Dear Friends and Family,
Happy Father's Day! Wow, I know my dad will
hate me bragging about them to the zillions of people that are reading this (or
just my mom...) but I really have the best dad in the world and I am so
grateful! Most families here consist of a single mom and a couple of kids. It
has really made me appreciate having my dad, my co-greatest role model with my
mom, in my life.
So this week three exciting things happened:
1) Zone Conference: It was so good! I know I
have said this before but I absolutely love my zone! I forgot to mention in my
last email that transfers were last week but that's because nothing changed for
me but the zone has changed a bit. Four elders left and one sister. We got two
more companionships. So there were a lot of new faces. I definitely miss the
people that left but all of the new people seem really cool. We have a lot of
greenies which is super fun. It's crazy to think I'm not the new one anymore.
Our musical number went really well. I was
still sick so I felt really bad but the spirit was so strong and President Pace
was teary-eyed afterwards which was so sweet. I really can't even tell you how
much I love President Pace. He is amazing! He cares so much about the
missionaries and does everything he can to make them feel loved and appreciated.
2) A Baptism: Manuel was baptized!!!!!! I am
so happy for him. I wish you all could meet him. He has a problem with his leg
and can't walk very well but he is always early. We told him to be at the
church at 4 for his baptism at 5 and he said "okay I will leave my piso at
1 so I can be there at 3 because I cannot be late. God would not want me to be
late and I don't want to offend God." When he walked into the font I just
felt this overwhelming feeling of happiness for him. Everything was beautiful.
Afterwards he bore his testimony. He talked about the problems with his leg and
how he wasn't able to walk for a long time and how none of the people from his
congregation visited him so he decided he was done with organized religion
because the people don't practice what they preach. Then he said he thanked God
everyday for "his two sisters" who cared about him and told him not
to give up but to come back. It was so powerful. I am so grateful God was able
to use Hma. Shaffer and I as tools in His hands. I had no idea any of his
background story until the baptism. The District is right: we might not know
what they are going through but God does.
3) Biopark: Today for our P-Day activity we
went to BioParc, a zoo. It was super fun. We got to see hippos and rhinos (I
TOTALLY sang "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"), a lemur almost
jumped on me which was absolutely terrifying (Anybody who knows me, knows how
easily I get scared), elephants, giraffes, all of that fun stuff and we got
super close.
Sorry, no pictures this week, I can't find the
USB plug-in but next week for sure.
Love you!
Hermana Tuttle
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