Wow. Whadaweek.

20 August 2018 

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I'd say 'Let's begin with the biggest and best news,' but it's all kinda a tie.
So we'll just go in order.

Mon: We had a FHE with some very inspired members and Oscar. They shared a video called "The Touch of the Master's Hand," and it was really good. 10 outta 10 recommend.

Tues: We broke the car again. :) When we got it (from the elders), there was 20 miles of gas left before it broke, 1 mile of oil before it broke, and not clean. #typicalelders We also met Victor and Margret. Turns out Margret is a member but because of work, she can't come on Sunday. But he's not. More on this later.

Wed: We made it! We went to Gringos Locos to celebrate. I got a deep fried chimichanga. [Starting out 6 months to sexy on a good foot.] They were filled with baby birds. I was filled with much pain, but no regrets! We also chugged some Guaraná, which is a soda based off of a fruit only found in Brazil. Flashbacks to O-South/Windy Ridge days.

Thur: was awesome. Elder Costa of the 70 and his wife AND Elder Carpenter AND his wife came on a Mission Tour!! Which basically means they came and poured out revelation upon our ears. Wowowowowowow!! So good! We even walked in late and half the mission watched😁 The mockings still haven't ceased...

Fri: was awesome. We went to the temple to do baptisms for the dead with Hna Robbins recent convert from Valencia. It was Sooooo good! ...Wow.

Saturday: was not quite as awesome. Frankly, I don't even rememb-- OH WAIT! We went back to talk to Victor, and what started out as a shaky lesson became a really powerful learning experience. It was so cool to watch his heart soften and open as we shared the message of the Restoration. He even said he'd read! Please pray people!! We're excited!

Sun: ...nuffing. Literally nothing happened. We weekly planned. Not very fun.

And that's it. Thanks!! Ciao!

Making the bed with Hna Robbins. Aka visualizing Lehi’s dream

Wow. I wuv da Temple!!

Hna Robbins had to stop for a smoke. I love word of Wisdom problems.

Maria Alejandra left for home. We're so proud of all the good things she's done!! She's gonna be such a strong member!

Guaraná. 10 out of 10 WOULD recommend!

When Salt Lake Knows Who You Are

So there I was. Just trying hard to be a good missionary. Weekly planning like any other Friday. When the phone rings. It was the Mission Office. (Dun dun DUNN!!)
"Hello?" My companion answers the phone.
"Sister Baer!"
Toast.
"Salt Lake just called."
Crispy toast.
"There's something funny with you're account."
*face palm*
Dad, don't laugh too hard. Salt Lake called to tell me to spend more money. (Elder Faulk in the mission office suggested buying peanut butter for my peanut butter sandwiches. Hah! What a punk.)

But to whisk through other news,
 > We're not getting kicked out of our apartment!

> We didn't die by lighting #blessingsofservice

> We met a cool less active from Venezuela who talked for 2.5 hours

> Our less-active from Columbia is flying home this Saturday :( She made such good progress! We're so proud!

> I did not lose my driving privileges. Drat.....😒

Spiritual Moment Time!
We had a pretty long week, and had a good cleansing Saturday. We not only met and cleaned out the storage area for 2 ladies, we also cleaned out our teaching pool:) There was a lot of faith happening that day. But, while I don't know if I'd want to relive Saturday, I'm grateful I had that chance to fight the fear of and doubt in the future with Enos 1:15. It was hard to have two of our investigators simultaneously drop us, and then have to stop teaching 2 others. But We wouldn't've met Betsy and Rachel otherwise.
The Lord works in Mysterious ways.
Wow.

... that's all.

Us making Arepas! Yay!

I still wish the song went "Rain came down and the flowers came up." Oh well.

Salt Lake called. Pictures, so it happened.

Update on the piano: They Fixed It! Then on Sunday, we were moving it for the 8-year-old baptism and it went to tip. And I wet myself. (See photo 2;) But don't worry about it; it didn't fall. We're good!😅

Hace Calor

It sounds like the name of a cool adventurer, like James Bond, Indiana Jones, Minesota Cuke, or Cliff Gordon.
But nope. It just means "It does hot." Or, as I choose to interpret it, "Please pass me the bucket, I'm melting into a puddle and I'd like to not lose any of me in the grass."
But other than straight melting (and it's not like I get a tan out of this, I'm just in the heat. It's, like, 110° in the Shade ;)

But on to weekly miracles.

> We had some really cool things happened this week! The less-active member we've been working with is no longer less-active as of yesterday! She was glowing in our last lesson, and was positively beaming at church. She radiated that light over the pulpit as she bore her testimony:) We're so proud!

> We met a cool guy named Heri, who said he had had some terrible experiences with other churches and so he didn't go. But at the end of our conversation, he invited us back on Wednesday morning. Wow! I kinda forgot that people want our message. "We aren't just shoving it down people's throats." That was rul cool!

> We went to see a less active, but he wasn't there. But! His son was, so the son calls the dad, and we basically reschedule through the poor kid. But then, our car fob thing that unlocks the car, broke. We sat in the rain and stared at it until the neighbor of our less active came out and saved the day. He pried open our fob and inserted a new battery. Wow. My hero. We'll baptize him next!!

Well, that's about It! Hope y all don't get stuck in the rain! Or the sun! ...Frankly, just don't get stuck.

With care!

Dinner with a member

Stuck in the rain

Ward party. I have no idea why we had that party. Or who thought of a bouncy house. But I love them.