Long week. But good week. Last Monday we went and played a game called
Paddle Ball that we super fun and I loved it so much :) it was like
tennis but you could play of the walls. It was so fun :) It was super
fun then as we were walking back to the train station to go home it
started pouring down rain and so we sprinted so the station and by the
time we got there we were soaking wet. When we got there we saw that
Elder Smithsons peanut butter burst open in his bag and got all over
his iPad. It was really funny but I was trying so hard not to laugh
because there was a think layer of peanut butter surrounding his iPad.
He was almost crying because he is so obsessed with it. But it didn't
break so it worked out and he got it all cleaned up and it works now.
I thought it was karma because he always made fun of me for not having
an iPad.
Another weird experience was that we were at the bus station waiting
to go home after district meeting and as we were waiting this drunk
Brazilian lady started talking to us asking us all of these questions
about our life's and then in the end she invited us to come to her
house but I think she wanted a little more then the gospel so we
turned the offer down. It was awkward. She would stop flirting with
us.
Also I got really sick this week for a couple days and slept for 18
hours straight! Crazy.
Alina the member from Russia who has been going threw a hard time
because her husband is not a member and is anti-mormon so it's really
hard for her so we gave her a blessing of comfort to help her in this
hard time the spirit was so strong in the blessing it was amazing. It
so cool that her native language is Russian and ours English but we
are speaking Spanish to each other and the gospel is STILL the same
and the spirit is STILL there. So great.
Sunday was an amazing day! The British lady that we found with our
obedience story randomly came to church today! It was miraculous! Then
after we had a great lesson with her and Belin (one of the only
members) came! Belin served her mission in England so it was so
perfect. They hit it off so well and Luise (the lady) teaches English
here and so does Belin so they were able to talk about that and
England and it was so great. Luise is here alone and we came to find
out during the lesson that she has been really lonely here and doesn't
have a lot of friends and so it was so great for her to meet Belin
because they are perfect for each other. Plus Belin needs some friends
too so it's a win win plus another win for bring the gospel to Luise.
After church we were able to have a lesson about the restoration and
it was amazing. She had been to church in before because from when she
was 6 to 11 her family actively went to church but never talked to the
missionaries or were baptized. She has also read a bunch of the Book
of Mormon. It was such a great lesson. It went like this. Luise do you
believe we need a prophet? Yes. Do you believe Joseph Smith was a
prophet called by God? Yes. Do you believe the Book of Mormon the be
the word of God? Yes. Do you believe Joseph Smith restored Gods
authority and that we have it today? Yes. With you be baptized by
someone who holds this authority? Yes. 😭 it was just a miracle to
find someone so prepared. Gods real! She needs the gospel so bad in
her life right now. In the closing prayer she asked God to help and to
bless her in her life right now because she is really lonely and going
threw a hard time. She also thanked God for sending such amazing
people to help her. I have never had someone do that for me I just
felt Gods love so strongly in that moment it was remarkable. It was
unreal.
Then Sunday afternoon we started working and then we were walking
threw gypsyville and we walked past some people smoking weed and all
of the sudden Elder Smithson couldn't breath and then got really light
headed and almost pasted out so we had to go to a bench and sat there
for 20 mins because he couldn't stand up at all and got a really bad
headache so we had to come back to piso so he could recover and take
some pills. But he is alive now but it was really scary.
I love all you guys and I love all of your emails and letters and
appreciate all of them! Please send more they really help me and I
love them :)
Paddle Ball that we super fun and I loved it so much :) it was like
tennis but you could play of the walls. It was so fun :) It was super
fun then as we were walking back to the train station to go home it
started pouring down rain and so we sprinted so the station and by the
time we got there we were soaking wet. When we got there we saw that
Elder Smithsons peanut butter burst open in his bag and got all over
his iPad. It was really funny but I was trying so hard not to laugh
because there was a think layer of peanut butter surrounding his iPad.
He was almost crying because he is so obsessed with it. But it didn't
break so it worked out and he got it all cleaned up and it works now.
I thought it was karma because he always made fun of me for not having
an iPad.
Another weird experience was that we were at the bus station waiting
to go home after district meeting and as we were waiting this drunk
Brazilian lady started talking to us asking us all of these questions
about our life's and then in the end she invited us to come to her
house but I think she wanted a little more then the gospel so we
turned the offer down. It was awkward. She would stop flirting with
us.
Also I got really sick this week for a couple days and slept for 18
hours straight! Crazy.
Alina the member from Russia who has been going threw a hard time
because her husband is not a member and is anti-mormon so it's really
hard for her so we gave her a blessing of comfort to help her in this
hard time the spirit was so strong in the blessing it was amazing. It
so cool that her native language is Russian and ours English but we
are speaking Spanish to each other and the gospel is STILL the same
and the spirit is STILL there. So great.
Sunday was an amazing day! The British lady that we found with our
obedience story randomly came to church today! It was miraculous! Then
after we had a great lesson with her and Belin (one of the only
members) came! Belin served her mission in England so it was so
perfect. They hit it off so well and Luise (the lady) teaches English
here and so does Belin so they were able to talk about that and
England and it was so great. Luise is here alone and we came to find
out during the lesson that she has been really lonely here and doesn't
have a lot of friends and so it was so great for her to meet Belin
because they are perfect for each other. Plus Belin needs some friends
too so it's a win win plus another win for bring the gospel to Luise.
After church we were able to have a lesson about the restoration and
it was amazing. She had been to church in before because from when she
was 6 to 11 her family actively went to church but never talked to the
missionaries or were baptized. She has also read a bunch of the Book
of Mormon. It was such a great lesson. It went like this. Luise do you
believe we need a prophet? Yes. Do you believe Joseph Smith was a
prophet called by God? Yes. Do you believe the Book of Mormon the be
the word of God? Yes. Do you believe Joseph Smith restored Gods
authority and that we have it today? Yes. With you be baptized by
someone who holds this authority? Yes. 😭 it was just a miracle to
find someone so prepared. Gods real! She needs the gospel so bad in
her life right now. In the closing prayer she asked God to help and to
bless her in her life right now because she is really lonely and going
threw a hard time. She also thanked God for sending such amazing
people to help her. I have never had someone do that for me I just
felt Gods love so strongly in that moment it was remarkable. It was
unreal.
Then Sunday afternoon we started working and then we were walking
threw gypsyville and we walked past some people smoking weed and all
of the sudden Elder Smithson couldn't breath and then got really light
headed and almost pasted out so we had to go to a bench and sat there
for 20 mins because he couldn't stand up at all and got a really bad
headache so we had to come back to piso so he could recover and take
some pills. But he is alive now but it was really scary.
I love all you guys and I love all of your emails and letters and
appreciate all of them! Please send more they really help me and I
love them :)