Haupei Yall!
Happy Things:
1. I think everyone
knows that doughnuts and ice cream are two of my favorite things and I forget
if I already mentioned this (if I have yall already know it just makes me SO
happy) but Familia Ramirez (my little Leis) has a soft serve ice cream machine
that her dad just MADE! He is the coolest. And this week when we were DYING of
heat (whatever 40 degrees celsius is and then some...pretty sure its over 100
by now) we just happened to plan to visit them and they had just happened to
plan to make mango ice cream! (those suckers are on the ground EVERYWHERE)
hashtag tender mercies.
2. MORE FOOD MORE
HAPPY. but really. we learned how to make CHIPA! and in a TATAKUA! or a mud
oven haha. it was HARD WORK. and we made so so much. but it was totally worth
it. and it may not taste the best but it was made with our sweat and tears.
haha we have a ton...but get ready USA I will be making chipa left and right.
it is the best.
3. Familia
Brites...Carla and Emilio... they are a younger couple that got baptized a
little bit ago and well they went inactive and then moved to Mariano! Hermana
Taylor and I found them a while back but not until recent have they completely
reactived AND set a date for their sealing in March! and YES I got invited.
They are truly the sweetest, funniest, most awesome parents ever. I want to
bring their daughters home. I love them so so much and I just feel so grateful
to be a part of their family.
4. This week Hermana
Montaño and I had a lunch appt that was a million miles away and super close to
the river so we decided hey we are going to try and get a little closer! We
never got there but en route we were just walking and talking and saw a younger
woman pulling a bunch of branches away from her yard and sad to say we kept
walking... but after not even 1 metro we both looked at each other and
said...we need to turn around! We went up to her and said hey we are gonna
help. Then after she offered us water (which you ALWAYS accept here haha) and
we got to sit down and start talking with her. We start telling her about the
church and what we do and she just smiled and looked at us. Then she said
"I hate to interupt but I need to tell yall something. I am catholic...but
I have been praying this week for help. I asked God for a sign and then yall
came walking by and missionaries never come walking all the way out here and
then yall helped me with the tree and the neighbors dont even help me but as
soon as we sat down I knew that yall were my sign. Tell me everything about
your church." We just about died... We are hopeful that we will get to
tell yall more about Maria!
5. So with this
awesome Christmas season there is this awesome video (mormon.org)
called Ilumina al Mundo and our zone has not had the little pass along cards
until this past week. such a bummer. BUT as soon as we got our hands on them we
got hopping. Something different about Paraguay is not everyone has a smart
phone and even if they do most of the time they havent paid for 4G. BUT we
still asked. I love looking back on the little moments we have had this week
with the Spirit of this video. On the side of the road with loud motos and
colectivos passing by, through an unopened gate, in the shack of a house with a
dirt ground, and in the quiet of a member home. Every single time the Spirit
was there to testify of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and his miraculous
birth. And even more than that his miraculous acts of service! El vino al mundo
al servir no a ser servido! It truly is incredible that we as his servants, as
his children, can also light up the world with HIS light as we serve and
love.
Less than a week until
Christmas and I know that we can light up the world and do more this Christmas
season then focus on the gifts (or down here eat your guts out and light up
tons of fireworks) I love my Savior Jesus Christ. I know that He lives and that
there are still miracles. I know that his birth is the BEST gift that we have
ever received.
Merry Christmas! Feliz
Navidad!
xoxo,
Hermana Vergara
3 Nephi 5:13
PS Chipa with Familia
Arzamendia, ROLL TIDE, and Familia Brites!
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