Hola queridos amigos míos,
Alright so this week was a little bit different than usual. We were under house arrest. For 2 whole days we weren't allowed to leave and work because I was super sick. Okay now before anyone gets really concerned,
1. I'm okay jaja no se preocupe 2. I dont have dengue, we did a test 3. Staying in the house and not working to spread the gospel is one of the worst punishments Ive ever had. Literally. I remember trying to fake being sick so I didn't have to go to school, but ndirachori
I tried so hard to convince the mission presidents wife that I was fine to work and she was not buying into it. So what did we do?
Well Thursday we spent all day in the hospital because there was a ton of people. When we got home we had to do all of our studies and everything still. By the time we finished literally had to get ready for bed. Friday we had to stay home too. So we did our studies and I was pretty sad that we couldn't get out to work. We made some food and Hermana Fife told me to go take a nap. Anyone who knows me knows how much I dislike naps. I refused and she went mom mode and made me do it anyways. I thought I would get some reading done so I grabbed my Book of Mormon and went to lay in bed. But the moment I laid down my body gave up and I fell asleep right there. I guess it was a good idea to get some sleep because I slept for 4 hours. I woke up and it was pitch black. My amazing companion had updated our white board and cleaned the house and was studying some more when I saw her. We talked and read the Liahona together. It was good to let my body rest a little bit.
But Saturday morning when I had to call Hermana Wilson to get permission to leave she didn't want me to, but I told her I couldn't stay in the house for another day. She told me I was allowed to leave but if there was the slightest pain I had to go home and rest. It was so great because we had so much to catch up on. So much work to do. So we got out and got to work. Saturday was a great day. We found a huge family to teach and they all accepted a baptismal date and wanted to come to church. We talked to as many people as we could in our path and we walked a ton so we could hit all of our most important people. The best part too is that it was fast Sunday because of General Conference last week. It was so amazing to be able to get back out and give my all to the Lord. Sunday was also great. Sadly our family had another compromiso at their propio church so they couldn't come,.
But,... we got to announce a baptism! This Saturday Marly, one of the investigators de los Elders, is getting baptized!
She is super great and would have been baptized a few weeks ago but she had dengue. It was exciting. We also got to talk to Gladys again. It has been kind of disappointing because she is so great and wants to be baptized but she hasn't come to church. Every week she says si o si she is going to come and then doesn't. So we had a serious chat about what was holding her back. At first it didn't seem like anything. She didn't have any doubts with the Word of Wisdom, Law of Chastity, Tithing, nothing. She was ready to keep any commandment. But then we asked her straight up what was holding her back. She finally told us that her dad doesn't approve and he is very Catholic and doesn't give her permission to be baptized or go to church.
It is kind of sad because she tried to explain to him how the gospel of Jesus Cristo makes her really happy and how her life is different now and for the better but he doesn't care. He told her that because he was catholic, born catholic and will die catholic, she would be too. We are praying and fasting a lot to be able to talk to the dad and help him see the blessings his daughter is receiving through following Christ. But it was such an answer to prayer to be able to find what was holding her back.
This week was a bit different than the other ones I have had on my mission. I definitely realized how weird life is being a missionary. We wake up every morning to follow a very strict schedule so we can walk mile after mile trying to share the joy and blessings we have had in our lives. We walk in sun, snow, rain, light, darkness just so we can help people have more peace and happiness. We don't get paid, in fact we pay for our own clothes, housing, food, everything. Who does that? Who willingly goes through rejecting and hard times so that one person can have salvation. I know, Hermana's y Hermana's, that this gospel is true. Because none of the things I just said makes sense. None of it. But here we are, 18, 19, 20 year old kids leaving our home for 18 o 24 months to deal with all of this.
I know that this gospel is true because I am living it. And the fact of it all is that growing up we always try to fake sick so we didn't have to go to school or even church maybe. But never in my life have I tried so hard to convince someone that I was NOT sick so that I could go out and get to work. I testify without a single doubt that this is the truth. I know it, I've felt it, I'm living it. I love this church, I love my mission, and I love all of you. Till next week.
Funny story about the shirts. 
So there is this restaurant here called Tropicana and all the missionaries always eat there. The guy who does delivery is named Javier and we always tease about how we are going to baptize Javier before the Elders and they are like no Javier is ours. So after lots of fighting we agreed to help each other baptize Javier. (None of us has actually had a real conversation with Javier about the gospel, just small talk) But it is super funny that we always see him in the streets and we are like... Javier! But then a little while ago the Elders called us and told us they did something really bad. I was concerned but then they told us they got delivery from a different place called Pronta and they think it is better. And the delivery guy was super nice.
THEY CHEATED ON JAVIER jaja. Sooo anyways now it is like this big thing Tropicana or Pronta and so Hermana Fife and I were talking and we hadn't tried Pronta but we couldn't give up on our main man Javier so we decided we were team Javier. We made bracelets for us and then made shirts for the Elders but they are super dope and I kinda wanted to keep them jaja but we put their names on them so its okay I guess they can have them jaja. But yeah its like Team Edward or team Jacob but way more important because its team Javier or team Pronta. ,We don't know the delivery guys name yet. But its been pretty funny joke we have. So anyways that's the shirts jaja.
But if y'all want to read more about the mission here or see different photos there is a blog and a facebook page
facebook...presidente y hermana wilson
There should be some good stuff. Tell me if you see me :)
Rohayhu
Sorry we didn't have a lot of time to take pictures this week so I am gonna send some old stuff too that I don't remember if I have sent before.
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