This week we have had a lot of success with referrals
that people have been giving us.
We have two amazing fechas that are working hard
on getting baptized this weekend. Kate is trying to quit smoking, but has faith
and is working hard on being able to be baptized. Maria is this amazing 14 year
old who loves Young Womens! It was a busy yet great week teaching these two. They
are both from Nigeria, and are friends. We are trying to get Kate´s 12 year old
son involved and Maria´s mom involved but they just seem to be too busy to have
time for us. Families are important so we will keep trying!
We saw many miracles this week and a great one
was when our recent converts Pius and Happy showed up at church on their own! They
got off on the wrong stop and then they walked for 2 hours but they finally made
it soaking wet from the rain. Financially they are still struggling. AND THEN!!!
The Wolfarts are amazing. After church Hermana Wolfart invited Happy over to their
house. This was so nice because not many members make efforts with our recent converts.
Happy was SO excited to go to their house and I was so happy for her. We rode the
bus home together and I talked to Pius and Happy about the bus system and how to
get to church and back to their house. They said they will remember now and hopefully
we'll see them come more.
This week was also very crazy because of the Festivals
at Pilar. There were a lot of people and especially teenagers everywhere, which
made the streets so packed. I have so many stories to tell you. I have been keeping
up pretty well in my journal writing about as much as I can so in the future I can
let you in on all the details.
The festival was beautiful. It made proselyting
hard because everyone was Catholic and we tried not to contact because we wanted
to be respectful. I took a lot of pictures of the huge Virgin Mary statue and all
the many beautiful flowers around and pictures of random people in their traditional
Spanish clothing. There were religious ceremonies and singing going on and there
were performances all around downtown...including this amazing break dance team.
I got a lot of videos of them.
That was our week, walking A LOT because the buses
were PACKED with people and couldn´t fit us in. Overall, I have really seen the
protective hand of the Lord in my life. I am so blessed to be a missionary and to
have this protection. I am so blessed to be here and it´s been an amazing year on
my mission so far. I have loved every second of it. Thank you for your support and
your prayers. I love you all.
Love, Laura
Festivals at Pilar
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