Well, just to start off I can't tell you all how great it was to be able to skype with all of you on Christmas! I had been looking forward to that for months and months! I will tell you all though that I enjoyed every minute of it. After I left, it felt like the entire 2 hours or so happened in less than 5 minutes.
Needless to say, I was very sad after that. All of my thoughs were of back home, and of all of you guys. For the first time in my mission, I didn't have the same drive to do the work like I have had before. Especially with my area being so tough, the day after Christmas couldn't have been harder for me.
My companion and I did what we knew we should though, and got up, studied, then went to work like normal. We visited a woman who we have been teaching since the day I got here, who's the son of a member of the ward. She has always told us she can't be baptised because she doesn't want to stop drinking Chicha. It's always the same story when we go there, and she tells us she's not ready. Until Thursday. We knocked their door, and she answers. The first thing she tells us, is she is ready to start over in the new year, and be baptised!! So, with the help of her son, and us, we prepared her completely, and baptised her on Saturday! MY companion did the ordinance, and I confirmed her on Sunday!
If you don't remember, my area has been the cursing grounds of the mission for a long time. There has been one baptism here in the previous 5 years, or more. There is no record of any other members being baptised since the early 2000's until now. SO this was a big day in the area for us. We had many people show up to the baptism, including president, and the new convert, Sinda's family!
Fotos to come after!
So Dad gave me a great idea to bring my journal to internet and write to you all the things I write in my journal. SO here is an interestingSunday, from Novermber 3rd, 2013:
"I just want to kill over dead after what happened this morning. Last night, 7 told us they would come to church with us and be waiting in the Plaza early, and in the morning, zero were there. Eli said she couldn't because her mom got there late to the tienda of movies, maribel was still sleeping when we called her, since she worked until 3 am the night before, but she said she would still come. The rest didn't contest the phone. 9 O'clock rolls around and we're still waiting in Cliza. Sacrament meeting is starting. Then 9:30, still waiting. Finally, Eli gets ready and we leave to Punata in Taxi. While arriving, Maribel calls and says she is waiting in the plaza in Cliza. So we told her to get a trufi to Punata. We catch 10 minutes of Sacrament meeting, then ran to the parada of trufis 6 blocks away to get Maribel and her daughter and show her to the church. Meanwhile, my stomach is about to put me into a fetal position. So we get back to the church a second time and both Eli and Maribel stay for 2nd hour of church, then leave. We took maribel to the parada again and returned to church a 3rd time, for thiird hour. I was poope, but we got 2 people to attend church today!"
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