Hey Everyone!
Its been an awesome/crazy couple of weeks haha, can't wait to talk about it.
So first, we had Christmas Eve, which was definitely different than we do in the States at home. Since it's kinda dangerous on the streets at night because of all the fireworks and explosions, we spent the night in the pension, and made ¨Coke-Floats¨ since they don’t have root beet here haha.
Christmas was good, and skype was really awesome, and it was a great refresher. We got a phone call from Hermana Milani in the ward that ¨Papa Noel¨ came to their house and left something for us there. When we got there she had made us a BUNCH of food, and a huge cake, just for the two of us! It was such a blessing, and yes, I think that woman will soon be translated hahaha.
This week, we got to also clean the baptismal font. Since the drain doesn’t work, we got to do it all by hand, using buckets and dumping the water in the toilets haha. It took forever, but it was actually really fun, and we get to do it again today, with twice as much water hahaha.
This week, we witnessed another miracle with my favorite person on this planet, Barbosa. Last Sunday, we had 5 investigators at Church, including Barbosa, and a member had driven him to church. We were so grateful for all of the investigators at church, and it really was a miracle. However, after sacrament meeting, Barbosa started shaking because he was in pain, and it absolutely terrified me, and I've had a hard time getting it out of my mind. It was one of the saddest things that I have ever seen.
Fast forward a few days, and we are sitting in Barbosa´s house, and he tells us that no matter what, he is going to walk to church. Barbosa lives far from the church, and he can barely walk 100 ft without stopping to rest. We explained that the members of the church would be more than happy to take him, but he stopped us, and said that through God´s strength, he could do it. We gave him a blessing on Saturday, and on Sunday, HE WALKED ALL THE WAY WITHOUT RESTING! It truly was a miracle, and when he left, I just stood and watched him walk away, slowly, but oh so faithfully. It was absolutely amazing.
Finally, on Saturday we had a baptism! It was for Juan Vera, who is 9, and we are working to reactivate their family. The entire family came, and the Dad got to do the ordinance. A ton of people came, and they were so well supported. Also, the grandmother came (who isn’t a member) and told us she felt something deep inside her chest when he was baptized, and we are planning on referring her to the missionaries in her area! The next day, the entire family came (something that simply does not happen) and they stayed for all three hours, participated, volunteered for things, etc. It was such a miracle, and when we conferred the Holy Ghost to Juan, the Spirit was so incredibly strong, it was amazing. It truly has been a week of miracles.
Funny:
So since it´s summer here, it´s SUPER hot. Like at night, about 95 degrees in the pension. On the 26th, we came back from a day of work, and the power went out, so we had no light, and we couldn’t use our fans haha. We also have a mosquito problem in the pension, so the fans usually help with that, so the night of the 26th was fairly interesting.
We were teaching a couple about prophets and apostles, and the man stopped us to explain what prophets and apostles are to his wife. He explained that prophets and apostles are against each other since they both want power, and that´s why ¨Moses´ snake ate Abraham´s Snake….¨ haha we had to explain a little.
We were walking down the street, and we heard yelling. We looked over and there was an older man screaming at two dogs who were barking at him, and looked like they might attack. The old guy took his briefcase while he was screaming and tried to hit the two huge dogs…..it was quite the scene, and Elder Ribeiro turned to me and just said ¨Ah pobrecito Anciano¨ (Poor little elderly man!) haha
We were sitting in Sacrament meeting, and it was during the sacrament, DEAD SILENT. I was sitting next to Barbosa, and he all of a sudden said, REALLY LOUD, ¨ME LEVANTÉ A LAS SEIS Y MEDIA¨ or, ¨I WOKE UP AT 6:30¨ Everyone turned and looked straight at me, but hey, what can ya do hahaha
Love you guys and hope you have an awesome week!
Elder Conover
Christmas Morning with the district.
The amazing food that Hermana Milani made for us on Christmas Day!
Juan's Baptism. The Vera Family
We got to help a member build part of his house this week.
Mixing the cement
Maria and Antoinette. We live in the backyard of the woman in the middle, and these are the dogs that bark at us EVERY DAY!
The Chafala Family
I took these pictures for the Abigail and Julia. One of our investigators has a Ton of these tiny Kittens, like smaller than your hand. We were at a house that had 8 of these puppies too.
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