This week has been a good one. I'm trying to think about what's been going on, but not much comes to my mind...oops.
Last Wednesday, we had a fun little adventure. At about 6 in the evening, I get a call from Sister Markham telling me that a sister had just gotten stung by a scorpion and needed to be taken to the hospital to be treated. So we ran home, got the car, got the sister, and headed into the capital to get to a hospital. I was with one of the Assistants, Elder Hanson, and we thought we knew what was going on. So we entered the capital at about 7, and headed to where we thought the hospital was. It wasn't there. So we thought it was in a different place, it wasn't there. We started asking everybody for directions and they had no idea what was going on. Some people pointing one way, some pointing the other. So, we got lost in the capital with a sister missionary in the back seat that had just been stung by a scorpion. We then thought of the good idea to pay a Taxi. We paid a Taxi and followed him to the hospital. We walk into the hospital at about 8:55. Only a three hour process! Then we found out that it was not a big deal at all. The scorpion wasn't poisonous or anything. But it was better safe than sorry! Then we had to find a farmacy to buy some medicine. We stopped by Wendy's on the way home because we were all hungry. We got the sisters back home at about 11 pm and we got back at like 11:15. But that didn't end the night quite yet. The doctor at the hospital told us to put the scorpion in the microwave (because we had caught it in a cup). He says it sounds like popcorn. So, Elder Hanson and I did it. It was super cool!
Wednesday night, Elder Hernandez and I were in the colonia El Caminero (Where I lived for 6 months at the beginning of my mission) teaching a super pilas family (the Camey Family). So we taught the importance of putting into practice what we teach and what they learn from reading the Book of Mormon. We ended the lesson at about 6:45. At 7, we have a Fellowshipping Fireside at the church. So we thought we could leave and get on time to the fireside. Then, out of nowhere, this family gave us dinner! Tamales with Morcaff with Rice with milk. It was all steaming hot. We tried eating it as fast as we could, but it was not fast. I was burning my mouth, but i didn't care. So we left that house at like 7:15. I told the other missionaries not to start until we got there and that we'd get there in 10 minutes. Why did I say 10 minutes?! So I hang up the fone and we just ran all the way to the church. Down hill, up hill, flat ground. You name it, we ran it. We got there at exactly 10 minutes after the fone call. But we were worn out! Just drenched it sweat and we couldn't even breathe. But the good thing is, we made it on time. And by the way, this family is preparing for baptism in the month of October. They are really excited for church on Sunday.
Yesterday, we went and played soccer with some members of the ward on a turf field.
I have a testimony of reactivation of church members. Why? That's where you find many baptisms. There are so many families that have been inactive for like 2-5 years. They have kids that have turned 9 in this time span, so that means baptisms for the missionaries. Home teaching is so important for that. If home teachers visit their less actives then report to us missionaries anybody from the family that aren't members, we can go with them. We're baptizing this Sunday by reactivating a family and baptizing their kids. We found another family this week that has a daughter than just turned 9. They seem really positive for returning to church and letting their child get baptized. Mom and Dad, and other fellow members of the church, go look for less active families to be able to help out the missionaries!
Love y'all!
--Elder Hunt
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