May 30, 2016

Familia!

This week was good! I have one transfer now, however I feel that this week was a little longer than normal.

(Isabella asked Jacob how his Spanish is) Isabella, Creo que mi español es mejor. Aquí se llama castellano! Yo todavía necesito practicar, pero cada día es un oportunidad para aprender! (Isabella, I think my Spanish is better.  (Here, it's called Castellano.  I still need to practice, but every day is an opportunity to learn! - Norma translated for me   Thanks, Hon!.)

I'm doing alright. I think the change in the climate is kinda hard for my allergies. I reacted to something and got hives. Luckily I have my medicine for the bad reactions. I might need to find a antihistamine here. But we´ll see how it goes. I washed my covers and am trying to pinpoint what I am reacting to.

Nuestro investigadores (our investigators) are good! We have a couple people that I think are listo! (Ready) One is Belen. She is a student. She likes the church and is coming to church, but it is hard for her schedule because she has work and school. Another investigator is Norma Moyano. She is in her 50´s. She is the sister of a member who has been recently reactivated. The last leccion (lesson) I know that she felt the spirit strong as we talked about the plan of salvation. Her husband had passed away. This principal is a very strong principal. Life after death, and this evangelo (gospel) is full of hope! That is a reason why I love to share it! This principal is for everyone. It is a tough thing for people when their loved ones pass on, but there isn't anything better that could be shared except your testimonies on the subject of the plan of salvation and the peace it brings.

We had the baptism of Mauro Reinaga! He always comes to church with his friend, (also Mauro, haha). He is a good example to his family. He is the third in his family and he likes soccer obviously haha. He is 11 years old. We teach his family also. His cousin is the little girl that asked if we could talk to her mom. He was excited to be baptized and we are excited for him! The baptism went well! His family showed up to support him.

Like I said there is a group of kids that we teach. I showed them my beat-boxing and now all they do is try to learn how to beat-box haha.  It's kinda funny. One friend of Mauro, Fernanda, wants to be baptized. But her dad doesn't want her to be baptized. We just pray that the Lord can soften his heart.

I have a newborn fear for dogs... haha. There was a couple days this week where dogs were a little more aggressive around me. Nothing happened but it's clear when they don't like you, and you always have to watch to see if the dog tries to go behind you because the dogs know that you can't kick as well in the back.

This week I had fideo like you make, Mom! It was a nice little reminder of you! I told the hermana (sister) that it reminded me of the fideo you make and it made her happy. Also here there is no such thing as a little more food. If you want more it's a plate more haha.

This week I took the lead in a leccion (lesson). It was interesting because we were with a family who usually just likes to share drama with us, but this time was different.  They asked me about my testimony and I was able to share my testimony of my savior, Jesucristo. I was able to understand them clearly (which is a struggle right now) I know it was because the spirit helped me understand.

We had transfers today and Elder Rudder left the pension (apartment). He was only here for a month and a half, which is rare. His companion is district leader and is training now, so Wednesday we get a new missionary!

That's about it, as always I love you all!

Elder Wolf

It was raining a lot here.

This is the baptism of mauro reinaga! I got the opportunity to baptize him. He is a good kid and is a good example to his family!

We teach a group of kids. In the group one, (now dos) are members! Here is a picture of some of the kids! They have a huge dog, too.