Changes are coming!!!

well you got that right last week, well day well half of a day before changes!!!! I don't want them!!!!!!!!!!!! but the Lord knows best!!! you know that's how we do things! How the lord wants!!! This week was really great! We have a family, they are AMAZING!!!!!!!! and super ready to have the gospel in their lives! OH MAN!!! I cannot even handle this week!! we had the coolest studies then this family, then my best friend slash comp is going away, I don't know what I am going to do.   One of my best missionary friend's  is the new assistant to the pres!!!!! that's cool!  It has been freezing and raining all week including today, in health we are doing good!!!! that's so awesome!!! that brae made the choir!!! I had some super person revelation this week, its almost time to start having these types of answers to my prayers and I wasn't even asking but i just felt it the other day.  I  have studied my blessing because of Madi and all that and.. well.... your going to die, but I think I am going to study MUSIC!!! I think I am going to be a music teacher. Yeah I said it, it left my fingers, and my mouth more than once this week! crazy stuff huh! nothing for sure! but its a new thought! Wow!!! sounds like you had a good week! Sorry this letter is super out of order and there is not much sense to it I am a little stressed today about changes! haha and there are just lots of little random, things to tell ya! but we are doing really well here and I am happy as ever now wanting it to end!!!! I didn't know grandpa sully had cancer i don't think you ever told me that but please tell him I love him!  I hope you have a great week I love you your in my prayers don't worry about lambs and snow the Lord knows what we need, He tests us but it will all come out on tops! You will do great on your talks this week!!!! don't worry I will give one for you this week here! Love you tons mom thanks for everything! 

su hija mayor y misionera! Hermana Bauer

Wow!!!! what a week eh! Well I cannot even beat your week I don't think... maybe we can hit equal on the scale! man me and hna Carrillo are one fire with our investigators.. they are flying! we went on strike outside of one of our investigators houses to see get the signature from the mom of Jazmin... in fast and everything. the Lord made it very clear it was not her time not for her but for the mom. Something tells me that the time for her baptism is when the mom wants to listen and be baptized as well, because Jazmiin isn't going to stop going to church! She is the coolest little joven ever!!!! she is going to be friends with Brae they are tons a like!!!! Then there is papa don chema and the fam! they are super escogidos! and so ready love love love teaching them!!!! man oh and this week.... welp ya know 4 months... isn't that  much.. I know pres told ya all not to talk about it but me and my comp woke up the other day all freaked out... the way satan works huh... so we started our studies an hour early at seven! NEEDED IT!!!! I am reading in Alma and well read some war strategy!!!  We are just fighting a battle and in this battle we are really learned how to wear our armor like the things you said in your letter! each of these things are part of yours and mine its the armor of God that we need. We have found it in different places it becomes stronger in different experiences but when we come together again we will be to the point of a family so strong that the Lord will be very please with us! He has blessed us so much that I have lost count a long time ago! haha but el señor probara! the time will come for everything! we have seen it happen before and it will happen again!" I love that you had an eye opening week so did I!!! I love you so much dad! you are such an amazing example for me! and for so many of los de mas!!! keep working, growing and moving forward! You are changing lives of so many!!!!! Thanks for all that you do, have a great week! and don't stress to much!!!! I love you have a great week talk to you Monday then you will know about changes! 

Hermana Bauer su hija mayor primera misionera! 

You could say we are seeing miracles

Hello !!! 

How are you all doing snowed in! we are getting some rain here but that's about it!!!!  That's to bad about Aunt Sharon.  I can't even explain to you mom how much my testimony has grown on the plan of salvation in my mission it is amazing. I really hope you and dad are going to the temple because it is one of the biggest responsibilities we have here on the earth and truly one of the closest houses there are to God! 

I am so proud of Chey it is going to change her life, it has sure changed mine!!!! and it will change her fam as well!!! man that's awesome! glad the Stubb's are doing well as well! awe you will do great on your talk! 

Thanks so much I got the package and it was great Hermana Carrillo loved her notes and so did i!!! she uses her bracelet every day mine broke haahh but hers is holdin up!!! 

What a week it has been here!!! I cannot even believe it!!!! WE had a reference from our stake pres a 23 yr old kid that just showed up at the institute building!!! He is awesome!!! His family has one of the most famous taco stands in Central De Monterrey! oh and he was in the church eight years ago said a prayer asked if it was true saw an angel in a dream that said he needed to study and know more before he was baptized so he did and now he feels ready, so he has been looking for a church and found one! The stake center! We had our first lesson with him he is super excited and the rest of his family are super awesome as well their biggest problem is they work Sundays but the kid will changes that fast I have no worries in my mind!!!!  We have one 14 yr old who is like a member but we are going to fast this week and convince her mother to sign her papers to be baptized!!!! She is so ready, she is the bishops neighbor and loves the church!!!!  We also had another person ask us to come bless their house, so we asked to elders to come with us! We went with her she was the mom of an old investigator who turned out to be crazy well its crazy how the Lord works! because she spilled everything accepted baptism told us she drinks but just one beer every night to be able to sleep that's all she needs to change.  The elders blessed the house and we have a lesson with her today! She is super excited and accepted baptism she said she knows its what she has to do!!!!!! Yeah you could say we are seeing miracles and I love my area my comp and this work!!!!!!!! 

Hope you guys have a great week.  Love you so much!!!! talk to you next week! We have changes coming up AAAHH! 

Hermana Bauer 

                                                                    P-day taco run

                                                     Temple day with the Fonseca Family

                                                         
                                                                             Soccer

February 16, 2015

 Sounds like the fam is good! trouble makers skipping out on church! the wind was defiantly your reward! hahaah sounds like fun though! Man it is crazy to think it is going to be March and then we won't have long until we talk again! WEIRD!!!! Yeah last week was nuts! ( the witch) haha but the spirit saves us more than once a day! haha tell Madi congrats and Brae that she needs to follow her example and she will be great this year!! man Bridger he is a handful I am sure, I cannot even imagine him haha his poor teacher! how is his spanish going! You will have to let him know I am looking forward to having my first conversation with him in español. This week Pablo and Melissa were married the son of our recent converts the ones in the pics of the other week!  Lorena helped us do visits it is so cool to have her fresh excited testimony out in the street with us!!! What a strong spirit she has!!! this week not much is new we have a new investigator but her mom has to give her permission to be baptized she is like 15!!! the Lord will find the way!! Well hope you have a great week I sure love you and thanks for all you do! I will use the face wash when I get it and  the package is here I will have it Thursday! Thanks so much mom your the greatest! 

                   Valentines cotton candy! It kind of  tasted like paint and it painted our tounges PINK!!

Condolence

Nathan McBride, an LDS missionary serving in Mexico, died suddenly of a heart attack while playing soccer with community members Friday.

When McBride, 20, collapsed during a break in the game, other players called paramedics and performed CPR, but he was pronounced dead at the hospital. He had just started the second year of his two-year mission.

Tri-City Herald said that McBride’s parents, Robert and Rhonda McBride, were shocked when a church official delivered the news to their home late Friday because his son was healthy and didn’t have any medical conditions. They were told that there was no sign of damage or harm to Nathan’s body.

The family is working with the American Consulate to get McBride’s body home. They are hoping to have the funeral Jan. 24.

McBride was known as a dedicated student who maintained a 3.8 grade-point average and had dreams of becoming an orthopedic surgeon one day. He spent his time volunteering at a local Humane Society, and was an active kid who loved pole vaulting, playing basketball, hiking, and fishing.

“Nathan was serving the Lord as a missionary and he was doing what he was supposed to be doing,” Robert McBride told Tri-City Herald. “And he was happy, he was very happy. He loved what he was doing.”

This is one of my friends from the MTC he was in my district! He was an amazing missionary and helped me a lot in my hard times at the MTC! He always kept me going when I got down on my Spanish! I was taken back when I heard this. I cannot believe it is true. But it is such a blessing to be in the work of the Lord and know exactly where he is. He was an amazing example for us all and will always be an example for me! His big smile and great jokes,the way he could keep everyone happy! He passed onto a bigger work and I am sure he is preaching the gospel right where he is today! It was rough to hear about this and really broke my heart. His family is in my prayers and I would appreciate it if you could add them to yours as well! Thanks for all your support and everything you all do for me!. Each day we have are truly special and important! So keep living strong in the gospel and don't ever give up! Give the Lord your all because He gave us everything! This gospel is amazing and the biggest blessing each and everyone of us could have in our lives! Hold strong to the rod and remember he has a plan for each of us! I love you all 

Hermana Bauer

I love to see the temple

I LOVE TO SEE THE TEMPLE!!!!!! these are some pics of the temple today! loved it!!!!!!!!!!! exactly what I needed! I love my comp she is the greatest!!!! and oh this is our zone they are awesome!!! and Elder Day and Elder Parks!  Elder Parks told me he is related to the cox family in my ward at home and they talk to him about me! SMALL WORLD!!! I love this gospel!! Have a great week and EVERYONE should go to the temple it is the best medicine to any problem, do baptisms or a session.  Its  like going to the house of the Lord and having a good talk with Him personally! Keeps us all going! I love you all! 

Listening to the Spirit

Hello Everyone! 

Okay so here is the story... we were teaching this lady and the sign that is outside her house says shes a fortune teller. Well anyway we prayed a lot about teaching her and felt we needed to! After two lessons we still felt good about it and she was progressing! Well we took Lorena our recent convert to visit her with us! They are backdoor neighbors! The lesson was AMAZING!!!!! Lorena was a powerhouse she blew it away the spirit was so strong they were both crying it was just amazing and then we put a baptism date!!!! and Maria Elena accepted and told us she was willing to quit smoking right there she wanted to go to the activities and church and wanted to be baptized in less than a month! WE WERE FLYING HIGH ON THE SPIRIT!!! Well the next day we were in divisions I was n Los Elizondo helping Hermana Calderon! (she is training and her daughter had a breakdown in the morning and we had a huge flash back talk of why we are all here our stories and what is our purpose! I think it helped us all! Hermana Rodriguez is amazing and spent the day in Las Puentes with Hermana Carrillo) so these two passed by and said she would not open the door Hermana Carrillo peaked in and she was doing something weird! Well they felt really gross and that they needed to leave so they went! The next day I returned home to Las Puentes!! We passed by to remind her about church on Sunday! They turned up their music really loud and would not open the door I didn't feel that great even on her porch, so we left a note on the gate and off we went! Sunday night we were looking for a direction and it was near her house (oh they didn't go to church) so we were just  walking down the street and all of the sudden I was like is that the Book of Mormon, my comp said YES! it was crumpled and hanging from her gate! We ran over grab it and to see what happened! she had her door FULL of post its! saying I hate Mormons, leave to die in peace, don't come back. anti Mormon, leave me alone, I wont be baptized, don't come back, and the biggest one I AM A WITCH!!!! we didn't know what we were playing with but we felt terrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! man i cannot even explain it was like the air was so heavy you didn't want to breathe it! we ran off.  I  needed a blessing for health (yeah got a nasty cough we don't want bronchitis like last year haha) so it was already in our plans to meet up with the elders! When we found them I had my blessing and we told them! They told us to throw away the Book of Mormon! Things have happened before in the mish with like cursed objects and stuff so well of course I was the one with it in my hand! hahah we went to a park and threw it away and then.. well yeah everything was good and we have to write to future missionaries to NEVER enter that house again! I really gained a testimony of how protected and blessed we are by the Lord and His love for each of his children, even if she does the things she does he wanted her to have the opportunity to learn! He sent us there! We entered that house under fervent prayer and received our answer! This is a great example of our right to choose we each have the opportunity to choose right from wrong! sometimes its hard and maybe its not playing with spirits and doing witch craft, but each and every choice we make will change our lives so look for the ones that will change it for the better!  A lot of other crazy stuff happened this week, I sure learned a lot! I am so thankful to be here on the mission and to have the opportunity to teach others of this amazing gospel! I have really seen a lot of changes in myself as well! The ability to listen and feel the spirit is something we have to strive for and practice! I also had an amazing experience with Hermanan Henao this week in Felipe!!!! DIVISIONS! we felt we needed to visit a menos activa! and Hermana Henao had not met her yet! We went and knocked the door she answered but was so tired! She told us sorry about the mess and that I was sleeping I just got home from helping my mom. She is a young mother! she told us her dad passed away Thursday! We had NOTHING planned to teach her just felt we needed to pass. So we listened and listened about her father and how it is hard for them but they know he is where he needs to be now! Listening we were looking for a scripture to share at the same time we opened up to Ether 12!!! I thought no... that is not what we need to share then I glanced at the scriptures of my comp.. she had the same page and pointed to verse 4! we invited her to read it and she began bawling... she expressed to us her feeling of this scripture and that it is the favorite of her father!!!!! We were completely led by the spirit! It was amazing and an answer to this sisters prayers! THIS IS WHY I LOVE THIS WORK!!!!  Working  in the hands of our Lord and he changes lives! We just have the opportunity to watch it happen!!!! I love you all and hope you have a great Valentines Day and week! Your all the greatest, thanks for your prayers and love! 

Hermana Bauer! 

"Grandma Legs"

mother dearest,

so remember how you told me my health was better.. I have something to tell you. haha I have been starting to get varicose veins and spider veins in the upper part of my thighs. Yes those things that grandmas get. Im super happy about it... hah. they are from walking so much and standing for long periods of time. There is not much you can do for them except wear the compression socks. I was thinkin about how you are going to send that package and Hermana Swapp told me you could send in in the next couple of days to her house and her friends can bring it down in two weeks when they come. So you could send me some of the sock things. She said a really good brand is jobst. But you can find the best ones you think. she says they are expensive, but its something important so... better to pay for the health I am hoping for haha. Dont worry too much they ache a bit and look weird not loving that part hahaha.  I am going to start elevating my legs when I study the whole nine yards! My legs just are the best of luck aren't they" haha well anyways I would really appreciate it if you could buy these tomorrow and get the package sent off.