This week went really fast and it was super busy for
us. We had the baptism of Carla, Manuel, and Cristian on thursday but it
was really hectic. Carla was an hour late, Cristian refused to be
baptized and a lady in our ward took all our baptismal clothing out of
our room!! But, Manuel was two hours late and when he went to get
baptized, Cristian wanted me to baptize him too!!! So we had all 3 and
it was really cool. And, Gaston was out of town but he still wanted to
do it so we did it the next day, Friday. So all four happened and went
well and I´m super happy for them. And, Mauricio, Raul, and Eduardo are
still coming to church and they really want to be baptized and they have
all the lessons and are ready to be baptized, but their dads won´t let
them :( So we are going to try to work really hard this week to change
their dads hearts so that they can have this experience. And, Elena
still wants to be baptized but we still have no idea when she can get
married. So, we will just keep waiting and praying. Antonia this week
was kind of annoying. We explained where the church was like 500 times,
and wrote on every pamphlet the directions and she didn´t show up and
then when we passed by her house yesterday after church she called us
liars. She said we didn´t tell her where the church was, so I asked her
to bring any of the pamphlets or cards we had given her, she brought ALL
of them, and EVERY SINGLE ONE had the address. So she is mad at us
because she couldn´t find it. And, Carmelo, an old guy with a bad
memory, is really good to teach but he forgets things alot and tells us
the same story like 5 or 6 times every time we are with him. It´s kind
of sad, but he remembers who we are and that we teach him about Jesus so
we´ll see where he goes. And,
Mauro, my first baptism from a couple
weeks ago, the brother of Carla, Manuel, and Cristian, invited us over
for asado(barbeque). That was last night and it was really good. We had
cow.....the heart, large intestine, and kidney. The kidney was weird but
pretty good, the intestine was pretty gross, even though I ate a lot
(the stuff in the intestine would gush out when you cut into it and it
had a mushy and gushy texture), but the heart was awesome! It was really
soft and it actually tasted really good. So, up to this point, I can
mark off the stomach, heart, kidney, and large intestine of the cow that
I have eaten (and so far I´m not sick).
One other thing, next week, we
have a multi zone conference on our P-Day, which is really convenient
since we only have one of those a week haha, so I may have to write on
Tuesday next week. We´ll see.
The last thing I wanted to leave with
everyone was another quote from Gordon B. Hinckley that reads, "Be happy
in that which you do. Cultivate a spirit of gladness in your homes.
Sundue and overcome all elements of anger, impatience, and unbecoming
talk one to another." I like this one a lot and how it reemphazises the
fact that we choose to be happy or not to be. If we force out the
negative emotions then we will automatically have more of the good ones
fill our life. Thank you to everyone who writes me and keeps in touch
and I hope to hear from everyone soon!
I forgot to tell everyone that I went to the zoo today. It was pretty
cool, it was pretty ghetto but kind of impresice compared to a lot of
the other things here! I´ll send pictures
Les Quiero,
Elder Joshua Clarine
Carla before her baptism.
Gaston after his baptism.
Manuel before his baptism.
Tucan at the Zoo.
