Dear Family and Friends,
I forgot to tell you about a few things that we have been doing.
This past week we basically built a whole house. Okay that is a bit of an exaggeration. The walls were there but they were falling over and there was a cement floor, or roof of the house below, but the floor had a mountain of dirt on it and there was no roof. So we had the fun job of putting it all together. =) My companion and I were going to do it all by ourselves but we decided to solicit the help of a few of the members of the ward which was a good idea because we really just thought we were going to be putting on the roof. =) Im happy because the lady we did it for was so happy and grateful she was crying.
It is really interesting how they sweep the floors too. They remove as much dirt as possible but there is always a little bit of dirt, so they splash water all over and then sweep.
That reminds me.. the other week when I was telling you about how I didnt get wet yet from carnival in February. Well, I spoke to soon. One day we were in a taxi getting to a meeting, and there was a truck next to us at a stop light. It was one of those ones with a big, huge tank. Well, right after we crossed the stop light, there was a large group of people who crossed behind us, and the truck next to me opened up a valve and literally dumped a TON of water over the people behind us, but our taxi was a little bit behind the truck and so the load of water also fell through the open window of the taxi and got half of me soaking wet. haha. =) The guys in the truck were laughing so hard. =)
Something else that has happened recently is that I have started teaching English classes again. I am excited because they are actually really successful. A lot of people come and bring their friends and one student commented to his friends that he wished I taught at his school. I think its probablly because I hand out candy if they speak in English. haha But really, I love our ward. Everyone is amazing and willing to help and invite people to the activities. I am extremely impressed with two recent converts. Marjorie and Estefani. One of them got baptized about 6 months ago and the other about 3 months ago. The other day they just went through the streets contacting with the Book of Mormon. I am so proud of them!!! They are 18 and 22 and they are both wanting to serve missions.
This week we also had a little bit of a a lot of miracles. One of them includes how our church hasnt had water for more than two weeks. Well we had scheduled a baptism and everything and we completely forgot. A baptism without water, can you imagine!? Well when we got to church, we checked the bathroom. Yep, still no water. We went to the font and to our surpise there was already water in the font... but it wasnt full yet. We used some of the water to put in a bucket and clean and then we turned on the faucet for the baptisimal font and water flowed in. I dont know why the font water worked and the bathroom and drinking fountain water wasnt coming in, but to me this was a miracle. God hears prayers. =)
Thank you for the many prayers. Specifically this week I would love it if you could pray for Fiorella that she will have the strength to continue doing what is right. Also please pray for Pablo that he be able to get his birth certificate so that he can get married. Here it is very very difficult to get a birth certificate. Extremely.
Love Always,
Hermana Bendixen
First picture is of me and my newish companion. Second is when my bag broke. I thought it would last forever.. =)
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