Braian Vicente!:) Se bautizò!

Okay! Another story, with a miracle! 

So this week, me and my companion had the goal to get to know more members. Being us both pretty new, it is necessary that we know the members. So we have an appointment to visit a family that lives WAY UP in the mountains. There are a type of bus here, that is called a micro, and this is way past where the micros go... or the taxis... or any type of car..... way up there. So we go with the RS president, and we have such a great time! They are a great family! AS we are there, it begins POURING RAIN. Harder than I have ever seen in my life. We decide to wait till it passed to leave.. after twenty minutes, a flooded yard, and even more rain, we decide we have to go NOW. Before it gets worse. As we begin walking out, (literally, in two seconds we were drenched....) we saw that GUESS WHAT!!! The bottom of the hill is flooded! We have no way of getting out. We are surrounded my water. The current is picking up the trees from out of the ground and carrying them away!!!!!!!! There is no way we are going to cross that by ourselves! 

Long story short, a golden member brought his car up, and after walking up to the top of the mountain, we were able to find a spot safer to cross. It was a four hour process. He had to take us across one by one... cause the water almost washed away the RS president. It ripped the skirt of my companion, and broke my shoes. It was REALLY strong water. But, the Lord sent us an angel, and a way out. That is all that matters. We were so grateful! We came home to a flooded house, and I got super sick, but even now, I am way more grateful for the Miracle of this member than anything! 

I didn't take pictures... sorry:) haha 

Braian got baptized on Saturday!!!!!:):):):):): It was such an amazing experience! He is such an amazing guy! He has such a strong testimony! He has plans to go to the temple in July, and he already has a Preach my Gospel!!! Such a blessing to the ward!! :) Half of the  young men in the ward are converts. They have all been baptized within the past two years!! They are a priesthood army marching forth! We are planning on having three more join their ranks in the next month! Hold onto your hats, friends! :) 

I hope you all have a wonderful week! Take care!!:) 

Love, Hna Arave

 

 

Refiners Fire.

Well, if God thinks I can do it... I can do it. This week, I had to rely A LOT MORE On my savior. After only having a handful of days in the area, getting a new companion, I was on a high level of stress this week... very high.. It happened for a reason. My district leader is so great to remind me of that each time we see each other. He is learning English, and he tells me "Every things happen for one reason." haha:) It does. God has something up his sleeve!

Saturday, we received a reference from some hermanas from another ward! They said that they contacted a woman and she wanted to come to church! WOO! So we called her, went to her house, and then Sunday went to pick her up! She has a son, Alejandro, who is 8. and a daughter, Fernanada, who is 14 months old. Alejandro reminds me exactly of my little brother when he was 8!! full of energy, always wanting to talk! haha As we were sitting in sacrament meeting, He kept looking at my hair... (this happens a lot here...:)) 

Him: You should grow your hair out. Why is it like this? 

Me: because I was born blonde

Him: I was born with black hair.... You should grow your hair out. all the way to the floor. And then even longer. Cause then, you can cut it, up to here *pointing to my jaw bone* and it will turn brown... almost like mine! 

hahaha I about died!!!Thank you Disney! It was so funny!! 

Then, we were sitting in Gospel principles, and he comes RUNNING in from primary!!! 

He bursts through the door with wide eyes and out of breath, and says in a loud voice, "MOM!!!! I need the book of Mormon!!!!!!!!!!!" 

He is absolutely adorable!!! hahaaha His mom is pretty incredible too!! We will continue visiting her for sure!!!:) 

This weekend, we will be having a baptism!! His name is Braian. He is so incredible! each time we have visited him my time here, he has shared his testimony of the gospel! He recently got to know the church, and I was lucky enough to have a part in teaching him! He is so incredible... really, the definition of D&C 20:37. He is so ready! He bought a preach my gospel so he can go on a mission... AND HE ISN'T EVEN BAPTIZED YET! Saturday for sure!!!!:) He is so incredible! 

I love being in the mission. It is the hardest, best thing I've ever done. I love every second! Bring on what the Lord has in store, because he knows we are ready! 

Love you all!! have a good week!! 

hna Arave

 1. saying goodbye to hna Davenport... after the pouring rain. :) Gotta love bolivia!

2. just a view from my area!:) 

Cambios... Again?

Welp, the subject says all. We are having another emergency cambio... I have no idea why. My companion is leaving, back to Santa Cruz.

We had a rough night last night.

This week, we were able to stop people from breaking the sabbath day!!! We went to go visit a member, and we found her in the street on the way to her house! SO we begin walking with her, and she says

"Hey, wait right here, I'm going to go buy some Tampico for you guys!"

us: "NO! It is okay, really!

"No, I want to!"

us: "Really hermana.... we only want you to keep the sabbath day holy...."

"Okay, I´ll send my husband then!!"

us: "NO!"

she ended up sending her husband anyway... but the best part  is that when he returned, THERE WASN'T ANY TAMPICO IN THE STORE!!!!! hahaha so he came back with nothing!!!!:):)

God´s Army... ONE

Satan.... ZERO!

It was so funny, we about died laughing. :) hahaha

This week we got to know a guy, Luciano,  who couldn't get over the fact that God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost are separate beings... I think we spent the whole lesson focused on how we know, showing scriptures, and writing down all the questions he had. :) It helped me learn a whole lot, so I´m super grateful!!

It also rained a TON this week... I love the rain here! It is warm, at least! haha
I hope you all have a great week!

Hna Arave