Hola! Como estan? This week has been very good. I have some
great news! Christian and Miladys are going to be baptized this Saturday! We didn’t expect that. We were actually
on “inter-cambios” (Missionary Exchanges, So Elder Lewis had a different companion for the day) what happened was that Elder Robinson and Elder
Zuniga visited them on Tuesday and taught them a bit and then Christian asked
when they could be baptized. Elder Zuniga was going to ask that but she asked
first. We had previously scheduled to do the baptism on February 4th
because of some paperwork for a divorce. But they are ready now. Elder Zuniga
said “we can do it tonight. We can do it right now. We can teach while we are
walking.”(We had two more lessons to teach) I can’t explain the joy that fills
my heart as I think about them joining the church. They are perfect
investigators. They read the Book of Mormon. They know its true and they let
nothing stop them. So, that was one of the best parts of the week. I might have
just screamed in my head like a little girl when Elder Zuniga told me they were
going to be baptized. They are great investigators and have already given us
tons of referrals. We are going to teach their family, so that’s really good!
In other news, New Years was very interesting. We went over
to a members house in La Cumbre and La
Cumbre is up on a mountain. It’s a mountain literally. We took a taxi there and this taxi was driving up this road and I kid you not,
this was a 45 degree angle or worse. I thought we were going to fall back and
roll down the hill. But we went to the members house and the houses are built
on a hill. They are kind of stacked on top of each other. Anyway, we had a
great time. I actually learned some Latin dancing, and that was really fun. Its
kind of funny, they were teasing Elder Leiffer, Elder Robinson and me with “No
Tenemos Sabor!” which means you don’t have “flavor”. We were gringos. But by
the end they said that I had “Sabor”. So there’s that. They actually said that
I had rhythm, I was really proud of that.
When we returned to the house, man,
it was a panorama of fireworks at midnight. Super cool fireworks. SUPER LOUD.
We have 2 bars right down the street from us blasting music, and cars with
subwoofers blasting music. So we didn’t sleep much. I don’t know what was more
impressive, the dancing, the fireworks, or the next morning, it was still going
on. There were some guys singing at the top of their lungs till 9. Sometimes
the Barrachos, The drunks, their friends are real jerks and they get the
drunkest guy in the group to do something dumb like go sing to a random lady or
something. It was interesting to watch…. We could hear the belching from down
the street… on the third floor with windows closed… It was interesting.
Everyone in the neighborhood, and Colombia it seemed, tuned in to the same countdown, and when it reached midnight,
HUGE panorama of fireworks. Since we were on the third floor we could see them all. It was cool.
Gracias Todos, Big things next
week! I love you all, have a great week and a happy New Year!
-Elder Lewis
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