It was a great and busy week full of miracles and funny moments. My last transfer starts next week. This transfer when by in a blink! I realllllllly need responses from my brothers for gift requests. I have the girls covered.
Alright so first updates. Hugo is doing really well. The brothers from the church are stopping by Hugo this week to help him with his land. That will be so nice of them. He is progressing well but his little sister is in the hospital and not doing well so he couldn't come to church on Sunday.
We are teaching a woman named Elizabeth (good name). She is the mother of a member in the branch. She is the sweetest lady. She hasn't been coming to church because she has been sick but this past week she said she will come to church no matter what and she did! She really liked it.
Giovanni CAME to church! He also brought his friend Romario that we teach. Romario really liked church and said he could feel the spirit. Our appointments didn't work with Gio this week so I was really surprised to see him walk in. Everyone was really welcoming. I think most people just thought Gio was an investigator haha.
We got other cool investigators but those are the main ones. The branch has been doing some service projects for Lucille which has been really nice.I went on an exchange with Sister Parker this week and had a great time.
Funny moments. We were teaching this member. He's about 19 and a total punk of a kid. His parents are going to the temple this next month to be sealed so we have been trying and preparing him to go so we've been meeting with him. We had a pretty good lesson with him and he was saying how he wants to change and involve Heavenly Father more in his life. At the end we ask him to say a prayer and we get on our knees. At first it's taking him a while to start. I'm thinking he's emotional or it's hard to start but then he still isn't saying anything. So then I start thinking he's praying in his head so I begin to just wait. All of our heads are bowed and eyes closed on our knees. AFTER a long time he still isn't saying anything. My legs were hurting! Haha. I look at him and he kinda peeks and we make eye contact. Silently I give him the thumbs up like are you done? He looks confused and points to my companions. I then say something. Turns out he didn't know he was supposed to pray and he thought we were meditating or something. He said, "I wondered if we were gonna be here all night!" He went on to say a very non-heartful prayer. That's more like him haha.
We came home one night and there was water everywhere! Turns out in our laundry room there is a bathroom that we never use. I guess there was a leak in the sink and water was going everywhere! We spent the night cleaning up. Pretty funny and thankfully no damages. Missions are always an adventure.
Also breaking news. No more 7 o'clock curfew. Thank goodness! It's a big relief actually and nice to fit in more lessons with our two areas.
Glad to hear everyone is doing well. Thanks for the updates and pictures! Love you all!
Love,
Elizabeth