May 11, 2014

Okay, so this week was crazy. First, i must start off with a funny story. So on Saturday, we were meant to have a baptism but the mother was in the hospital all week so it is postponed for next weekend. We were obviously not too happy on Saturday, but the Lord blessed us SOOO much!!  It was an awesome day. One such awesome thing that happened was that we had to go to the bathroom really bad. We didn't know anyone in the area, it was late at night (it's dark at 6pm now, so it feels late at night..) so we weren't about to knock on a strangers door (don't laugh, we got an investigator doing that one time). So we went to all the little shops and asked for a bathroom. We get to a chinese clothing store, and he says he doesn't have a toilet, it's around the back. Okay, next! We keep asking and found anoooother chinese clothing shop, and this greek man that worked there lead us to the back of the shop, through a disorganized shop with clothes everywhere. Little did we know that his toilet was also "around the back." He leads us through this metal bar door and is like, "Here you go," and points it out to us. As he's walking away, my companion tries to find a light - there is none. He mentions as i leave, "Don't close the door or she won't be able to open it from the inside." I look at Sister Patterson and her face looks like "what  the heck are we doing??" I stepped around the corner to give her some privacy. This "bathroom" was at the back of the shops, facing a gravel parking lot in the dark. Oh my gosh, probably the most hilarious thing ever.

Also, we went to go see Viviana saturday night. She has been out of town for 3 weeks. When my companion suggested it, i was not excited. We had tried everything with her it felt like, we just couldn't get her to church, couldn't get her to commit to a baptism date, couldn't get her to do it! So her being out of town as well was not very promising. But we went around and she had a a bunch of friends over... double un-excited. -.- She opened the door and we stood at the bottom of the steps of her flat, and she crouched down, with this loving look on her face, and asked what we've been doing, how we were. We asked us to come in, offered us delicious colombian soup, and laughed with us. Guess what?! SHE WENT TO CHURCH WHILE SHE WAS IN AUCKLAND!!! Whaaaaaatt???? I almost cried. Also, she read the Book of Mormon while she was out of town!! Whaaaat???!! When we invited her to church on Mother's Day she declined at first, then i just told her to come, a bit more boldly, in Spansih and she agreed. We came Sunday morning and she wasn't ready yet, but we got her to come to the other ward on the other side of town at 1pm. She brought all 3 kids and came to church!!!!!!! I translated for her into spanish, which was hilariously awful. Man, best mothers day ever :) We found someone to give her a ride home, and as they drove away we stood in the parking lot and high-fived, and some random member in the car laughed at us. Great day :)

Happy Mother's day!!!!!! I love you all!!! The church is true! Your family CAN be eternal!!!

Love,
Sister Rose