Another great week in Curacavi with Hna.Broadhead! This week we worked super hard, as usual, and are truly seeing the fruit of our labors! Our investigator Monica is preparing for baptism this weekend, her only struggle is with the word of wisdom, she`s a smoker and has cut back a lot and now smokes less than a cigarette a day, but she still hasn`t let it go completely so we`re trying to work with her on that. If she can keep cigarette free she`ll be able to be baptized saturday, so pray tons for her!!! We also have Elvis, the druggy zchizophrenic (sp?) bad combo I know. But he`s been coming to church and reading his scriptures, he even does little summaries of what he reads and highlights words he doesn`t understand it`s so cute. He`s a little slow (the drugs fried his brain) but we gave him a baptismal date for the 1st of December and have to focus on his smoking as well. The loves of my life Henrique and Victoria are progressing amazingly! There incredible faith is such an example to me and they just love the gospel and coming to church and just fit right in! Victoria already considers herself a mormon and in conversation says things like "Right Hermana Ibarra that in our religion we..." hahaha. Yesterday we visited them with the bishop and taught them about the law of tithing, it was a powerful lesson especially with the bishop to back up on what is done with the tithing money. When I extended the committment to keep the law of tithing after they`re baptized Henrique`s reply was just incredible "Obviously I will Hermana Ibarra! It`s only logical that this is the way it has to be, this is Christ`s church!" AAHHHH!!!!!! I seriously LOVE them, they truly are heaven sent! Victoria gave Hna. Broadhead and I little sweaters she had that don´t fit her to keep us warm at night, she is the sweetest thing :)
Something funny that happened this week was when we went out for lunch last p-day at a super yummy place here called "La Nave". There was some crazy guy who claims to be a muslim who followed us in and was like "Take a sit ladies I`m gonna pay for your lunch! SIt down!" We kindly rejected and he kept insisting and insisting so we just ignored him and he started yelling things at the workers like " can we turn on the lights in here!" cause the place has a "hollister feel" with the dimmed lights and started making a spectacle of himself. We had to wait a while for our food cause the kitchen wasn`t open yet and the guy started complaining to the waiter for us like "These girls have been sitting here for like an hour! When are they gonna get their food, at dinner time?!" I was sooo embarrassed, we just laughed and said it was okay. In my cuban accent- Bro, el tipo formo tremendo show, QUE PENA! jajaja
Besides the usual earthquake, flaites (ghetto chilean guys) whistling and hitting on us in the streets, and making friends with strangers things are just wonderful! Later today we`re gonna go to Santiago and sleep over the secretaries apartment, Hermana Stanger a senior single sister from Ogden, cause tomorrow our mission is gonna be addressed to by Elder Holland!!!! EEEEEEKKKKKK!!!!! A trip to Santiago (the city) is like going to disney land, it`s so fun, but geeting to hear from an apostle on top of it, I don´t know what could be better!
Spiritual cookie: "To the service of the Lord I have devoted my life; my all has been placed upon the altar of sacrifice, that I may honour him, do his will acceptably, and spread the principles of life among the children of men." - Pdt. Lorenzo Snow (TEACHINGS OF PRESIDENTS OF THE CHURCH: LORENZO SNOWCHAPTER 19 MISSIONARY WORK: "TO REACH EVERY HUMAN HEART" )
Peace & Blessings,
Hna. Ibarra
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