This week I had my very first contacting! I was so proud of myself when I gained the confidence to say hello to a lady walking her dog! I was then really sad when she turned her head away and walked a little faster just to get away from us... :( It is hard sometimes to realize that the gospel you love and want to share with others is not wanting to be accepted on the other end.
I had my first service opportunity this week at the Saint Anthony's Catholic Church! We got to serve food to the poor people that live around here. It was so much fun to talk to all the Hispanics in Spanish and have there eyes widen, and asking "you know Spanish?" It did turn down hill after they tried to have a full on conversation with me, and I had know idea what they were saying. To all those people learning Spanish, smiling and nodding usually works.
John, The Real Deal! Who is this you might ask! He is a Jazz singer, who is apparently famous! We met him while trying to contact a family. He was so nice and gave us all of his CD's. It made both me and my companion sad that we can't listen to them. I will have to send them home and have my family tell me if they are any good. We hope to be able to find him again and teach him that we can be with his wife again! We are probably going to pass him onto the English Elders though.
After being in California for over two weeks now I finally got to go to the beach! We went for Language study and played eye-spy in Spanish! It was so beautiful, but so cold!
Bladimir finally set his baptismal date! He is scheduled to be baptized on January 28th. We just need him to come to church. We was going to yesterday, but didn't end up coming :( We hope that we can get him prepared in time. I am so excited for him to feel happy again and have all of his sins washed away! If he is baptized he will be my first baptism. And another cool thing is that I will have taught him all the lessons!
This week I was fasting for Arturo because he has not been able to come to church because of his job. I fasted that he would be able to this week and somehow he was able to ! We were coming in the building for Sacrament Meeting and he was standing right in front of us! It surprised us so much! I was so happy! It just goes to show that fasting does work! I love this gospel so much!.
In the Hispanic Culture they have a tradition every year on New Years Eve to eat 12 grapes. And with these 12 grapes you make 12 wishes for the new year. Here are mine!
#1 I wish to find good in everyone I meet
#2 I wish for a nephew
#3 I wish for Bladimir to be my first baptism
#4 I wish to read the BOM all the way through in Spanish
#5 I wish to maintain my weight (Hispanics feed us way too much!)
#6 I wish to not get stressed while driving
#7 I wish to baptize someone from Guatemala
#8 I wish to like spicy food
#9 I wish to be transferred to Greenfield
#10 I wish all my family will be safe
#11 I wish to meet someone from Costa Rica
#12 I wish to learn how to roll my 'rr's
The last thing you all have been waiting for... MAGGOTS! We had just gotten home from grocery shopping today, and we were putting stuff away in the cupboards. We had moved aside a container of oatmeal when we saw something fall! Maggots! Maggots were in the oatmeal! So disgusting! They were then on the counter! And in the cupboards! It was disgusting! We then had a cleaning out of our whole kitchen! Ugh! I hate maggots! GROSS! On the bright side I made Cincinnati Chili (after we cleaned our whole kitchen, of course!)
That is all for this week! I love you all and wish you a happy new year!
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