Hola everyone,
So this week
has been full of adventures like always...
1. This week we asked a member to go on visits with us to
teach a recent convert that didnt speak very much spanish. So the member went
with us to help translate. During the lesson we would speak in Spanish and when
we looked at the member to translate she would, but while she was translating
she had her nail clippers and was clipping her nails.
It was very distracting. She even put her toe in her
mouth to get a part of her nail off. She was very flexable. Super weird
lesson!!!
haha.
2. So for the past who knows how long we havent had water
on the island. So people have been going to the river to get water which is a
very long process. No one loves the missionaries enough to get us water from
the river so we use what very little a member has. So for the past while my companion
and I have been showering with 2 gallons of water. Its become a very good
skill. I have really learned to be conservative with the water that I use. So
yeah, as we walked down the street to go to out next appointment we saw that
everyone had water buckets and were taking them near the church. We had no clue
what was going on so we decided to go check it out. We walk up to find pretty
much the whole island sitting next to wear they keep the tanks of water for the
island. They figured out why we havent been having water for the past 3 months.
The tubes that give eveyone water were broken so they had to fix them. So they
cut open one of the pipes and water come rushing out. So they called everyone
on the island. Everyone got
10 buckets of water for there family. We asked if we
could get water as well and they looked at one another for a min and said yes.
But then they said after the whole island has water we can get ours.
Really sad.... They thought that we could just go and pay
$2.50 for a gallon of water to shower because we are from the states and have
money. Which is not true haha... So we just waited for about 2 hours and helped
out as much as we could until we got our water. That was fun!!! We were the
ULTIMOS!!!! haha.
3. So we also had a WONDERFUL! FHE with all the youth and
our branch president. Our branch president gave the lesson in which he shared
something very powerful! He talked about the trip that he made to the island of
Ticantiki last week. He said that he had run out of gas and had to stop at one
of the islands along to way to fill up. He also said that the waves were really
bad so it was making it hard to go on with the trip. Then he related it to our
lives. He said that we need to be reading and praying everyday or we, like the
boat will run out of gas. Sometimes the waves in life get really big but we
need to always remember that we have a great captin. Jesus Christ!! He will
lead us along the path but we need to do our part. So read your scriptures
everyone!!!! :)
4. This week at church was amazing!!! We had a record of
70 people. We even had 2 investigators come and stay all three hours. Then I
saw a
17 year old youth pay his tithing. He came to me and told
me that all he had was .70 cents to pay and was disappointed. I told him that
he was giving all that he had so thats all that matters. He is an amazing
youth!!!
5. We found chocolate muffins and coke on our island this
week so that was great!!! :)
6. Last thing... So this week my comp had a feeling that
we should go back and talk to this kid that was sitting on this wall. We just
kept walking and when she could no longer take it she told me that we needed to
go back and talk to him. So we did. We had no clue why but we did. We just
asked him what his name was and how old he was. Small talk! But then on Sunday
he came to church! What a blessing... The spirit will always lead us along!
So yeah we had a ton this week. Even a blessing to a
little baby boy.
The spirit here in San Blas is amazing! Heavenly Father
truely loves the people here. So do I. Well I love you all and hope your week
is great!!! Miss you all tons!!
Love,
Hermana Patrick xoxo
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