January 30, 2017

This week was good.

Time is flying and we are already in the last week of the change.

We had big news on the mission front. Big changes! The whole schedule and agenda and indicators have changed. We had a great worldwide training with some apostles and other general authorities. It should be a big change but I am excited I think it will be better. 

Not much else. Just lots of rain and lots of fun! 

 Love you all!

Hermana Fitzpatrick

January 23, 2017

Wow,

Just a little spiritual experience we had this week. We have been contacting like crazy trying to find new people. We were passing by this house and I felt like we should contact. The lady lied to us and didn`t want anything but we contacted the house next door. This young woman opened the door totally surprised and told us - I`ve seen your movie! We were like what movie? Turns out she had gone to buy a movie from one of the thousands of people that sell pirated movies and ended up buying Saratov Approach! It`s a movie about missionaries in Russia that are kidnapped. She had moved to Pucallpa from a little town on the river and had never seen missionaries but because of that movie she was interested in hearing us. She listened to us and told us - I think you came in just the right moment. The Holy Ghost is the best guide.

Raining a lot. Lots of mud but having fun,.

Got a call from Pres. last Monday at 10:34 pm and Hermana Lazarte had changes! Surprise changes but she went to Tarapoto! Ahhh I miss it so much! But she left Tuesday and Hermana Vera and I are here. Things are going well.

Much love

Hermana Fitzpatrick

January 16, 2017

This week was good.

I am getting adjusted to training. Mis hijitas are really great and just always help me to be excited to learn new things. They went to Iquitos for some migraciones stuff and left me alone for a day but it was all good because I statyed with the Sister Leaders.

Weather wise it is raining. A lot. Every day. But, I finally have my boots which you can not live without here and things are good. 

We had 21 people at church this week but we are working on it. Hoping the ward doesn´t get demoted to a branch or combined with another ward. It´s pretty crazy.

Looking forward to a new week! 

I loved studying the new Gordon B. Hinckley book. I love the chapter on missionary work where he says that everyday should be a good day in the mission field. So true! Every day you can see the 

Lord´s hand. This is His work. I love Him and love being His servant.

Love you all! Have a great week! 

Hermana Fitzpatrick

January 9, 2017

Wow! What a week!

We are getting to used to being in a trio and I am getting used to training and being here in Pucallpa - it´s pretty similar to home actually! Everyone told me it was the hottest of all the cities but I think it is the coolest one I have been in because the sun is really intense but there is always nice air running through. There is one catch though - ALL the streets here are red dirt. They call Pucallpa la tierra colorada. It´s all beautiful and fun - until it starts raining. Then, EVERYTHING turns to the stickiest, thickest red mud schlop you have ever seen. Everyone hates the rain here because they can´t even get out of their houses. For reals. See photo dos for evidence. I had my boots in Iquitos for a week before the sister leaders could get them to me and wow, I was dying. The mud is real. Houses here are almost always wooden and the people are a lot more humble than in Tarapoto, or Iquitos even, but they are ten thousand times friendlier! They all say hi to us going down the street which was different! Very friendly people! The children especially love to chase us down the street and ask for cards yelling ¨hermanitas! hermanitas! tarjeta! tarjeta!¨ 

- view from my house - we live on the third story. very nice and airy

 The ward is really small - we have about 50 people attending weekly. But that has made it easy to get to know everyone and we are working with less actives. There are a ton of less actives. 

- made chocolate chip cookies with the chocolate chips you sent mom! Turned out perfect! Thank you! They were great for our FHE!

Pucallpa also has a mall! It´s the first mall I have been in in more than a year! So crazy! How do people even construct things that big! I forgot what a supermarket is like and how convenient it is! Man! Crazy stuff. Plaza vea is incredible. We eat lunch there every Monday. 

We had an amazing experience this week. There is a family that the missionaries have been visiting for three years! We had never gone but we coordinated with the sister to go by and meet them. We got there and found out the brother had been attending but, because his wife didn´t want to get married or baptized, stopped. We were able to talk to her and she told us, listen, I had a lot of doubts and ´buts´ before but I have had a change of heart and I just want to get baptized. We were shocked and so was her husband. They are going to get baptized and married this 4 de February!  The Lord blesses our obedience and can definitely change even the most difficult person.

So that was our week, finding blessings, getting stuck in the mud, getting shut out of houses but let into others, and feeling the Spirit guiding us every step of the way.

Love you allll! 

Hermana Fitzpatrick 

January 2, 2017

Thank you for all the photos!!! well, surprise of all surprises... I had changes!! 

I am now in.....PUCALLPA! And my companion is...actually companions! Two! We are in trio! My first one! My comps are Hna Vera and Hna Lazarte. They are both from Boliva and they are both new to the mission! I am training them! Both of them! At the same time! It`s pretty crazy but we are learning as we go. 

-mis hijitas! 

 Pucallpa is super different than Iquitos and Tarapoto and all the streets are mud! When it rains - which is every day - it turns to straight schlop. Can`t do without boots here. 

-when it rained and we put plastic bags to protect ourselves

I will send you more details next week. Love you all! I am doing well! Home strech of the mission and the Lord wants me working my hardest until the end. 

Hermana Fitzpatrick