Hey fam!
So this last week was pretty good as well, we are still having a lot
of success here in our area, and i love it! We didnt have any baptisms
last week, but we´re hoping for like 5 this week :) Juana and her
whole family are going to get baptized this week! Im so freakin
excited for them. Juana has quit smoking and drinking and all of them
are ridiculously excited for their baptism on Saturday. We announced
it yesterday at church and were getting everything ready for them so
it will just be the most awesome experience of their life.
So a little update on Luis, the kid that was going to get baptized. I
think hes embarassed now because of his mom, cuz he answers our phone
calls, but when we went there the other night, his little sister came
out and told us he wasnt there, then said he was in the bed, and so we
told her to go tell him to come out. She ran in and told him, and
then came out again and said he wasnt there.....so we´re not sure
exactly what is going on with him. But the branch president went to
see him yesterday and hopefully that will help. Ill let you know if
anything changes.
Also that less active family that we found with the kid who was going
to get baptized sucks a lot too. We couldnt find them almost at all
last week, and then we passed by sunday morning to wake them up for
church and the girl came out. She told us they were all going to go,
and then nobody showed up......we´re quite frustrated with them.
Hopefully we can get him baptized soon.
But last week on monday was my comps birthday, and we went to the
family home evening with the Urzagaste family. He just got WRECKED
with flour and eggs, and i thought i would be safe filming everything
with my camera.......wrongly assumed. I took a couple of eggs and a
ton of flour too......luckily the camera came away mostly unhurt. But
it still works and takes pictures and videos, so we cant complain :)
we´ve already planned my birthday party for next monday in the
afternoon haha super stoked!
Also, we werent too sure with juana, cuz last week on monday we had a
lesson with her and her family, and her and her mom got in a fight.
they were both screaming at each other, and then juana started a fight
with her neighbor because her neighbor was spreading rumors about her
and stuff.....it was like a 10 minute scream battle. she came back
bawling and said that life was better drunk because nothing matters to
her when shes drunk and then she said she was just going to kill
everyone, family, neighbors, you name it, and then everything would
end and be easier for her. but we helped her out, and when we went
back the next day, she told us after we left and we had given her some
advice, she just shut herself in her house, prayed, and then went to
bed and woke up good the next morning. Super awesome. Shes so solid.
Juana is also sharing the gospel with other people too, she made her
neighbor and her kids come over and listen to us, and then she went
and woke them all up on sunday in the morning and got to church with
them there before we did haha now in all the lessons she like gives
her testimony and is telling her friend she needs to get baptized.
She also had a problem with saying "oh my god" and stuff like that
before, and then we taught her about the 3rd commandment. well her
neighbor friend says it a lot too and juana yelled at her the other
day for it and told her to stop disrespecting God. So funny haha every
time she almost says it now she like screams and claps her hand over
her mouth. her kids help her out with that one too, so its really
cool to see.
also, her little baby daughter guadalupe absolutely loves us now.
every time we leave, she just throws her little head back and almost
throws herself over and just bawls her eyes out. so we bring her
little chewy candies every time haha also the other night, it was
hilarious cuz we would ask, wheres the boogeyman?! and then she would
point, stare for a while, and then start crying and duck her head into
her moms chest. super funny.
We were also able to find some more families to teach this week, so
that should be good. they seem like really good people, and hopefully
theyre interested. the one lady gave us this homemade tortilla thing
that was really good when we left, and supposedly the ones who give
you food on the first visit are the chosen ones haha we´ll see what
happens.
Remember the less active lady Marina that i was telling you about? The
one with the cigarettes? Well its totally been two sundays in a row
now that shes coming to church with her whole family, and this week
she came all dressed up in a skirt and everything! she was lookin HOT!
haha just kidding, lie, dont panic. i mean that in a spiritual sense
:)
And today, we totally went and played tennis on a clay court in
oran!!! It was way fun. Apparently my comp met this guy named ricardo
a long time ago, and ricardo was super good friends with the elders
when they were there in oran. so he gave my comp his number, and told
him we could come play tennis in his private club any time. so we
called him yesterday, told him we were coming, and we met up today!
the guy is ridiculously good, and just destroyed me, but said that i
play good haha hes way cool though, cuz then he took us to his house
afterwards, introduced us to his mom and little sisters, and we had a
huge family lunch with them.....and theyre not even members!!! but
they are super good people, and it makes me happy to know there are
good people like that outside of the mormon bubble.....so needless to
say, we´re going to be going back there in a couple weeks to play
again and have lunch with his family. hes gone to the states a ton
too and is familiar with utah. said hes gonna come visit after i get
home, and we´ll have an argentine food night at the house with
everybody haha so maybe you guys will get to meet him too!!!
But yeah, thats about it! we´re working hard, and hopefully ill be
reporting on five baptisms this next week! love you all, and thanks
for the support!
Con amor,
Elder Sirrine
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