Hola Familia!
Have you ever carried a 60 pound block of carrots on your
head for 10 blocks to be able to offer service to a couple of little Guatemalan
grandmas? I have. Yesterday.
And my whole entire body hurts today.
But guess what? For the first time since I was in Villa
Hermosa I didn't have changes!!!!!! WHOOHOO!!!!! Hermana C and I are still
together here in P and I will get to finish her training. It is a miracle, people. From what the sister training leaders told
me, I almost had changes but at the last minute no! Whoohoo!!!!
Guess what else? My homie Hermana P is the new sister
training leader for the city and the coast, which means we will get to do
divisions together! I am pretty stoked because Hermana P is the best.
Guess what else??? WE BAPTIZED THIS WEEK. It was a complete miracle that came out of
nowhere but J got baptized last Friday (the 9 year old from the less active
family). He is super cute and was super
excited to be baptized. He got baptized
on his dad´s birthday which is pretty stinking adorable.
It was a complete miracle because there wasn't water in the
church.... Like at all. This happens
sometimes in Guatemala but I really thought it was just a problem for the coast
but we didn't have any water to baptize him. So all of the members were filling
up giant garbage buckets of water and we were going to haul it all to the
church in a giant pickup truck but then the police were telling us that we couldn't
(punks). So we just knelt and said a powerful
prayer and guess what?
WATER STARTED COMING OUT OF THE FAUCET.
Miracles, people.
The baptism was probably the craziest ordeal anyone has ever
seen, but hey!... The kid got baptized and the family was happy. Somehow, we got locked out of the baptismal
font after filling it up... So in the middle of the baptismal service, Elder P
had to throw himself over the glass in order to climb up and open the door so
that little J could enter the font and be baptized. I really think that ministering angels saved
Elder P's life because he more or less just fell into the font nearly knocking
himself unconscious.... But it was all okay so don't worry. Nothing invites the Spirit into a baptism
like almost having to call an ambulance for the elders.
But the highlight of the whole week was the conference that
we had with Elder Anderson. Yup THAT
Elder Anderson... Like the apostle. It
basically blew my mind. We had front row seats. He spoke to us in Spanish which
was quite impressive because he served his mission in France and later served
as a mission president speaking Portuguese so I am not really sure where he
picked Spanish up. He talked a lot about
the power of the atonement in conversion.
I got to shake his hand. THAT IS
RIGHT PEOPLE! THESE STRESS INDUCED PRUNEY FINGERS TOUCHED AN APOSTLE OF
GOD!!! Plus he totally borrowed my
Spanish scriptures for his talk... Oh yeah.
I am totally going to baptize all of P with these things now.
Well, that is about it people. I am doing my best not to get shot here in P...
No se precupe. Just know that I love you
guys and I am praying for you every day!!!
Tell Hermanas Godfrey and Haymond that I say HI!
Love ya
Hermana Wise
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