To start things off this past Saturday was a pretty busy Saturday. I had my first wedding on my mission for Margartia :) Hermana Reyes and I went and bought a cake and got a little bouquet for her to help celebrate the day. There weren't many people there the bishop, the bride, the groom their kids and their sister and brother in law, brother and us. So this coming Saturday Margarita is all prepared and ready to enter the waters of baptism :) everything is looking like its on track to do so.
Then we had the baptism of FRANCISCO!!!! Oh it was so cool! I mean like I love baptisms just to see and feel the difference in the person from before and then after they are baptized. So to add some drama to the whole day---it was like 97 degrees plus humidity, reallllllllllllly hot....we had the tank filling up on time and the bishop actually helped us out with that. and the font takes about 2 hours to fill up....so half hour before our baptism we check the font-----bishop forgot to plug the font. had buckets of water being hauled from big pots from the kitchen and janitors closet to the font--another hose in their as well. We needed to make copies for the programs and lo and behold there's no paper. The bishop goes and buys some paper--comes back Hna Reyes gets the programs going oh look. photocopier broken. we fix it get the programs. still no Francisco. 6 when his baptism is supposed to start, still no Francisco. 6:30 still no Francisco.......7:10 He finally walks through the doors. oh boy. but important thing is that he got in the water. Before his baptism he was really nervous and after man he couldn't stop smiling.
Two more people are gonna feel that way this Saturday too. Margarita and Leo. I seriously cannot believe the blessings I have seen this transfer. and that God is letting me be able to work with and learn from these awesome people who the Lord has prepared for the gospel.
And missionary work is really interesting. I mean its never ending. Your finding to teach and your teaching to baptize and the circle just never ends. there is always work to do. and right now we have a lot of teaching and all of them are heading to the waters of baptism by the end of this month so Hermana Reyes and I have been a bit worried about all the finding we are gonna have to do when this month is over..and its not that i mind finding I just don't like tracting for 6 hours at a time in the heat and humidity. But the Lord has been helping us for sure.
Last week all the missionaries in our district were at the library writing our emails and this man came up to the English elders because he saw their name tags said Jesus Christ on them. and he didn't speak very much English--so what language does he speak. you got it. Spanish. and well his name.: Ruben. Just moved from California here and he was looking for a church to go to. Where does he live? Yep our area. So we talked to him and taught him the next day. Ummmmm and can I say---PLAIN AWESOME! So Ruben is pretty smart. Loves science and math and basically all the things in school I didn't like he did...and he grew up in Mexico with parents that were Catholic because that's what their parents were but they never taught their kids anything about the Catholic Church. Religion was never really a topic of discussion in their home and so growing up Ruben looking for answers went to science books and then when he was in California one of his friends invited him to go to a Christian church. He really like the unity he felt their with the other members of the congregation but he only could go 3 times because he was moving to Chicago. His first Wednesday here he saw the Jesus Christ on the name tags and figured he'd ask about their church.
The first time we met with him we invited him to come to church and that Sunday he came to church. It has been really neat and interesting teaching somebody who doesn't have a christian background or any religious background for that matter. For the first time on my mission I have had to teach someone who God is and that we are literally his children and that he loves us. In our first apt with him we asked him to say the closing prayer and he did it. not to mention that it was the first prayer he has ever said his whole life. So I am really looking forward to seeing the growth with Ruben.
As for adventures this week: I had a death defying experience....i have never had to run faster in my life........I went to throw out the garbage in the big garbage bin outside our apt...la dee da humming how firm a foundation in my head as I'm trying not to get touched by the juicy wet extremely smelly garbage bag. I hear something in the garbage bin but pay no attention to it. Heavy toss on the bag into the bin. All of the sudden this creature jumps out of the bin. MAD. hissing....jumps on the fence and starts to chase me.....who is it?? Mork the Squirrel. The lord does protect his missionaries though because no bites or rabies shots were needed after the horrifying experience.
Anyways, that's the update for this week! I sure love you and hope that all goes well with the wedding...send my felizidades!!! :) Hope you enjoy your trip to the good ol Canada! :)
Love you all mucho!
paz y amor, Hermana Maughan
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