Happy Mother's Day

Hey fam,
 
So it was bomb being able to talk to you guys yesterday, and i didnt
forget to tell you i love you this time! haha im not a horrible
worthless son! You guys are awesome and i really do miss you! But i
know im supposed to be here doin what im doin and we´ll just have to
wait for another year and 3 months to be able to talk good :) crazy
ive been out that long huh?
 
So this last week was awesome, we actually started seeing fruits of
our hard work!!! But im gonna start from the first so we can save the
best part for last :)  So i think i said this last night, but the
gypsies have all loaded up and gone.....at least in that one house.
When we were in the feria this morning there was one gypsy lady
prowling around and asked if we would like to try our hand at luck, or
buy some incense from her.....we basically ran away.  So did everyone
else around us haha
 
Also, we had zone conference on tuesday! it was super awesome, and i
left feeling excited and ready to work.  We did some really cool live
exercises where the president sent out 2 companionships to find people
off the street to come in and sit in front of 25 ish missionaries so
that companionship could introduce the book of mormon to them and
committ them to reading it and having the missionaries pass by their
house later.  it was a really cool exercise, especially cuz the prez
used it afterwards to show us really how easy it is to find new people
to teach if we really put our minds to it.  both companionships found
people in under 20 minutes, right during the lunch hour, which is one
of the hardest hours of the day, and they had to come in front of a
ton of missionaries, which is terrifying.  so we can find these people
to teach! haha
 
The next day, we went to one of our investigators house and the
daughter asked us if it was really a sin to drink coffee.  So we ended
up teaching the word of wisdom and it was probably the best lesson
ever.  Im almost positive the daughter set us up, because she doesnt
do any of the five things: drugs, coffee, tea, alcohol, and tobacco,
but her dad does all of them except for drugs.  So we dropped cane on
him....lightly though, and right when we were about to end the lesson,
his wife came in, heard what we were teaching, and joined right in and
just chewed him out for like a half an hour about how disgusting his
habits were, and how he should listen to us, and how she cant even
kiss him anymore because its like kissing a horse.  i was trying
REALLY hard not to laugh haha so well see how hes doing later :)
 
We keep going to Alexs house to teach juan and ubi, and when we went
there the other night, alex and his brother hector played the guitar
again together and this time were singing wicked harmony! i think
theyre getting along a lot better, and it just makes me happy to see
how the gospel helps people, even in little stuff like that
 
While we were visiting less actives last week, we found the dad of a
family thats not baptized.  His wife, whos a member, recently got sick
and is interned in the hospital.  I guess that was the thing he needed
to make him decide he needs the gospel.  Hes already gone to church
twice before, and we just have to teach him what he lacks! he accepted
his baptismal date, and wants to get baptized! His name is René
Choque, so ill keep you updated on him too :)
 
And now the best for last! On Saturady, we had 2 baptisms! Franco
Salazar, and Anahi Gerez.  Apparently theyve tried to baptize Anahi
like twice before, but both times she got terrified of the water and
latched onto the metal bar leading into the font and wouldnt let go.
this time the bishop wouldnt let her out until she got baptized....he
was standing there and basically yelling at her to get into the water
haha And franco! Hes 16 and is the boyfriend of Anahi´s sister.  On
Sunday, only Anahi got confirmed though, cuz i guess in the morning
francos dad hit his mom and the police were at his house and all this
stuff and he got to church super late cuz of all these problems.  The
bishop wouldnt let him get confirmed because he got there after the
sacrament and after all the ward business.....the Zone leaders dropped
cane on me and my comp cuz we didnt make the bishop confirm him
because he was already there.....but oh well, he´ll get confirmed this
sunday and everything will be fine!
 
But yeah, thats about it for this week! Thanks for writing, and again
it was great to talk to you all last night! Love you all!!! Hope to
hear from you next week :)
 
Con amor,
 
Elder Sirrine