Pilar of Light (pun intended)

 So... we met a new friend this week. Her name is Pilar and she's crazy. I LOVE HER!!!! I'm just going to lay out what has happened with her each day.

Day 1: Calls us and tells us to come over right away to pray with her. Continues to talk for 2 hours...

Day 2: We went on a walk with her and her dogs and she basically taught herself the first 3 lessons. Then she told us to keep walking while she goes and uses a bush to use the bathroom... Then she started running and we were trying to keep up. 😂 So funny. THEN the zone leaders called her!! That was the moment when we realized that we were all teaching Pilar. Luckily she lives in our area, so we get to keep teaching her! We put her on date to be baptized and she is sooooo excited!

Day 3: She drove us to the temple with our member and it was so fun! We got to sit in the waiting room with her and the spirit was so strong!! She took us to lunch at this really cool Cuban restaurant after! Then she tried to take us to the beach!!! We were like no, we're not allowed, as she's trying to map it. 🤦‍♀️😂 She is THE CRAZIEST DRIVER too!! 

Day 4: Tells us that she's not coming to church because she prefers a church with a preacher and really hype music...

Day 5: We went over and said a prayer all together and it was so cool!! Then she took us to the hospital to visit her friend that had been in a car accident and lost half his skull. We walked through the "employees only" section and it was so awkward!! They were all staring at us following her!! (She works at the hospital.) He was a musician before the accident and he played the guitar for us!! 

The rest of the week was just as crazy as those stories. There were two elders from Peru that had to stay in our mission for a few days on their way home due to a storm. They joined our district council!! It was fun!...until one of them started picking dirt from under his nails with a knife... in the restaurant. 😬

I drew some characters for an English connect game and I think they turned out pretty well... Guess which ones are mine😏🤫 

Miracles: We were walking and ran into a man multiple times, so we decided to talk to him at a bus stop. This other guy pulled up in his car and walked over, but we thought that he was waiting for the bus and we were already walking away. Then as we were walking away he pulled up in his car and yelled that he wanted our card too! We gave him our info and started teaching him this week. 

The other miracle is that 2 of our friends came to church!! It was so exciting! Both were YSA age, so my dream of getting YSA to church finally came true!! 🙏 😂 

I know that God has a plan for each of us and that He knows our plan better than us! If we trust Him everything will be okay.