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| Going to Church :) |
First things first, I am so sad to hear about Tawna!
Oh my gosh, that just breaks my heart! I always loved to hear her
play and I had so much admiration for her. She has been a wonderful
example to me...since always.
Also, congrats to Cooper on the permit! I know that he
is a better driver than I was. But you know what? I can speak
Portuguese better than he can. So we all win some battles.
So this week. I read my cuzzy Chad´s letter about the
World Cup over there in Argentina, and my dear cousin, you have no idea what it
really is. My world has been painted yellow and green. When Brasil
plays, like how they will play today, we can´t leave the house one hour before
it starts and for the rest of the night. Brasil won last week, which was
super cool! We all got out our Brasil futebol jerseys and had a party
watching all of the fireworks going off. Also we are making the most of
our time in the house! Like...I learned to samba this week!
Something good will come of this mission after all, right? Ok and
please please please everyone pray that Brasil will win the Cup this year,
because if they don´t, it literally will be WWIII. Please. For all
that is good and holy and all the potential baptisms we have waiting...pray
that Brasil gets the Cup.
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| World Cup! |
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| Wow, we look nasty. oh well. |
In other news, I did a division with Sister Hirz this week!
Poor thing, she is an American that had to waith 10 MONTHS in the United
States for her visa! She was serving in Sister Hicken´s home ward though,
so that is cool. She´s great and is progressing really fast. It is
easy to get frustrated about the language, so I told her a ton about all of the
stupid things that I said when I was learning. Those stories could
make anyone feel better.
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| Division with Sister Peñailillo and Sister Hirz |
Also. WE HAD A BAPTISM! Wilson was baptized this
Sunday, and it was possibly one of my favorites that I have had during my
mission. I have never had an investigator that was working so hard to be
baptized. He worked harder than we did for this thing, which is saying
something. We taught him a few times during the week, and he was amazing.
Just knew and had testimony of everything immediately. So we marked his
interview for Saturday night. He called us while we were waiting at the
church to tell us that his friend just got stabbed in the neck by his wife, so
he had to run him to the hospital real quick, but then he´d go home, take a
shower and be back in a jif. Wow. So...he did! He arrived at
the church and was interviewed and passed without a problem because he is
amazing. He was sad, but said that this was more important. We got
a call later that night saying that his friend died, and that he couldn´t come
to church the next day because he would be at the funeral, but that he would
come in the afternoon for the baptism. And he did. Right as he was
getting into his jumpsuit, his mom sent a text saying that his sister, Ise,
(our last baptism) had just been bitten by a snake and that he needed to take
her to the hospital. He looked at us and goes, "Wow, Sisters, this
really is hard." He told her to go take a cab and he would pay for
it later because this baptism was the most important thing that he could do at
the moment. I couldn´t believe it. He was baptized and it was beautiful.
A ton of members showed up and threw a party...it was great. I am
so honored that I got to teach Wilson and see him be baptized because I know
that he will be an awesome leader in the church one day. Heck, he
overcame the serpent himself...that still creeps me out. But Ise is fine,
don´t worry.
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| Wilson's Baptism:) |
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| Wilson with the Bishop |
And then there was Natecia. She is an old investigator
that we had to drop because she didn´t want to keep the commandments. I
love her! It was hard to leave her, but we had to, you know?
Anyway, she saw us on the street this week and told us to come back
because she had news. We returned yesterday and she told us that she
broke up with her boyfriend and had gone 2 months, ever since we left her,
without drinking alcohol or coffee. What the heck?! She promised that she
would come to church too, and that she wanted to be baptized. So...we
marked her date for July 5th! That was something I was not expecting, but
I am so grateful for it! She is amazing! Oh I just love her to
death. Also she is friends with Nalva, who will be baptized this week!
Loveeeee unexpected connections:) They came to an FHE last night
and were just tickled pink talking about their baptisms together. Those
are my favorite conversations:)
Anyway, HAPPY HAPPY FATHER´S DAY TO MY DAD! I sent a
letter today, so expect it in...about a month. Sorry:/ Hope you had
a great one though!
Shout out to my BFF Syster Clouse who is on her last
transfer. Make it the best!
Love you all, have a good week, and Cooper, please don´t
kill my parents.
Love,
Sister Dana
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| FHE with the members:) |
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| Us and Marcos! He is so cute! |
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