Smilin` in Sol del Pinar
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Monday
my companion had to go to immigrations and I was with some other
sisters during the day. We went shopping at Plaza Norte, the mall type
place, it was pretty fun.. Later I went to pick up Hermana Inca and we
headed to do some other things and then finished P day. We had a lesson
with Bertha, and we decided for good that we are going to drop her for a
while until she has a desire to follow through with her committments.
Then we talked with Fiorela and her kids (the crazy ones haha) about
faith. It was a good lesson and she gave us masamora morada and arroz
con leche (a dessert typical here.. really good.. the masamora is made
from purple corn.. and is like a gooey texture.. then the other is rice
with milk, sugar, etc). We got a phone call on Monday night and our leaders told us that Hna Inca had to go to immigrations yet again on Tuesday..hooray!
Tuesday
early we went to the offices. I talked to an Elder about the birth
certificates of Karina and Jhony and they still hadn`t come through yet.
I then spent half of the day with Hermana Sanchez, from Mexico.. in a
ward that is in my old stake (unfortunately didn`t get to see any of the
ward members from Libertad..) Then around 3 we went to pick up our
companions in the offices.. They left and Hermana Inca and I stayed to
talk for a minute with one of the assistents.. He was sitting down on
the couch and asked us ¨Do you feel that?¨ Then two or three seconds
later the ground shook.. Earthquake! Haha.. a lot of elders went running
outside of the offices to see the buildings move.. but we stayed where
we were. The assistent started laughing and said ¨How embarassing.. Do
you see President Erickson running out of his office? No.. he didn`t
even move!¨ It really wasn`t all that big.. it lasted about 15 seconds
max.. So we headed home and had three lessons to finish off the day. We
talked with Telesila and her hilarious son who is three said the prophet
in the pamphlet looked like a sheep. Then later he asked for hand
sanitizer then said no.. I`m not a woman.. this smells like woman! We
finished the night talking to Jhony and Karina (they really are
wonderful.. can`t say it enough)
Wednesday
was stressful.. we went to visit Fiorela in the morning and gave us a
dessert made from pumpkin (kinda weird.. but good).. about the middle I
found a bug.. ewww.. she was pretty embarassed but I told her it was
ok.. poor lady! Then later we spent a lot of the day looking for
witnesses for the wedding of Jhony and Karina and finally we found two
to go with them on Thursday to sign up for everything. That night Jhony`s birth certificate arrived and also Karina`s ID that she hadn`t had for months.
Thursday
we took Jhony and Karina to meet the elders to take them to Lima
Central to sign up. Thanks to a lot of faith everything turned out ok.
Karina`s birth certificate was waiting in the offices and they were able
to do everything! Although there was a little bump in the middle of the
road and it ended up taking about 7 hours they finished everything with
a smile. Meanwhile we were here in our zone proselyting.. really antsy
waiting for the news. We had some really good lessons.. we visited
Telesila again and talked to her about the Book of Mormon, she was
really interested in that there was yet another testament of Jesus
Christ..but then we got interrupted and she had to leave really
quickly.. bummer.. Then we visited Juan.. he was a little bit harder to
teach this time because he was confused about the Spirit World and the
Resurrection, but we did our best. Then we talked with Rocio, a less
active sister and she was really receptive (but she still doesn`t want
to come to church..). Then we had a lesson with Silvia, another less
active sister and she committed to come to church on Sunday
(and she did!!! Yay!!) Then we went to visit Jhony and Karina again, we
brought them chocolate to apologize for them having to be gone so long
during the day. Their daughter Jhoyka when she got the chocolate gave us
kisses like 8 or 9 times.. she is a jem and always asks when church
will be. We taught them about The Plan of Salvation and it was a really
spiritual experience, they really understood that in life there will be
struggles but with faith we can conquer everything.
Friday
was slow.. we tried to find Candy but ended up only finding Berta
again.. and then we spoke with Juan yet again to explain more about the
end of the Plan of Salvation and the Kingdoms of Glory. Lastly we had a
short lesson with a family who has been on and off in coming to church
but they are getting lots better.
Saturday
morning we went to do visits with the ward members and then in the
afternoon we had a lesson with 4 kids 13, 11, 10, and 8 years old. It
was probably one of the funnest lessons we have had in a while.. they
all wanted to participate and answer questions, and they had some really
good questions. The only problem is their parents are hardly ever
home.. we have only had like 2 lessons with their parents.. Then we
talked with Alicia and she still is confused.. I think what she needs is
to go to church and just see how it is one time to know that it is so
different the feeling in the chapel than in any other place. Lastly we
visited Jhony and Karina (we really like going there... if you didn`t
notice) and we finished up The Plan of Salvation. Jhony at the beginning
told us he wasn`t going to be able to go to church on Sunday..
Hermana Inca and I sat their speechless, because if he didn`t go he
wouldn`t be able to be baptized until the 28th.. we explained a little,
but I felt we should go on with the lesson instead of trying to explain
to him about church first. We finished the lesson and the spirit was
really strong. I asked him when we would see their whole family together
next, and Jhony said.. don`t worry tomorrow
we are all going to be at church. It was such a great feeling when we
left their house knowing that we were able to help him make the right
decision without forcing him to do it.
Sunday
Jhony, Karina, Jhoyka, and Derek were all in the chapel like they
promised and we brought Juan with us. They were all good meetings and
then after Jhony and Karina had their first interviews for baptism.
Later we had lunch with the bishop and his family, we had ward council,
and then two short lessons to finish the day up.
That is my week (finally had time to get every
little detail in..) Hope you all have a wonderful week and that you
remember always how much I love each and every one of you and am
thankful for your prayers and messages that you send my way!
Hermana Imbler
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