week 92: Mother's Day

Well it was kind of the coolest talking to the family yesterday, so thanks guys for that.

This week was actually incredibly busy. We had our baptisms and left a bunch of investigators the week before, so we went contacting a lot and looking for references this week. WHICH RESULTED WELL. This week we put two new  baptismal dates. One is for Eduardo, a 25 ish year old, who lives not too far from our house, his wife is a reactivating member, and his mother-in-law, is active. and Olga, who is actually Eduardo's legal cousin. SO it's been going pretty well. We also had a really cool mother's day activity on Saturday and my companion and I performed a skit. A member has the video, maybe someday she'll pass it to me. 

But I guess I'll share a thought on specific prayers. It's true that if you want a specific blessing or a specific answer, you really need to have a specific prayer. On Tuesday we decided to find new investigators. We went contacting and worked hard, but literally had 0 news. Hardly anyone let us in and those who did, didn't really have an interest. (An investigator isn't somebody that listens to the lessons, but rather somebody who is actively investigating the church with a desire to learn more and make a change.) And on Wednesday we decided to make a specific prayer asking for 3 positive new investigators. Without any surprise, before we had even eaten dinner, we had already found the 3 positives.

It was a really busy week. I'm not sure what else to write other than a funny story because I just barely talked to you guys.

Last Pday, we all got on the bus. The front was full, and so we went to the back, where it was completely empty except one seat 3 rows up from the back had a very pretty young lady woman person. I sat first in the very back and an Elder (Whose name I won't put, only that he is a north american.) Sat next to her. immediately the other North American elders began joking about him sitting next to her, and that he was dumb pretty much. He just laughed and raised his hands. While on the bus ride, he leans over and opens the window and her hair goes flying and everyone laughs again and jokes about it. AT THE END OF THE BUS RIDE, we all get up and one of the elders didn't have a enough for the fare, he turned to the rest of the NA Elders and asks for money. IMMEDIATELY THE PRETTY CHICK STANDS UP AND HANDS HIM THE AMOUNT OF MONEY NEEDED AND IN PERFECT ENGLISH SAYS "HERE YOU GO." HE ASKED HER IF SHE SPOKE ENGLISH AND SHE SAID "YES I SPEAK ENGLISH." AND SITS BACK DOWN. IMMEDIATELY WE ALL BROKE UP LAUGHING BECAUSE SHE HAD UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING THEY HAD SAID. Literally was the funniest thing in the world. LESSON LEARNED? ENGLISH IS A VERY COMMON LANGUAGE TO SPEAK.