This
week wasn't quite as amazing as last week, unfortunately. We got stuck
several times because we wanted to work on the other side of our area,
the closed side, but the members that we asked to go with us either
couldn't go last minute, or couldn't stay very long, but we managed to
at least visit Aliny and family pretty consistently. In other news, we
had a surprise zone conference this week, and we have surprise
interviews tomorrow, so it's been kind of crazy. Also, we hiked to
the most beautiful place on earth today and I can't wait to tell you all
about it! But first, the people.
Aliny - She's awesome, as
always. Was supposed to be baptized yesterday, but she's still
struggling with smoking. Or she was, until Saturday, but we set a new
goal so that she can be baptized this Saturday. Her body really isn't
taking it that well, but she received a priesthood blessing yesterday,
and she has lots of support.
Sara is working on giving up
smoking as well. Still unsure about baptism, but she's reading the book
of Mormon, and planning to come to all of the activities! Also, she made
sure we helped her give a donation yesterday because she really
wants to help.
Wanderley! It's hard to tell where he stands
because he takes 10 minutes to answer a yes or no question, ;) but he
also absolutely loves coming to church and the activities! Also, I
challenged him to read the Book of Mormon before the end of the transfer
(30 days, which is about 8 chapters a day--it's possible!) because he
was getting super hung up on the details (he thinks too much. Know a
couple people like that!) and he accepted! Was actually so excited that
he took out his bookmark and said he's gonna start from the beginning. Also, we challenged him to stop drinking coffee, and he has been
proudly reporting every single day that "this is the X day without
coffee!" He's adorable. And in case you're wondering, he's 37
and a professor of philosophy, not 10, but idk, sometimes I wonder haha.
Angelita.
I know I've mentioned her family, we don't usually spend much time with
her. But yesterday she asked us to come over and study the scriptures
with her two 11 year old grandsons. Well, not study. She wanted us to
help them get excited about the scriptures. So we went
over and just had an awesome experience reading the Book of Mormon, and
discussing how we can teach/learn something from any verse (I used a
fortune teller to pick scrips at random). I wrote a lot more about it in
my journal, but you'll have to wait until I can send pics.
Some
unfortunate things: Rita is struggling a little right now because
Rodrigo ran away (again) with her TV and also stole a member's bus card,
which also means he fell back into his drug addiction. Thankfully we
have an awesome Bishop who is taking care of that. We were also
prohibited from teaching Ivan, because he apparently has a lot more
problems than we thought, but he's still coming to church. We also
weren't able to visit a couple of people, because of time constraints
and lack of members, but I think we'll do better this week!
AAAAAnd
then there's the Convento! It's an old catholic church that was built
literally on top of a very green hill right on the edge of the bay.
Whatever you're imagining, it's even more beautiful and more
breathtaking. We had an embarrassing situation with a lost nametag that
the police had to get involved in fishing it out of the post (my lovely
companion was taking a picture--without holding onto it--on top of an
open sign post) but other than that, it was an awesome trip!! Between
the 4 of us, I think we have hundreds of photos, plus a couple videos,
and I was super duper duper excited to finally be able to show you all
what kind of beauty I live in, but unfortunately that's gonna have to
wait. Sorry!!
Ok I spent way longer than I wanted to on this, and didn't get to everything, but I have journal pages and pictures to come!
Love you all!
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