Anyway. Still didn't get your other box, I did get a care package from the Relief Society, which was awesome. Kind of a surprise. But it didn't have Mike and Ikes. Oh well . . .
So, cool things this week. We are teaching a vampire lady! haha :) She can only talk to us when the sun isn't super bright. So on cloudy or rainy days. But she's really good. Her dad was a member, but he was the only one in the family. She knows a little bit about the church. We taught her with a member which really helped because he really supported her in her desire to quit smoking. She is excited to read the Book of Mormon too. She is just overall a great investigator. But extended family is coming to stay the week of Carnival, so its going to be hard to peacefully teach her this week. (Stupid carnival . . . ) Anyway, a little bit after that lesson, we tried to teach another lady, who said she was busy, but made us some food. Salgados. yummmm . . . I'm sure we can get this vampire baptized. I just hope she doesn't burst into flames when she takes the sacrament. :)
We are still teaching Daniela. She is for sure going to be baptized. We just need to talk with her to get a good date, because she'll be out of town this weekend to avoid the Carnival madness. She'll for sure be baptized. She's just awesome. She's already super integrated with the ward. She's going to another ward activity next week too.
So here's a cool little tender mercy, Saturday, we had walked a lot. And it was Really hot. We were getting to the other bairro, and I commented to my comp, a cold soda would be reaaaly nice right now. Less that five minutes later, we walked past a restaurant on the side of the freeway, and someone called us over. He told us to sit down and he ordered us soda without asking us. Haha He had talked to the missionaries in the past, and had been to church. We talked to him for a while, he bought us more soda, and then gave us his address so that we could go talk with him about the Book of Mormon. Yesterday, we ran into him again. He's a really great guy too. =)
I guess that's it. We also had a lesson with a member's son about repentance and the commandments. We drew a cliff, put a railing on it, and then an ambulance at the bottom. The cliff is sin. His question was, why not just wait until before you die to be baptized? So we talked about true repentance. Just because there's an ambulance at the bottom, would you jump off the cliff? The commandments (the guardrail) are there to protect you. Stay on the right side and you won't need the ambulance (which is repentance.) He got the point. But it was a cool visual aid. You can't purposely break commandments saying "I'll repent later." Jump off the cliff. You lose your agency.
Well I guess that's it. Never thought the 49ers would be in the super bowl. Carnival is this week. Work will probably be a bit slow. Love you all. Thanks for everything and all the support!
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