Monday, February 12, 2018

Week 35: Manuel B Keeps Giving us Things

Hola hola hola!!!

On Monday afternoon, the 4 hermanas of Puerto went bowling. We decided that we are not very good at bowling, but it was still fun.

 On Monday night we visited Isabel, she's still got a lot of problems with her husband's health but we are hoping that things get better soon. She really wants to come to church, she just doesn't have time! After Isabel, we stopped by Manuel B. He gave us little rose plants and chocolate! He is so sweet. We will try our best not to let the rose plants die. 

On Tuesday night we visited a woman named Elena. She received a Book of Mormon a few years ago and has read it every so often. She said she loves reading it when she needs to find peace or is really stressed, because it helps her feel calm and happy. Spanish isn't her first language, but we have found some folletos in her language and we are excited to visit her again.

On Wednesday we visited Andrés and re-taught him the restoration (it had been a while). On Wednesday afternoon we had another cita with Jazmin! She had a lot of questions for us and in the end decided that she wants to read the Book of Mormon again. We are hoping that we will be able to teach her again soon!

It was super cool on Wednesday night because we were walking along the street and first ran into these siblings we had been trying to talk to, then 2 minutes later ran into Isabel! It was just a reminder that the Lord literally puts people in our path.

On Thursday we had a cita with an investigator but in the end she wasn't home, so we went to our piso to do weekly planning. We were planning for week 6 of the transfer! The transfers keep going faster and faster. On Thursday night we went to the house of a family from the American branch to eat. They were so crazy, but it was really fun. At English class on Thursday night, Manuel B brought these little picture books about fairies and rainbows (no kidding) that included 2 paper dolls and lots of outfits to match the outfits they wore in the story. We decided to make good use of them and gave them books of Mormon. 
On Friday sister Fry took hermana Moncayo and I out to lunch at this pizza place and then to Baskin Robbins (yes that exists here, there are a lot of Americans), which was so nice of her! 
On Friday afternoon and evening we were in Rota. I think I was hoping for some kind of birthday miracle and a day full of citas but in the end we just talked to a lot of people on the street and knocked on a lot of doors. We did meet several people who told us to come back another day, so that was good. 

On Saturday morning we went to the church at  7:15am to start filling the baptismal font for the baptism of someone hermana Pinkney and hermana Bockova have been teaching. The water wasn't super warm so we ended up boiling some water in a pot and dumping it in the baptismal font every so often to heat it up. A little chungo, but it worked and in the end the water was nice and warm. And the baptismal service was really sweet! 

On Sunday we ate with a family from the American branch, except we ate dinner at 4:30 because there was something they had to do at 6, so that was kind of weird. On Saturday night we got to visit this woman and her son and teach them about the Book of Mormon! The ward is having a Valentines day activity this Friday and the son might be able to come to that.                         

I'm reading the New Testament in Spanish and right now I'm in Luke, when Jesus is teaching the people the sermon on the mount, and telling them basically how to be good people. The main thing I took away from it was that we need to treat others the way we want them to treat us and think about others the way we want God to think about us. When we see other people on the street, they appear to us as the cardboard cutout version of who they really are--but really, everyone's life is just as intricate as your own. I'm trying to treat people more the way I would like to be treated and would like to invite you all to do the same--be a little nicer and a little more patient with someone this week. :)

Love, Hermana Walker

Sweet treats that the other hermanas made for Holly to celebrate her birthday.


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