Unfortunately, our little Colombian ball of excitement and motivation
decided that he doesn't have time to look for work and continue
learning how to follow Christ in his life, but we have a lot of hope
for his future. If anything, he has definitely helped me realize how
incredible the message that we share really is and to always be
excited about doing so.
Regardless, we are being blessed beyond belief! About a month or so
ago, we found an inactive member on the bus and after talking with her
we found out she had just returned from Paraguay with two of her
children. Now, both of her children have decided to be baptized! And
the most impressive thing is their own desire and effort. Despite the
fact that their mom works all day, they both consistently read the
scriptures and pray daily, and even when their mom can't come to
church, they come! And they are only 11, and 14! The greatest thing is
the way that they both look up to us, I can imagine them both being
incredible missionaries in the future! They will be baptized this week
if all goes well!
So while we were planning all of the details for their baptismal
service, we decided to call the Portuguese girl and see how everything
was going and she excitedly informed us that as she was pondering her
baptismal date she strongly felt that instead of being baptized on the
26, she needed to be baptized on the 9th....this Wednesday! She made
an interesting comment, "I think the Lord is doing all your work for
you!" It was kind of a joke, but I let her know that that is how it
should be! We have really just been trying to step out of the way and
let Him do hHis work, just be the best instruments we can and in the
midst of this experiment we have come to find that the Lord is a LOT
more effective at doing His work than we are. She went to church
yesterday and during the sacrament I looked over and she was crying,
and smiling, and laughingly said "I don't even know why I'm crying but
I just feel so great!" It reminded me how we should feel every time we
have the blessing of going to the church and partaking of the
sacrament.
So, we will be pretty busy our last week of the transfer!
Question of the week: "so how long does thanksgiving last?"....I was
super confused and then she explained that she had heard that the
thanksgiving feast lasted from the first of the month until the middle
of December.....what a dream no?
Spanish error of the week: I was trying to explain the bible verse
about casting your pearls before swine. I knew swine was at least a
little different than pig, so I took a wild guess and threw out a
word, which resulted in an eruption of laughter first from my
companion and then filling the room. Apparently I had guessed badly
and somehow said "giving pearls to the prostitutes"....that was a hard
lesson to recover! Moral of the story: never stop doing language study
and be willing to be humbled.
I hope you all have a great week! Vote well :)
Love,
Elder Jenkins
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