This week was interesting. We went on divisions with our zone leaders
on Wednesday.
I went to Ibarreta to work with Elder Taylor from Provo and Elder Vera
stayed in our area to work with Elder Mudrovich from Chile. Elder Taylor
is a fantastic missionary. He is about to finish up his mission in
October. Anyway, I stayed there with him until
Friday
morning. It was a real trip haha. First of all, in their pension, their
shower is broken so you have to boil water, mix it with some of the
rain water that we have to collect and then shower with a cup. But the
good part is that no one can really take a long "shower." I love
experiences like that haha. A good reminder of Clorinda. Then, Elder
Taylor doesn't have a bed frame or anything, just an old foam mattress
on the ground. His companion has the bed frame. E'Taylor's back was
killing him from sleeping on it for months on end so I took one for the
team and made it my home for the division. Another highlight is that he
has some maple extract so y'already KNOW that we made pancakes and
syrup. The syrup turned out to be more of a sugary water-dip, but it
still tasted a little like syrup haha. Then, he GIFTED me his other
maple extract so y'all don't even have to ax me...FRYNNA BE COOKIN'. So
juiced on that. But now to the cooler part of divisions. They also have a
colony of natives in their area. Their colony is within walking
distance, so they work a lot there. Also, they are having a ton of
success there. They have totally transformed the colony. You can
literally feel the Spirit being poured out on the people. The
missionaries have the confidence of all the people. Everyone is always
saying "hega" to the Mormons. They literally have people finding THEM
and telling them that they want to be baptized haha. It's so nuts! We
found like nine new investigators and they all have baptismal dates. It
was righteous and I learned a lot from Elder Taylor. We taught some
sweet, simple Gospel and I had the time of my life. Now to the best part
of the division. We were visiting a member family in the colony to help
some of the daughters with their English homework. While Elder Taylor
was helping them, a bunch of the little kids were climbing all over me
and wanted me to take pictures with them. This little girl who is about 3
or 4 (I think her name is Julie) climbed up and sat on my leg. She was
just having a great time and I was loving playing with the little kids.
Then, I caught a whiff of a really strong, pungent odor. I looked Julie
right in the eyes and she looked back, seemingly reading my mind. She
knew exactly what had happened. All I could think was, "No, no no no
no...NO!" But as she slid off of my leg and scampered away, the
nightmare became all too real. Julie dang PEED HER PANTS ON MY LEG!
Straight up peed her pants on MY pants! Julie peed MY pants. I sat there
and stared and the big wet spot and felt the moisture seep into my
clothing. With a big smile on my face, I told Elder Taylor, in English,
what had happened. We laughed and laughed because we couldn't believe
what had happened haha. We took a little video of us telling the family
what had happened and how they felt about it, but they couldn't
understand us because we were talking in English hahaha. They just
laughed and laughed like the natives always do. We didn't tell them what
happened, just left a sweet blessing on the family and their home and
went on our way. So yeah, that was neat.
Couple other random things. The lider of the group in our
colony, Presidente Ernesto Flores, is such a funny guy. He was in an
Evangelical church (I have forgotten how to say 'Evangelical' in
English...is it the same?) before he joing our church. So, when he is up
there bearing his testimony, he gets a little wild! Also, every single
time he refers to the Book of Mormon, he says, "The Book of Mormon:
Another Testament of Jesus Christ." I love it.
Then, we had to walk back from church in the colony
yesterday. I made some videos, sang some songs, etc. Can't wait to show
you all my videos from the mish haha...so embarrassing. But anyway, we
tried to hitch-hike our way back but only caught a ride in the back of a
pick-up when we got to the outskirts of Fontana. It was great, though,
and we got some sweet, salty exercise.
Also, last night, this guy found us outside of our
pension and started speaking in English to me. He told me that he is an
English teacher here and that he wants me to come in and speak to his
class. Present myself, talk about my country, etc. Not sure if we are
allowed to do it, but I'm going to ask for permission! I think it would
be super sweet and a great way to meet new people.
But yeah, that was my week. We have transfers coming up this next Tuesday/Wednesday. Also, we have interviews with President and Hermana Franco on Thursday! So stooookkkeeeeeddd to meet them.
Anyway, the Lord is bound when we do what He says. He
will always, ALWAYS make good on His promises. All we have to do is keep
the comandments that he has given us. :) I know that this Gospel
changes lives and that the Atonement of Jesus Christ makes possible the
great plan of salvation. I love you all and I hope you all enjoyed the
4th of July in our blessed, wonderful country! GBA, baby, GBA. Luvzz.
Love,
Elder Sipple
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