This week was pretty good...

This week was pretty good but not as exciting as last week--so that was a bummer.
The week started off with us hardly ever being in our area at all because our district
has a lot of baptisms coming up so we had to do all the interviews. So we really only
were in our area for probably 2-3 hours a day until Friday. We actually got along pretty
well this week so that was exciting--hahaha.

My Spanish is getting better and better everyday so that's also pretty darn cool.

So first experience:

Sunday I had to give a talk on the Gift of Tongues--all in Spanish. So that was super different
for a few reasons. First reason is because I had to write the talk myself (which is difficult in English)--and 
even harder in Spanish. But I trudged through it and wrote it during the sacrament hahaha. It involved
a lot from Preach My Gospel.  I did a lot of reading straight from that and from a sheet of paper. 
I also told a story about the Gift of Tongues that I had in the CCM off the top of my head (absolutely nailed it). 
After the meeting people came up to me and told me I did a really good job--so that felt really good. 
On top of that they said they were completely ready to strain to understand me, but when I was talking 
it was really really easy to follow along, even when I went off the top of my head. So boom!!--the 
Gift of Tongues!

Additionally, we had a good chunk of investigators at church this Sunday--so that was good.
One investigator (Silvian) randomly showed up as well, which completely surprised us all. She then told us
she wanted to be baptized this Saturday!  So that's cool.  We just have to get permission from her mom
who is really opposed to Mormons. 

Second Experience:

I believe it was Saturday or Sunday (not really sure--days are getting blurred together and rush by). Anyhow
we had to go meet with the Hermanas from Technologia when a drunk guy came up to me and started
speaking "English." All he was saying was "what's **** good my ****  ******".  I said, 'What do you want?'
Anyways, it kept going and going and I started to get really annoyed.  He then started saying, "Call my sister,
beat you up.  She, she beat you up."  I said,  'Cool.  Don't care.  I'm busy.'  Then he said some really
inappropriate things about me and his sister.'   I said,  'Not gonna happen'. Well that kept on going 
and going, and I kept getting more and more annoyed, and my comp wasn't doing anything really--just 
encouraging the guy.  So I finally ended it and walked away.  (anticlimactic ending).

Third Experience:

Well the devil is definitely real. So we went to do an interview in Cordova, and it went well so--whoop whoop!
The Hermanas asked us to go back to their house because they were having a problem. Well we went and
got talking and they said they believed a not-so-good spirit was in their house. We asked why and they said,
'Well our neighbor worships el diablo (the devil, a lot of people here do). So this causes problems for a lot
of the missionaries for clear reasons. We then asked where do you think its the worst at and they said
their room. So we went up to their room, and when we walked in I just felt this terrible feeling come over me--
like there were literally weights on my shoulders (like it was bad). I look up--it was literally like the stuff in
the movies. There was this massive black shadowy outline on part of the ceiling that clearly wasn't 
from something like a water mark. It was pretty freaky.  I was always skeptical of this type of stuff--
but I now believe it!  Anyways, we pronounced a blessing on the house, and I still felt like crap, but 
my companion was refusing to give another blessing--even though the Hermanas were practically begging 
him. So I was just sitting there when I heard a voice practically 'yell' at me telling me that we 
needed to do another blessing. so I told my comp to shut his mouth and that we were doing 
another blessing. The Hermanas asked me to give it. So I said, 'Yeah, but in English'. 

When I was giving the prayer it was the strongest time I have ever felt the Spirit in my life. You know how in the
scriptures it says they were 'consumed with the Spirit'...and 'talking with the Spirit', and stuff like that?
Yeah--that is what was happening with me when I was giving that blessing. I don't really even 
remember what I said.  I just remember a literal burning in my chest and in my eyes. When I ended the 
prayer we asked the Hermanas how they felt. They told us they felt way, way better, and way more 
peace and comfort. And here's the freaky part--I looked back up at that spot and it was completely white--no 
difference in color at all. 

I assure you that there will be more of these experiences; more once I leave this area. Every missionary tells me
that its like a massive problem in Veracruz.

So that is all for this week really. This Saturday we will have 2-3 baptisms in my area. And for the next four weeks
we will have at least 2-6 baptisms a week--so that's pretty exciting. I hope all is well with you guys and I love you
all.  

Have a great week