SERVICIO
Yo super great week. We did so much service this week, which was so fun. On Monday last week I looked to my companion and said that I really wanted to be better at loving others and that serving is when I feel the happiest. I told him that I hoped to serve a lot of people this last week. We definitely got my wish. We got calls to move 600 cinderblocks as a district, move an ice machine that weighed for sure at least 1000 pounds, translate for medical students, and at 7 am go and kill a rat in a members house lol. I loved it.
The cinderblock service was super fun. To be there as a district covered in dirt and all sweaty was super fun. It was also in a super far away village so that was lit. The ice machine didn’t take too much time but it was so freaking heavy. Also he let us have some fun and get sledge hammers and destroy a big block of cement. I took a turn and on my swing down the top of the sledgehammer flew off so fast right towards my companion (and behind him was a pretty nice pickup truck). No one can convince me that an Angel didn’t guide the hammer because it went flying and went right through my comps legs and right under the car. Not sure who it was but that Angel saved a life and a window lol. The rat was pretty fun, good birthday present. The translating was also super fun. Pretty interesting and it was fun learning about some medical stuff. Also very interesting hearing about Guatemalan 50 year old women’s medical problems. Pretty gross.
We finally got a baptism after a very long time. Esteban Gamboa is now a member of the true church of God. A true miracle happened. We started a fast and it was super good. We got a call from a member 20 minutes after we started our fast to eat dinner with them. That doesn’t happen here so it was pretty clear that it was a temptation to eat haha. So we said no sadly and went the 24 hours without food or drink. Also pretty tough because the medical students had so many good American snacks and offered it to us and it was tough to say no haha. But we stuck with it and I couldn’t be happier that we did. We later had an appointment with Esteban and he had said he wanted to get baptized but later. He said he needed more preparation. So a member came with us to talk to him and bro cooked. Esteban said that it was just fear that was holding him back and the member hyped him up and we set the fecha for Sunday. So yesterday the baptism happened and Esteban said he couldn’t feel happier about the decision he made.
Fasting helps so much and serving helps us find so much joy. This week was such an awesome blessing and I am loving the mish. Please reach out, I miss and love you all
Scripture of the Week:
Isaiah 40:31 “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
Isaías 40:31 “pero los que esperan en Jehová tendrán nuevas fuerzas; levantarán las alas como águilas; correrán y no se cansarán; caminarán y no se fatigarán.”
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