I honestly dont remember this last week too well, and i'm
down to 30 min writing time without my journal.
Sorry if you didnt get last weeks mail! I sent one, but the church mailing system was
down and didnt send it to some people.
Also sorry i didnt write yesterday because I GOT TRANSFERED TO PASTO CARAJO!
Alright, first I'll tell you about
Ger. So as you all know, we put him
on date for Saturday out of the nothing and he actually accepted. Well, turns out that was just the step of
faith he needed to be converted. He told
us Thursday that Wednesday night he told his family that he was thinking about
getting baptized, but apparently they werent okay with it and his older sister
said "if you get baptized, you're not my brother anymore." He said that when he saw their opposition, he
felt strongly that he was doing the right thing, and that in that moment he
felt his faith so strong that he wanted to move his whole house off the ground
haha. He also said he learned the true
meaning of "Love God over everything else." The baptism came saturday and he didnt want
hardly anyone there. He invited us
missionaries, the branch president and 3 girls from the branch. It was an incredibly spiritual meeting. the reason he wanted so little people there
was to keep it more personal. And it did
just that. To see his countenance when
he came up out of the water just filled me up with the spirit. It was one of the best baptisms of my
mission. He said that now he's giving
his life to God and that he wants to serve a mission (he's 21 years old.) It
was just an amazing experience.
Alright, besides that the week was normal. But I GOT
TRANSFERRED! I'm here in Pasto , 2 hours north of Ipiales where i
started the mission! Pasto is a SUPER beautiful city (LOOK UP
PICS. "PASTO COLOMBIA ") and really cold haha. I'm so happy.
My new companion is Elder Roman from Argentina , and we're opening
area. He's super rad, we get along
really well, and he is an expert in yerba mate haha. So we're REALLY excited to work super hard in
Nariño again! Love you all! Have an excellent week! Sorry i didnt write yesterday. I left Zarzal
at 5am and got in Pasto
at 8pm. It's kinda far.
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PHEW! That was a LONG 2 weeks for me to not hear from him. I tried to call the mission office last night but they are 2 hours ahead so there was no answer. Probably a good thing since he emailed first thing this morning :)
I'm excited for him to be in Pasto. He loves sweater weather and that's pretty much all Pasto has. They are at over 8,000 feet elevation. -Wendy
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