But like I said, our area is finally turning around. Its been a little rough for a long time, but now things are going really well. Yesterday we had 6 investigators come to church! And that's a miracle! Yesterday was "Pedestrian Day" here in Cochabamba, which means that it was against the law to drive any motorized vehicles, like buses, cars, motorcycles, scooters, etc. The only thing allowed is a bike and your feet. And our area is WAY far away from the church, about 30-35 minutes walking distance for us. And 5 of those 6 investigators are a family, and they had to walk 45 minutes to get there! It really was incredible to see them walk in to the chapel. And the other investigator that arrived, is no longer an investigator, because he got baptized on Saturday and confirmed a member yesterday! Half of the members didn't even come to church yesterday because of Pedestrian Day, so when our 6 investigators came, everyone was way impressed.
So like I said we had a baptism this week! It was so hectic. On baptism days, you have to be ready for things to go wrong, because they always do. Honestly things happen so that investigators dont get baptized, so on Baptism days you have to be on your toes! For example. This investigator is Gabriel, and he's 13. His parents are inactive members, and his Dad always brings him to work in construction. But the plan was that Gabriel would get home form work at 1, and then we would have the baptism at about 3:30 or 4:00. Not how things worked out. We had cleaned the church, filled up the baptismal font, and warmed the water, and were waiting for Gabriel at about 3:30 in the church. We called his house, and he said that he just got home from work, and didn't have time, and was wanting to postpone the baptism till next week. We just about lost our minds haha. We told him that there was time and that we would even go pick him up. He lives in the farthest part of our area! On foot, it would take about an hour, maybe more, to get to his house from the church. But we literally went sprinting out of the church and down the street to take a taxi. So we hopped in and went as fast as we could to pick up Gabriel, and come back to the church, round trip it was 30 minutes, so we made good time! But it was nuts, and mad stressful haha. But everything worked out well. And yesterday he showed up at church at 7:30 bright and early, so he could be confirmed during Sacrament Meeting (remember it was Pedestrian Day!). But it was crazy, I'm so glad everything worked out well!
What else.... Oh, that family of 5 that came to church? We are way good friends with them, they always tell us they can't wait for us to come over, and that we are like their family. We went and visited them after church, to warn them about cambios, and that it was possible that I could get transferred. It was one of those moments where everything in the mission is worth it, cuz they were all crushed, and the mom started crying. She said that I cant leave, that she would call President to tell him that I had to stay, and stuff like that. That's when the mission is worth it. When you can see the difference you make in other peoples lives, when you really care about them and want to help them, and when you can see that they really care about you. Man there is nothing better. We took some pics together just in case, so I'll send those to you guys. Good news is that I will be with them for 6 more weeks! And they will be baptized this transfer!
That's it for this week. Hope all is well back in the States. Miss you guys! Talk to you next week!
Love,
Elder Sehestedt
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| Elder Garcia, Gabriel and me |
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| With our Ward Mission Leader. |
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| Here is our family of 5 that came to church, and our really good friends. They have a sick view of Cochabamba from their house, as you can see. |
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