Seriously Like The Good Old Days 9/21/2015

This past week was slow but good. We were able to do some good missionary work. We now have 3 new investigators and we're sure at least one has real intent to learn about the gospel.

My companions are awesome, They are doing better at speaking Spanish all the time so that I can get integrated in to speaking Español.

Sorry I have to keep this short because I'm not using my iPad and other missionaries need the computer. My iPad froze when I updated the software! Hopefully I don't lose ALL my information in there. I'm hoping that by next week I can use my iPad and even log in past the lock screen :/

love yall a ton!

Love,

Sister Baker

Obedience 9/14/2015

note:
We have received Sister Baker's flight arrangements from Dallas to Salt Lake City.  As of now she arrives on Wednesday, November 25, at 2:15 in the afternoon.

Hola!

I'm not going to lie when I say that Spanish is both easy and
confusing to understand. It's easy to read but hard to hear. THEY
SPEAK SO FAST. My companions are helping me learn to conjugate Estar
and Ser and it has helped quite a lot.

I also learned and experienced some miracles towards obedience. When we
were heading over to a potential appointment there was a group of not
friendly looking guys near the passage we would have to use to get
into our recent convert Ivan's apartment. With it being kinda...
extremely sketchy we turned around. Then we contacted a lady on our
way to our car, like we have been taught to do as missionaries. While in the middle of contacting the lady, I heard the sound of the Ivan's daughter talking very loudly near their apartment.
Ivan had come out of his apartment and was waiting for us and once we
walked back to the apartments the group of guys was gone. If we had
just gone straight back into the car we would have missed our chance to have a
lesson with Ivan. Obedience works.

Something else that was awesome was that we got a new investigator
named Phillip. He had called the mission office and referred himself!
He is awesome. He's done a lot of research about the church and is
very open and understanding especially about the odd things about the
church and the not so nice things others say about us. When we first
got to his house there was a package on his doorstep, we didn't think
much of it until the end of the lesson. At the end he opens it and it
was Mormonism for Dummies.

He came to church yesterday and we know he may have been a little over
whelmed but that he liked it. Everything at church that day was about
trials and spiritual gifts and we know that was just what he needed.

God works in miraculous ways and when I take time to look at my own
work I see His work enveloped completely in it.

Love y'all so much and hope your week goes well.

Love, Sister Baker

¿Hola, como le va? 9/7/2015

Buenos Días!

I am now serving in the Dallas 1st and 9th Bilingual Wards! I have 2
companions, Hermana Cloward y Hermana Stripling! They are the best and
they are helping me learn some Spanish because most of our lessons are
with Spanish speakers. I am loving this new area and the people in it.
It's very diverse in economics and culture.

 Like on Wednesday we visited an English speaking less active member and her place, and I mean this in the nicest way possible needed about 50 gallons of
Frebreze sprayed on everything including the lady. About half way
through the lesson I caught Hermana Cloward staring at my chair and
yes there were bugs on it but I noticed that the moment I sat on it(
no big deal to me I'm so used to bugs at this point of my mission) then
it clicked in my head that maybe these weren't normal bugs, so I
wrapped up the lesson we said a prayer and we left as soon as we could.
As we hurried out Hermana Cloward said that she thought that those
bugs looked a lot like bed bugs.....so we quickly brushed our clothes
like mad men and in doing so my companions found 2 bugs on me!
Aaaaahhhh so we then having no other choice decided to drive back to
our apartment, shower, and wash our clothes, so we hopped into the
car. I FOUND 2 MORE BUGS ON ME IN MY SKIRT. Long story short we took
all precautions to make sure the clothes we wore were taken off
immediate when we got in our apartment (for me even before I got into
the apartment with decency) and we all showered and got ready for our
next appointment. So far we haven't seen any bed bugs so that's a good
sign. *sigh of relief*

Then yesterday we ate with a very well off (wealth) family and they
told us of how they and a few of the families in the Ward chipped in
on a private jet to go to the Nebraska vs. BYU game on Saturday -_-
they said the jet they used had belonged to some Saudi Arabian prince
so the bathroom had gold lining on everything......but luckily the
members were quite humble about it. They also remarked about how the
winning catch was thrown by a player that returned home from his
mission just 3 months previous. They showed a lot of joy and pride in
the example of this great player and even showed us the interview with
him the following day. The player showed absolute love for his mission
and was a perfect example of an R.M. It made me overjoyed to see this
returned missionary show that enthusiasm and gratitude for his mission
for everyone to see :)

Hopefully I can show that love for my mission that I have even after
its done. For me I know the missionary work will ever stop pressing
forward. I'm so grateful I get to keep serving my fellow man and know
that I can keep progressing as a member of God's church with or without
the name tag. I love being here in Texas and I love getting to help
others come closer to Christ.

¡Nos Vemos!

Love, Hermana Baker


Here are some of the potential bed bugs I found crawling on me......ehhhw

On The Move 8/31/2015

I am getting transferred!

I have loved getting to serve in Frisco. It's been an amazing experience to get to know the people here and get to know the missionaries here as well. Love getting to serve with Sister Awerkamp and Sister Klinkowski. They are the best!

I know I grew up a lot here and that I made a lot of friends that I'll continue to be friends with, which if you knew me before you would think it doesn't sound like me. I have learned a lot about why it is important to remain friends with people. I know for a fact and I even have gained a testimony that staying in contact with people you meet
has its blessings. I believe that it becomes easier once you have true intent to gain and keep friends. That's another way we can follow the example of Jesus Christ, he never left anyone out, behind, or forgotten.

My best moments here were:
Teaching and helping baptize Nick, Andrea, Kaitlyn, and Daniel (all my pride and joy came from them)
Getting to know the spontaneous YSA
Meeting some wonderful and some hilarious families in the Frisco Sixth Ward
Learning to discover more of who I am as a missionary and has a daughter of God.

Remember you always are blessed when you follow the example of Jesus Christ :)

I hope y'all have a good day and a good week too.

Love, Sister Baker

P.S. Man I'm gonna miss Frisco.

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