June 27, 2011

Hola familia, It's been a good week with some great experiences. We are still working hard and finding a lot of people to teach, but the thing is to find who is actually sincere.The people here are great and humble but its pretty sad to see how they have to live. But they live happy and they have some pretty strong families. We're still teaching Rosa Karymalla and her familia. They are very special and always let us in to teach and never say they are occuppied. She isn't married to her husband still, but we will talk with him when he gets here Saturday. But the mom was talking about how her husband is sick and he has suffered a ton. She started to cry and her kids were crying too because they were scared for their dad and want help. She told us he has gotten a little better since he was first sick and she had always been praying for him to get better. We were waiting in church for them and they didn't show up at first. We were scared because we knew something had to have hapened because she is honest when she says she will come to church. But she made it before sacrament ended with her 5 kids and she has to walk with them about a mile to get to there. She is pretty strong and its always fun to teach them because they all sit there quietly and listen to our lesson. Ramiro is set for his baptism on the 9th of July and he thanks us now every time that we found him and are guiding him on the correct path. He walks pretty slow because of the motorcycle accident he got in and he wasn't bundled up that much. (Its been so cold these past few days) but he went with a smile. He had this problem. The people here chew the cocoa leaf to gain more energñy and its like a huge ball of coco in your mouth on the side When we taught him that he needs to quit he said "oh ok I will stop chewing it". He is an investigator of gold. But that investigator that we taught who was talking about the church that is the whore of the world he writes his own songs and they are really good. I will have to get a picture with him. He is awesome but he is the Bolivian of gold and was on the news for all the stuff he does. He plays the guitar and sings for the kids and sells ice ream. He is great. A way good guy. He told us when he was two his mom brought him to the Catholic church to be baptized, but when the guy went to pour the water he said he kicked and screamed and ran out and said he escaped getting baptized there. He said this Sunday he will go to church and he reads two chapters a night in the book of mormon. We are praying he will recieve an answer. He agrees with what he read so that is good. Oh funny story. There was this kid riding a motorcycle and we saw him fall off and hit the ground with his butt way hard then his back. He did a barrel role and stood up wiped his hands off and walked to his house. He planned to do that and me and my companion were so confused what had happened. We thought he fell off after a bump or something. But nope. It was his plan and the motorcycle didn't leave. Well thanks so much for all your support. I wish you an awesome summer. Be smart and stay close to the Savior. Another good week of hard work and special experiences ahead of me. Love you guys so much. Elder Christoffersen