3/1/16 letter

Hola from Yuma,

This week was super fun! One of our investigators, Denice, (whose mom

got baptized in September) decided with her boyfriend that they were

going to make it official and get married! She just had a baby girl 3

weeks ago and they also have a 2 year old boy. We asked when they were

going to do it, thinking a few months from now, and they said "on

Saturday" so that took us by surprise. They asked us 4 missionaries to

sing at it, but at the last second, the other 2 hermanas couldn't

come, so Hermana Lambert and I were going to have to sing alone, which

if you remember what my singing voice sounds like, wouldn't sound so

great. Fortunately, the wedding was super informal, with just the

branch president performing the ceremony in the Relief Society room

and a couple of family members there. Then afterward, they had us be

the photographers, so this weekend, I was a wedding singer and a

wedding photographer.

On Thursday, we had a lesson scheduled with Irma, who is getting

baptized this Saturday. We went to her house, but she wasn't home,

which is odd because she told us the day before that she would be

there expecting us. We called her and said said that she was on her

way to Mexico and wouldn't be returning until Monday evening or

Tuesday. Her phone doesn't work in Mexico, so we haven't had contact

with her for 5 days, which has been pretty scary given that her

baptismal interview is on Wednesday. So we've been praying for her a

lot and if you could be praying too, that would be great. On

Wednesday, we went to Irma's new house with the other sisters and

helped her paint and clean up her backyard.

Heidy is doing great! She's still super excited to get baptized on the

19th. We taught her the Word of Wisdom this week, and she's been

keeping it since that lesson! On Saturday, the Mireles family (Heidy's

parents) invited us to have dinner with them at their granddaughters

3rd birthday party. I was amazed at the difference between this 3 year

old birthday party and the party I had for my 3rd birthday. My 3rd

birthday party included a cake after dinner and opening a couple of

presents from the siblings and parents, which was fully appropriate

for a 3 year old birthday party. This party on Saturday however, had

over 30 people there, a bounce house, "Frozen" themed decorations, a

mountain of food, a piñata almost as tall as me, and a ginormous cake.

It wasn't like there were a bunch of 3 year olds running around either,

but rather friends, family, and members from the branch. It was super

fun and the Mireles family love any excuse to throw a party...even if

it's to honor the 3rd birthday of a little girl.

Hope you all have a good week.

Love,

Hermana Gubler