Subject: Milagros en Chimal!!
Sandilla!!
For those of you who are confused Sandilla means watermelon. It is totally NOT what people say here to say hi to each other. They say Buenas or Buen Día to say good morning. But just to make ourselves laugh sometimes we say Sandilla quickly and with an emphasis on the dilla part and nobody can hear the difference!! So we say Sandilla and they respond saying Buen Día and we start chuckling.
This was an AMAZING week!! It was the last week of the transfer and we worked super hard and the Lord really magnified our efforts. One of my favorite scriptures that I have been singing (yes singing) in my mind and out loud from Doctrine and Covenants 112:10 "Be thou humble and the Lord thy god will lead thee by the hand, and give thee answers to thy prayers". And it is SO true. He answered a LOT of our prayers this week. The Osorio family and the Larios family came to church this week! As well as this super awesome guy we met named Abner. But the whole Osorio family didnt come because they live a little farther away and it would have been over 50 Quetzales if they all came for the bus passage there and back. But they LOVED church and are really progressing a lot. I have pictures of them this week but they arent uploading so I might have to send the pic next week. And the Larios family also came! When we first contacted them it was like "they arent that pilas but we'll see what happens" and especially the mom just recieves everything we are teaching with a lot of faith. And they invited us to eat lunch with them on sunday! They are awesome! They invited us to eat lunch to say goodbye to Elder Riffo because we had changes. And now he is opening up a new zone in the mission! So good luck to him and we are super happy with all the miracles we have seen here in Chimaltenango and my new comp Elder McGraw and I are going to be working hard to help these people keep progressing. There are 4 families we are working with, along with some other people that make it the largest and most receptive teaching pool I have ever had. But we gotta be humble and pray a lot. Keep them in your prayers!! Also the Orellana and Osorio family who both accepted baptismal dates for the 12th of this month!!
Here is a pic of me and Elder McGraw
And thats about all I have time for this week but I love you all!! Get pumped for Conference!! If you come with a question in your heart, having prayerfully asked God beforehand, He will answer you through His Spirit and the words of His living Prophets. I know that Russell M. Nelson is a prophet of God. Christ has called Him to lead us safely home.
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