We had a great week. We had a noche de hogar in the rama, and it was amazing! I really really love these people. They´re all so different and so funny and so spiritual. Being with the members makes any problems not problems anymore. They make great food, bring a great spirit... I loaded up some videos from that event. They won´t make much sense, but I just wanted to try and preserve some of what I felt. These people are amazing. The game we played was called Saber y Ganar, based off an old Spanish game show. It was pretty darn funny, and kinda hard. We won, no thanks to me - the games required faster thinking in Spanish than I´ve got thus far. But it was awesome! Quote of the night: Carlos the Mission Leader/Elders Quorum president/primary teacher smacked a kid in the head. And the kid responded, "What´d I do to you?" And Carlos - "Nada, pero me gustó pegarte." There´s nothing really like ward activities. It was also nice to see a recent convert and a menos activo there - they´re both due for the preisthood come Stake Conference! How cool is that? And Ezequiel might be falling in love with one of the young women - which would be excellent cause it´d keep him going to church. But not so excellent cause she´s going to leave and go on a mission.
Today, we played fútbol for pday with some guys from English class. One of them had hair like Bridger - flowing everywhere. It was a little awkward when they started pulling off their shirts (we´re back to a balmy 72º) and we were still clothed thanks to the garments. But it all worked out and we didn´t have to explain anything that would´ve scared ém haha. These guys are interested in what we do because now we´re buddies - had we talked to them in the street, we would´ve gotten a couple laughs and they would´ve practiced their English cussing. This is definitely the way to work with the Jovenes. And, it´s fun to play soccer.
It was another week of walking, talking, preaching, and rejection. Telde seems to turn into a ghost town when we walk around, even on the busiest streets. I guess some people are sowers and some are reapers. We´ve got a lot that´s getting ready - lots of potential investigators, some progressing, some promising references and the members are excited to help - but no baptismal dates set. Which makes it a little rough sometimes, but it´s a lot of fun to just be here and work!
Love, Elder Stew
P.S. I don´t have ANYONE´s email address. So can you tell David and Catherine that I got their Christmas packages? They really meant a lot - and my companion is now sick of hearing christmas music after christmas. It was nice to have a switch from my Ipod haha.
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