So basically we had some interesting experiences this week....I will list some
1. Two Guatemalans came to church yesterday! One named D who we have been teaching for a little while, and another who we just met this week named V. He has a CAR!!!!!! So this week, he gave a ride to D to church. They didn't know each other before we sent them off to church together, but now they are literally like BFFs. V is 22 and D is 40. They were giggling together all throughout church, it was SOOO CUTE. Except they talked in Quiche to each other most of the time, and VERY loudly, especially in sacrament. Everyone in the room was like staring at them because they were SO LOUD. The worst part......they were talking really loud and giggling during the closing prayer!!! Oy yoy yoy the verguenza! We are going to talk about reverence with them jaja
2. First bible bash happened. So we were knocking doors in this one apartment and this lady told us we could come back another day and teach her, and so we went on our way and then she came and found us and told us to come back, and so we went! Then we taught her the restoration and set up another appt and everything. So we came back, and she had talked to her friend who majored in the bible basically, and invited her friend from Belle Plaine to come, and just had a list of questions and basically things to try and prove the book of Mormon isn't true. And her friend was taking notes while we were talking and basically would point out every part of our argument where there wasn't solid evidence to support it. It was weird. I got a really bad feeling during the lesson, but hey, she is going to still meet with us so we will see where this goes!
3. Met this guy from kenya this week, and he is muslim so we can't teach him, but he is SO funny. he always says "wonderful" and "love it" in a thick accent. We see him around all the time
4. We had a GIGANTIC Milagro!!!!! a potential that we stopped by my very first day in st. peter. So he is basically always working and really unreliable, and so after months and months and MONTHS of stopping by, we decide to go there at 8:50 at night (which is like the worst time of night to not be doing anything but you can still see lots of miracles) and he was HOME and we TAUGHT him and his BROTHER the restoration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wooo! We saw him again today, haha and he is the buffest little guatemalan ever. I guess he works out everyday
5. We taught E (you saw her daughter when I was skyping you) this week, and she was SUPER tired, and fell asleep during our lesson to her AND started snoring hahahaha me and my comp just looked at each other and laughed.
6. G, another Guatemalan we are teaching, accepted the baptismal invitation!!!!!!!!!! All he needs to do is to stop working on Sundays. It's sad, because the bosses of businesses here take advantage of the immigrants, and don't give them much freedom. It's sad. So we fasted that he can get sundays off to come to church. He is SUCH a good kid. Really smart, wants to learn english (not just WANTS to learn, but is WILLING to learn, which there is a HUGE difference!) and Is just freaking awesome!!!!!! It was so cute, he called us on his birthday to tell us that he is so grateful to God that he got to live another year. SO CUTE! So i made him snickerdoodles haha
7. Last night we were tracting and knocked on a potentials door, and oh my gosh SCARIEST lady ever answered the door.She just had this weird aura and weird feeling about her. anyways we were there to talk to her boyfriend, and she sneered "I know why you are here" and she definitely had the wrong idea and we were just defending ourselves and told her we were missionaries and she said "oh, how quaint" in the sassiest voice and so we starting asking her about her beliefs and she sneered "I believe......in the DEVIL." and oh my gosh she was so creepy haha I am never going to stop by there ever again!!!!!!!!!! I wish I could re enact it for you!
8. We helped V move things around in his room and a drunk J (that guy we have been teaching forever that just won't quit drinking) came and told us he was going to call the cops because we were robbing V.....we were like no we are helping him move his stuff.....anyways then he and V got in a fight and so we went and taught V in the nearest kfc because it was the closest place. Then we ended up teaching him how to read! He didn't go to school in Guatemala and so he wants to learn to read.
9. A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10. The first pic here is of C and E. They are these abuelitos we have been teaching forever. C is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO hard to teach, and his wife can't hear super well and no matter how many times we explain to him that we don't know exactly where our spirit is in our body, he just doesn't understand. Anyways, we had to drop them, and it was sad. I will miss them and their yummy food they feed us, but it's better to spend our time other places.
Well we taught 30 lessons this week............it was a crazy busy, awesome, hard work week!!!!!!!!! It's great to find the people who are prepared for the gospel and to help them make changes in their lives!! Thanks for all your support familia y amigos
Hermana Jones
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