Smilin` in Sol del Pinar

Inbox

x

Hayley Imbler	Jun 23 (6 days ago)
to Kathleen, me, Tania, Michael

Happy Monday,

This letter is literally going to be three sentences.. but I wanted you all to know that I am doing so well and loving life! Jhony and Karina got married this last week and they will be getting baptized this coming Sunday.. we had to change the date for some unexpected reasons, but everything will be all good! The day of their marriage was literally the craziest day of my life.. but at the end we were all so happy!! Sorry that I`m going to be so short I got a bad computer and everything was just not going my way today.. We struggled a little this week but we were able to find a new investigator who is really great! More details to come on everything the coming week..

Have a wonderful week and I promise next week will be jam packed with good stories:) 

Hermana Imbler

Here is a picture of me in the Parque de Aguas on Thursday.. more pictures to come next week..

 

 

One Year

Inbox

x

Hayley Imbler	Jun 16 (1 day ago)
to Kathleen, me, Michael, Tania

One year... loving my life, one year... loving the Lord.. one year... loving the Peruvian people.. one year.. of the happiest moments of my life. I can´t believe that I´ve now been in this beautiful country for a whole year. Six months that await me are going to fly by faster than I can even imagine.. but I am going to make the best of every second I have!

This week hasn´t been the easiest we have struggled a little bit, but at the end of the week things got much better and I know that it will continue getting better! I am absolutely ecstatic about this week with the wedding and baptism of Karina and Jhony this week! I am just praying praying and praying that everything goes as planned!!

Monday we had yet another crazy P day.. we watched Kung Fu Panda.. I´m telling you that you will never see people laugh harder in an animated movie than you will if they are a group of missionaries. That night we went to visit Telesila and she was doing good, we explained the Book of Mormon more clearly and she was excited to read it. Then we went to visit Jhony and Karina, but Jhony didn´t get back from work until we had just finished with the lesson at about 9 o´clock.. we were a little disappointed, but we have to work around his schedule a little.

Tuesday we had our district meeting and then after we were stuck in some houses for like way to much time. We got stuck with one sister for like 2 hours and she didn´t want us to leave.. haha. Later we talked to Brenda a less active sister and she is doing better, gaining more confidence with us, but we are just praying she will go to church soon.

So you know me and my lack of planning internet time well so I am going to pack what I can into this last paragraph or two. Wednesday we had another district meeting with the assistents and then after had some good lessons. Juan is progressing and really loves learning more. Thursday we had some more good lessons and we got to know a new sister Jessica who we are going to start teaching. Karina and Jhony signed their marriage papers and are officially husband and wife (they will be having the huge ceremony this thursday..) Friday we had a lot of success with our lessons and got to know some new people. It was a miracle that we found a sister who we had been searching for for a while.. Saturday was the big conference with Elder Oaks. Our musical number went really well. I got to shake his hand and he asked me where I was from. Sunday Jhony, Karina, and Juan all came to church!

Sorry I´m outta time now! Love you all and there will be pictures coming your way next week!!  Also HAPPY BIRTHDAY JARED!!! Love you so much!!

Hermana Imbler

Smilin` in Sol del Pinar

Inbox

x

Hayley Imbler	10:10 AM (11 hours ago)
to Kathleen, me, Michael, Tania, Peter

Another week gone by and another HAPPY missionary here in Peru! The weeks role by and I realize that I really don`t have as much time as I think I do.. but I`m trying my hardest to savor every moment of it! This week was a little crazy but...... Jhony and Karina are getting married!!!! The birth certificates came, we found witnesses, and they went to sign up for everything, today as we speak they are in for their medical exam.. and Hermana Inca and I have never been happier!!!!! Now to sum up the week:

Monday my companion had to go to immigrations and I was with some other sisters during the day. We went shopping at Plaza Norte, the mall type place, it was pretty fun.. Later I went to pick up Hermana Inca and we headed to do some other things and then finished P day. We had a lesson with Bertha, and we decided for good that we are going to drop her for a while until she has a desire to follow through with her committments. Then we talked with Fiorela and her kids (the crazy ones haha) about faith. It was a good lesson and she gave us masamora morada and arroz con leche (a dessert typical here.. really good.. the masamora is made from purple corn.. and is like a gooey texture.. then the other is rice with milk, sugar, etc). We got a phone call on Monday night and our leaders told us that Hna Inca had to go to immigrations yet again on Tuesday..hooray!

Tuesday early we went to the offices. I talked to an Elder about the birth certificates of Karina and Jhony and they still hadn`t come through yet. I then spent half of the day with Hermana Sanchez, from Mexico.. in a ward that is in my old stake (unfortunately didn`t get to see any of the ward members from Libertad..) Then around 3 we went to pick up our companions in the offices.. They left and Hermana Inca and I stayed to talk for a minute with one of the assistents.. He was sitting down on the couch and asked us ¨Do you feel that?¨ Then two or three seconds later the ground shook.. Earthquake! Haha.. a lot of elders went running outside of the offices to see the buildings move.. but we stayed where we were. The assistent started laughing and said ¨How embarassing.. Do you see President Erickson running out of his office? No.. he didn`t even move!¨ It really wasn`t all that big.. it lasted about 15 seconds max.. So we headed home and had three lessons to finish off the day. We talked with Telesila and her hilarious son who is three said the prophet in the pamphlet looked like a sheep. Then later he asked for hand sanitizer then said no.. I`m not a woman.. this smells like woman! We finished the night talking to Jhony and Karina (they really are wonderful.. can`t say it enough)

Wednesday was stressful.. we went to visit Fiorela in the morning and gave us a dessert made from pumpkin (kinda weird.. but good).. about the middle I found a bug.. ewww.. she was pretty embarassed but I told her it was ok.. poor lady! Then later we spent a lot of the day looking for witnesses for the wedding of Jhony and Karina and finally we found two to go with them on Thursday to sign up for everything. That night Jhony`s birth certificate arrived and also Karina`s ID that she hadn`t had for months. 

Thursday we took Jhony and Karina to meet the elders to take them to Lima Central to sign up. Thanks to a lot of faith everything turned out ok. Karina`s birth certificate was waiting in the offices and they were able to do everything! Although there was a little bump in the middle of the road and it ended up taking about 7 hours they finished everything with a smile. Meanwhile we were here in our zone proselyting.. really antsy waiting for the news. We had some really good lessons.. we visited Telesila again and talked to her about the Book of Mormon, she was really interested in that there was yet another testament of Jesus Christ..but then we got interrupted and she had to leave really quickly.. bummer.. Then we visited Juan.. he was a little bit harder to teach this time because he was confused about the Spirit World and the Resurrection, but we did our best. Then we talked with Rocio, a less active sister and she was really receptive (but she still doesn`t want to come to church..). Then we had a lesson with Silvia, another less active sister and she committed to come to church on Sunday (and she did!!! Yay!!) Then we went to visit Jhony and Karina again, we brought them chocolate to apologize for them having to be gone so long during the day. Their daughter Jhoyka when she got the chocolate gave us kisses like 8 or 9 times.. she is a jem and always asks when church will be. We taught them about The Plan of Salvation and it was a really spiritual experience, they really understood that in life there will be struggles but with faith we can conquer everything.

Friday was slow.. we tried to find Candy but ended up only finding Berta again.. and then we spoke with Juan yet again to explain more about the end of the Plan of Salvation and the Kingdoms of Glory. Lastly we had a short lesson with a family who has been on and off in coming to church but they are getting lots better. 

Saturday morning we went to do visits with the ward members and then in the afternoon we had a lesson with 4 kids 13, 11, 10, and 8 years old. It was probably one of the funnest lessons we have had in a while.. they all wanted to participate and answer questions, and they had some really good questions. The only problem is their parents are hardly ever home.. we have only had like 2 lessons with their parents.. Then we talked with Alicia and she still is confused.. I think what she needs is to go to church and just see how it is one time to know that it is so different the feeling in the chapel than in any other place. Lastly we visited Jhony and Karina (we really like going there... if you didn`t notice) and we finished up The Plan of Salvation. Jhony at the beginning told us he wasn`t going to be able to go to church on Sunday.. Hermana Inca and I sat their speechless, because if he didn`t go he wouldn`t be able to be baptized until the 28th.. we explained a little, but I felt we should go on with the lesson instead of trying to explain to him about church first. We finished the lesson and the spirit was really strong. I asked him when we would see their whole family together next, and Jhony said.. don`t worry tomorrow we are all going to be at church. It was such a great feeling when we left their house knowing that we were able to help him make the right decision without forcing him to do it.

Sunday Jhony, Karina, Jhoyka, and Derek were all in the chapel like they promised and we brought Juan with us. They were all good meetings and then after Jhony and Karina had their first interviews for baptism. Later we had lunch with the bishop and his family, we had ward council, and then two short lessons to finish the day up. 

That is my week (finally had time to get every little detail in..) Hope you all have a wonderful week and that you remember always how much I love each and every one of you and am thankful for your prayers and messages that you send my way!

Hermana Imbler

Happy Monday family and friends!! Let me just tell you that this week has been full of miracles and I really am just so happy! So this almost always happens that I don´t have nearly enough time to write, but I will try to pack it all in here quickly!

Monday.. pday and we watched Mulan! It was pretty awesome to see a normal movie after such a long time! We were all dying of laughter like little kids. Later that day we went to visit Alicia.. she still has a lot of doubts and doesn´t undertand the whole don´t worship idols thing.. we´re working on that one..

Tuesday we had a lesson with Juan.. he pretty much teaches himself when we are there.. he´s an older man but understands literally everything that we teach him. He´s only lacking the part of going to church on Sunday.. we´re praying this week he will finally go. Then we talked with a sweet old lady Liduina... she has trouble understanding concepts so we have to work slow with her.. but we will see how things go. Later we talked with Bertha and Candy.. they have been investigators for about a million years now.. ok like 3 months, but they just don´t want to follow through with their assignments and they still haven´t come to church so we are thinking we might have to drop them for a while. That night we had a FANTASTIC lesson with Karina and her ¨husband¨ Jhony. We taught the restoration and at the end of the lesson we talked to them about marriage.. they accepted and if all goes well with bringing their birth certificates from the jungle they will be getting married June 19th (my one year mark). They are so prepared and my companion and I really feel so lucky!

Wednesday we had some good lessons, but it was a little slower. We are teaching a family but only the two daughters who are 12 and 10 are excited to go to church and listen to us.. we still only know their aunt and uncle.. their dad is pretty hard to find.. but we´ll see how that works out. Later we talked with Aida.. the new convert that we baptized when we first arrived.. she is now 2nd counselor in the relief society and doing great!! 

Thursday was slow again because of weekly planning, but we did talk with Juan again and he said he would go to church.. although he didn´t show up with the member that went to pick him up.. darn! That night we had another lesson with Jhony and Karina and talked about keeping the Sabbath day holy. Jhony usually works Sundays but he said he would do all he could to be at church. 

Friday we started practicing for the musical number we will be doing for Elder Oaks when he comes the next week. I am super excited to be accompanying my zone on the piano. At first we started out really quiet but after some encouraging words and a short story I told we were able to sing with more power. I´m super excited!!! Later we had some good lessons with investigators, but the most special was the last. Cecilia is progressing so much.. she still hasn´t been able to make it to church but she has so many desires to keep learning. She said since we have been teaching her that she isn´t afraid of things anymore like she was before.. and she told us that she wanted to make reading the Book of Mormon a daily habit.. we are praying lots for her.

Saturday was a day like I remember in my old zone.. 8 lessons!! Almost all of them were with less active members but we finished off speaking with Karina and Jhony one more time before Sunday. We talked about the Book of Mormon and Jhony accepted a baptismal date.. Now if everything goes as planned their wedding will be the 19th and their baptism the 21st of June. We are SO EXCITED!! I feel so blessed to have met them and be able to teach them!

Sunday.. Karina, Jhony and their two kids Jhoyka and Jhony Jr.. came to church!!! That was really the highlight of the day.. and the week. To see them all together at church. Now we are just praying, praying, praying for their birth certificates to come. 

That´s all for the week! Hope you all have a wonderful week and remember how much I love you all!! Take care!

Hermana Imbler

(p.s. here is a picture of me, my daughter (hna callejas), and her daughter (my granddaughter Hna. Juhl from Michigan.. I´m a grandma!! Haha)

Hayley trained Hermana Callejas, now Hermana Callejas is training a new Hermana.

Attachments area