Week 70

Bum. bum. buum
Another one bites the dust

And by that I mean,
Another week bites the dust.

Hello everyone, how do ya do

It's been a blessed week.

This week was Sister Mork's birthday (one of our fun fun apartment complex friends) and they invited us over to do fun girl things like paint our nails and put on face masks (the clay kind, not the Corona virus kind) and it was the silliest thing cause right in the middle of it we hear a knock on the door and it's our two very serious Zone Leaders coming to wish Sister Mork happy birthday and give her some ice cream. They looked like they'd seen a ghost it was so funny. And then the next morning we had service and it was just our three companionships. 

We got to go back to the mini horse sanctuary 2 whole times and saw Tank the giant tortoise eat his lunch and also brush the horses. We've decided that every time we go there we either feel like we're in the Barbie horse book or we're indentured servants in the middle ages scooping up horse poo. Anyways. 

Also Hermana Mecham taught me n some other sisters how to play tennis and I said "wow this is just like giant ping pong!" And then I realized that ping pong is in fact just mini tennis and that's why it's also called table tennis.

Also just so you know we are still very sore from our daily workouts. It may just be that I am a very weak sister cause even a little muscle in my right forearm is sore from casually playing tennis for .2 seconds. I guess I just never use that muscle.

But anyways, in the uhhh teaching the gospel department it's actually been such an exciting week. We had a GREAT lesson with Jorge and Oscar and they had read in the Book of Mormon and were even reminding us to leave them a new part to read. We also got to get to know one of the members on her doorstep when we went to go pick up a list from her house. 

Probably the most exciting thing of all was having a full lesson at someone's house! The rule is that we can go but only if we're invited and wear masks and social distance. Anyways, they're an older couple whose names are Jesús and Sandra. Jesús told us that they grew up Catholic but then recently had been attending a different Christian church that's all about yipping and shouting and clapping and that he likes how joyful it is, but he just feels empty while he does it. He was like "I'm missing something. I know I am. I just don't know what it is. I like your church. I can honestly say I think it might the Church of Jesus Christ. But tell me! What must I DO? How can I live with God again??"
And we were like ":0"
And then we explained covenants and read 3 Nephi 11 and he paused and was like "in this very moment I've received my answer. I know what I must do. I am going to prepare to be baptized." And we were like ":0" again but surprisingly very calm on the outside and then basically he was just like "I don't want to rush it but also don't worry. I'll be baptized and I'll be baptized soon."
It was one of those lessons you dream of before even being a missionary. Anyways. It's a little trixy cause we can only teach him once a week cause of his work schedule. But honestly he just seems so ready for the gospel that I don't think that'll be that big of an issue.
Ok well.
That's all.
Bye have a great week

Me with the cats on the apartment grounds- Venus (the one in my hand) and Pepi