I love Barrio 6 and it was super hard to leave. It really is amazing to me how fast and how much I can come to love the people here. Yesterday we visited some of my favorite people... and literally ate 5 different times yesterday. I was about ready to throw up. haha There goes my diet for the whole transfer :)
Well here is some great
news!!!!! "M". . Ok we have been working with her since I arrived in
B6 just about 6 months ago.. She wants to get baptized so badly, like
she has the most desire out of anyone I´ve ever seen- but couldn´t
because of some situations. Anyway we´ve been working on that for 6
months- we had to teach her a lot about the Lord´s timing and truly
accepting his will in our lives. We were there when she broke down in
tears because she couldn´t get baptized. My heart is completely and
totally with her and I have grown and learned so much as I´ve watched
her learn and grow. She is such an example to me and I love her so
much. Well anyway on Friday she calls ecstatic and tells me that she is
ready to get baptized... that the situation is resolved and she can now
get baptized. Oh my gosh, 6 months of teaching and waiting and
comforting and relying on the Lord... and she is getting baptized the
week I leave. I guess I needed to apply all those lessons we taught
about accepting the Lord´s timing! :) I´m sooo happy for her. I know
that this is truly the desire of her heart, to be baptized, and I know
that she will be blessed for the rest of her life for this decision! :)
So sad that I won´t be there.... haha
Also... so
there is a recent convert named "E" and when I first got to B6 he
was super solid, wanted to go on a mission, was sharing his testimony
with everyone. He then kind of fell off the end of the earth and
wouldn´t meet with us or anything. It was super sad to see the change in
his life. Well about 2 weeks ago we stopped by and were able to get
in... and we had a super straightforward lesson... I basically just told
him the potential I had seen in him and how it was so sad to see him
blowing that away. It was a super straightforward lesson but it actually
got to him. So this week we had a lesson with him and his friend,
and I got to see a glimpse of the old "E" again. He was more humble
and was bearing a simple testimony. Yesterday they both came to church.
:) He is turning around and it is a miracle to see it.
Ok well 3 funny moments for the week:
Ok well 3 funny moments for the week:
-we
were contacting an elderly lady.... she was a little deaf and thought
we were asking where the church was- so she started giving us directions
to the temple... hahaha thanks...
-we were eating with a
member and her little girl turns to us and told us ´man, your life is
such a pity´... hahaha because we only have one free day a week... we
spent a good chunk of time persuading her that it is the best
-and I definitely ate a liver sandwich this week and wanted to throw up. haha
Well love you lots! Have a great week!
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