This week I wasn't very diligent in my hashtags so I'm going to rack my brain and try to remember what happened this week :)
Monday: Well we had a good lesson with Carmen. She was having a hard time with prayer, just because she is 70-something years old and has a hard time remembering things. So we explained the prayer and we invited her to offer the closing prayer. So she crossed her arms, closed her eyes, and bowed her head, and so did we.... but she didn't say anything! My companion and I peeked at her and peeked at each thinking "Is she praying in her head?" We sat there for like 5 minutes! After many silent conversations of what we should do, we finally we asked "Carmen, could you offer the prayer out loud?" It was a bit of a struggle but now she is praying much better :) We have to teach very simply and clearly for her but she is so great! I just love her :)
We also had a Family Home Evening with members but it was pretty much a disaster. The husband had the spiritual thought and took FOREVER! When he finished we had 20 minutes to get home and the family JUST put in the Hotdogs for dinner! I was super anxious because we CANNOT GET HOME LATE! We threw our hotdogs together and they rushed us home in the back of their Astrovan.
Tuesday I don't remember what happened, Wednesday either...
Thursday we had Zone Conference, which is when the AP´s and Mission President teach us how to be better missionaries. They are so fun and I always learn so much! We talked a lot about the Book of Mormon and the Spirit and how those 2 together are the greatest tools we have in the conversion process. After the meeting we all ate pizza. (Just to let you know, Pizza here is SO GOOD! Pizza in the US is NASTAY! It´s the sauce :)) Hermana Ostler and I went to the bathroom to wash our hands but the water in the bathroom cut off. SO we are standing there with wet soapy hands thinking "WHat are we gonna do?!?" We run to the kitchen to use the sink and my companion stopped in front of me and was like "uhhh...." and i crash into her. I look around her and President Ayre is in there with some other missionaries having a serious conversation. They are just looking at us with our soapy wet hands and we are like "Sorry, can we use the sink?" And President Ayre just starts laughing and said "Yeah:) What happened?" SO we tell him and we just got a good laugh out of it :)
Friday we planned, nothing exciting.
Saturday we had a Service Activity! WHOOO!! I LOVE SERVICE! It is so hard to find service opportunities. SO our whole zone got together with members from our wards and some of the neighboring wards too. A block down the road from the church there is a School that EVERYONE in San Fernando knows because just about EVERYBODY went there. Tt was covered in graffiti so we cleaned off the front and side walls then re-painted them. It was so fun to just let our hair down and serve and enjoy time with members and missionaries. :)
Sunday Carmen came to church :) She is doing so great and will be baptized this coming Sunday :) I will send pics :) Keep praying for her and pray that we can find more people that are prepared to accept the Gospel!
Love you all so much! I read through al my old letters and realized that I haven´t written like ANYBODY in such a long time! So I am working on that. If you'd like a letter, send me your address and I´ll try to get one to you ASAP.
Hermana Allison Scarlett
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