So the best news of the week is that Luis got baptized on Sunday at 8:30 in the morning before sacrament meeting. we had planned the baptism for Friday at six but the boiler wasn't working and then his wife got sick and couldn't make it so we put it off for turned out for the best because every thing was in place and ready to go so it was smooth sailing on Sunday.
Our recent convert Miguel Angel is going to give a talk in sacrament meeting this coming Sunday so were going to help him out with that. I'm excited. he's 14 but incredibly intelligent and understands everything we teach him. he's even started coming with us teach lessons and he just pipes up and shares what he knows and its really incredible. The people here tell us that they've seen a difference in him because before he was a bit of a stinker but he's been changing a lot. he shared in a lesson with out investigator Irma and afterwards she gave a kiss on the cheek and said that he was such a darling. It was pretty funny and sweet. He wants to prepare to go on a mission. he even called me out in a lesson because I forgot to explain how we pray and he quickly reminded me that I needed to do that.
This coming Saturday Orlando is getting baptized. and the Saturday after that Nadia, his mom, is getting baptized. We are just loaded with baptisms! We have a new investigator Maria Jose. She's living with a family from the branch. they asked us to come and visit her so we went and we started teaching but the girl had an attitude and wasn't really paying attention then she told me that she didn't understand my Spanish because of a silly reason that takes to long to explain and is completely false and we saw right through it and my companion got mad (she didn't do anything just ended the lesson and it was a good thing that she did because the Spirit left and we had lst control of the lesson) so we left her homework to read the pamphlet and set up an appointment to come back. well let me give you a bit of her background story her parents aren't good parents and so to get attention from her parents she acts out, so her mom ran her out and now she's living with these members I don't remember how they know each other there's some sort of family connection but I didn't quite catch what it was. Anyways her mom told her that she never wants to see her again etc. etc. So Maria told us that she doesn't believe in God the first time we met with her. well our next appointment came around but we had something come up and we couldn't go and to tell the truth neither of us really wanted to go. Then we saw her the other day in William's baptism and she came up to us and told us she was sorry that she hadn't showed up, she also had something come up and couldn't make it, and then a bit sheepishly she asked us when we could come and see her again. We told her we weren't sure because the truth is that we are super duper swamped right now so we told her we would come by in the week. so we came by a like two days later and we started chatting with her and she tells us that she had started reading the pamphlet about the restoration and that she read a part that said something like ''even though men say that there isn't a god and don't believe in him he's always there with them and he will always love them''. She said that when she read that part it struck her deeply and that she felt a ton of peace and that she fell asleep because she had never felt so much peace before in her life ad before she'd had trouble sleeping but because she felt so much peace she slept really well. She told us that she knows that the church is true and that know she knows there is a God and that he loves her. it was pretty cool. She still has a bit of a hard time paying attention because she likes to interrupt with random comments but she understands everything and really gets the concept that this is the only true church. She accepted getting baptized but she didn't want to put a date on it yet for several reasons, one she wants to learn a little bit more, and two her mom is super anti-Mormon. So we are going to have fun time asking permission this week. Maria has gone to church like five times and could get baptized this Saturday if her mom gives her permission. But I think we'll let it take a few weeks so that we don't overload her with all the information because we've only taught her the first lesson so far.
Well in terms of food I ate a fish that was still had its head and scales and everything. I ate two actually because it was really good. But I'm pretty sure the eyeballs melted when she fried it because thats how is looked. But that was the only thing out of the ordinary.
Well love you all! thanks for all you prayers and your support it really means a lot to me! The Church is True and there is a God.
Sister Naegle
PS I met an american (actually I'm not sure if he was american because he had a weird accent but he was speaking English and he had lived in Lehi Utah before he moved to San Blas) Who told me some crazy stuff that there's no need for the scriptures and he kept comparing God to frogs.........he has a weird fascination with frogs he kept bringing them up in the conversation.... and he told me that he calls God the great IT. I told him that was disrespectful. Then I told him that he doesn't have true intent and then he asked me to explain true intent and I would start to explain and he would interrupt me with more frog nonsense and then he told me that I couldn't explain to him true intent but it was because he kept talking about FROGS!! Then at the end of the conversation he started saying the F word so we left really fast. But the conversation was pretty funny until he stated swearing. We actually have another American friend here his name is Bill. he lives her in San Blas. It was Bill who introduced us to the Frog man (I don't remember his name). Bill is nice and he considers us his friends but he doesn't want to listen.
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