Finally Bitten

HOLA! 

This week has been so great. We had divisions with the hermanas in Rama Centro and I was able to work with the Hermana Quenta from Peru. We visited one of her Investigators who has been investigating the church for years but hadn't been able to quit smoking. A few weeks ago she decided to stop and has been working towards her baptismal date ever since. When we visited her she seemed really sad. She told us that the night before her 16 year old daughter had moved out to live with her dad, who hasn't been the best influence on her. She was crying and asked why God would do this to her now when she's finally starting to work towards her eternal family. We watched a mormon message and read a couple of scriptures together before we ended with a prayer. We asked her if we could kneel and Hermana Quenta prayed for her. The spirit felt was so strong: When she ended Veronica couldn´t even talk. She pulled the two of us into a hug and we just kinda stayed on the floor hugging her for awhile. It was a cool experience to feel so much love for someone that I had literally just met. 

Also on Sunday Isaias, his mom, his older sister, and his grandpa all came to church. Isaias was so excited to show us his new church tie and his nice shoes. We sat next to them and he taught his mom all about the Sacrament and what everything represented. Griselda (his mom) had been pretty closed off to everything but she stayed the whole 3 hours and even had an interview with the branch president afterwards. We talked about Temples and Family History in our Gospel Doctrine class and Griselda told us that Isaias had been talking about wanting to Baptize his dad (who passed away) and she didn't know what he was talking about and now it made sense. We are praying that she wants to start taking the lessons this week! 

Andrea. Martin and Orlando are all doing well. Andrea teaches everyone she meets about the Plan of Salvation and even has a few of our pass along cards to give to people! 

I was also BIT by my first dog this week. I should have known I couldn't leave this country without that experience.  It was on my ankle but did not break the skin.

This is Isaias and Zamira reading the Book of Mormon with us in their childrens book that we gave them. Isaias told us that he knows God answers prayers because he lost something of his and after praying he found it!