We
taught Martin about the 10 commandments again and he was super funny.
He absolutely loves my companion and is super excited during all of our
lessons. We were positively dying laughing after he took so well to the
idea of adultery. He had no idea what it was so we tried to explain it in
the simplest way possible. With him, his future wife and his future
family, all within a heart of love. We explained that if his future wife
leaves with another man while he and his wife are still married, that
is adultery. "Oh, when she goes with another man and breaks my heart and
rejects me." .....I practically died. Not only because of what he said
but because he said it with such enthusiasm. We then had to explain that
also, if he left his wife for another woman, that is adultery. He asked
if his wife could go with another man and he could go with another woman
while they were married and that would be okay. Of course we said no.
We think he really liked the idea because when we finally were able to
move on to the next commandment, he kept moving back to the idea of his
wife rejecting him and breaking his heart and leaving him for another
man. "And we're fighting with other people and we reject each other and
break each other's heart" Finally he decided that it would be best if he
had both his wife and his girlfriend. We then had to explain again that
that was wrong and that when he has a wife, she should be the only
woman in his life until they had little Martinitos and Martinitas. Then
he decided that it would be best if he kept his wife with his children
and his would-be girlfriend and his wife's would-be boyfriend got
together. I was dying, it was just so cute. I'm so glad he made that
decision early on in life.
Naim
is going to be baptized this next Saturday...we hope. We took him to a baptism service
on Saturday and the entire time I was praying that he would feel
something. He said that he felt a lot of peace :)
This
week I gave Imer's parents their hymn books that you sent and they
absolutely loved them! They kept touching them and told me how grateful
they were and that they're going to start walking around like little
kids with a new toy.
I
learned this week how amazing and quick the pride cycle is that they
teach in seminary. Generally, those in the scriptures go through it in a
matter of years. Thank goodness I only went through it in a week and
hope to never go through it again. I invite you all to study up on the
Grace of God. It's truly amazing and a wonderful blessing.
Trying to get warm after a really big rain storm. We were drenched when we showed up for our lunch appt. and the member insisted on drying my clothes, so she gave me something to wear while we waited
Me and my new companion
View of the City from the Ferris Wheel
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