You've got the greenie power...you're the green lantern! April 9, 2012

This past week has progressed as I learned about the baptismal calendars from Sister Holland! I think that they are the perfect solution to our problems in the work! People are going to be tons more motivated to keep the commandments and other commitments we invite them to do! We already made more copies and have plans to invoke them in all our set baptismal dates! I´m so excited! And one of our investigators---Helder---we allowed him to make his own goals for overcoming his word of Wisdom problems and reset his baptismal date! Miracles, miracles! He said he wants to be able to baptize his 2 children when they turn 8 many years down the road. :)

Also, the work has been going awesome! Last week I felt overwhelmed with having so many investigators and references, and as we went into this we recieved even more, but the Lord has blessed us with our newest investigators to have HUGE desires for the gospel! So it has been easier teaching our newest investigators. One older man, at the end of our first contact, told us about how he needs a change in his life and to find the right church. At the end of our second lesson he said that if he finds out this is true he will give up drinking, and smoking and cut his hair. (He´s an older man with dreds. hahahaha.)

In addition to those huge blessings in our work, we´ve also had HUGE success with Helton and Eddy and their family. They have been investigators that have been sitting for a while. We decided that teaching them seperately would be the best route to take in teaching them and BOY WHAT A BLESSING! They no longer have reservations about sharing their feelings! And we have learned that they really are visual learners and the film of the Restoration REALLY sparked their desire to know if the church is true. They are chasing the gospel down now and praying and keeping commitments!

Something my companion taught me this week is if anybody needs our love and support, it is these people. At the beginning of the week I was ready to chuck everybody not keeping commitments out of our schedule (because we are REALLY overwhelmed.. We have more people to teach than we have time to), but I´ve learned that is just Satan. That nasty devil. These people really need love and I´m so excited for them to overcome these obstacles and get baptized. I´m excited to have another week of hard work!

Aside from the awesome gospel things, here is how the week went:

Monday- I went to use the bathroom when I got home and I was greeted (as I was about to sit on the toilet, mind you) by a VERY STRANGE LOOKING lizard. He was white. With black eyes. Needless to say, I somehow managed to hold it.

Tuesday-Our branch mission leader and one of our biggest helps, Adilson... forgot me name. He called me Sister Pequena instead. hahahaha.

Saturday- We went into our investigators´(Helton and Eddy) house and woke them up for a baptism of the Elders´ in our area. (Hahaha. I´m pretty sure it was a bonding moment.)

Sunday- We went around town going into our investigators´ houses, banging on their doors and pulling covers off their faces waking them up for church. BUT we met our goals for the week! Hahaha. They like it when we wake them up. They all laugh at us. :)

AND we hard boiled eggs and had an egg war of sorts that is a tradition in Sister Hollands family... I made a gator egg. :) Also... I didn´t cook the eggs long enough on the stove.... Since I heard Michael Cox (Yes people, blame him) say he cooked eggs in the microwave, that is what I did with the uncooked parts from doing it on the stove..... I think it worked? Ish. Our egg-salad sandwiches looked funny.

Enclosed in the pictures is---the first day I met Sister Holland---my gator doughnut from last week---part of the view outside our apartment window--- Us in Santa Maria. :) ---- and Finding out the fisheye effect on my camera. (maybe not in that order though)

Also, I can read your emails if you write me, but I cant write back... Sorry Vanessa! Please still write me!

OH and I get mail this week! Please dearelder.com me! I don´t think you need an address. Just click cape verde praia mission!

Until next week!
LOVE Sister Buhler :)