Well, this week was pretty darn amazing. My faith grew a ton. I am the happiest i´ve ever been, and I finally have acclimated to the cold... halfway ;) but it´s all good! I for reals love this south american culture!! My favorite thing is that everyone rides motos. My favorite... a mom, dad, and kid on a moto, with the kid smooshed between the dad and mom. the kid is holding their dog, and the mom is holding a tv. what..... ANYWAY! time for the week!
First, a little about this
miracle that we had last night. A few days ago, I was looking in the
area book and found this antiguo investigator named Gaston. We put him
in the plans but never really got around to visiting him. the other
night, one of our plans fell through and we went to visit him but didn´t
have a solid direccion, so we asked around. we asked this family where
he lived and they told us (because in this campo area, everyone knows
their neighbors and it´s awesome). after they told us where he lived we
started talking, and all of a sudden the guy was like "do you wanna come
inside?" so of course we accepted!! we went inside and sat down and
this couple has been married for 22 years. that´s HUGE. No one here gets
married, they just live together, and it´s extremely hard to find
someone that´s married. They have 4 sons, with ages 19, 14, 7 and 2.
They´re so, so sweet. They don´t have a religion as a roadblock, which
is also rare because we get rejected a lot because everyone is catholic.
They agreed to read it together, and the husband said the prayer. This
is also really rare for someone to agree to pray in the first lesson. He
just looked at us and said "I don´t believe that this is a coincidence
that you couldn´t find gaston. I think God sent you to this house." WE
ARE SO SO SO EXCITED FOR THEM!! Seriously, they are such an incredible
family and I´ve never felt so warm. ahhh man :)
Another cool
experience was with a menos activo. He has really bad health, and that
is why he doesn´t go to church. He´s only been a member for a year and a
half, but he still reads his scriptures every single day and
everything. He lives in a house with 3 walls, had a pot of food cooking
over a fire that was burning on woood and garbage, and just didn´t have a
lot. He had this light in his eyes though, and he said "I know I have a
very humble home, and don´t have a lot, but you hermanas are always
welcome." I had never felt so peaceful than when I was sitting there, in
the dirt, on a broken bucket talking with this man. I love these people
so, so much!!
Fun fact: my comp and I went to a bday party
this week of the 1 year old hija de our investigator! We had eaten this
huge lunch (i´m not even kidding, I ate 3 heaping plates of food because
you can´t say no here and I´ve never felt so sick in my life. bleh),
and then right after we went to this party where they fed us more food!
it was the first party my comp had ever been to, and we just couldn´t
stop laughing... we never thought we´d be in this random house eating
cake pops and celebrating the birthday of this little chiquitita... but
it was so fun! i´ll try and send pictures next week :)
Now a
bit about me... :) this week has been one of so much growth. My comp
said "I don´t know what happened hermana, but I don´t ´feel like I´m
teaching with someone who only has a month here after being home for 3
weeks." my language has improved dramatically!! I read an old letter
from Elder DuFort this week, and he said "when you put that nametag on
your chest, you´re Christ´s hands. You do what HE does, not what YOU
do." That has made the difference this week. I´m forgetting myself, I´m
loving the people, and I´m seeing MIRACLES!! It´s so beautiful. One of
my favorite songs that my comp and I have been listening to this week is
called "blessings." It says "what if your blessings come through
raindrops, what if your healing comes through tears? what if a thousand
sleepless nights are what it takes to know you´re near? what if your
greatest disappointments, or the aching of this life is the revealing of
a greater thirst this world can´t satisfy? what if the trials of this
life are your mercies in disguise?" I love this song. Let us all try to
remember that sometimes, our trials are what bring us more joy in the
long run :) thank you for your prayers. I feel them. Thank you to those
that write me, and I´m unable to write back! I get so many emails a
week, and I appreciate them all. I read them all, even if I don´t have
time to write personally :)
I love this work. I love this language. I love this country, and I love this gospel!
Love, Hermana Reeve
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