December 8, 2014
Hello dear family and friends. Greetings from the hottest country in all the
world, at least for me, haha. I personally think that sweating is a good
thing, when you are actually doing something physically draining...but I wake
up sweating, and I was SLEEPING! It just doesn’t make sense. But
hey, I LOVE Ecuador so it is all good.
So this is the last week in the mission for my dear compi
Hermana Perez. We have many fun things planned for her, and plan to make
it the best week EVER in the mission for her. Also we have a Christmas
Program planned with our ward this coming weekend and it will feature the
"Misioneras NavideƱas!!!" Stay tuned for up-coming pictures
next week. ;)
Liliam is SO excited for her baptism this Saturday.
She has called all of her family in the US, whom are members of the church, and
told them the great news that she is finally getting BAPTIZED!!!! Her
daughter, Alejandra, is even more excited, if that is possible, to have her
eternal family. Now we just need to work on Enrique, and they will be
able to enter the temple in a YEAR! Oh my goodness we are beyond excited
for this weekend.
Daniela is the cutest girl in all the world. We still haven’t
met her mom in person yet but her mom basically asks her every day when she is
going to become a Mormon. She came to church on Sunday and also went to our
ward’s Young Women in Excellence meeting and LOVED IT!!!!!!!!! She said
she wants more time, so she won’t be baptized this week be we are hoping for
the next week.
Enrique (the Jara’s friend), went to visit his family this
weekend so sadly, he wasn’t able to attend church. But he was reading the Book of Mormon and los
folletos TODA la semana
[the pamphlets ALL week]. WOOT!
WOOT! I think the best investigators are those who have recently been
released from prison…if they were falsely accused of course ;) He is the
sweetest man.
Now for Familia Leon...seriously the greatest family since
Familia Jara ;) They are reading,
praying, and even downloading the LDS Gospel Library app on their phones.
So because Domenica is involved in scouts every Sunday at the same exact time
as church we thought when we taught them about Dia de Reposo (Sabbath day?)
that she would still attend scouts. Well, Sunday comes around and I was
sitting with Lilliam and her daughters and my companion was sitting directly in
front of us with Daniela. The Zone Leaders,
who are also in our ward, were still welcoming people into the chapel.
When I heard, "psst. Hermana Bartholomeo..." I looked back to
see the Elder’s faces just glowing. They
said, “Familia Leon is here. ALL 3!" WHAT?!
We had a quick, silent conversation back and forth with a
lot hand signals of the number 3 and the Elders trying to use sign-language to
tell us that the girls were dressed in long BEAUTIFUL dresses and Victor with a
nice button down shirt and tie. We didn’t believe it until all three of
them walked in with smiles on their faces, which caused us to REJOICE silently
inside. THEY ALL CAME!! Even though they had basically
worked all night, and their bodies were exhausted, they were ready to be
edified spiritually.
Domenica came up to us
after the Young Women’s class and asked us "YOU DONT DRINK COFEE?!?!"
OH man, they drink coffee. But once we explained what exactly the
Word of Wisdom is, they told us they will quit drinking coffee. They are
seriously the greatest.
We also went to Hermana Monica’s house with Familia Leon last
night to watch the First Presidency’s Christmas Devotional and they LOVED it. Especially the music.
Well family, sorry this is so short this week, but just know
it is FULL of much love for this work, those I am teaching, and of course for
all of you!!!!
Con mucho amor,
Hermana Bartholomew
P.S. I went on splits
this week with Hermana Alcazar. The
things you can buy at a stoplight in Ecuador!
We are just a little excited for Christmas! ;)
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