Q´ Onda
So this was a pretty good week for us. We had one baptism and we´re hoping
for four this weekend. There aren´t alot of new things to tell you about because right now
we´re trying to help our near fechas arrive at the finish line to be baptized so we have
been working with them alot, and not so much looking for new people, but
this week and next week we´re going to hit it hard looking for new
people to teach. We are also working hard getting people married which is a pain
but it´s worth it because once we get them married, we have some couples that will be baptized. This
upcoming week should be interesting because it´s carnivales (Carnival) so i´m not
even sure if they´ll let us work because Colon is a crazy area normally
and who knows how it´ll be during carnivales when everyone is drunk and
partying haha.
We baptized E___ on Saturday and it went great. The branch here is also gaining in strength and we think our work is helping. When i got here the asistencia (attendance)
was around 50 people every week and now we´re getting 70 to 80 people
every week with lots of menos activos coming back to church - and with our
investigators. One thing that helped is that the members have noticed
that we are working so they have more confidence in us to give us
references and they are more inspired to work and do their calling so
everything is getting better here.
One interesting experience that we saw yesterday with the
carnivales... These men dressed in devil outfits were dancing up and
down the street with some people playing music for them and then this
really large lady that was drunk started dancing with them and one of
the devils pulled out a whip and whipped her and she
went running away fast but then 5 minutes later she came back and
they did it again. Apparently it´s a game they play during carnivales, the
people dress like devils and dance in the street and people get in
between them and dance too, but the catch is that when someone gets between the devils, they start to whip them with a real whip, it looks like it hurts
too. It was super funny to be honest, that and the other crazy things they do during this time. I´m kinda nervous that while
we´re working this week they are going soak us or whip us or something
haha, should be interesting. I really wish i could get some video of
the craziness, but i don´t usually carry my camera because it isn't safe to do so,
haha.
We finally finished getting one couple married, well almost. This
Friday is the wedding date and this Saturday is their baptism. It´s a
Kuna couple that we are marrying and then the wife is going to get
baptized, as her husband is already a member. We are also helping 3 other
couples to get married, but we´re just starting the marriage process for them, so hopefully we´ll be finishing in 2
weeks and then we´ll have 3 sure baptisms and maybe 2 more if
things go well. Also this weekend we´re hoping that the D________s will get
baptized but i´m not sure if it´ll happen... pray for them! We are going to take them all to the temple to
teach about eternal families, and we think that´ll be the key to baptizing
them, but we have to do it this week because the temple is going to close
for a few weeks after this week so we´re kinda rushed.
I haven´t gotten any packages yet, but Atuake is closer to Panama city
than me so it´s easier for him to get them so no worries. I´ll
let you know if he needs anything else and i was also thinking about
just gifting my comps shoes to him. I´m going to send you some stuff
before the end of this change, like some Christmas presents and my camera cards
haha just so ya know, soon you´ll get some stuff in the mail.
I´m glad to hear that baby Porter is doing good and that he is pretty well
behaved because there are alot of really misbehaving kids here who
sometimes drive me crazy and i´m glad my sobrino isn´t like that, haha.
Question... Have they announced who the new mission presidents are and do you know who will be Panama´s next president?
Well that´s what´s going on here with me, remind me to describe how my
baptism felt on Saturday i just remembered but i´m out of time....So i'll tell you next week. Glad
to hear everything´s going good for you guys, take care and enjoy life!
Love you!
Love,
Elder Pfister
Elder Pfister
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