Well.......This is weird!

I don`t even know how to describe how I feel right now. It is only a feeling that people who have gone on a mission will understand......HAPPY and SADDDDDDDDDDDDDD. 

Bueno..... 

Vidal passed the sacrament this Sunday for the first time! And he was so nervous, but did a great job. It was such a happy moment in my life. We also were able to go to the temple with him. Seeing him get baptized for his dad and brother is something that I will truly never forget. I know that Heavenly Father gave me this opportunity at the end of my mission for a reason. Vidal is an amazing person, and I feel like we have done truly nothing. He is so in-tune with the Spirit that it amazes me.

This week, we have been focusing on helping the people progress that have baptism dates: Valentina, Mijail, and Maria Elena. None of them came to church this week, which was kind of disappointing. However, we did see a miracle. The mom of a recent convert in the ward told us that she was finally ready to be baptized! Her name is Adriana Baya. She comes to church every week with her daughters, but never wanted to talk to us. This week, we randomly decided to stop by her house, and she told us that she was ready. That she had seen a change in the lives of her daughters, and that she now knows that the church is true. I ALMOST FAINTED WHEN I HEARD (because I was with Hermana Baltazar in Vinto on intercambios...). The Lord is always preparing people.... 

I just want to end my last letter with a scripture: Alma 26:12. I am nothing. I am so weak. More weak than you all can imagine. However, through the strength of the Lord I can do ALL THINGS. I can go home and face the Goliaths that I am afraid of. I have been able to see so many miracles in my mission. The Lord loves me so much. Everyone says that the mission is like paying a tithing of your life. I dont think so, because He has put me even more in debt with Him through the outpouring of His blessings and mercy in my life! 

I love you all. Thank you for all being such a support to me. SEE YOU VERY SOON! 

For the last time, 

Hermana Zoutsong 

Happy Friendship Day!

HELLOOOOOOOOOO! FELIZ DÎA DE AMISTAD!!!!!!

LES QUIERO MUCHO!

ESTOY TAN AGRADECIDA A MI PADRE CELESTIAL POR HABERME DADO UNA FAMILIA Y AMIGOS COMO USTEDES. 

SIGAN ADELANTE!

Whats up? 

- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STEPHANIE DALTON! I LOVE YOU! 

- I dont know why Kyle calls me the spicy trunky taco when that person would be DAD! hahahahah 

- It was a great week. I had two intercambios with two really cool sisters, Hermana Wilson and Hermana Padron. I love being with the sisters. They help me endure to the end with their desires to work as hard as possible. 

- I found this week that Satan works really hard at the end of it all. I can feel him working really hard on me, trying to make me feel down and have negative feelings. But when I read my scriptures and pray, I feel a peace enter into my heart. Analyzing this has really given me a testimony of the little things that we need to do to have the strength to overcome his temptations. Pray, study, go to church. Those are the basics, but they are the most important. 

- Our new ward mission leader is fuego. He is so ready to work and help us. I am so excited to see the progress that we can make in this ward, even though I have little time left here. I want to help the ward be stronger before I leave it. 

- Vidal is doing great! He got his temple reccommend this week, and he is SO EXCITED! The temple was closed, so we are going to try to go again this next week.

- Mijail is doing okay. He feels unprepared for his baptism and told us that he wanted to wait a year. WUT?! That shocked us. We told him that he needed to pray about is baptism date. He hasnt done that yet. We are praying for a miracle. He is literally the perfect mormon. 

- It is getting so hot here! Prepare yourselves, dad and Kayla. You hate the heat. 

HAVE A GREAT WEEK! 

Hermana Routsong

Fotos

- VIDAL WITH HIS TEMPLE RECOMMEND! He goes, "LOOK, HERMANA!" and whips it out, with the hugest smile on his face. It was a great day. 

- So there is a TGITuesdays here, so we went as a zone. It was the first time that I had ever gone. I was SO EXCITED TO TRY THEIR MILKSHAKE. And it was pretty much like chocolate milk.... lets just say that I now know the first thing that I am going to eat when I get home. heheheheheh So that is my sad face with my milkshake.

Feliz Dia Cochabamba!!!!

I forgot to write las week in my big letter:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATTHEW!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE AND JAKE!

HOW IS EVERYONE DOING? You better all eat some bolivian food today because it is DIA DE COCHABAMBA! Basically an excuse to stuff yourself with food. I dont know how they do it here! Hahahahah

It has been a great week! 

We saw many miracles. We have been teaching a joven named Mijaíl. He is amazing. Since the first week that we met him, knocking on his door, he has come to church early to partake of the sacrament and learn more. He has a baptism date for the 2nd of October. He always surprises us, too! He just seems to sneak in when we dont notice! But he is always there. It makes me so happy to see him progressing. Today, we went with the youth in the Ward to play volleyball and he came! The ward is really frienshipping him, and I know that he feels more comfortable at church each week.

Anther miracle! So we were without a ward mission leader for a little while, but just this Sunday, they called Hermano Tapia to help us. HE IS SO COOL! That same day, we went to teach with us for 2 hours, and he helped us with the activity that we had that afternoon. The Lord is blessing us. I am way excited.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT WEEK!

Hermana Routsong 

Happy Birthday Kyle Boy!!

You are so old....

What did you do for your birthday?! It is weird having a birthday on the mission, huh? But enjoy it, because you will never forget this day. 

How was everyone`s week?! I cannot believe that it is September........ it freaks me out. Time moves by so fast.

We had a great week this week!
We have been working really hard with an investigator named Mijail. He is 22 years old, and is so nice. We found him while knocking doors, and invited him to come to church and have another lesson. He agreed! But the lesson was in the next week, and we were afraid that he would forget. BUT HE DIDNT! And the next Sunday, he magically showed up at church! So we taught him again this week about the Book of Mormon and felt impressed to invite him to be baptized onOctober 2. My companion was just about to invite him, when he had to leave the room for a minute. Then she told me it was my turn. So, when he came back, I invited him to be baptized, and he was totally zoning out and everying! Shoot! But we were not going to let the feeling go, so I invited him one more time, and he said "OF COURSE". We were shocked..... He came to church and everything, and his now progressing. We were thinking about that lesson, and realized that if we hadnt been persistent and follow the promptings of the Spirit, we would never have invited him. Satan was working so hard for him not to hear that invitation! It was a cool experience. I am excited to see how he progresses.

Other than that, we are still working with a less active named Aldo Quisbert who was struggling to be able to feel the impressions of the Spirit. He knew logically that the church was true, but that wasnt enough. This week, after reading countless talks that we have been reading from Bednar about conversion, he told us that he finally is feeling again. He said it felt like is 2nd conversion. I almost cried in that lesson. It is amazing to see the power of the Spirit in people`s lives. A testimony isnt enough. We have to feel it and live it. And that is what he was lacking. How cool is it to be able to see the change in people`s lives?!

Other news....

- I am still losing my memory and can remember NOTHING.

- My pension made us quinoa all week, so we were happy. 

-My companion is my twin. She literally is exactly like me. Every single day, slowly become more alike. 

- I had my last interview with President Hansen. He told me that he was so happy that he decided to keep me in my area so that I could see Vidal`s baptism. 

... I cannot remember anything else..... I am telling you, I feel like an old lady because I cannot remember anything!

Pero todo bien.

LOVE YOU ALL

Hermana Routsong

Photos....

- It was Vidal´s second day as a member. They had no normal candles.... so we bought ghetto candles.

- Me holding a nasty pidgeon.

Love them

chinese food

A cute Cholita

Intercambio tradition

holding a pigeon

Waiting for English Class

Cuties

Quinoa for lunch

Mission leader Hermano Medrano

I had to climb up to tie the tree up so it wouldn't fall on the house