Dear Family and friends, 10/13/14
(Ya significa, "already")
And it came to pass...that there´s
no way I can tell these experiences in scripture language.
I'll start out with the highlight -
We had a baptism this week for Jorge Schmidt! But in Spanish they say it like
"Smith" and so when we filled out his baptism papers, we spelled his
name, and THEN he told us that it wasn't spelled like the American Smith, but
from German! How, convenient! Good thing we have lots of extra registries
:D
Also, something pretty important is
that Jorge only has one leg! So, he uses a wheelchair, but he lives next door
to the chapel, which is pretty great, I think! So we had a fun time trying to
find a bench or a chair that we could use for him. And making sure the font was
full enough, so that when he laid down on the bench, there would enough water
to cover his stomach.
But we found a bench :)
And then in the middle of
everything, we promised two investigators that we would come by for them so
they could go to the baptism! But, obviously we can't be in two places at
once...But we can we have Elderly sisters in our zone!! Whoot! They did splits
with us, but in the end...neither of the investigators were home :(
But! Juan came to the Baptism!! And
I really thought he would not come. He has an interesting story. We had a
lesson with him the other night about prayer, and he told us that the next
morning he was going to the doctor's for some studies. They next day we found
him in the street, and he said he said a prayer, and the studies came back
really good. That was really good for him, but he still needs to take hold of
the Word of Wisdom a bit more. He smokes and eats a lot of meat. He's a good
guy, really nice, but hopefully we will see some progression because we put a
baptismal date, but we don't know if he'll really be ready...
Anyway!!! Baptism of Jorge!
Everything turned out great. And I got to exercise (I don't know how to spell
anymore) my arms!! Wanna know why? Because the drain in the baptismal font
doesn't work!!! Whoot!! Bucket for bucket, man!!! We thought we would have to
empty it alone, but our ward mission leader and his wife helped us out :)
And today we went to the Zoo! We
actually have the Mission President and his wife in our ward, so they took us
and some other sisters to the Zoo! It was really nice. They are a really laid
back, funny, fun couple. And I almost felt at home with all the goats and
chickens :D
Funny story: (I don't remember if I
already told this one)
We had a lesson with a less-active,
and she was saying the closing prayer, and at the end of the prayer when she
said, "Amen" my companion said, "Gracias!...Amen! I mean Amen!
Gracias!"
I just want to share one thing that
I like from General Conference from Jeffrey R, Holland:
What we do is like a drop in the
bucket, but if we didn't do it, there would be one drop less." I don't
know if that's exactly the quote because I heard it in Spanish....but...really...I
really like that quote. Because, I haven't had the most success in the world on
my mission. Sometimes I feel REALLY inadequate, but do try. But it's good to
know that what do makes a difference...even if it's one drop. And to think
that...if each one of us represents a drop of blood that Christ shed for
us...and there was one drop less than there should be...How would it be to be
the "one drop less." But...I know that he really did suffer for ALL
of us. Not ONE of us can say that nobody understands because he literally
understands everything. Don't reject what he has done for you!
Love, Hermana Daniels
The view of the city when we ran up the stairs
of the Catholic Church
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