This week has been very...intersting to say the least. We managed to find two new families to teach from a week full of classic contacting, which was fun becuase I have met some interesting people and seen some intersting things. We contacted this house and the mom came out to tell us that she is happily catholic and doesn´t want to change, but was willing to listen to our message at her doorstep with her arms folded very proud like. I felt the spirit confirm what I was testifying was true, and even though she has no interest in us, it was fun to see he face change as we testified the truth and her feeling it as well. I passed by a rotisería, which is like a cooked foods palce that makes asado, meals, etc with meat and all that, and it was called Rostisería Ian! I asked if that meant I can get a discount, but they happily told me no... haha.
A member had us over the other day to have a mandarin, which looked nice and orange and ripe to eat. As they invited me to eat it, I noticed some snickers on their faces, but I paid no mind...I quikly realized what was so funny, as the mandarin I was eating tasted like a very sour lemon! Qué ásco! They told me thier mandarin tree had cross-pollinated with a chinese breed of lemon, making it look normal but taste sour. I wasn´t even mad I was truly suprised that something like that can happen.
So there is this soda called Pritty Limón, and it is the Argentine version of Mountain Dew. And everyone down here loves the Simpsons, so this company, with it delicioulsy yellow beverage uses the Simpsons images as its brand. They have special deals where if you bring in three soda caps and some pesos, you can get a tupperware box called a cofrebox...every kiosco has the sign for this offer, but I never beleive that they have the cofreboxes. So this week I saved up some caps and turned them in and low and behold they have the cofrebox! I got one with Homero Simpson, and there are 5 more to collect. My Pokemon addiction is kicking back up again haha.
Overall this past week I have learned to be more humble, patient, and honest. There was some tough times this week, when plans feel through, when people didn´t come to church, when I wasn´t feeling emotionally good, that it made everything tough to handle. But it has been something I learned from. As I was talking to a family in the ward, I started to cry becasue I was telling them why I want to work hard, and to help strengthen the ward, and the passion that keeps me going despite the constant attacks from Satan. And since this week was tough, I got a little emotional. But they told me that I was doing a good job, and reminded me that the Lord thinks so too. We aren´t perfect, and that´s ok, because if we truly give it our all, the Lord will bless us and strengthen us, our families, todo. I´m excited to keep trying my hardest to improve this ward and help these wonderful people here in Paraná come closer to Christ. I have some plans in the making so keep an eye out for some cool stuff later this month...
Les amo un montón! Cuidensenslons!!!!
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