Word of the Wise: if you ask to be humbled, be ready for a wild ride... September 20, 2010

First of all:

 

WE HAD A BAPTISM THIS WEEK!

 

Yeah, finally we had a baptism.  Her name is Eudocia and she´s from Peru.  She is the sweetest lady ever.  She has so much faith and love for the Lord.  Her husband is less active, but he´s working on coming back and now they can get sealed in the temple in a year!  I can not even decribe to you my happiness for her.

 

Secondly, my weekly food report. 

 

On the menu this week- cuero y papas.  That´s right people who speak Spanish, leather and potatos.  What is leather? Animal skin.  What is cuero y papas? A delicious plate of pig skin and potatoes.  Not quite as bad as the guatita, but it´s pretty  high up there.  Only gagged once, for those who were wondering.  It´s a little jiggly.  I couldn´t help but think while I was eating it that if it wasn´t so wet, maybe I could make a pair of boots out of it...

 

We had a really excellent activity this last Friday.  We had a talent show and everybody in the ward participated and came.  There was music and dancing and a lot of the members were there until 12:00 in the night.  Don´t worry, we were obidient and didn´t dance and left early.  Even Eudocia´s little girl Dayeli sang a song she made up and it was so cute.  She had a dress like a princess and sang her little song. 

 

So I´ve been working a lot on my patience.  I thought that I was a patient person before I came to Otavalo.  I know you´re probably wondering why we haven´t had a baptism for all this time.  One of the reasons ( not all of them, because it´s rediculous to say that I have no fault in this by way of my own weakness and inability) is that the missionaries have a pretty bad reputation here of disobidience and the members don´t have a lot of confidence in us.  It´s really sad, but true.  So we´ve been working really hard to fight against that, but it takes patience.  I didn´t think that I had a temper either, but recent experiences have taught me otherwise...

 

I´ve also been working on my charity.  Moroni says that if we have faith and hope, but lack charity, our faith and hope is worth nothing.  I think that charity isn´t so much to give to people, but to recognize what great things I have and give those things to other people so that they can enjoy it too.  Like the Gospel. And like the cookies that you stowe away in your backpack to eat after you finish your fast. 

 

Hope that I´ve given a bit of food for thought!

 

Love. Love. Love.

 

Hermana Cooper