Buenos días!
Martes 2/16
We visited some people, one of which is a member named Lucy.
She's a single mother with two sons that have psychological struggles, but she
is so strong even though she deals with so much. We went over planning to
organize a couple of her rooms and she was feeling really stressed and achy and
down. After some time of talking to her, she decided to instead dress us up in
some of her beautiful traditional clothing and we took pictures together and
she danced for us. Later that evening we stopped by again and she was in MUCH
better spirits and I was so glad to be able to see what a real difference our
visit had made for her. Later she told the elders how much she appreciated us
coming over and bringing a happy spirit to her. Service comes in different
forms.
Miércoles 2/17
(I could write my whole email on this day and
Saturday)
Today was an adventure. We fasted for a baptismal date for
Victor, and our fast seemed to bless us in other unexpected ways. In the middle
of our morning studies we got a visit from the carpet cleaning person, and he
had so much to say about religion and what we were doing as missionaries. We
were really kind with him, and told him some of our beliefs that could comfort
him in his existential concerns. Then he dumped the gross dirty carpet water
into one of our sinks and a toilet, and the toilet for some reason got clogged
and overflowed my companion's bathroom with the dirty water. He apologized all
over the place and cleaned it up for us. He noted how calm and nice we were and
said that the worst thing about us missionaries is that you never get to see them
again. We lightly said he could go to church and see them all the time and he
laughed. It was an interesting and unexpected lesson. In the evening we went to
Margarita's with the Portuguese elders so that they could move furniture that she
bought and we could translate. We got two new investigators (the people she
bought furniture from), and I listened to a lot of Portuguese and learned a few
things. I felt more comfortable with Spanish by the end of the night also.
Jueves 2/18
Victor accepted fasting with us about being baptized on
March 23rd!
Viernes 2/19
In the morning we had a fantastic district meeting and I
went on exchanges for the first time with Sister Cruz, an STL for our zone. She
is from Brazil, so her first language is Portuguese and she learned English on
the mission, and can speak a lot of Spanish. This is her last transfer, so she
has about 20 days left on her mission. In the evening we contacted someone
named Ava Molina, had a nice little lesson with her, and she became a new
investigator!
Sabado 2/20
I wrote about 3 pages in my journal about this day. So much
happened, but the most important thing is that Omari accepted to be baptized.
We were just going to share a little message, but Hermana Parke said that
during the closing prayer she felt that we needed to teach lesson 3 and extend
a baptismal date to Omari right there. She looked at me after the prayer and
lightly kicked me under the table and turned to Omari telling her (in english)
that we love her and we, as missionaries have a purpose in visiting and
teaching her and her dad. She kicked me again and I knew that meant she wanted
me to teach lesson 3 by explaining our purpose and extending a baptismal date.
We hadn't yet discussed a date, so my trainer was really putting a lot of trust
in me. In about 2 minutes I was able to teach and extend her the invitation to be baptized on
March 19th. She accepted! Later Hermana said that she was relieved because that
was the same date she had in mind and was grateful we followed the spirit.
Domingo 2/21
Omari was able to come to church!
Hoy 2/22
We're reading out loud as much as we can out of el Libro de
Mormón en Spanish during our p-day that we don't spend emailing or getting
milk.
This week I feel like I'm truly pushing forward with the
work and I am very excited about everything in store for this area in the next
few months!
--
Con Amor,
Hermana Rubio
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