This week was pretty
great, we definitely saw some major miracles. We had the goal of
baptizing Maria de Jesus but we have been working for 4 months trying to
get her married and have not been able to. The problem was that she is
23 and has no ID. A big requirement for a marriage here is that the
person has to present their ID, so we have been taking her to and from
the court house for a few months trying to get her paperwork figured out
but the soonest she can get it out is september and we weren't wanting
to wait. On top of that, we were probably going to have to pay about 900
pesos between my comp and I and that was not something we could really
afford.
Tuesday
I talked with an elder in a little tiny town about 20 minutes from our
area to go talk to the judge in their area about getting them married
faster. He and his companion went and told the judge what the situation
was and he was like "ok well if you want I can marry her on friday
for free" WE WERE SO PUMPED!!!! So thurdsay we ran out there and spent
the day with the judge getting paperwork figured out and friday
night we came back with them and the judge married them in this giant
group wedding, it was sooo cool. We were super thankful for the Lords
help on that one.
Saturday
the sisters had scheduled their baptismal interview but the kid hadn't
gotten back from efy yet so they were kind of freaking out. They called
me around 5 and were like ELDER! We need you to help us find him, we
think he maybe went to his moms house but she lives in your area! I was
like ok, what is his adress? They told me the colonia and everything and
I realized it was in this part of my area that was from the old elders
that just got closed and has 1 bus that passes through it so I had ZERO
idea how to get there so I was like ok sisters, come in taxi, we will
wait for you, and then we will try to go find his house. So they get
there and we wait and wait and wait for this stinkin bus and at 7:00
we were STILL waiting when this taxi pulls up and says "hey hop in!" I
look in and it was the husband of Matilde, our recent convert. So we
jumped in and soared up to the hill where this kid lived and FOUND HIM!
We were walking down this street and the sisters were like...."lets ask
here" and it was his house. Super cool miracle, and he passed the
interview and was baptized yesterday.
Yesterday Maria was baptized and Gabby and Jair were confirmed and we
were so stoked! The Lord is really blessing us, and I know it is a
direct result of our dilligence.
Crazy wise the only thing that happened this week is this drunk guy who was 600 years old (looked like moses but not important) tried to rob me so I gave him a penny I had in my pocket (why I had a penny I have no idea) He stared at it, said "God Bless" and walked off.
This week I also celebrated 10 months out. WOO HOO.
Go read the Book of Mormon and be better people.
-Elder Draper
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| Everything you see in these pictures is our area - and this is only about 1/4 of our area |
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