WEEK 25

hola!

yep that's right, week 25 here in good old San Pedro! Transfers were today, and it looks like this area just can't get rid of me, I'll be here for at least another 6 weeks. I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Me and Hna P are gonna tear it up this transfer.

Sad news...............................J: we got a text from him on sunday night that said he can't be baptized because his dad doesn't think he is ready :( but it's ok, we are going over there tonight to reassure him that this is the right thing and that his padre celestial will tell him if he is ready or not.

Really embarrassing moment this week. We were eating at a member's house with some investigators, and I ran upstairs to go to the bathroom. Their house is like 150 years old and the steps are really slippery, and many people (my comp, ward mission leader, and several others) have been known to fall on the stairs. Anyways they were going to start eating so I ran down the stairs (which are right next to the dining room table, and totally fell down the WHOLE FLIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! It was like I was a kid in a sleeping bag sliding down the stairs all over again, just missionary style. So embarrassing. There are still times when I will be praying and my comp will just start busting up and then after the prayer I ask her why she is laughing and then she just says that she was just picturing me fall down the stairs again....oy yoy yoy. so embarrassing!

We had a really fun family home evening at the R's this week with G and E! It was really fun, we watched The restoration video and then played a little game and ate some gluten free banana bread. I will attach a few pics

We were able to see a less active this week, Hermana T, and usually she is very quiet and doesn't talk much at all (which is weird for the Mexican culture, usually they can talk for DAYS). Anyways we taught her the restoration and afterwards she opened up a lot and told us that she really is trying to com eback to church and that she wants to, and so she has been taking small steps to get back, it was super awesome that she finally opened up to us!

So there is this lady named T. She is from Chicago and has the cutest little family ever. She calls us "her girls" and loves us so much. her fiancé just got out of jail and they are planning on getting married and then they want to get baptized, so we are excited to see where that goes. She is the funniest person I have ever met, and her prayers are to die for. She loves praying and, she has been known to pray more than twice in one lesson. funny lady.

B is doing so good, best little missionary ever! He just wants to share it with everyone and invites everyone to church, even if he doesn't know them! And he stands up to his friends when they make fun of his religion and just tells them that "They haven't read the Mormon Book" (I have never once heard him call it the book of Mormon haha) It's super gratifying to see one of your converts continue to be so active in the church and fulfilling their calling and doing missionary work! I love little B!

So today we went to New Ulm, and of course I took a picture by the sign so I will send that in the email! It is different than the one on the movie, but it's still cool. The town is basically all germans, and so all the stores and signs and everything is in German. It's kinda cool. so the sign said "welcome to New ulm" just in german.

We ate dinner at the church here in town called "Jesus Assembly of God" and so that's what the other picture is, those signs were ALL OVER the bathroom, like 3 in every stall haha. Our investigator A invited us there. He likes meeting with us because he wants to know why people think Mormons are so crazy. But now he knows that we are not and told me that when I told him that I know God is our heavenly father that he felt a barrier break down and that he knew what I was saying is true and that he just didn't understand other people and why they didn't like us. It was a cool moment. Then One of the pastors there, pastor B, asked Adam why he was hanging out with us, and he told him that we were very nice and told him good things about God and pastor B was all "It's all a trick. They send the pretty ones out to trick you, stay away from them" right in front of our face! I just felt sad for people who won't even give the truth a chance. Oh well, we will just find the ones who are LISTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well that's all for this week, va pues!

Hermana Jones