Hola everyone!!
This week was a tad bit insane. We didn't have a ton of time to work in the conventional way but we had an amazing week of service and Christmas filled joy!
On Monday we decorated our house for Christmas. We made a tree and put up lights and snowflakes. I cooked and we enjoyed our day. It was good. Then we got out to work and we had a Family Home Evening with Margarita. And it was good because she had it will some other women in the ward and now she is making lots of friends. So that is really good. We also passed for Ramon again because he came to church but we didn't get to talk to him after. So we went to his house and it was late. We had to walk home so we were just going to stop and see how he was doing. When we stopped by he was drunk, but the best part is that when he is drunk he wants to pray and read. So when we tried to just stop and talk to him he was like no Hermanas wait here I'm gonna get my book and we will read and pray and I will feel better. So he left and we read a little and prayed with him. He told us he couldn't read so we were worried because that would help him a lot to be able to read whenever he felt like drinking. But later in the week we were teaching him and he started to read a page and we both were so confused. We asked him if he could read and he was like yeah of course I can read. And we both started laughing of confusion jaja. We told him we thought he couldn't read and he asked why and we told him its because he said he couldn't. He called himself a liar and kept reading so that was funny. 
On Tuesday we did a district service project. For Light the World we went to serve and we found an older lady who hasn't been coming to church very often and we went to clean her patio and cut down her trees. I got to play with a machete it was awesome!!
We also went to teach Cinthia again and we taught her boyfriend and they both accepted a day to be baptized. They just want more unity and help in their lives because they don't have work or money. But I know that the restored gospel is the thing that is going to help them the most. But the service took up pretty much our whole day and I only walked away with a few blisters and burn marks from making a raid blow torch jaja.
On Wednesday we had our first full day of work and so we tried to make the most of it. We started working and we received a reference of a lady named Delsi who had shared with the Hermana's before. When we passed for her, we started teaching her and asked her if she knew the church was true, if she had the chance to pray about it. She said yes and continued to tell us one of the coolest stories of how someone got their answer. 2 days after the Hermana's had invited her to read and pray, she was watching tv and flipping through the channels and there was nothing on. Nothing to watch. So she decided to read and pray like the missionaries invited her to do. After she tried to watch tv again and still nothing was on until she flipped to one channel where an old man was testifying that the church was true. I showed her a picture of Russell M. Nelson and she said yeah it was him. He is the prophet right? And I said yes. She said yeah he was saying that this is the true church and I felt that it was right. Isn't that such a cool story? We tried to pass with her again but she was hanging out with all her friends and she only has 19 years so she was a tad bit embarrassed we had showed up. But we will visit with her again this next week.
On Thursday we had our activity of Christmas with Presidente and Hermana Hansen. It was so much fun. We went to their house and had a devotional and I translated for Hermana Hansen. She told a story of when her son showed true charity at the age of 5 and everyone was crying of course. We also got to eat and play ping pong. I almost beat presidente. I was so close and then he was like I don't want to lose so we will stop playing here and he left jaja. I was sad but it was a lot of fun to play. Then we all showed a talent as a district and I gave the idea of synchronized swimming. We wanted to do it last year and didn't get the chance. But Hermana Fife and I worked long and hard and we got a great dance and it was super fun.
I attached the video I think so everyone can watch.
It was super fun to plan and watch the elders dance to it. We took pictures and had a blast. But it took up our day but it was so much fun! I love it because it was very focused on the family and how Christmas is a time to remember the family and the mission is a time to prepare us for our families. Weird...
Friday we cleaned out the font and we visited Margarita to prepare her for her baptism. She is super ready and so excited. We also visited Lourdes and I got to see one of my converts from the first time I was here in Fernando named Rosie Rivas. Lets just say it was not what I was expecting but it was great to see her. We also found out our buddy Ramon has a wife jaja and so that was a shock. Saturday was one of the best days!!
Margarita was baptized!!! She was so happy and it was such a great service. We took pictures and we got everything ready in time. Everyone came to support her and it was so cute. She was so happy when she came out of the water. She gleamed!! Also Saturday was super calm here because they have a holiday with La Virgin de Caacupe so everyone walks to a city named Caacupe to worship the virgin and so no one was here in the streets and if they were they were drunk so it was an interesting day. But it was amazing because Margarita was baptized!! I love her so much.
On Sunday the day started off with a small miracle. So we left in the morning to go pass for Ramon to go to church. He wasn't answering but we thought igual we are going to pass. So we did but he wasn't there and then we were going to be late to church.
We were suppose to be there at 8;15 and it was already 8;15. We started walking super fast and I felt the impression to walk on a street Soldado Ovelar instead of 15 Mayo and if I did someone would help me. So without a second thought I walked straight to Soldado Ovelar and right as we turned down the street to start walking to church a family Familia Cordero drove up to us in their car and told us to get in. They took us to church and we were late. It was a great little miracle and a testimony of how the Lord is in the little details of our lives.
Church was awesome and Margarita was confirmed. We also got to work after church and it was good. We found a lot of people very very closed but igual it was good to be able to share and try to help serve them even though they didn't really want us to sweep or clean. It was good.
Well this week was another great week in the Gran Mission, Paraguay Asuncion. I am so grateful for the chance I have to be here and learn how to be better and more Christlike everyday. I am grateful for the people here in Fernando and especially for my great companion who is a constant example to me. I have learned so much and I am grateful for the chance to continue to learn. I love you all!
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To Heaven and Back!
Hermana Davis
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