Monday, November 6, 2017

2017.11.06 Week 72 - It's helpful to not be helpless.

Another fantastic week to be a missionary. We are getting super excited for the wedding of Jonatan and Yanina this Friday. They will be getting baptized on Saturday. The ward has really stepped up this time to try and help. These people are actually just really bringing a lot more union into the ward. A special detail were/was (literally can't tell the difference?) the invitations that the Relief Society president made, they are a really special rainbow cloud faded out picture of them. The coolest part? She wrote Jonatan and Yanila, her name is YANINA. Good thing these people are strong because the ward, ay ay ay (with a Mexican accent).

Yanina was walking to church this week and a bird pooped on her on the way. She headed home, changed, and came anyway. Please pray for them, Satan is starting to send even the stupid trials now.

Another cool part of the week. There are some hermanas staying with us right now because they were about to kill each other. They were walking down the street and got angry, both headed in opposite directions and then the elders had to go find them both. LOVE THAT. One of them is in the process of deciding if she wants to head home or stay here. So I spent a few days in Villa Seferino with one of them. A NIGHTMARE, but whatever. They didn't have a heater, hot water or food. I had to shower with a bucket. In the end, we solved all three of these problems in about 2 hours. 

It just really drives me crazy when people are so helpless. Obviously, they weren't getting along, I WOULDNT GET ALONG WITH ANYONE EITHER IF I COULDN'T SHOWER, SLEEP, OR EAT. It did end up being funny because now one of the hermanas thinks I am a certified electrician. When there wasn't hot water I did what seemed obvious to me. Went to look at the water heater, its electric. I did some research and realized that the only problem was the plug. So I went and got some scissors and a screwdriver (rusty old knife) and took the whole thing apart. The wires were all burnt so I cut them anew, stripped off some rubber and reconnected it all. They have hot water and a heater now.

These two special souls will be staying with until Thursday when we will find out where they are headed permanently.

Thing to remember for the week...

It's helpful to not be helpless.

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