Super fun week this week with Hermana Retamal. The title comes from a very interesting conversation we had with a drunk guy. He came up to us while we were talking with an investigator outside a pub. He started flirting with us, telling us how pretty our eyes were, and then he stopped and said "pardon me, one question... are your teeth original?" HAHAHA! For those of you who are wondering, YES all my teeth are mine, and I am proud of it!
{her guitar she bought over there for her birthday}
This week we taught a lot. There are a lot of really good people progressing, and the ward is helping us a lot. It just doesn't show in our numbers. Although numbers don't determine success, they're there for a reason. They are there so we can learn to make goals and work to reach these goals. For those who don't know, in the mission there are 4 numbers we have to report every week. How many baptisms we had, how many investigators have baptismal dates, how many investigators attend Sacrament meeting, and how many new investigators we found during the week. It is difficult when you don't have high numbers to show your progress, but you just have to remember the good you did, and the difference you made in the lives of others during the week.
Something I can look back on this week is sitting in the park waiting for an investigator to arrive. He never did. But while we were waiting, we saw a woman with special needs crawling in the street pushing her own stroller. We looked at her with pity as many people passing did. But then we remembered how special she was to God, and who we are here representing. We went over to her, helped her into the stroller, and asked her where she wanted to go. She did her best to express herself, and we figured out she was headed to Catholic mass. We helped her over to the church, and everyone welcomed her and asked US why she hadn't been attending for so long. Of course we had no idea, and we'd prefer that she attend the church with us that is literally less than a block away, but we just did what we knew Christ would have done if he were here.
I didn't see a lot of success in numbers this week, but I saw the power of God working in many lives, and that is what matters most.
Fun Facts:
- My area is right next to the Airport, so I have learned the difference in the sound of an airplane taking off, and one landing.
- Here they drink more Coca-cola than they drink water. My teeth are suffering from all the soda they give me.
-- Don't count the days, make the days count!
~Hermana Madsen
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