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| A tiny book exchange that we found. Guess what we left there? |
Companion: Hermana Zambrano
This week has been pretty good. We have been working a lot and finding out a lot of new things about the area. It has finally started to cool down out here, so we have really been taking advantage of the weather to go out and talk to everyone who is hanging out in their yards. We have been meeting a lot of cool people.
Yesterday, we met a
lot of interesting people. I don't know what was going on in
Bakersfield yesterday, but there were a lot of strange people out. While
we were walking down the street, we looked over and saw a man who
looked like a mix between a hobo and a hippy, so we decided that he
needed the gospel in his life and that we should talk to him. We went up
and started talking to him about Jesus and he told us that he had just
been having a conversation with Him. He then started asking us about
what we believed about the Rapture and the second coming of Jesus
Christ. We were talking to him a little bit about our beliefs. Then he
looked us right in the eyes and said that we looked like we were
"Rapture-ready". I guess that that is a compliment. We started to give
him our card and we told him that we could put him in contact with the
English missionaries. Then he stared at us again and said, "I love you".
Hermana Zambrano and I are hoping that he meant that more as a "I love
what you all are doing" rather than an "I really love you". We gave him
our card and beat a hasty retreat. I love talking to everyone!
We
are still trying to get used to the sun going down earlier now.
Generally, we park our car far away from our plans and walk for about 30
minutes to get there. The other day, we were doing that and we lost
track of the time. It was getting to be a little dark and we needed to
get home on time, so we started walking back to where we thought we had
left the car. When we got there, we realized that the car wasn't parked
where we thought it was, so we ended up walking around for about 20
minutes trying to find it. Luckily, we were parked in a pretty nice
neighborhood, so there were a lot of street lights around. We made it
home that night!
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| Hermana Zambrano likes to takes pictures as we are driving. |
On Wednesday, we had a couple
of adventures. We were talking to a lady at her doorstep and she wasn't
very interested. We had asked her for some water bottles and she was
about to go in and get them when her cat walked right up to the door
with what we thought was a dead bird in its mouth. The lady started
freaking out and she slammed the door and the cat was freaking out a
little because we were all making a fuss. It dropped the bird and we
discovered that it was still alive. It flew away and the cat chased
after it. The lady came back to the door and she gave us the water. We
told her that if her cat ever brought a dead bird into the house, she
could call us and we would come by and clean it up as service.
This
week, we have still been working with Claudia and Jose. We went over to
talk to them last Monday and they said that the father had started
making a fuss about them coming to church with us. He said that he is
okay with them learning with us still, but that he doesn't want them to
go to any church that is not the Catholic church. We have been working
with them and we are continuing to teach them. Hopefully things will get
better in that regard. They both are progressing really fast and they
love to meet with us.
This week has been really
good and we have been having a lot of good experiences out here in the
Buena Vista ward. We are finally starting to get to know the members and
their needs. I really like this area and I am super glad that I am able
to help the people who live here for a little while!
That
is just about it for this week. We have been working hard and getting
to know the area more. It is always an adventure to be a missionary and I
love this experience. Tomorrow, I hit my eight month mark. I can hardly
believe that I am almost halfway through! I love you all and I hope
that you have a good week!
Hermana Blau
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| Photo evidence of me teaching Hermana Zambrano to sew. |
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