Well, this week has been full of blessings from the Lord. First off, I would like to inform everyone that last pday, my companion and I got the broken fan in our apartment to WORK! SWEET GOODNESS! I slept so good not sweating! :)
Also, an apology for not attaching pictures 2 weeks in a row. We're at a sketch place and I can't even find the usb hole.
Other than that, Work has just been phenomenal. Seriously. The spirit has just been SO awesome in our lessons. And people who I thought were on the verge of not progressing made a U-turn for the better! OH! It's amazing. We didn't have any baptisms this last weekend, but we will have between 4 and 5 this week. (But really 5, we just don't have one paper signed.) And they are all STOKED to be baptized! As are we, that they are making good choices. :)
So an interesting story from this week is that on Friday we were on our way up the mountain to visit our investigator Edson. We THOUGHT we had him marked for 6. But on the way a man yells at us from the top of his house "SISTER!" Usually, this happens alot. But with drunk men. So we don't normally pay attention. But for some reason don't ask me why, when he flagged us over, I went. Kindof like I seriously didn't have control over my feet. The whole time my brain is formulating excuses. "we have an appointment,..tell him to go to church sunday,.. you can still run." But no I walk up the stairs and we talk to him. We didn't even have and lesson with him, but he said that he had been trying to find the church for a long time and that he probably wants to be baptized. Well do you know what we did? We invited him to baptism and made him a calendar. He came to church yesterday and boy is he just so ready for the gospel! We're pretty stoked for him. Tender Mercy, huh?
Side Note: WHO IS STOKED FOR GENERAL CONFERENCE!? It's definitely me!!! Oh man. I just LOVE Conference. WOO HOO! Not having baptisms that week is kindof sad, but I'm too stoked for conference for it too bother me too much. haha.
Also, there is this woman Isabel. Who I just LOVE. She was finally going to be able to go to church yesterday. She got up, got dressed, got her baby dressed, the member was outside her house ready to walk with her to church and what happens? The lady who she is staying with comes in and tells her that if she goes to church that Isabel can pack her's and Enascio's things and leave. So Isabel had to stay in the house. We ended up being outside Isabel's house later on teaching somebody. When Isabel heard us singing, she came out and sat in on the lesson with us. After the lesson, she apologized and was just so upset about not being able to go to church. When she told us what happened.. Well, i just kind of wanted to spit in Satan's eyes. Especially since the night before, she told us that she was not going to move back in with the father of her child because living the commandments and being baptized is more important than.. well, sex.
Man. Basically, something is going to happen. I'm not sure what Heavenly Father has up his sleeve, but it's something good for sure.
Tomorrow is my 8 month mark in the mission. It's kinda cool, but kinda sad in the same moment.
I hope everything is going well for everyone over in the states. The work is going really well,.. stressful at times, but really well.
Also, for all you lucky ducks.. Enjoy some gator football for me. :)
Love, Sister Buhler
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