LA PACIENCIA ES LA CIENCIA DE PAZ
February 8, 2017
Hi Family,
Wow! Looks like you guys have just been havin' a ball!
In the sector we got a new girl to teach who's about 9. She's the friend of an 11-year-old girl who just got baptized. She was just around one day and we started teaching her and now, we've taught her 3 times and she's pretty focused on progressing. It's pretty cool! Her name's Emily (so many people give American names to their kids here. It's weird) Samirah's (Emily's friend) grandmother raises her because Samirah's mom is a drug addict. She's a very good member who just reactivated and is helping us all the time with Emily and will help us bring her to church!
Another family we're teaching is the Espinoza family. And well... it's a bit interesting. The mom is a less active member and so is the 12 year old daughter. The dad isn't a member but would be by now if he were married to his.... not wife. Lots of people don't get around to getting married here!!! Marcelo's eventually going to marry Patty (thus are their names) but they've tried a bunch of times and just don't have tons of success doing it. It's hard!
We've (mainly the elders before me) been teaching the 8 year old son and he's about ready for baptism. When I arrived they went on vacation and so we waited for them to get back. My comp (who only just recently finished his training) told me that bishop said it was a ward baptism because the mom's a member... I thought that was fishy, but I just went with the flow. So that meant we needed the bishop to set a baptismal date for us. (even though the ward has done little to nothing for the spiritual development of this boy). Fast forward to yesterday: I was on divisions with my District leader (he's a straight savage & excellent missionary) and I told him the situation and he was like "naw uh!" (but in Spanish). He said that the parents gotta be active for it to be from the ward. Fast forward to last night. One of the elders that I live with mentioned that the bishop tried to do that before with him but he straight shut him down and threatened to call President because bishops don't have the keys for that. So now I'm going to have to call President to ask him if it is a ward baptism or not and then shut down the bishop (hopefully without damaging our relationship) if he tries to baptize the boy, Kenai.
Okay, I won't "shut him down", but it will make me happy deep down inside to politely let him know what he can't do, with love and kindness. There are some other things a little messed up in the bishopric... and in the stake.... (except for Carlos! he's super awesome!!!))
So, that's where we're at mostly! A bit crazy, but yeah. This transfers been going by FAST! More than halfway through already!!! I don't know [about my package], but I'll just wait and chill. As they say in Spanish, "Paciencia es la ciencia de paz." ('ciencia' meaning science and 'paz' meaning peace)
Happy Valentines day!
-Elder Sierra
I'm in this! Wo hoo!
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