This week has been great and really flew by! Having P-day on
Tuesday really cut the week short! haha So we got a couple new
investigadores this week! But unfortunately we did not have enough time
to visit everyone we needed to this week! UGH Things are picking up
again though which is great! Two of Eneida's kids had birthdays this
week! Jazmin turned 10 and Ricardo turned 8 so he can be baptized too!
So on Thursday we bought a cake and some soda and brought it to give
them a little present! All the kids were so excited and had the biggest
smiles! They wouldn't have had this otherwise so that was such a great
and uplifting thing we were able to do for them! We are getting a lot
closer on finding Eneida a job but she lives so far away from everything
that it is getting harder to find a schedule that fits with her getting
to and from on the extremely unreliable buses here haha.
Friday
was good too! We went to visit one of our investigadores but she wasn't
feeling very well so we taught her grandson Chishie (yeah the names
here can be kind of weird....) We taught him with Tato (who has special
needs and loves God and church and everything! He is so adorable and a
lot older hahaha) We taught the restoration and the spirit was really
strong! We gave him a book of mormon and it was all very good! After
that we had a noche de hogar (Family Home Evening) with one of our other investigadores who
wants to be baptized so badly but can't because she isn't married and
her husband (unfortunately is a less active member) refuses to marry
her... They have such a beautiful family and such a great relationship
it really is so sad to hear he wont! Hence the noche de hogar con
nosotros (Family Home Evening with us)! We had a Taco dinner! (Hna Salas is from Mexico :D) It was
very fun and felt so normal! So very typical and just so great! The
esposo (husband) was very kind kept asking questions of California and just was
getting to know us and I think it was really great! We were able to
develop a relationship with him and now he wont flee every time we are
over! We are planning on doing another one soon!
Saturday we
saw Eneida again and were able to go to a members house to watch the
Testaments and it was so powerful! I absolutely love that movie! Even
more now that I am here in Panamá! After her we went contacting and were
trying to find this young couple that we found and instead found her
father! hahaha It was great! He was very kind to us and very willing to
share his beliefs as an Evangelist! It was so great! hahaha He basically
gave us the first lesson of their church and then we gave ours! It was
great and the even though it was very much weird the spirit was there
and was very strong! I'm pretty sure he felt something! After that we
went to our dinner and it was actually their son's third birthday! So we
got cake and food and again another night of normalcy in families!
hahaha I know its sad I keep saying that but I guess it is the first
time here in Panamá that I have felt that familiar bond and my heart has
just swelled with it! We had a huge balloon fight and it was all just
so great!
Yesterday we has a very special zone activity where
each pair of missionaries brought and investigador, convierto reciente (recent convert),
or menos activo (less actives) and we took them on a tour of the temple! Presidente
Carmack did the tour and it was so beautiful! The spirit was so strong
and everyone that came was in awe of this beautiful building we have and
the sacred ordinance we make and the spirit and calm that we felt was
overwhelming.
This week was so great and I am so grateful I
have this opportunity I have to be a missionary. To see people in a
different was! This was incredibly long but I just want you to know how
grateful I am for this gospel in my life. It gives hope and peace to
people who have never had it in their lives before. It brings blessings
that seem almost impossible but anything is possible through the Lord.
Always. I am grateful for all of your love and support! Your prayers are
felt and Thank you all so much!
Les quiero muchismo!
Hermana Garcia
Ricardo and Jazmins party...
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