Easter Week (posted a week late)

Happy Easter!!!! Here in Chile, school is out for two days to celebrate Easter. Its called La Semana Santa (The Holy Week) and they celebrate the three days of Christ´s resurection. Everybody watches Bible movies. and the Catholics can't eat meat the whole week. We had a good Easter lunch and this morning I made us a Easter breakfast with pancakes and fruit.

This week went well. We found a lot of new people to teach. And now we need to take care of the people we have and to search to find which ones really want to progress and be baptized. Yesterday was awesome because we went searching for less actives (the ward directory is full of them) and we found some new families to teach. And on the way we contacted an old lady sitting by herself outside in her yard. Read this, she is 97 years old! Can you believe it 97 years old!? So cool. While we were with her, I thought for a moment that I was in a movie or dream, with the way she was looking at us-the wayward glances. We sang her a song and talked about the importance of baptism. And she accepted a baptismal date. We then asked her, why do you want to be baptized, and she told us, because I want to live with God. She is very intelligent and can read perfectly!! without glasses, and even small print. We were absolutely amazed. I want her to be baptized so very badly. 

Easter Morning Breakfast

Getting Settled in Ovalle and Baptisms

This weekend we had two baptisms. It was so crazy as baptisms always are. In the morning, we decided to make some treats for the baptism. I made a beautiful cake and some No Bake cookies. Delicious right?? But...I was fasting the same morning....and....I put salt instead of sugar. (remember the great pancake disaster a few years back?) haha it was sad...but we bought all the ingredients again and made some more No Bake cookies and it all turned out alright!! haha. It was my first baptism that I did not physically find the people and see their whole progress, I was there to put the cherry on the cake...thats all! But it was very beautiful. 

The same morning as the baptism, we had two baptismal interviews. They are going to be baptized next week. And after the baptismal we finished teaching another investigator. She passed her baptismal interview yesterday after church. So we have 3 more baptisms for this Saturday. Its incredible how the miracles are just flowing in. The missionaries were visiting them 5 years ago, and now they said they are going all the way. I am grateful for the other missionaries and the amazing seeds that they planted. 

Yesterday, we had our 6 people with baptismal dates all come to church. It was awesome!! In the night time, we were pretty exhausted, we got back to the house right on time and finished planning on time. Then my comp ran out of the bathroom because the toilet was clogged. Water began to ran everywhere....hahaha. We spend a good hour cleaning it all up, no worries mom, we did it with a lot of chlorine. So, we couldn't go to bed early has we had planned. I am now more prepared for the my future kids right!?:)

Pictures and More Pictures from Ovalle and Elsewhere

On the red-eye bus to Viña del Mar.

Happy to be on the red-eye!

Current and former companions & a photo bomber.

Ovalle!

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