Hey hey hey!! How was your week? This week in Uruguay was good but also not great as far as progress in the work. Franco was not baptized yesterday..m Don't ask, I don't wanna talk about it. Lol jk. All is well just gonna wait longer and keep teaching and see if he keeps coming to church. Earlier this week we got a 16-minute voice message from our friend Maria...all a rant about how she doesn't want any more of this church stuff. That she's done with religion until God fixes all her problems in life. Ana says the same thing, but she is still progressing now, she just has problems she feels like God should fix if this is the right path. Still trying to figure out how to turn off that mentality for them. Also, there are very few active members here in the branch, and two of them literally turned apostate, so that's an exciting situation now. And like all our other friends didn't want to talk this week. None of them came to church. It's frustrating when you're out here giving everything to share the gospel, and praying for these people to be touched by the Spirit, to understand it is true and want to change, but everyone, fortunately (although it feels unfortunate at times), has agency and has to choose. after we do all we can do, it is up to them!
But despite all that disappointment this week...
-My cough is almost gone!
- I got my brown sandals back from the shoe repair store!!!!
-We had a multizone conference and it was really good!
-my companion and I spent a lot of time laughing together this week...yes same companion that i was really struggling with before!
-We had some bomb lunch the other day it was almost like a chicken pot pie thing.
-Theres a new family that just moved here that is interested!
-The kids we were teaching before kept mentioning little things about the gospel to their parents and now we are teaching their parents! Such a fun family! They have 5 kids and a literal cement room as a "house." They used to have a very different life with a lot more money but she said she is grateful that things came crashing down for them because while they had everything they needed and more before, they almost never saw their dad because he was always working. Now they spend time together and can just sit and enjoy an evening as family. She is grateful for how it brought them together. How cool.
-We had intercambios and i went to San Carlos for a day. Somebody want to explain to me how an apartment on the 9th floor of a builiding has an ant infestation? They have a friend there that i met who is getting baptized soon and we were talking with her about temples and when we said something about baptisms for the dead she got confused and thought there was a morgue in the temple. She was extremely touched to find out she could be baptized for her grandma though.
-We were teaching someone this week and when i testified about how Jesus Christ atoned for us, she was genuinely like intrigued and like she had never known that before and she just lit up. That really touched me because i forget that some people really do not know that. What great peace and joy this knowledge and gospel brings.
Today we had zone pday and we hiked the to the cross in pan de azucar. Ive been wanting to do this since we got here over 2 months ago but my interests are a little different than my companions lol. Accomplished a dream of mine though haha. It was so cool! Its not like a super cutout trail its almost like bouldering up the hill. Super fun! And the view was awesome! I forget how close we are to the ocean.
Anyways I talked to my fam before starting the hike and my mom said to keep my eyes open and remember we're still missionaries and she said she thought we would find someone to teach. Well, we passed by quite a few people and always had kinda small talk conversation, but nothing. The whole way down I thought man, I need to find someone. Well we finished and I went into the little store there at the bottom to buy a coke and I started talking to the worker and another guy and after a little bit of small talk and answering questions about our mission I decided to be bold and asked if they were religious. The lady said she believed in faith and God but doesn't like churches. The guy asked me who God is. I testified about our loving Heavenly Father and how we lived with Him before as Spirits and we will live with Him again. The guy said God is love, thanked me, and left. The lady though was like yes I agree with that. We have souls and we lived with Him before and we will live with Him again. She said she'd love to keep talking about our beliefs and we got her number. Mama was right! We found someone. It was the last person we talked to there but we found someone and im very happy bout it!
This week we dont have anything going on really just district council, so that leaves us with the opportunity to follow the Spirit and find more people!
Oh also because of daylight savings im only 3 hours different than home now. Que genial!!
You should all read the conference talk "For God so loved us" by Elder Michael T Ringwood
No matter what we are teaching, this is always a principle I learn is that God loves us. Because He loves us....we can fill in the blank with so many things. But the main one is that He sent His Son to die for us. What a powerful testament of love for us that He gave His only Begotten Son so that all of us can live with Him again because He wants us to live with Him again.
Anyways, make it a great week!! And use your agency for good. Love you all soooo much!!
Hermana Bailey
Spider Count: more than i would like. Honestly confused how the spider in our window is still there and why. Its been like 6 weeks since i found it. And it is definetely alive just doesnt wanna leave our window.
Pictures: out of order but..
cows!
Hna vargas and hall
6 hnas sleepover at our house
Comp
Pretty view
Charles darwin?
Filled tortas fritas🤤
Braiding hair
Sleeping elders
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