Fruit

Last Monday was a pretty regular P day.  After it ended we went and did some reteaching for the family we baptized a while ago.  After that they fed us dinner.

     We also taught another lesson to two investigators named Jinky and Jun Jun.  They are really good and read the Book of Mormon but they often don't have enough money to get a ride to church and live probably a mile away.  I hope we can get them to walk or figure out something else.

     Wednesday we paid the bills.  I tried a cacao fruit for the first time.  It tasted like a mellon but much more flavorful.  There are so many fruits here that I didn't know even existed.  They have lots of citruses and other strange fruits.

     We also had a really weird lesson.  We tried teaching this one lady who is probably a little over 50.  When we were talking with her she got up and walked over to her bag.  She pulled out two pink plastic stars and some red and white cut pieces of paper.  She set them on the ground in front of us.  I was just wondering what on earth was going on.  The lady asked us to interpret the meaning.  We weren't sure what to do and I was trying not to laugh.  The lady was completely stone faced serious and was pacing in front of us.  My companion tried asking what all this was for and she told him that I knew the meaning and then waited for my response.  For a second I thought of maybe coming up with some crazy interpretation just for fun or maybe tell her it means that the church is true but that wouldn't be a good thing to do. I just said I didn't know what it means.  The whole time I was just thinking "this is the weirdest thing I have ever experienced"  and "Wow, this is definitely going in my journal."  We asked the lady to give the closing prayer and then she said some other crazy stuff.  It was the weirdest lesson I have ever been.

     Thursday was so hot it was almost unbearable.  Sweat was running down our faces as we walked around.  Eventually we came to the ocean and were able to cool down with the wind.  

     Saturday we had four baptisms for some of our investigators.  The spirit was really strong.  I baptized two of them and Elder Ramos baptized the other two.  The parents should follow in the next two months.  The parents are supportive but the problem is that the dad has a hurt foot.  This has been a blessing and a curse.  A blessing because he is home a lot and we have been able to teach him all the lessons.  But it has also been bad because it is hard for him to come to church because of it.  I hope it will get better soon because he is a good investigator and one day he just decided to read the book of moroni.

     Sunday we confirmed the four baptized investigators in sacrament meeting.  Two asked me to confirm them and the other two asked Elder Ramos to confirm them.  It was a little stressful doing it in front of the whole congregation but it was good.

     It has been a great week.

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Love, Elder Harkness