Millaray got baptized on Saturday! Out of her family only her mom came but I don’t think she minded, because a ton of the members and missionaries showed even the mission president came. It was amazing! Her mom felt the spirit so strongly that she started to cry at the baptism and she said that she wanted Millaray to continue to grow closer to God and then somehow that is what all the musical numbers and talks were about. God is smart. She then cried again when Millaray was confirmed on Sunday. They tend to have a hard time getting along but they seem to have grown closer with Millaray’s Baptism and on Sunday after the meetings Paola (the mom) said that she wants to start coming so that her younger son can go to primary because she thinks it would be good for him. She tells us that she’s Catholic and she won’t convert but she loves it all so much with just a taste I have a feeling that she’ll be baptized someday.
We have had a hard time the last forever with finding people to teach, but I think we’ve finally passed the dry period and we’ve found various new investigators that seem to be golden. It’s super exciting to find people who are ready to learn especially after experiencing a baptism and not having hardly anybody to teach.
Questions:
How cold does it actually get there? Can you give us some typical high and low temperatures? It has been abnormally cold this winter and we’ve gone below freezing and there was actually a little bit of snow up in the hills in the country. A lot of people drove up just to see it cuz it hasn’t snowed in Santa Juana in 25 years. We’ve actually also had some really summery days where I took my coat off and walked through the town with only a shirt on. Which was wierd cuz I haven’t done that since I’ve arrived.
Do they eat tres leches there? I haven’t seen any. They like to eat fruit yoghurt or flan for dessert in the winter but I hear pastries are more common in the summer so we’ll see. They make really good lemon merangue pie which they call pie de limon.
Do they have pineapples, mangos, and other tropical fruit? Yeah. There are tons of fruit stores that sell fruit for really cheap.
You mentioned that the busses are pretty modern. Do they also have a good taxi service? Do you ever use taxis, or just busses? They do have a good taxi service but I’ve only used it once cuz we were late getting to the casa. Normally we only use the buses to go out of town and walk when we’re inside of santa juana.
Sorry I don’t have a lot to write and I’m out of time but I’ll write some more next week.
