Aug 15, 2012

Helloo family! How are all of you doing?  Doesn´t it feel like I was just on here about 2 days ago? Well that's what I feel like.  The first thing that I want to say is that transfers are this Friday.  We'll we find out who is staying and going.  I am not sure about this one.  I could stay or go, pero, No Se,  Well just pray for the best.  If the Lord needs me here, I will be fine with that.  If he needs me somewhere else, I´ll be fine with that.  I really don´t care.  Well, on to the juicy stuff. This past week we had a baptism!  Rosa, Patricia, and Jonathan!  Wow what a spirit filled day that was.  I tell you what, Rosa has a spirit that can knock. you. out.  It was so strong when she bore her testimony after her baptism.  All three of them had amazing baptisms.  I was honored to confirm Patricia into  La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Dias.  That was a great experience in and of itself.  It was just so amazing, I just started talking.  Things that I wouldn´t have said, but the spirit told me to do so :)  Well, I have some very sad news.  You all know that Benito and Diana are going to get married.  Last week we found out when.... In October :(  the 5th to be exact:(  Okay I might have cried a little after hearing that.  It is just so sad because I probably won't see it.  That is in 2 transfers.  How sad is that.  I really wanted to see it.  I will just pray that I will still be in Madrid when It happens.  Well on a good note,  we have another family.  I will write about them because well, they are doing great!  It´s a mom, her sister, and her two daughters, Jacaline,  Elizabeth, Kimberly, and Fernanda.  They are doing great and we are going to set a date with them this week.  Just to let you all know, my talk went great.  Everyone said that my Spanish was perfect.  It was dead on and they just knew I was trying my hardest.  It just felt good to hear that from the members.  It was about how we can bear our testimony with everyone, and how we need more effort in our daily life with the missionary work.  I used some of my own experiences with that one.  Many people afterwards said that they will talk to many of their friends about the church.  This is a great sign :)  It just went great.  I am happy that it did go well.  

Well now I have a food story. It´s about Ice cream.  Here they just don´t know how to scoop it.  I kinda want to have a clinic on how to give a good scoop.  Well one night we are walking back to our Piso and we past a shop.  My companion and I wanted some so we went in.  I saw some of these scoops and they were weak!!!!  So when it was my turn, my Dad sense came over me.  I said  "I want a big bowl, okay.  I want big scoops, don´t be giving me  small scoops, okay."  I looked her right in the eyes, she understood.  She gets out the big bowl which is our medium, and she scoops it, it was still small, I said, no, I want  big scoops.  She put it back and she loaded it up! I said I´ll pay for it if you want.  Well i didn´t have too :)  Yeah that´s right, I did that :)

Okay now I have a first timer.  So we get to this lesson.  We were teaching Diana and Benito's friends.  We were talking and I scratch my nose, not that hard.  Well I feel something coming down.  It was blood.  So I get up and get out my hanky, sorry dad, and I blow my nose.... there was a lot.  I fold it up and sit back down.  Well Diana saw that and just freaks out, Ohhh Noo Sangre!!  She wips out her wet wipes for her baby and gives me 3.  I hold it up to my nose and wow their was a lot of blood.  I used 6 wipes.  She rips some and roll it up and said, put this in your nose.  Yes I felt like mom when I did that.  It just wouldn´t stop bleeding, just more and more blood.  Well 30min passed by and it isn´t stopping.  I said that we can just hit on the first 2 points of the Plan of Salvation and we did that.  After the lesson, it stopped, my luck.  hahaha  I said I was so sorry for this but they understood.  It was all good, just really weird.  

 Well family that is it for this week.  Elder Raiano and I are doing great.  We are like best friends right now.  We are just working our butts off over here.  If I go, I´ll be sad but I´ll know that the Lord needs me to Light up another area! :)  I love you all so much! Have a great week!!

Love,

Elder Alex Laubuagh :) XXOOxxooxoxoxoXOXOX