April 28, 2014 - Week 17

Veronica is a baptized woman! That`s right, you heard me. She is a baptized woman! It was so awesome! I am just so happy for her. Everything went perfect this week. We finished teaching her all that she needed to know, then she had the interview with the District Leader, then she got baptized Friday, April 25th! I was just full of so much joy. I feel like she is my real first baptism, because I taught her from the beginning and really saw her change. Well, first of all, it wasn`t MY baptism... It was HER baptism. And she looked so beautiful and happy! It was great. Everything went flawless, my companion and I sang `I Look for Rainbows` (in Spanish obviously...) and then there were like empanadas and drinks after that her cousin brought. Plus, we had a cake that we made for her that the Paraguayans just LOVE. They`re called Nemen Marcus Bars (?) and my companion makes them. They are actually pretty dang good.... So we definitely made them and they were a hit. She was baptized by her cousin`s husband (who is the 2nd couselor in our branch) and it just went wonderfully! Then, we took her out to get icecream with us from this great place called Amandau to celebrate (which is not even as nice as Baskin Robbins... but as far as Paraguay goes, it`s like a Ghiradelli...). It was just such a great day. She has made so many friends in the ward and I am pretty sure that she is going to start going to Institute soon! So it`s just a great situation. So that`s what happened with her!

Veronica with her cake

As for other things... Not much happened. We had kinda a week full of nothing.. A lot of unexpected things came up this week and we had to go to like 3 meetings that kinda screwed up our schedule. But it`s all good! First of all... Changes are like next week. Can you believe it?! I have no clue what will go down... I could stay or leave... It`s just nuts to think about. All I do know, is that I am like almost 100 percent sure that I will be getting a Latin companion... Cuz that will sure help my Spanish out... 

Secondly... We have another girl that we are now working with named Griselda. She is super cool. How we found her is actually pretty funny. So a while back, we got a reference from the other hermanas for this menos activo in our area. So we went to visit her and it turns out that she is actually not baptized, but all her kids are. So we thought, wow we can definitely work with her and help her out and stuff. But then, she got really bust and we couldn`t ever find her. We went back there a week or two later and she wasn`t home again. But we did meet her daughter Lisandri. So she got baptized when she was like 11 or so and hasn`t gone to church in years. She is 19. At first, she didn`t seem interested in talking to us... But then, we called her to remind and invite her to come to church with us and she was totally on board! So she came with us last week (Easter) and really enjoyed it. Then, that same day, we went to visit with her and she introduced us to her friend... Griselda. And she`s totally interested and wants to learn more about the church and stuff! Plus, Lisandri is just awesome and wants to do like everthing! She totally came to Veronica`s baptism and also brought Griselda to church yesterday! So they are just really cool girls. Some bad news about some of our investigators.... So remember that girl Vivi?? Well, she is definitely avoiding us right now and we have no clue why. I don`t know what happened cuz she seemed so solid! She just really wanted to get married and baptized and she was telling us she had a date in mind.... And now..? She won`t answer the phone, she is `never home`... It`s just so weird... But it`s fine. We are hoping that she will figure things out with her marido and stuff and then maybe we can work with her again. 

Things coming up... Well we have a Fireside with Elder Wilhelm (of the 70) this week on Wednesday. Should be great. We have a lot of people who told us that they are coming. It`s for like all the members in our stake and they are all supposed to bring a friend who isn`t a member. Then, we have a Zone Conference this week, too. Should be fun! 

This last week... We had a farewell breakfast for Elder Willes.... Who Izzy met!!! How awesome was that?! I totally have had it planned for a while, but I wanted it to be a surprise! He is such a great Elder. Especially for doing that for me... Anyways... that`s about all I can think of for this week! (Chloe had Elder Willes bring Izzy a birthday present from her - personally! Such a thoughtful and special thing for her to do. Was very sweet!) 

Rosalia, Jenny (member with red hair), and Hermana Whittaker

I did that thing that mom told me about. This week I decided to write some random things that happened on some days... Here they are!

On Wednesday.. This one menos activo lady named Catalina asked me if I had a nose job cuz apparently I have a cute nose.

On Thursday.. A reference we received and then contacted told me that she wants me to be her son`s girlfriend

On Saturday.. I lost the keys to our house. What an idiot. But it`s ok, we`re fine

On Sunday.. Two different drunk guys told us that we were so beautiful and stuff... It was really annoying, actually

Today.. I weighed myself. Lost 5 pounds this month. 

That`s all! LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH!