We´ve seen a lot of miracles this week. And a lot of disappointments.
My Spanish is improving a little bit every day, and Im at about the
level of Spanish as the sister that lives in my pension from Utah as
well, and shes been out for a month more than I have. The Gift of
Tongues really exists.
We extended the
bautismal commitment to 4 people this week. The first was a 16 year old
named Pedro. He said yes! And now we have to set a date. Its complicated
because he has a smoking probem. We are going to approach him about
that during the next lesson. Another is a little 8 year old boy named
Kevin. His family is Less Active, but he goes to church with his Aunt,
who is an active member of the ward. He loves learning through the
lessons, and he is really excited to be baptized! His date is set for
the 15th of August.
And the last two have sort of a sad story. The mother is Marìa and the
daughter is Joselin. To start it off, Joselin is about 20 years old, but
she has limited mental function because of an accident that she had
when she was younger. But she can understand enough to take the
discussions and to be baptized. And Marìa is amazing. The missionaries
were teaching her before I came here, and on her record it literally
says that she cant read. And she cant really. But when we taught this
last week, she told us that she has been trying to read the Book of
Mormon and the pamphlets, and her reading is improving. Enough to the
point that she can understand what she is reading. Its a miracle. We
extended the commitment to Marìa and Joselin and they accepted! They are
going to be baptized on the 15th! But...... the husband of Marìa, Raùl
is a drug addict, and alcoholic. And so is the son. And when they are
under the influence they are physically and emotionally abusive to the
women in the family. Its a really sad situation. Raùl was taking the
discussions too. And every time we talk to him you can see in his eyes
how lost he feels. How he really wants to change. He just doesn´t know
how. They next appointment that we have with the family is going to be
at the church and away from his home. Maybe if we can teach in a
different place he`l feel the spirit even more, and finally find the
strength to change.
Also the weather here
is pretty much perfect all the time, its called The Eternal Spring for a
reason. But sometime it really smells like fish or other things. My
sector is really poor and dirty a lot of the time, but it has the best
people in the world. The people here have so much heart. Also,
everything is sold in bags here. Ketchup, maynaisse (I cant spell that
right now), jam, its weird and messy. And if people are going to keep
giving me gifts whenever I am new I wont have room in my suitcases for
clothing.
That´s a lot of what happened
this week! I love you all so much! Thank you for everything, and I pray
for you all everyday! Have a great week, and remember that we are all
Children of our Heavenly Father. He loves all of us so much.
Love you all,
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