Yup, that`s what it`s all about.
Ok! So, this week has been just peachy. No earthquakes or other hazards to missionaries. And before I dig into the meat of the letter, I finally recieved those `Dear Elders`! I`m not quite sure how long it took for them to get here, but yes Ashlyne, just like water in a desert. (And! Thanks to Jodi, Mike, Jennifer, Julian, Alexandra, Mom, Dad, Chantel and Erik for your letters! Just like magic!) And Ashlyne is dating? Egads! Plus, I hope your throat and test are ok now Chantel, life is quite exciting, is it not? And it sounds like Dad`s trip to Philadelphia went swell too. Send my love to Meikayla and Madison too! AND- Hooray for Sydney and Meghan! New steps in life indeed!
Agite, this week has been quite focused on our investigators. Right now, here are those who have a baptismal date: for this weekend, the Familia Q, (A Grandma and Granddaughter who were a reference and are totally loving the gospel!), Hmo. G, and for the rest of the month, the familia M, and hopefully an older couple named G y R. Plus, we may also baptize a person named Al who has been attending church for 5 or so years, but isn`t baptized yet. We were going to, but we soon found out that there may be complications with that because we heard he used to lie to missionaries in his sector and it`s just mixed up,so we`ll have to see. It is just quite busy with them all!
AND! I got to give 2 blessings this week, the first one was a blessing of council for one of our investigators. For a week or so, we`ve been teaching another older couple who had a tendency to argue alot during the lessons with each other. We had a good lesson last Monday, and returned Tuesday afternoon to visit them, and found people moving out. Quickly offering if we could help, we soon discovered they were moving stuff out of our investigators` house. They had gotten divorced practically overnight! The husband was quickly out of there, and the wife was left in shambles. It was then that I got to give her a powerful blessing. And I shall say, alot of the words I said did not come form me. (The priesthood is power!) And the second was for the wife of Alfredo, who has cancer and will be living in a hospital for a couple months. I too was able to give here a blessing of health, (which coincidentally was the same day as the first one I gave to the divorced wife) and that one too, I felt was very strong. Essentially, I was just on a Priesthood roll that day. It was great.
So, I can`t say I have any `fun` stories to tell like the banana spiders, but this week we also had a Zone Conference with a member of the 70`s. It was way good, and I was able to see Elder Redd again along with his new companion. And- the familia Castillos from Carapungo, are now baptized! YES! Although I didn`t get to do the actual baptism because I was in Carapungo, I definately was a major part in their conversion. Then, at church, we had another member of the 70 visit! Surprise!
Yeah, so all in all, a good week. This one should be equally as busy, but we shall see. AND! I have one more thing I want to share with you guys, this is a recipe I got from Elder Redd, and I pretty much live off of it now. Here it is:
Elder Redd Cereal (double or triple as many times as you like, and it doesn`t need to be exact either, just general)
-4 cups instant oatmeal
-2 cups granola
-1 cup panela (I don`t know the english equavelant, it`s pretty much raw sugar cane and looks like brown sugar)
Mix in a container, and eat with milk. It`s also stupendous with bananas, yougurt, or whatever else you can find. We make a huge carton every week.. and its... so.. GOOD!
Well, that`s about all I have for now... but I do have one last thing to say:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHANTEL!!!
I`ll have to draw you something or write you a poem... but may all your wildest dreams come true!
-Elder Sanders
-And yes, I do wear my shoes everywhere I go. ESPECIALLY in the shower. And I call my district leader every day, and we don`t have a phone. If you go bearfoot, `you`re gone`!
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