This has been an incredibly slow week. Monday night we went and visited Mir and
just talked forever! Before she was super
sick, she was a chef and she studied with people from the states, so she said
for my Birthday she wants to make me real American hamburgers and an American
styled salad. (we dont eat salad of
lettuce here. who knows why). Tuesday was a zone conference in Pasto . We woke up at 3:45am to be at the terminal by
4:30am to be ready to leave by 5:00am to be in Pasto by 8:00am. So yeah, we were tired haha. It was a cool conference, we all studied the
10 Commandments in detail with the president, watched Meet the Mormons in Spanish
and practiced teaching the Preach My Gospel lessons more affectively! I learned a ton, and got my birthday packages
WEEE! We got home by 5, and went and
visited H and Mag. We shared a
cool article from the October 2014 Liahona about why we have afflictions and
how the scriptures and patience can help.
They're doing so great, they have almost all the lessons, are studying
the scriptures and Liahonas, and are being baptized the 7th, day after my
birthday! WOO happy birthday to
me!!!! Wednesday we met with Ros. We taught the Gospel of Christ so we could
talk about baptism with her, because if she wouldnt attend church that sunday,
we can't baptize her this transfer due to our 3 attendances rule. Well she told us that because of all her debts
with the restaurant, she NEEDS to work Sundays until it's payed. so that sucks. I probably won't see her baptism. That night we went with Mir and her son
Wil, and she told us how us being with her gives her so much joy, and that
we're her "medicina espiritual" or "spiritual
medicine." She also made us
popcorn. YA! Thursday was a bummer. The days earlier in the week i was getting a
sort of runny nose, so i was afraid of getting sick. Well Thursday i woke up sick. GO figure!!!
So with a stuffy nose, painful throat, heavy cough and sneezes and a
fuzzy head, i stayed in bed that day. I
did get to watch all my church movies which was cool. I love the Restoration Joseph Smith
movie. Between the Doctrine and Covenants
films, the teachings of Joseph Smith book and the book Our Heritage, I've been
studying Joseph Smith a LOT lately. He
was definitely a man of God, and a true prophet. They say that Joseph Smith has done more for
our eternal salvation than any man save it be the Savior himself. POWER.
Friday i decided i couldn't sit still any longer, and though i still
felt sick, we went out and worked. We
were with our branch mission leader for a while marking members in the ward we
can visit, actives and less actives, to strengthen. Then that night we went and taught Ros
tithing. We explained how though tithing
seems to hard to pay, especially in times of financial difficulty, it can
actually bless us economically! That
night we went and helped Mir with some seamstress stuff (that's her job) and
then we went with H and Mag to teach them the law of chastity. As usual, they understood completely and
loved the idea of the commandment.
They're super excited to baptize.
I obviously am too haha. Saturday
we helped Mir move her ENTIRE kitchen from upstairs to downstairs. It was a pretty cool day for service. That night we went to a baptism of some
missionaries in the zone and I played the piano for the service. Elder Green, the Elder with the baptism gave
me an English hymn book to play If You Could High to Kolob. While waiting for the girl who was baptized
to change, i played some of the Patriotic hymns from the back. It was one of my
prouder patriot moments hahaha.
Yesterday at church was REALLY interesting. So Mir and Wil came with us and it went
really well. i was grateful it was fast
sunday so they could hear the testimonies.
But during Sunday school, i looked over and Mir had her eyes closed, with
tears running down her face, and Wil had her hand in his. He said "we
need to carry her outside for some air".
I guess she went paralyzed... so we carried her outside and she came
back to her senses. she told us
"this is my disease. Doctors can't
explain it. In moments of stress, hot
temperatures, or strain, i go into a state of paralyses for about 10
minutes. This is why i don't like to
leave the house." She said it doesn't
hurt but it makes her really weak. So we
walked her to the apartment of her ex husband about a block from the
house. If she comes to church again,
it'll have to only be for Sacrament Meeting.
But i don't know how we can baptize her.
But if the priesthood can heal people in times of old, or in times of
the pioneers, why can't I heal her now?
We'll see what happens. That was
an interesting Sunday... haha. Today as
a zone we all had a cook out and had a field day. It was super fun. The mission is so great. This week we're gonna work really hard with
Mir, Wil, H and Mag. Also my
birthday is Friday! Yayy! Love you all!
Elder Welch
*Jake also lost a dear
friend this week and I had to tell him about it through an email. Along with
love and concern for the family this was part of his response. I love his faith:
" I feel alright don't worry, I understand a LOT about where he is now and I honestly know that he's
in a wonderful place of rest and joy."
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