This week was pretty normal for us. It was "Santa Rosa
day" on Tuesday so everyone was worshipping their idols.... It was fun to
try and preach about the 10 commandments that day!!! :)
We had two miracles happen..
First off, This one
is a little sad. We have this family that we've been teaching for a while. It's
Alberto and Natali. She's a member and he's not but he goes to church every
week and she follows him. Sadly, they aren't married and Natali has to get
divorced but her ex is in prison. We taught The Family: A Proclamation for the
World to him yesterday and he looked me straight in the eye and almost crying
said, "What do I have to do to be baptized." We told him that he had
to get married and to live in the way that the Proclamation says. He said that
that would be difficult because it could take YEARS for the ex to get out. We
scheduled an appointment for him to meet with our district leader and we'll see
what happens. It's so sad for me to see someone who is so ready to be baptized
but can't. We are working with him and I hope that he can get baptized soon!!
Second, Vilma and Martin are super strong. We were meeting with
them this past week when we heard one of Vilma's sons yell "Mom
FIRE!!!!" We all go sprinting into the other side of the house (where the
grandma lives) to see her living room in flames. We dumped water on everything
and looked at the damage. Guess what started the fire? The saints that the
grandma has. Apparently she had put some candles around her saints for Santa
Rosa and one fell over and started the fire. The grandma came home and looked
at the mess and said, "Creo que estoy portando mal." (I think I’m
being mean, or being rude.) (It's a rough translation...) It was a miracle
because she has truly been rude to Vilma and Martin! She kicked them out of
their house!
We worked hard and found some new families to teach! I hope
that they will progress. Next week is transfers so that will be interesting!!Well,
I love you all!!! Have a great week!!!!!! :D