So for quite some time, the work has been a little slow here. A lot of people haven´t wanted to listen to us, or they pretend they do but give us a false address, or they just avoid us completely...However, we have been teaching a couple people that truly are INCREDIBLE. Belén went on vacation, but this other man, Damián, we´ve been meeting up with pretty frequently. He´s a friend of a member who recently has come back to the church, and he has gone through some rough stuff in his lifetime. He came to church the first week we started teaching him, and he has LOVED the meetings, the classes, and especially the activities!! (July 9th is Independence Day, so he came to that activity. Pictures included!!) ((It´s been a crazy week, so WARNING. There´s a lot of photos. (: ))
Okay, so just because I can´t contain the fun surprise any longer, that secret is coming out first! So with Damián, we´ve seen him a lot this last week, but not necessarily to TEACH him. Mostly just with activities and short, little lessons. But we noticed RIGHT off the bat that he has LOTS of questions. Which is GREAT, but we also thought that we might have to push back his baptismal date, just to make sure he´s ready and sure and prepared. Well he shows up to church yesterday and pulls us aside and says, "Hermanas! My baptism is supposed to be this next Saturday, the 19th! We need to figure out details, and I have a few questions. When can we meet up??"
UHHH...Whoa. He seriously has been changing and feeling the desire and want to be baptized! Obviously haha. But we know that we have lots that we needed to teach him and help him with a few commandments...SO...We met up right after church, and we discussed what exactly is will require on his part and our part. We talked about obedience, obedience to the commandments, and we talked about a specific commandment--the Word of Wisdom. He listened intently the whole time, understanding, and as we invited him to live the commandment, he paused for a sec...He nods his head, and looks at us. "Sí, hermanas. Voy a vivirlo." FAH. Sooo we´ll be meeting up with him every day, including this afternoon haha. It is possible that we push his date back one week, but if he truly is willing and working towards this date...Okay. Me and Hermana Crawford are ready and willing to do OUR part. So keep us in your prayers! :P
This week we also found a couple of FAMILIES!! (Finallyyyy), and WOW. They are WAY cool. One woman we talked to in the street, and she let us right on in, and she woke up for kids so that we could all meet each other, and we talked about finding answers and the first lesson. We´re heading back this week. (: We´re stoked!
Alrightyyy so this week has also been the last couple of games of the World Cup, annnd it just so happened to work out that Argentina went to the FINALS!! Man, all week I was just thinking, "Dang. Imagine if while I was in the mission the Seahawks won the Superbowl AND Argentina won the World Cup!!" So siiiick. :D BUT...Yesterday were the finals, and Argentina played against Germany. Germany, who kicked some Brazilian butt. (No worries family, we weren´t allowed to leave the apartment after 3 o´clock, due to the game and the crazy people. (: )...Sooo Argentina lost. ): Sad day. But it was cool anyways. :D
SHOUT OUT!!! To my INCREDIBLE siblings, whom I love and miss a TON.
July 11th: TRISTA! Feliz cumpleee! Te quiero y extraño a FUL! 30 years old, right?? (; DANG. I love you. :D Just last night me and my comp were talking about the last birthday you and I had together, going to I-Fly, massages, etc...Ahhh. (: I love you, Trista!
July 13th: Ayer! CHRISTIAN!!! **Sigh** You´ve no idea, Christian. I love you to DEATH! And I hope you´ve enjoyed your birthday!! 28?! If I´m wrong, someone please tell me. :P
July 16th: RYAN WEST LYBBERT...I swear, ever since they shipped me off on that plane to the MTC in Utah you up and disappeared haha. But I hope you love and enjoy your feliz cumpleaños, West. (: I love and miss you WAY too much.
Alrighty, time for photos...
-So since we aren´t allowed to drink mate as missionaries, I´ve gained the love for mate cocido! Annnd I figured I was tired of buying lots of little boxes of random types of mate cocido. So I found my favorite brand, Taragüi, and I bought a giant box. (: It should last me the rest of my mission hahaha.
-I got the letter from Mom! Ha, "letter" (; A paper reminding me to update ym driver´s license, a birthday card from the Relief Society, a note from my mom, and two orange tea packets! It was called Wild Sweet Citrus or something...Annnd me and my comp enjoyed them. (:
-9 de julio! Independence day! The guy that looks almost balding on the left is Damián. (:
-Of course, the activity consists of: ...Folklore dancing.
-Marbles competitions
-The damas (women) winning, and a girl writing "winer" for us WINNERS. (;
-Hopskotch competitions!
-The game with the yellow ball and mop and such? It´s called El Pato. The duck. I have no idea. (:
-We had a mini conference with the new mission president and wife! (: Pste. Goates and Hermana Goates. (:
-One of my favorite lunches! Well, this was the dessert (more like 50 desserts!)
-Enjoying the desserts. (:
-Hermano Julián! He lives alone, but he LOVES the missionaries. So he always invites us with another couple of members, so that we can enter his house. (:
-The other couple of members, Debra y Ana. (: I love them to DEATH haha.
-Me and my comp and the desserts!
-A cat that was rescued, annnd we couldn´t keep it of course. So we gave it to a member. (:
-So I´m sorry if you don´t understand this sign on the door. Basically it was one of the people we WERE teaching. The other day we went by, and we found this... ): A little sad, but...**Shrug** We did our part.
-Hermano Julián loves the sister missionaries. The photo of that wall shows a pictures of ALL the sister missionaries that have served here!! Hahaha.
-I dno...I liked our colors.
-TACOS. Real tacos. I definitely miss real Mexican food.
-Our zone! (:
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