I am so sorry to hear about the loss of Grandpa. President Woodbury visited with me and told me that Dad had called in that morning and he gave me a blessing and everything. Earlier this week I was super stomach sick and so we had to stay in side but on one of the mornings we had to run up to the mission office and we were talking with one of the senior missionaries who is a nurse and she could just tell I wasn't feeling well. I honestly felt so sick, but later that day was when dad called into the office. President and this senior missionary were talking and he had already felt the impression that he had to go down to our building today and then when she told him that I wasn't feeling too well it just made everything clear. But he came down there and he gave me a blessing which really helped. I have so much peace about grandpa passing away though like I thought it would have made me sad or something but just the knowledge that we have it is like nothing has even changed. There is no doubt in my mind that we are going to see him again!!
We had a pretty crazy week though just because there was no time to work being sick and everything but it was truly amazing! So Karina was baptized on Saturday with another hermana named Irais! Elder Perez baptized Karina and then I got to confirm her! It was such a cool experience because that was the first time I have ever done that! The spirit was so strong at the baptism because she has the strongest faith and she has battled for so long to get to this point and she finally got there!! She is one of my favorite people I have ever met and she is the best example to me! Their family is just so humble and loving and I love every minute that I get to be with them! She was telling us her testimony after though and she was like I have been waiting for this for years and finally the right people came along and let me have every blessing of it! It was so powerful! Now we are working with her son Axel! He is like my little brother because we are into so many of the same things!! We are teaching him now and he said that he is the next one to be baptized! He acts just like our group of friends back in the day! (I feel sorry for him ;) just kidding hahaha).
But last week we went to a funeral too and we got to be the pallbarers or how ever you say that and we all took a picture. It was of a part member family so the first service was at our church and the second was at the Catholic church. I was laughing so hard because I lost those little white gloves though and we were all driving and I was just freaking out like I am done for! I was thinking nope you guys are left alone but in the end we got some more, I left them outside of the church hahaha. The funny but sad part was though that there was a less active/ active member there at the misa at the catholic church and he gets up there and is helping the priest and lead the congregation at the very beginning and we were just giggling because the other missionaries have worked so hard with him but he just didn't understand!
Anyways, I feel like I am learning so much out here and I am just loving it! It is so hard because there is so little time and so much to work on and do so its overwhelming at times but I wouldnt change it for the world! I love you so so so so much Mom! Have a great day and always remember to be happy!
Sea feliz, Sea Mormon
Elder Garrett Eichers
Illinois Chicago Mission
Fourth Ward pictures that I just got:
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| Elder Eichers is pretty funny... |
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