So first things first...
MARIA
GOT BAPTIZED!!!!! Talk about biggest miracle I have ever witnessed in
my life, preceded by lots of other miracles. Heavenly Father really must
be in charge of this work, or that never would have happened! Thank you
for all of your prayers for her, because holy cow. Best baptism ever.
So
how it all went down: We ended up using the bishop from Arroyo Grande
1st Pool! (He basically lives in a castle.) We sat her in a plastic
wheelchair and then we got two missionaries, and two members of the ward
to all dress up in white and baptize her! We had a member give a talk
on Baptism and the Holy Ghost, and then Hermana Wallace and I sang.
Shout out to mom! You know that song book you bought me before I left
that had the CD accompaniment in it? We used that sense there wasn't a
piano, and bishop had a sound system outside! We sang, "I Stand All
Amazed" in a mixture of spanish and english. THEN MARIA WAS BAPTIZED!!!
Her family didn't come, but her caretaker did! He is awesome. He wore
basketball shorts incase he needed to jump in the pool and save her, but
he wore these super high socks and was like, "I wanted to cover up my
tattoos to look nice for her baptism." aww. so sweet. And then after she
was baptized, he jumped up out of his chair and yelled, "WOOHOO!!!" And
started clapping, and then everyone else started clapping too cause it
was just the most awesome baptism ever. Seriously, I wish I could have
recorded it!
On Sunday, Maria received the
gift of the Holy Ghost, and afterwards she said, "I feel whole now." I
love her so much. She calls us, "Hermana Rick and Hermana Wallet." :)
Sad
part: I am being transferred. :( I totally got gypped! Only 6 weeks
here. I am so sad. They are going to bring in a trio of spanish Elders
to cover the english and spanish work, because there just isn't a lot of
spanish work here. I know two of the Elders that are coming though, and
they are awesome! Downfall: We have to have our apartment cleaned out
because no other missionaries are moving in...and there was a TON OF
STUFF. We're talkin 9 boxes of supplies and a whole car load to
Goodwill. Oh and to top it off, Sister Felix called Saturday night and
asked Hna Wallace and I to sing at transfer meeting. Great...
So
funny story: Yesterday we were working on cleaning things out, and the
zone leaders came over to get our 9 boxes of supplies. Well, right
before they came, Hermana Wallace had thrown out this old broccoli and
cauliflower...IT STUNK SO BAD. So the zone leaders came, knocked on the
door, and the they went back to get there car and pull it up closer.
While they were doing that, I ran and grabbed this perfume that had been
in my closet for who knows how long. I have no idea who's it was. But
it was like fermented or something. So now it smelt even worse. Luckily,
the elders couldn't come inside - only to the porch where all the boxes
were. Well, we were helping them take it to the car like 20 feet away,
and I realized you could smell in all the way over by their car. So I
figured, well, we better explain ourselves. So I told the elders what
had happened. Elder Young said, "Oh man. I was wondering what that was. I
thought it was like maybe a bush or something, but I wasn't sure. I'm
really glad you explained yourself Hermanas, because I've corrected
Elders on their apartments before but I just really wasn't sure how to
correct you. Cause that was bad..." hahahahaha how embarrassing. Oh
well. We ended up opening all the windows and doors and faced a fan
outwards. We texted them 20 minutes later to report that it now smelled
fantastic in our apartment and they said, "Well it couldn't have gotten
any worse. That's for sure..."
Anyways, I
don't have my next address yet, but I know I am going to Morro Bay with
Hermana Young! She back-up trained Hermana Huey, and she also served in
Oxnard at one point, so it'll be fun.
And the
saddest news: I just found out the Hermana Price went home. She had been
really sick and had gone to the ER a couple of times. I am glad she was
able to serve with Hermana Brown through all of that, because I know
she was well taken care of! But I am so sad that she had to go home. We
had made a plan to be companions again! Hopefully she will be able to
come back out.
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