We had a crazy crazy week. BUT. It was awesome, a lot less rain, which was definitely a blessing.
We have been struggling with investigators here in Palma Loma, mostly because our focus has been on strengthening the ward and helping them to function well. ANYWAY, we have been so blessed this week, we put 2 baptismal dates, which to be honest, isn't a whole lot, we need to do better, but we are really excited with what we have. The first one, Eduardo, was a contact from months ago. We had a lesson with him on Saturday, and we put his baptismal date after watching the talk by President Uchtdorf called, "How to obtain a testimony of light and truth." It was so powerful, and the Spirit was so strong. Eduardo's main concern is feeling the spirit, it is really hard for him to feel it and to be able to recognize what it is telling him. When we listened to this talk, the Spirit was unmistakable, you couldn't miss it. There are 4 things that this talk tells us to do in order to obtain our own testimony:
1) Search and study the scriptures
2) Meditate, think, ponder,
3) Pray sincerely with true intention
4) LIVE what we are learning.
We were able to bear a strong testimony to him that if he will do these things, Heavenly Father will give him his answer in a way that will be recognizable to him. We are so excited to help him to progress, the Lord has blessed us so much. And we had waffles for lunch, which just topped off the day as a success:)
ANNNNDDD......wait for it....the bishop's wife is ACTIVE!!!! yayayayayayayayayaya!!! We are kind of really excited.
Other than that, we had an open...church on Saturday, where everyone could go and see what the Mormons really do. I honestly think that the best thing was watching the members get together and work to make it happen. They did it, and it looked so awesome:)
I hope that everything is going okay with work, school family, callings, and the other hundreds of things going on. Hermana Betancourth wrote me and told me that she doesn't want to be home. When she got home she found out that her niece had been sexually assaulted and when her dad found out he almost died of a heart attack, and she didn't know anything until she got home. Her mom died when she was ten, and...it made me sad. She didn't want to leave, and more than ever she wants to be back here in Paraguay. I miss her a lot, we went through a lot together. It hurts to hear her talk like that.
On Sunday, we received a call during lunch from one of the relief society counselors who said that the president wasn't going to be able to make it to the training of the visiting teachers, and there wasn't anyone to help, so we went and helped with the training of the visiting teachers, which was a party and a half:)
This week was the first week that I really felt cold...I kind of laughed because I received a letter from a friend in Canada, and she said that they were dying of heat with 30 degrees, and here I am dying of cold at 50:) I usually study with a sweat shirt and go out with lots of layers, because during the day it is pretty warm but at night we are dying. The humidity is RIDICULOUS. I still love my companion. I feel like this week was the first week when we were teaching as equal partners. Before, I had always led out and had always looked for the scripture to share or whatever, but this week she is holding her own, and is doing really well. As far as the area goes, I hope the president gives me one more transfer, but now that I say that I think I am going to go this transfer. Dangit. I honestly don't know what is going to happen. We think that we are going to finish training and then president will take out both of us and put in elders. Dunno. And honestly, I don't think I have done that much here...I think president sent me here for a clase de humildad (humility class). I think the biggest changes that have happened here in this area have been in me:)
Anyway, that is basically all for this week. I hope everyone is doing all right!
Love,
Hermana Farish
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