Hola familia!!
This week has been sooo great. I just love Sarandi Del Yi
and the mission..you know it is just the greatest!! We had the baptism of Elena
this past week! It was fantastic..and super funny!! Elena has an aluminum..ohhh
what is the word...rod!! She has an aluminum rod in her spine and so she can't
bend backwards like normal for the baptism! So we had planned everything and
even practiced that she was just going to sit down in the water so that the
water covered her head. Well Hermano Girona told her don't worry if we don't
get it the first time, we will get it the second time for sure!! Well apparently that scared
her! She didn't want to do the baptism over again so instead of sitting down
she threw herself backwards!! We seriously thought she had fallen and we were
super worried about her back! But when we went to talk to her she told us baptism
is only meant to be done once and so she changed plans! It was so funny!! Thank
goodness her back was totally fine!
This has also been a week full of creepy crawly things. The
Lord is really trying me! This week we saw a big poisonous snake next to
a house that we were visiting..it was disgusting! Then while we were waiting in
the church there was a big old spider on the wall right next to me. Then we had
flying beetles coming into our house and chasing us out of our study room. It
is always an adventure to say the least!!
This week we also had a little bump in the road with
Daniel's parents. We had passed by his house to invite Daniel to a church
activity, right? Well his Dad invited us to come in the house but we couldn't
come in because his mom wasn't home. (for those who don't know we have to have
a member of our same gender with us to teach the opposite sex) We explained to
him the rule that we had and he seemed fine. But when we passed by for Daniel
again he seemed SUPER different. Well it turns out that his parents got super
offended that we didn't come in the house. His dad told him he wasn't allowed
to pray in the house anymore or get baptized. If he got baptized they were
going to kick him out of their house and the next time we passed by he was going
to tell us all of these horrible things. We obviously didn't want to upset the
family and Daniel was super sad that he couldn't get baptized. So we decided to
pass by and apologize. Every time we passed by his parents weren't home. I was
so nervous and sad that Daniel wasn't going to be able to get baptized and I
prayed about it every day and I just felt like everything was going to work out.
We passed by the other day and we FINALLY found his parents. We apologized for
everything that had happened and in the end his parents were fine! They even
said that he could get baptized and that they would come to support him!! What
a miracle!! The Lord really does answer our prayers!! Daniel is super excited
and we are going to have his baptism on Saturday! I know that Heavenly
Father hears and answers our prayers. Christ is at the head of this church and
he is working just as hard as we are to bring these people to the truth. I know
that I could not have done anything here in Uruguay without my Savior and
Heavenly Father. They love us and they know what is best for us!
On that note I am happy to share that I have been called to
train another missionary for the next two changes!! I was not expecting that
phone call at all but again, Heavenly Father knows best! I am really excited
and I can't wait to see who my companion is! I will go to pick her up tomorrow
from Montevideo!! But I love you all and I hope you have a great week!!
Love,
Hermana Rich
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