni. We’re going to serve her. Were going to serve her goodª Step one: make pancakes. Step two: sweep and mop the floor. Step three: slyly throw in a question about religion then bamª you remember the goodness of the gospelª mwahahhahahaha its brilliant I tell you. Genius, Emperors New Groove.

Miracle:  is that I was able to translate for the gringo couple that just moved into our ward. I sat by her in Relief Society and translated word for word. That, my friends, was a miracle. How did that happen++ªª

PDAY:  We went to Pricemart, which is like Costco, trust me its a big deal, and I bought a real mans umbrella, so I finally can stop getting wet, and a big bag of Marshmallow Mateys. I also ate Costo pizza. mmmmmm!

me and my mommy

Me and my mom on my baptism day. 

Brayden, Me and My daddy. Sept 25, 1999

My baby bro Ryley on my big day! 

Daddy and I dressed in white! Ready for my baptism!

My Dad and I on my baptism day!

Connor on my baptism day

Cuidad Quesada: Scenery...its like rolling hills of the Sound of Music with cows and rain everywhere. It’s beautiful. It’s as beautiful as the post cards portray, but hotter than an oven. Also it’s a lot rainier. Which really sucks. Sometimes it gets cold, but I think cold here means...70 degrees? In all forms, I need a sweater. Haha. I never thought I´d need a sweater here. 

Me: Just know that I’m happy. And I know some of the best people in the world. I love that I’ve made so many amazing friends. We keep ourselves laughing by playing 20 questions with Disney characters. My ears are fine. My emotions are fine. Fear not about my health. All is well! 

My Testimony: I love my Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ. I love my Heavenly Father. I don’t remember His face, but I remember He loves me. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth. That we need not walk in darkness. That we can find peace. I know that the Lord is mindful of each of our needs and blesses us with what we need, when we need it.

Pretty much the best companion EVER! 

Thank you all for all of your prayers and sacrifices. I truly truly appreciate it.

Para siempre Dios este con vos.

Con Amor,

Hermana Workman