Wed April 28, 2010
mom you mentioned last week that you hope its getting colder- oh yes it is. haha the other night i couldn't sleep well for lack of warmth. something about finding the right temperature on the mission has been a bit difficult for me., oh well, por lo menos i get to wear scarves right now, i love scarves. (scarfs?)
On sunday we got to see the baptism of Agustina and two other girls, it turned out really well, even though the water in the font was cold! the calefon in the church doesnt work i guess. But it was a success. The best part is that Agustina's mom came too, and she said she really was hoping she wouldn't like it but that she actually really did, she felt really good, and wanted to know why we are always so happy. we shared the plan of salvation with here and i can tell she really liked it. We kinda of jokingly said after the baptism and its your turn next! and she was like well,,, and then i said no, but seriously. We will help you be ready. the next day i told her she needed to get married, and she was like all right, like what should i do what do i need to do? woohoo!! thank heavens for the Spirit- its the only thing that moves this work forward.
Speaking of marriage, we went and did a noche de hogar with ester and rolando (we ate chorripan- so good! its just sausage and bread, a little like a brat) and we were talking about how faith is so good and in the scriptures we see so many miracles because of the peoples' faith. And we asked, and you guys have lots of faith right? yes yes of course. So then we flipped to James chpt 2. and we read, and i said, so we can sit and talk about faith and how much we have, but without our work, without action, our faith is dead. So we pulled out this calendar we made called calendario de fe y accion, and we said. So what are you going to do so that your faith isn't dead. Choose on this calendar one day in may when you will get married. Rolando was just kind of looking at it and i was scared for some reason, and right when i was about to say hey its ok, we will ask you tomorrow. my comp looked at me and said hey we need to stay until they choose. and so i said ok we are waiting here until you pick a date, i will sleep on the couch. then my comp said and i will go sleep with the dog. and rolando just kept looking at the paper. and ester said im ready whenever then finally Rolando looked up and said I have to call still for the papers, but if they are ready i will pay and we will get married the 8th!! oh my gosh ester was practically crying cuz she was so happy. and my comp and i of course are thrilled. he said too he doesnt want to wait, but also that he wants that both my comp and i can be there, because maybe for transfers one of us will go. I love this family. SO MUCH. we are praying now for the papers but we haven't yet received word.
Speaking of people that I get along with well, there is a recent convert here from the dominican republic and he is so cool. (ok he is black ) he runs a carniceria, and his friends are so cool too, they like all have friends that play major league baseball. it is really cool to see them speak spanish. we have taught his friends and they have accepted to read and pray, i hope success comes from it. Also Camilo is making us lunch tomorrow, it should be really good.
Welp, i have no news yet on calls for mothers day. but i can tell you im stoked. when i get some info, you will be the first ones to know. if i find out next wednesday right before i write you.
ok love you tons!
Sister Dunford
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