This week was a pretty crazy week that started out normal. We played some fútbol with the priests in the ward and talked to them about going out on splits with us Tuesday night, so that was fun. Thanks to my years as a little league fútbol player i'm not totally horrible. You will all be happy to know that the nickname "The Steamroller" still applies.
On Wednesday we had our zone conference and it was really good. We learned how we can focus more in the first vision when we teach and how we can use a video called "Botans Virtuales" that the assistants made for us. Its basically a slide show of pictures and music that we can use to help our investigators feel comfortable coming to church. I also got to see my companion from the CCM, Elder Mackey. It was great to catch up with him and hear how he is doing. He said i've lost a lot of weight and the ladies better look out when I get home hahaha. At the end of the conference we got to watch Coco, so needless to say I was pretty happy (and sad because that movie is an emotional roller coaster).
Thursday we had a good lesson with Felipe and Cristina and Hermano Serrano (the guy who cut my tie) came with us. They have 3 kids (6, 4,1) and they are a great family. They have all the lessons, they come to church every week, and pay their tithes and offerings. The only problem is Felipe in the process of divorcing his previous wife and then he needs to get married to Cristina. After the lesson we also had the comida (food) with them. Cristina always makes the food really spicy and Hermano Serrano always has a hard time eating it. He started tearing up and sweating while he was eating and we asked "Is the food spicy" and he tried to reply, but when he opened his mouth all that came out was some chewed up food. It was so funny and we all couldn't stop laughing.
On Friday the food wasnt so spicy, but it had a much worse consequence. We had chicken (the usual) and it was pretty good and we felt fine after eating. Then later in the afternoon, around 5 we were in a lesson with an inactive/part member family with our ward mission leader. The lesson started out good and I felt fine. Then as we went on I started to feel sick and I looked at my companion and mouthed "Im going to throw up." I made about 10-15 minutes more before I stood up and ran out of the house. I made it to the neighbors yard before I threw up all of the food that we had eaten earlier. It was a pretty long process to get it all out. For those who want to know it looked like gourmet shredded chicken dish, jalapeños, sauce and all. About 15 minutes later our ward mission leader came out with the family and while I was throwing up he invited one of their kids to be baptized, so now we have a baptism date for the 24th. After the lesson we went back to the house and I threw up a little more. My companion still feels sick from the chicken, so I think its good that I got it all out.
The last crazy thing of the week happened yesterday. All of the stake presidency was in our ward, because we got a new bishopric. So, it was the end of sacrament meeting and it was announced that Hermano Pedro would give the closing prayer. He is an older man, about 70 years old and he lives in his own world. So, he gets up to the pulpit and says "Well I guess its time for my talk. Im going to share something brief." I was pretty excited because hes always fun to listen to, but then the second counselor told him it was a prayer :( So Hermano Pedro says "Oh ok, I'm going to share my prayer" and then he started praying in the way we pray in the temple. It wasn't all the same, but it followed the same pattern. He gets to the end of his prayer and says "I learned this prayer in the temple. Amen." Everyone in the ward was in shock and my companion and I just looked at each other and tried not to laugh.
All in all a pretty crazy week, but we found some new investigators and we have some people progressing towards baptism.
Adios
Elder Warburton
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