My Dearest Familia---
There are some days when I just wish so bad that you guys lived in the mission field (okay jess and Sam and Brent and maddle kind of do, but the rest a yall not so much.). There’s days I wish you lived here because you would love getting to help out with the work that were doing. Sometimes its hard to find people who are willing to help us teach... not only do we have to find people to teach but we have to find members to go visit them with us, to friendship them, to give them rides to the chapel... sometimes it gets a little complicated. But I know that what were doing is the Work of Salvation, that it was never MEANT to be easy so that helps a little bit. This week we had almost nobody to help us... all of the youth of the ward went to a program called SOY (its basically our EFY) and so we really had nobody willing to help us out.. It was kinda sad because we felt really alone almost the whole week. But it turned out to be a good thing. When all the young men and women got back from SOY they were all filled with the spirit and the desire to help and share the gospel! It’s how I would feel like when we got back from girls camp remember? Or trek, or a real spiritual trip. It was really great because Sunday in church we got to hear all their testimonies. Those were some powerful future missionaries. (If I had a suggestion I would say that we should send all the little boys to EFY when they can go. I know that it’s expensive, I know, but I can promise it’s worth it).
Besides our battle with the members this week we had a lot of great things happen to us! We went on divisions with the especialistas again and they helped us to "raise the bar" here in our area. We’ve heard that some big changes are coming to our ward so were doing our best to get ready!
I love you all bunches but I’m running real short on time today. Please know that I’m extremely grateful for every one of you and for the things you’ve done to serve and sacrifice for me. Prayers from Costa Rica...
All my love,
Hermana Kugath
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Friday, January 9, 2015
222 Days
My Dearest Family...
Hola! I’m sorry this is the very first time I’ve written you all year, I’ve just been a little caught up haha. Bienvenido 2015!!!!! Is that crazy or what?? so weird that we’ve started a new year. and now it’s almost 12 months till Christmas again...... tristesa. anyways, wow this has been a long one. Its so weird how some weeks go by really fast and other seem to drag by like a turtle running a marathon.....
This week was super great for some reasons and super mal for others. Lets get all the bad stuff out first shall we? This week we last 2 families that we were working with....¨( awwwhh. Oscar, Verna and Jennifer were progressing so so fast! They were doing all their reading assignments and everything. Oscar would even invite us to kneel down to say the closing prayer after every lesson. But then something happened.... his brother, Javier moved in. I know what you’re thinking; no no this is a good thing! More people to teach right? Wrong. His brother is super super evangelico and absolutely denied and tried to negate everything that we said. This last week we went to visit them just to teach how they could receive their own answers. How their heavenly father, through the Holy Ghost, could give them their very own, personal answer to know for them selves if what we were teaching was true. The lesson started out really spiritual but then this man began to say all kinds of crazy things..... What was worse is that his brother was backing him up! Poor confused Oscar!! In the end we had to just leave because all they wanted to do was fight with us over basic doctrine like if god the father and his son are the same being (oh this is the thing that ticks me off the most!!!! father and son people father and son. its VERY self explanatory.) how if they already knew the bible was true they didn’t need more scripture (basically 2nd Nephi 29 to a tee) and how they didn’t have to pray because they already knew..... Like what? Are you dumb??? Of course you have to pray. First of all, what do you have to loose???? Absolutely nothing. What do you have to gain??? Oh yeah, a heck a ton of blessings, a forever family, and eternal life. Wow, some people. They just kill me! It was so horrible because this is a family that we loved so much and to see them like this was so, but so, sad. (There was one awful part when this man had the guts to tell us we need to study the scriptures more, stop teaching false doctrine and repent. oh you should have seen my companions face in that moment.......... ouch. this guy was about to go down.).
The second family we were just stopping by to see if they were reading their scriptures when the mom told us that they’d decided to go to a different church. One that was conveniently located 100 meters from her front door. She told us she liked us, but this pastor had said she should tell us to stop visiting them. She said she was sorry but this church was just easier for her. We looked her straight in the eyes and said Hermana we know you have a big family and its harder to get to the church where we go, but do you think that it was easy for Jesus Christ to suffer for your pains, your sicknesses and your sins and then to die for YOU on the cross?? Then why should it be easy to go to his church..... It was painful really, but it’s in the past and the lord knows when their missionaries will come and try again.
Now the good stuff!!!!! I got 4 letters this week! Who’s a popular Hermana? soy yo! haha. Thank you mommy, Jesse/Sam, Schmidt family and crest haven bishopric! I loved my letters, cards and pictures. I have to say I was a little bit more then prideful when I saw the absolutely gorgeous picture that MY DADDY took on our wards Christmas card. Holy smokes. Wow!! bein hecho papi! I also cried a little (in front of the whole zone!! que awkward) reading your sweet card mom. I loved it to bits and I felt so, so special. And I squealed (yes literally) in delight looking at the pictures of charlotte. It’s the most hilarious thing I’ve ever seen. Que lindo! En serio wow.
2nd we had a sweet zone activity yesterday. It was like a huge water ballon fight plus soccer game. It was way sweet and one of the funnest days I’ve had in the mission so far. We played a lot and its stuff like that that helps you feel like a real part of the zone.
This week another missionary from our little ward here in Moravia headed out! Hermana Rodriguez!!!! (Marjorie) was a really big help to us these last few months. She would come teaching with us and sometimes spend the whole day with us. She was awesome and I know shell be super great in Mexico! It was so sweet to see her getting set apart and being the firsts to welcome her into la obra misional!
Anyways, I love you guys so much and am truly thankful for all the support i get from you. Physically and spiritually. I hope that every one has chosen a new years goal because in other words y'all just want to repent a little haha. That’s how we see new years, the whole world wants to repent and be a little better, for at least the first week or so.. But yeah, love y'all, prayers from Costa Rica!!
All my love,
Hermana Kugath
Hola! I’m sorry this is the very first time I’ve written you all year, I’ve just been a little caught up haha. Bienvenido 2015!!!!! Is that crazy or what?? so weird that we’ve started a new year. and now it’s almost 12 months till Christmas again...... tristesa. anyways, wow this has been a long one. Its so weird how some weeks go by really fast and other seem to drag by like a turtle running a marathon.....
This week was super great for some reasons and super mal for others. Lets get all the bad stuff out first shall we? This week we last 2 families that we were working with....¨( awwwhh. Oscar, Verna and Jennifer were progressing so so fast! They were doing all their reading assignments and everything. Oscar would even invite us to kneel down to say the closing prayer after every lesson. But then something happened.... his brother, Javier moved in. I know what you’re thinking; no no this is a good thing! More people to teach right? Wrong. His brother is super super evangelico and absolutely denied and tried to negate everything that we said. This last week we went to visit them just to teach how they could receive their own answers. How their heavenly father, through the Holy Ghost, could give them their very own, personal answer to know for them selves if what we were teaching was true. The lesson started out really spiritual but then this man began to say all kinds of crazy things..... What was worse is that his brother was backing him up! Poor confused Oscar!! In the end we had to just leave because all they wanted to do was fight with us over basic doctrine like if god the father and his son are the same being (oh this is the thing that ticks me off the most!!!! father and son people father and son. its VERY self explanatory.) how if they already knew the bible was true they didn’t need more scripture (basically 2nd Nephi 29 to a tee) and how they didn’t have to pray because they already knew..... Like what? Are you dumb??? Of course you have to pray. First of all, what do you have to loose???? Absolutely nothing. What do you have to gain??? Oh yeah, a heck a ton of blessings, a forever family, and eternal life. Wow, some people. They just kill me! It was so horrible because this is a family that we loved so much and to see them like this was so, but so, sad. (There was one awful part when this man had the guts to tell us we need to study the scriptures more, stop teaching false doctrine and repent. oh you should have seen my companions face in that moment.......... ouch. this guy was about to go down.).
The second family we were just stopping by to see if they were reading their scriptures when the mom told us that they’d decided to go to a different church. One that was conveniently located 100 meters from her front door. She told us she liked us, but this pastor had said she should tell us to stop visiting them. She said she was sorry but this church was just easier for her. We looked her straight in the eyes and said Hermana we know you have a big family and its harder to get to the church where we go, but do you think that it was easy for Jesus Christ to suffer for your pains, your sicknesses and your sins and then to die for YOU on the cross?? Then why should it be easy to go to his church..... It was painful really, but it’s in the past and the lord knows when their missionaries will come and try again.
Now the good stuff!!!!! I got 4 letters this week! Who’s a popular Hermana? soy yo! haha. Thank you mommy, Jesse/Sam, Schmidt family and crest haven bishopric! I loved my letters, cards and pictures. I have to say I was a little bit more then prideful when I saw the absolutely gorgeous picture that MY DADDY took on our wards Christmas card. Holy smokes. Wow!! bein hecho papi! I also cried a little (in front of the whole zone!! que awkward) reading your sweet card mom. I loved it to bits and I felt so, so special. And I squealed (yes literally) in delight looking at the pictures of charlotte. It’s the most hilarious thing I’ve ever seen. Que lindo! En serio wow.
2nd we had a sweet zone activity yesterday. It was like a huge water ballon fight plus soccer game. It was way sweet and one of the funnest days I’ve had in the mission so far. We played a lot and its stuff like that that helps you feel like a real part of the zone.
This week another missionary from our little ward here in Moravia headed out! Hermana Rodriguez!!!! (Marjorie) was a really big help to us these last few months. She would come teaching with us and sometimes spend the whole day with us. She was awesome and I know shell be super great in Mexico! It was so sweet to see her getting set apart and being the firsts to welcome her into la obra misional!
Anyways, I love you guys so much and am truly thankful for all the support i get from you. Physically and spiritually. I hope that every one has chosen a new years goal because in other words y'all just want to repent a little haha. That’s how we see new years, the whole world wants to repent and be a little better, for at least the first week or so.. But yeah, love y'all, prayers from Costa Rica!!
All my love,
Hermana Kugath
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Christ "mas" mas=more in Spanish
My Very Dearest and Most Adorable Familia....
Feliz
Navidad!!!!! Almost.... its weird because here it doesn’t feel like
Christmas because there’s no snow, no bundling up the little ones to go
play, no rushing around to make treats and all kids of food (although
yesterday for p day we did try to make a cheesecake... lets just say it
didn’t turn out like one of jesses) and buy presents for gift exchanges.
It doesn’t feel like the Christmases I remember, but this Christmas I’m
not as focused on those things. What I really am dying for this year
(so bad that I asked my Heavenly Father AND Santa Clause, you know just
in case..) was to talk to my family! Even if for only 40 minutes. I
can’t believe it’s already been almost 7 months since I’ve seen you all!
How rapidly things change in our lives right? But no se procupe, you
only have to live 1 Christmas without me ;) its crazy to think this time
next year ill be in the house again! Weird. But not important. What is
important is that I´ll be calling home on the 25th! I’m hoping to call
around 5 o’clock your time (I think that means 6 my time). But don’t
worry! If it’s not exactly at 5 don’t freak out, I will call between 5
and 6. Just a little heads up:) yay!!! I wish I could describe how
excited I am, but I cant... but I think you understand right?
Anyways,
with the Christmas spirit filling the air the work rolls on. First of
all I’m sorry I threw a little bit of a fit about the weather last week.
And thanks for praying for me because the temperature did a full 180
and now we have had 3 gorgeous sunny days in a row!!! I’m going to get
my sunny Christmas after all:) Also this week was a week super super
special for us. Like I said last week we didn’t have p day last Monday
and we were a little bit bummed, but it was so worth it to get to go to
they temple! Going only every 3 months gives the temple a real special
space in your heart and helps you to appreciate it more. This time I
understood 98% of everything!!! Although the times when I have to talk
(or think) still tripped me up a bit. But you know.... he knows I was
trying haha. It was a real special opportunity to share with my
companion too. Hermana Montoya and I have been together a long time so
it was good to share something as spiritual as the temple! While we were
there we even took a picture to make a Christmas card for some of the
members of our ward:) were way cute. After the temple we went to a
special Christmas devotional with president Wilkinson and his family. Oh
my gosh..... The food though. Now that is a Christmas dinner! Ham,
mashed potatoes, salad, a real roll! Wow. And brownies, candy canes,
gingerbread men. they spoiled us a real good. After we ate presidente
Wilkinson taught us about the first Christmas. He said that many people
want to be like the magi and bring Christ a gift but that he wants us to
be like the shepherds. The shepherds when they heard about the birth of
the Savior left everything to go and find him. They left their sheep,
unprotected, and ran to find Christ. He told us a little more about
shepherds. These men care for these animals like they’re their own
children. They know their names and care for them day in and out.
There’s nothing more important to a shepherd then his lambs. However, at
the announcement of His birth they left them, running and rejoicing to
find the cradle side of their Lord. Its not so much about what we can
bring to the Savior, because he doesn’t need anything, its about what
were willing to give up to find him and to stay withy him.:)
This
week was also special because it was the baptism of a very important
little girl for us. Her name is Dayanara. She’s 10 years old. Her family
members are all members of the church, but because of a family tragedy
they went inactive and she was never baptized. The family recently
became active again and invited us to teach her so that she could
finally make this important covenant with her daddy. We’ve been working
with her for about 2 months yet and she is officially perfect! Hermana
Montoya and I were ecstatic at her interview because it proved that our
message is so simple that even a child CAN understand it. Watching her
be baptized was one of the sweetest experiences of the mission that I’ve
had yet. (Pictures to come soon;))
Wow oh
wow do I have a sweet story to tell you all!!! Let me just say that
when the Lord wants something he gets what he wants... I have never
experienced a miracle like we had this last week. We have another
special investigator named Celeste. She’s a little girl of just 12 years
old but wow is she quick! Her moms a less active from another ward so
we’ve been teaching them the lessons and she is just like a little
sponge she absorbs everything so fast! She could teach you the
restoration from the Lords earthly ministry through the great apostasy
and into the first vision. She even remembers president monsons name!
She’s great. Anyways, she’s going to be baptized this Saturday on the
27th. We have had like 17 miracles (ha-ha) getting her ready for the
date. Some are small like she went out of town but got back before we
thought she would so she could go to church, and others are real big!
Like the one I want to tell you..... So my companion always carries with
her the 20 minute movie of the restoration and we began looking for it
so we could teach her about joseph smith, but it wasn’t in Hermana
Montoya’s bag... we remembered that we watched it with another family
that week but didn’t remember getting it out of their dvd. We searched
and searched, even turning her bag upside-down and shaking it. It wasn’t
there. She said a prayer in her heart that we could find it so that we
could teach with the movie (because kids like movies ya know..). She
reached in her bag again and there it was!! Just sitting there. What?!
yep. Then we put it in the Dvd and hit play.. It began to play, in
English..... nooo! They don’t speak English! We looked for the
controller, but it didn’t work. We found NEW batteries, but it didn’t
work. Then, and I literally have no idea how this happened the power of
God right?, we hit play again. And it began to play, in SPANISH! With
subtitles and everything. It was in English before I swear, I heard it,
and I know English right? But it played in Spanish so that we could
teach her exactly what meant RESTORATION. That was weird people, really
weird but really incredible!
Anyways,
it was awesome! And we had a really great. week. I love you guys
bunches and bunches and want you to know that I really am happy to be a
missionary during Christmas. I love the Lord and I love my Family (and
friends;) for those of you who read this). Merry Christmas!!!!!!! We´ll
talk soon... for reals!!! Prayers from Costa Rica.
All My Love,
Hermana Kugath
White Christmas
My Dearest Darling Familia....
Hi:) I
just love you all so much!!! I’m literally counting down the days until
I get to see your beautiful faces! There’s something about the
Christmas spirit that makes being away from your family just that much
more difficult. But the thoughts of talking to you, even if it is only
40 minutes.... is what keeps mi companera and I motivated through the
days. Okay let’s talk about the call now that were on the subject. I'll
be calling for sure Christmas day but I’m still not exactly sure of the
time. Were going to a members house but its complicated because they
have 2 brothers serving missions so we have to wait to know what time
their elders are going to call so we know what time were going to call.
But ill find out and let you all know next Tuesday. Sorry were so
unorganized everything just comes so quickly. I know you all need to
make plans for when you’re going to be at the house and stuff so ill get
on it and find out. Sorry!
I wish I could explain to you how happy I am to be a missionary. There are some days I just wake up with incredible enthusiasm to go out and baptize the whole world!! And there are other days when I hear the alarm and pray for just 5 more minutes of sleep..... The second kind of days are less often, don’t worry. This week has been a really really hard but successful week! Hermana Montoya and I decided to start the cambio out by giving it all and the results were really incredible. However, there is one aspect of my day that is just literally out of my hands... the weather. Remember when we got my call and everyone was like "oh you’re going to paradise, you’re going to die of the heat, costa Rica is beautiful, the weather is perfect"..... LIARS! Every one of them. This has been hands down the coldest week of my whole (okay not my life, lets be real I lived in Idaho and Colorado, but still a veryyy long time.) Obviously not cold enough to snow, but the rain mixed with ceaseless wind almost killed me! Lucky me I received my package with sweaters and long skirts because I’m pretty sure I would have frozen without them. One day I had on 5 shirts topped with my Raincoat and scarf. The cold here isn’t like the cold there. Its wet cold... you’re soaking wet and you don’t dry until you get home and crawl into bed. I’m not complaining or anything ;) I just think its funny that for the first time in my life I thought I was going to have a sunny Christmas..... Nope. But it doesn’t matter because my heart was sunny!
I wish I could explain to you how happy I am to be a missionary. There are some days I just wake up with incredible enthusiasm to go out and baptize the whole world!! And there are other days when I hear the alarm and pray for just 5 more minutes of sleep..... The second kind of days are less often, don’t worry. This week has been a really really hard but successful week! Hermana Montoya and I decided to start the cambio out by giving it all and the results were really incredible. However, there is one aspect of my day that is just literally out of my hands... the weather. Remember when we got my call and everyone was like "oh you’re going to paradise, you’re going to die of the heat, costa Rica is beautiful, the weather is perfect"..... LIARS! Every one of them. This has been hands down the coldest week of my whole (okay not my life, lets be real I lived in Idaho and Colorado, but still a veryyy long time.) Obviously not cold enough to snow, but the rain mixed with ceaseless wind almost killed me! Lucky me I received my package with sweaters and long skirts because I’m pretty sure I would have frozen without them. One day I had on 5 shirts topped with my Raincoat and scarf. The cold here isn’t like the cold there. Its wet cold... you’re soaking wet and you don’t dry until you get home and crawl into bed. I’m not complaining or anything ;) I just think its funny that for the first time in my life I thought I was going to have a sunny Christmas..... Nope. But it doesn’t matter because my heart was sunny!
This
week was pretty cool. We’ve been finding people and teaching like mad! I
hope you all got to watch the "he is the gift video"... This has been
our main message for this week also. We carry it around with us and just
ask everybody like "hey can we come in a watch a 3 minute movie about
Christmas!?" its works pretty well actually. This time has been crazy
busy because were working our bums off trying to get our investigators
ready for "la blanca navidad". The whole zone is going to get together
and have our baptisms on the same day (the 27th!). Presidente Wilkinson
is going to be there and everything. We have 3 people getting ready for
this day. Celest, Bryan and Esilda. Celeste and Bryan are miracle
investigators! Their mom is a less active convert from years back. We
found them last week and she said yea yea of course I want my kids to be
baptized! They came to church and everything this last week. Were so
excited for them! Celeste is super smart and had an awesome time in
young womens, but I’m pretty sure Bryan has a little bit of a
social/learning disorder. But that wont be an obstacle for the spirit.
Esilda is an older woman. Were teaching her and her husband but she’s
progressing faster. Her husband is kind of a booger and its super
stubborn sometimes but the other day she told him "stop being like Laman
and Lemuel and listen to what the missionaries are saying!" (hahaha!!!
that’s right. she’s reading the book of Mormon and used it on him! it
was awesome.). But not only these 3, we also have a baptism scheduled
for this weekend. Her name is Dayanara. She’s the sweetest little girl
and the best-prepared child baptism I’ve ever seen! Her family is all
members bur about 2 years ago they went inactive so she was never
baptized. But they’ve reactivated since we got here and will be
celebrating Christmas with her baptism!:) que cosa mas hermosa. In total
we hope to end the month with 4 baptisms!
This
week however we also found a family of 3 and the sweetest kind lady in
the world and are already getting them ready to be baptized in January!
Wow what a busy time in Moravia. Is there a better time to be a
missionary?? I know that all of the prayers that you guys have been
saying in my behalf really are showing their fruit. I am so happy and
our success is absolutely incredible! Yay team Jesus:) yay family
Kugath!
Anyways,
this week we didn’t have p day because tomorrow we'll be going to the
temple!!!! It’s been 3 long months waiting to go again. I love you all
so much its incredible. I can hardly wait the 8 and half days more to
talk to you. Hey do me a favor and find all your Skype
usernames/passwords and everything now so we don’t have any problems.
Also I know there’s a way to do like an interconnected Skype (like more
then 1 computer or something) if Jesse and Sam are going to be in
Mexico.... yay family Kugath/Head/Cline!!!! I love you muchisimo.
Prayers from Costa Rica,
All my Love,
Hermana Kugath
Happy Birthday Halloween Christmas
My Dearest, most Darling, Fabulous Family.....
yo
les amo muchisimo! Its weird to think that in only 15 days I get to talk
to you guys! I’ve been waiting for it for so long and yet its almost
here! Yay. This has been a week rapidisima. I feel like I was just here
writing but here I am again. This week was the end of the cambio and we
anxiously awaited the news to see if wed be leaving to a new area.
Hermana Montoya and I are still in Moravia!!!!! Our poor little
hermanita guit was sent to Guanacaste and we dropped her off yesterday.
In a way I’m relieved to still be here. I felt like I still had a
specific purpose in this area and I’m excited to find out what our next
project will be! Its a little interesting, but this cambio will be 8
weeks (2 months) instead of the normal 6 weeks so we don’t have to worry
about being transferred until the first week of February.
Wow..........
all I have to say is wow. I am the luckiest most loved missionary in
the whole wide world!!! I have never seen a package as massive, as sweet
or as absolutely heavenly as the one I received yesterday. wow wow wow.
I felt like the little boy the Elder Christofferson talked about in the
Christmas devotional. I got to celebrate all of MY favorite holidays
too, in 30 minutes! That was the best and quickest
birth-hallow-Christ-giving I’ve ever had) as I listened to (rocked out
to?;)) Manheim Christmas steamroller I opened the Ziplocs and my heart
feel like it was going to burst with happiness. All of my very favorite
treats, the most beautiful skirts, the sweaters I was so badly in need
of, and the mere desires of my heart. It was like someone read my heart
and mind, wrote down everything I needed or only wanted and delivered
the list to my mommy. Down to the very hair dye that I only dared dream
about! The happiness I felt in those moments was overwhelming gratitude
and love that can only be felt when they feel close to their family. I
looked at the photos and read the sweet cards from the people that I
love and need the most in my life and I felt their love from 35000 miles
away. I haven’t read and looked at everything yet, but the things that
meant the most to me were the sweet words of love and encouragement. My
little brothers telling me that they think I’m the greatest missionary
in the world... that my parents are proud of me... wow. I wish I could
describe the joy I felt reading these little cards. What a miracle. And
what a great way to motivate me to be a better missionary!
Speaking
of missioning.... this week was awesome. We’ve been working really hard
and taking advantage of the holiday season to really rush the work
along. One of our greatest tools is the new Christmas video El es la
dadiva (he is the gift). I’m pretty sure you guys have seen it, but if
not go watch it! It’s the most beautiful 2 minutes:) It talks about the
first gift of Christmas... from our heavenly father to all of us. The
gift of the life of his son. The whole movie is really inspirational but
the part I like is at the very end. It gives us 3 invitations...
discover, accept and share. Sometimes we get all wrapped up in Christmas
that we forget its real importance... Christ Mas. Mas in Spanish means
more so it’s literally a season to have more Christ in our life. I’m so
grateful to be here in these moments specifically. I’ve never been away
from my family for a Christmas.... It’s been hard and it’s been
different, but I’m grateful because I have the chance this year to bring
Christ into the lives of other people in this beautiful time of year.
People who don’t know him, who don’t know where to find him or people
who simply don’t really understand what it is that he did, and does, for
US. I heard a quote this week that I love. I’m not sure of the exact
words but it goes something like this ¨We need to realize that in
comparison with God, we are Nothing... BUT to him, we mean
Everything.¨ We are everything. His purpose is clear, bring to
pass the immortality and eternal life of us, His Children. I love
Christmas. I love to see the looks on people’s faces when they receive
surprises. I love the food, the decorations, the movies, and the family
time. I love to give gifts and I know that the greatest gift we could
give to our Dear Heavenly Father is to help his other children to accept
His Gift, by accepting his son. This year I hope that everyone searches
for the way to share this gift with someone else.
The
last thing I wanted to say was that I hope that nobody forgets that this
is also a season of sacrifice. I’ve already seen it and benefitted from
it myself... I know the sacrifice it was for you all to send me what
you sent. I know it. I felt it. There shouldn’t have been money, time or
energy sufficient to do this for me, but there was. Sacrifice is the
evidence of real charity. Christ sacrificed for us, I sacrificed for the
people of Costa Rica, my family sacrificed for me... the evidence is an
overwhelming testimony of the love. I know that when we sacrifice we in
return are blessed beyond what we sacrificed. I love you all so much
and hope you know what your sacrifices have meant to me. I can’t ever
pay you back sufficiently but I hope you know that I am beyond grateful
to call you my family. I love and value each and every one of you more
then you can know. You’re in my heart and prayers,
All my love,
Hermana Kugath
Joni & Jovana
My Dearest Darling Familia....
Hi:) I
just love you all so much!!! I’m literally counting down the days until
I get to see your beautiful faces! There’s something about the
Christmas spirit that makes being away from your family just that much
more difficult. But the thoughts of talking to you, even if it is only
40 minutes.... is what keeps mi companera and I motivated through the
days. Okay let’s talk about the call now that were on the subject. I'll
be calling for sure Christmas day but I’m still not exactly sure of the
time. Were going to a members house but its complicated because they
have 2 brothers serving missions so we have to wait to know what time
their elders are going to call so we know what time were going to call.
But ill find out and let you all know next Tuesday. Sorry were so
unorganized everything just comes so quickly. I know you all need to
make plans for when you’re going to be at the house and stuff so ill get
on it and find out. Sorry!
I wish I could explain to you how happy I am to be a missionary. There are some days I just wake up with incredible enthusiasm to go out and baptize the whole world!! And there are other days when I hear the alarm and pray for just 5 more minutes of sleep..... The second kind of days are less often, don’t worry. This week has been a really really hard but successful week! Hermana Montoya and I decided to start the cambio out by giving it all and the results were really incredible. However, there is one aspect of my day that is just literally out of my hands... the weather. Remember when we got my call and everyone was like "oh you’re going to paradise, you’re going to die of the heat, costa Rica is beautiful, the weather is perfect"..... LIARS! Every one of them. This has been hands down the coldest week of my whole (okay not my life, lets be real I lived in Idaho and Colorado, but still a veryyy long time.) Obviously not cold enough to snow, but the rain mixed with ceaseless wind almost killed me! Lucky me I received my package with sweaters and long skirts because I’m pretty sure I would have frozen without them. One day I had on 5 shirts topped with my Raincoat and scarf. The cold here isn’t like the cold there. Its wet cold... you’re soaking wet and you don’t dry until you get home and crawl into bed. I’m not complaining or anything ;) I just think its funny that for the first time in my life I thought I was going to have a sunny Christmas..... Nope. But it doesn’t matter because my heart was sunny!
I wish I could explain to you how happy I am to be a missionary. There are some days I just wake up with incredible enthusiasm to go out and baptize the whole world!! And there are other days when I hear the alarm and pray for just 5 more minutes of sleep..... The second kind of days are less often, don’t worry. This week has been a really really hard but successful week! Hermana Montoya and I decided to start the cambio out by giving it all and the results were really incredible. However, there is one aspect of my day that is just literally out of my hands... the weather. Remember when we got my call and everyone was like "oh you’re going to paradise, you’re going to die of the heat, costa Rica is beautiful, the weather is perfect"..... LIARS! Every one of them. This has been hands down the coldest week of my whole (okay not my life, lets be real I lived in Idaho and Colorado, but still a veryyy long time.) Obviously not cold enough to snow, but the rain mixed with ceaseless wind almost killed me! Lucky me I received my package with sweaters and long skirts because I’m pretty sure I would have frozen without them. One day I had on 5 shirts topped with my Raincoat and scarf. The cold here isn’t like the cold there. Its wet cold... you’re soaking wet and you don’t dry until you get home and crawl into bed. I’m not complaining or anything ;) I just think its funny that for the first time in my life I thought I was going to have a sunny Christmas..... Nope. But it doesn’t matter because my heart was sunny!
This
week was pretty cool. We’ve been finding people and teaching like mad! I
hope you all got to watch the "he is the gift video"... This has been
our main message for this week also. We carry it around with us and just
ask everybody like "hey can we come in a watch a 3 minute movie about
Christmas!?" its works pretty well actually. This time has been crazy
busy because were working our bums off trying to get our investigators
ready for "la blanca navidad". The whole zone is going to get together
and have our baptisms on the same day (the 27th!). Presidente Wilkinson
is going to be there and everything. We have 3 people getting ready for
this day. Celest, Bryan and Esilda. Celeste and Bryan are miracle
investigators! Their mom is a less active convert from years back. We
found them last week and she said yea yea of course I want my kids to be
baptized! They came to church and everything this last week. Were so
excited for them! Celeste is super smart and had an awesome time in
young womens, but I’m pretty sure Bryan has a little bit of a
social/learning disorder. But that wont be an obstacle for the spirit.
Esilda is an older woman. Were teaching her and her husband but she’s
progressing faster. Her husband is kind of a booger and its super
stubborn sometimes but the other day she told him "stop being like Laman
and Lemuel and listen to what the missionaries are saying!" (hahaha!!!
that’s right. she’s reading the book of Mormon and used it on him! it
was awesome.). But not only these 3, we also have a baptism scheduled
for this weekend. Her name is Dayanara. She’s the sweetest little girl
and the best-prepared child baptism I’ve ever seen! Her family is all
members bur about 2 years ago they went inactive so she was never
baptized. But they’ve reactivated since we got here and will be
celebrating Christmas with her baptism!:) que cosa mas hermosa. In total
we hope to end the month with 4 baptisms!
This
week however we also found a family of 3 and the sweetest kind lady in
the world and are already getting them ready to be baptized in January!
Wow what a busy time in Moravia. Is there a better time to be a
missionary?? I know that all of the prayers that you guys have been
saying in my behalf really are showing their fruit. I am so happy and
our success is absolutely incredible! Yay team Jesus:) yay family
Kugath!
Anyways,
this week we didn’t have p day because tomorrow we'll be going to the
temple!!!! It’s been 3 long months waiting to go again. I love you all
so much its incredible. I can hardly wait the 8 and half days more to
talk to you. Hey do me a favor and find all your Skype
usernames/passwords and everything now so we don’t have any problems.
Also I know there’s a way to do like an interconnected Skype (like more
then 1 computer or something) if Jesse and Sam are going to be in
Mexico.... yay family Kugath/Head/Cline!!!! I love you muchisimo.
Prayers from Costa Rica,
All my Love,
Hermana Kugath
Monday, December 1, 2014
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