So we started out Easter with m&m pancakes... (thank you mom for the
m&ms and the Easter chocolate... kind of against our diet but we
ate it anyway ;)) :) and we had a wonderful day of Church- investigators
came, some random people from the street showed up, just wonderful.
Actually there is a story with that.
So I was in Relief Society (Sacrament is last, Relief Society is
first here)... and I decided to sit by someone I didn´t know (which is
basically everyone here.. :) but I chose well... the member next to her
asked if I could translate the meeting into English for her, so I start
talking to her--it is her first time in church and she just decided to
come in to see what we believe. :) Awesome!!! So the meeting starts and
I am translating. (which, sidenote, is a lot more complicated than you
would think, because they say something and then you translate, but as
you are talking they are still talking- so you have to talk and listen
and switch languages all at the same time. haha) But it actually was
really fun, and it just took a bit to get into the groove of all the
multitasking. So the meeting was great, the spirit was strong, all went
well. At the end of the meeting I turned and started talking to someone
else, and when I turned back around the lady that I had translated for
was speaking Spanish to someone. Say what?! haha I was like, ´Wait, you
speak Spanish´... haha ´I just wanted to make sure I was understanding
everything´... hahaha funny, funny, She´s not actually in our area, but
we passed off the reference. :)
On Tuesday we got to go to "T"'s sealing!!!! It was so
beautiful! Let me tell you a little about "T"... so she is just the
cutest member in Las Palmas and I love her to death. So about the same
time that Maddie got engaged, "T" got engaged... and all my sisterly
excitement about a wedding was poured out on her. haha It was often
the joke that I was more excited for her wedding that she was! So she
always would help us with English classes and I would help her plan her
wedding. :) fun fun fun, and so even though I´m going to miss TWO
WEDDINGS!!!!!!!!!!!! (shout out to NICK and MARCI who just got
engaged!!!)... I got to go to the sealing and be a part of one wedding
at least! :) It was incredible, and the spirit was soooooo strong! I am
so happy for them!!! :)
Alrighty la obra misional!
"E"- We have had a
few things set up with him and he has failed us a few times... (kind of
understandable because he is 16 and it was basically a party week this
week)... but there was one day that he called us... we pick up, a little
confused, hoping everything is ok... and he said ´Hey... do you have
time to meet today?´and just set up his own appointment. :) Great
spiritual lesson!!! He really has so much desire... just a typical 16
year old boy!
"A"- So we are visiting this family, the mom and children are
members and the dad is just a little hard hearted. He has learned about
every church and his beliefs are kind of a compilation of everything.
He has a hard time with the concept of faith. So most times our lessons
are us attempting to bring the spirit and him giving us hypothetical
situations.... fun. But we went over this week to have an FHE and the
lesson started out fine- scriptures, testimonies... but it was just the
same old, same old... and then the wife bears this amazing testimony
that completely changed the course of the lesson. She just kind of
called him out for having a hard heart ´we have 3 living beautiful
children. Our daughter was cured from bone cancer... What more miracles
do you want. Our life is a miracle. What more do you want´... man oh man
the spirit was soooo strong... and his attitude changed. He started
listening to us... it was incredible. The power of a testimony! :)
And the weekly update of my street stories: :)
-So there
is this older Spanish lady waiting for the bus who was holding a big
potted flower. So I sit down next to her and comment on how I like her
flower... :) and she just went on and on about this flower and I was
just nodding and smiling... and then she was like, you know what I´ll
give you a branch and you can grow your own plant too... ´Umm, no I´m
ok...´ ´no really.... here´and she rips off a whole branch of her flower
and hands it to me... ´ummm thanks...´ and then she proceeds to tell me
all the steps I need to take to grow it. Then we moved into the
conversation about the temple gardens... and the temple... and the
gospel. :)
-To some it is fascinating that we speak English... so we were
talking to this guy and he wanted to practice his English.. He asked us
´do you like futball?´... ´ummm yeah sure´.... ´or do you prefer to
dance´and right after he said this he broke into this intricate Spanish
dance step (like Flamanco style), ending with a clap and everything...
´hahahaha Yeah we love futball, we just love it so much´.... we are
soooo awkward.
-We were leaving the chapel from a lesson and found two men
standing looking up at the temple... so we stop and start talking to
them. They had come just to see the temple. Awesome. We´re thinking it
is this big miracle as we start to give a temple tour. haha Well turns
out they are very, very Athiest and kind of just wanted to argue. Wow
it was just an adventure...It is sad when people don´t recognize what
Christ did for them and what we can become through Christ.
I was thinking about that a lot due to the fact that it is Easter
and all, and I am just really grateful for the Atonement and for the
mercy of God that we can return back to his presence because of what
Christ did for us. I will always ´Stand all amazed´. It makes all the
difference to be completely focused on Christ during the Easter Season. I
loved it!
Also "A" (from Las Palmas) is getting baptized this week! :) He is my miracle story and I´m soooo happy for him!!! :)
Well I love life and hope you all do too!! Love you lots!
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