So much to say and so little time to say it! I'm gonna work my way backwards through this week. Yesterday we received our cambios(transfers). I am leaving Sucre =( but I am going to Cochabamba to an area called Jaijuaco (I think that's how you spell it) ad I am going to be with Hermana Pastillo from Ecuador. I have only heard really good things about her and I am so excited to be her companion. The craziest thing about me going to Jaijuaco is that a few days ago I felt the impression that I was going to be sent there. So when I heard the news there was only a peaceful familiar feeling of the Holy Ghost telling me thats where I'm supposed to go.
Saturday was super cool. We had the opportunity to attend "Churuquella de Plata" which is a festival of tradicional dances of Bolivia. It is run by this organization that helps kids in need. So the stake here in Sucre helped them out. Each ward as assigned a different part of Bolivia, and danced the traditional dance from there. All the missionaries were allowed to attend because there were a ton of people visiting who weren't members. So that was super cool to see something super cultural from Bolivia! I wish we had traditional dances in the United States! Y'all should start that.
The rest of the week was full of success! We taught really well, and found more people to teach. One family who we found is the Romero family. They were a reference from the Stake President. I am telling you, references from members are always the best investigadors! These have some family issues and are ready to add Christ back into their lives. The coolest thing the mom, Carminia, said to us is that she was having a hard time wanting to stay with her husband, and decided to stay with him to try to help him through his problems, and was thinking of ways to do that right when we "appeared in her living room." She knows we were sent from God to help her family out of this rut.
There are so many people who are so ready here in Sucre to hear the gospel. It stinks that I have just recently met a lot of them right before I'm leaving. But really it means that I am leaving my area in a better condition than I found it, and that is exactly what I want=)
Fun Facts:
- One of our investigators offered us a shot glass of wine... We didn't know it was wine until she said,"It doesn't have a ton of alcohol like the others!!!"
- The word in spanish for cookies is the same as crackers. So I have to specify that I want the kind of crackers with sugar=)
{I like this picture so much, even though it's blurry of Miranda because it's so candid of her fun personality. I had to put it in. And I love how her camera is everyone's camera. They're always grabbing it to take selfies of groups... I don't post even a third of all the pictures that she uploads.}
-- Don't count the days, make the days count!
~Hermana Madsen
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