Mom, thanks for the "shout out" to my friends about my birthday. Some friends hit me up, so thanks, that was actually an awesome idea! And it was great to hear from them.
Okay, so I forgot to tell everyone that last week I tried Guinea Pig for the first time! It's actually really good. It's super tough though. If no one would have told me what it was I would have eaten it like normal because it's super good!
So first off for this week, just real quick about the investigators, so Manuela's doing really good. We taught their whole family, and they're awesome. We were going to go back but I was sick.. I'll explain in a minute. But she came to church all by herself this week! Normally she comes with her nephew who's a member (Gabriel) but she came all by herself which was awesome! We re-taught about the restauracion (restoration) with her and we hoped she could understand the apostasy and the priesthood better and I think she did. But yeah, she's doing great.
Lilia and Abraham.. well, we are about to drop them, They have been investigating over a year and they promise and promise and promise, and then just don't complete. This last Saturday Abraham was saying, "si o si" (yes oh yes) that he would be there, on time, with the whole family. We called to remind them on Sunday 3 times and no one picked up and they didn't show.. they just are becoming "eternal investigators" and well, sadly we might have to drop them. We love them so so much and want the best for them but it's so hard because they just promise, then don't complete.. so yeah. I don't know. I'll update more next week, but for now, we just don't know what to do.
Diana and Jorge and doing great. They couldn't come to church because they went to Trujillo (their 8 year old is studying up there so they went to visit) but Durli came to church and brouht the girl that cleans their house (she's like 16 or so also.) We taught them the Word of Wisdom earlier in the week then visited again. Diana always gives us something to drink or eat when we visit and she points to the Coca Cola and goes, "This no, right?" And we laughed and were like, "Haha, nah, that one's alright!" Haha, they're the best. Jorge's always just cracking jokes and stuff too.
This week I was sick.. well not really sick but I got a pain in my head that was worse than anything I have ever felt in my life. I think it's from the heat, humidity or stress or something but I was in my bed for 2 days straight. I normally have a high pain tolerance, but there was one point I was just bawling because it hurt so bad. I've never missed my Mom so much in all my life haha, I'll be honest! I just wanted a Momma hug haha, but I'm all good now. That was Wednesday and Thursday. but all is well. I still get little headaches but I've just been chugging water (I drink a lot anyway) but yeah, I'm better now.
Also, this week I finished the Book of Mormon all the way through for the first time on my own in my life!! It was so awesome! I just felt so at peace afterwards. I just sat there for a minute, just sitting there, and thinking and sitting there with just a calm peace. Then I just got down and prayed about it and felt just such a full assurance of the book. I know that the book is true and I testify of it's great power!
We´ll see how this week goes. It'll be weird... just proselyting on my birthday haha. It'll be different. But thanks everyone for the birthday wishes! I love you all and hope you all have a good week! Chaufa!
Zone Conference.
Getting ready for lunch with Elder Stroud. Have to use hand sanitizer before we eat.
Having a great lunch with some great elders at Zone Conference.
