Wake me up when September Ends

Hey Sister Bustillos, guess that! You get to stay in Mexico!"

woot woot! best phone call of the weekend(: I get to stay in Mexico for another transfer! Gonna make it count since itll be my last one here.

Hey Fam bam!

What a week its been. It was SO dang hot last week. My flats tan line is coming a long very nicely haha. There was a walk back in time festival at one of the parks in mexico that we went to and helped a member show a hand cart he made. Sister Ellertson pulled little kids around and i applauded from the shade. haha jk i walked with her and told storied of pioneers. It was a cool experience. We even got home made rootbeer float ice cream as thank you for helping out #winning!

haha i just had to lean over to sister ellertson and ask "what did we do this week?" thats what kind of week its been. Busy busy! plus im coming down with some kind of cold flu thing that isnt really hitting me but just teasing me and playing with my immune system. Like, go away virus! We got to meet all of our investigators this week which was awesome! 2 baptism dates for October! We also got two amazing new investigators this week! Me and Sister E both agree that we met them in the coolest ways and walked away from the first lessons knowing that God prepared them for us. We are excited to continue to get to know them and help them come closer to christ. 

(okay side note: i think waka flaka just sat by me in the library)

We also had womens conference on Saturday. oh so good! Uchtdorf had me in tears by the end of his talk. Its amazing to know how influential missionaries can be and that if I follow Christ in the work i can become one. It was weird not sitting on the couch in pjs wrapped up in a blanket listening the the messages but there was such a power and spirit about listening as a missionary. Made me a little home sick but that feeling was outweighed by the confirming feeling that i am where i need to be. Carol (RC) was able to come and watch it at the church building too ( she was called to be in the RS presidency!!) and she had the biggest smile on her face the whole time! She would even look back and give us a wink anytime baptism or missionaries where brought up. Shes the best! We all talked about how it was really cool to watch the screen pan across the conference center and see all those seats filled and then to look in our little relief society room and see the chairs filled and then to think about how all over the world there are little towns and foreign countries all gathered together listening to the same thing. Listening the the same authority. The restoration made this possible! is what i kept thinking. I am so excited to watch the rest this weekend. I encourage everyone to watch and prayerfully ask a question before the next few sessions start and then seek out your answer. Some times our questions are hiding in the words of those inspired to speak to us. 

Friday we also celebrated our 6 month mark! We blabbed on and on how it feels like we have barely been out two months and how crazy fast then next 6 months will go. It was cool to think back on the last few months and think about where ive come and the things ive accomplished. It also put it into perspective how much we need to take advantage of the time we have here. We may get to serve the Lord 24/7 for 18 months but our time here will never compare to what the Lord did for us. This work goes beyond 18 months or 2 years. Its a daily effort that i will take with me forever. When it comes time to take the tag off it will truly be written on my heart forever. This work is something i never want to stop doing. Even those days in the heat where no one will talk to us. Those are the days i know that my Father above is cheering me on and helping me carry my heavy book of mormon loaded purse until i get to that "last door on the forth floor". 

I love this work because I love my Father and I love my Savior. They are the reason i put my face to the sun and work. 

Xoxo

Sister Bustillos

pics

bought blankets in 100 degree weather! best decision of my life. Mexican blankets bought in mexico! ( real mexico or not. still amazing!)

Sister Missionary selfies!

Our new 11 foot friend in front of the shed. Obvi october is about to get real fun!

at home pedicures!

If you aren't obedient enough, do you think you love Jesus enough?

OKay, we may be no Kanye West or Taylor Swift but its funny how often people notice us haha. We got the chance to go "hiking" last Monday in columbia which was awesome! and we got to the bottom and we heard a hey! where are you sisters from!? haha its funny how people recognize the tag with out the skirt! Its also cool to be able to just point out the LDS people around. They really do have a light!

Its nuts that this is the last week in the transfer. I'll be getting transfer calls this Saturday letting me know if i get to stay or not. Wherever the Lord needs me! Im happy to go where ever(: last week was busy and we were all over Missouri. So much driving. The funny thing about driving in Missouri is that it doesn't feel like your moving because when you look out the window all you see is corn and bean fields so its the same thing for the whole 2 hours haha. Also another crazy thing about the week was the thunder storm! okay, even the slightest sound of thunder makes me crawl up in a ball and cover my ears so imagine me being woken up 2 in the morning to the biggest crack of thunder! my first thought was "Cover your head we are being bombed!!!" haha the thing about living in a shed and thunder storms is that it not only echoes for an extra 30 seconds but also makes it feel like you're having an earth quake! Sister Ellertson ended up waking up to asking if i was okay. We slept with the lights and music on that night(:

We have been focusing on finding new people to teach the last few weeks and decided to go "spirit tracking". So sister Ellertson looked at the map and picked a street and i agreed on the feeling. We started on the top of the street and knocked getting the same reactions, No. We ended up knocking on this guys door who came out and talked to us for a little and agreed to have us back. He introduced himself at the end and i was like "hold up! I know you! have you met with missionaries before?" He met with missionaries like 3 years ago and i used to always look at his teaching record and want to teach him but we found out he didn't live at the address listed anymore and guess what! We found him tracking on a random street! Who knows how far we will get teaching him but clearly the Lord needed us to continue to "water" that seed that was left from so many years ago. 

On Friday we got to go to st louis for a mission tour. Elder Anderson of the seventy and his wife came to talk to our mission. Such a cool experience! The mood in the room changed when we all stood as he walked in. They had a lot of good advice for us missionaries but all of it was extended beyond just missionary work. It could of simply been applied to being a good lds person! Our mission president pointed out that we are a "covenant congregation". Meaning we all take on the same promises and need to live up to it. The work of salvation isn't just the missionaries job or the bishops job etc but everyone's calling. We shared that in ward council. Elder Anderson and his wife shared such amazing things with us i wish i could just copy and send my study journal to you to read it! Although my notes probably wouldn't make sense haha you'd get the gist of it i guess! One of my favorite things he said though was "If you aren't obedient enough, do you think you love Jesus enough?" BAM! talk about a wake up call! the easiest way we can show our love for Jesus Christ is following his commandments. Its really not easy at times but when we break it down to what Elder  Anderson said "do i love Jesus enough?" Ill be a little sass to Sister Ellertson when she's about to break a rule and say "hey sister ellertson, do you love Jesus enough?" She will usually just give me a big eye roll hahah it gets us thinking though!

well fam bam I'm off to do some farm work! haha seriously though i'm going to go help a member on their farm for pday. Woot! i love it!

love you all so much! thanks for all the love and prayers!!

xoxo

sister bustillos