It´s going really well here. We are starting to really get going and we have some really good plans already for the upcoming Transfer.
My favorite part about training is all of the extra help/luck that God gives us to find people to teach. We have not had a lot of success knocking doors or talking to people in the street but we have had a ton of success with references. Everyone that we ask for a reference gives us a reference, and then it leads to more references and more. And almost all of these references are actually really interested in listening to us.
Our Number 1 Investigator is Sandra. She is the wife of Efrain a returned missionary and less active. They went to church the week before we got here and had a great head start. Sandra is pregnant and is going to give to the light (the Spanish way to say give birth) at the end of April or the beginning of May. She is really excited to get baptized the 15th of April and is reading everything and learns really fast. She's really excited and everything is going really well there.
Now I'm sure you're asking how we're going to baptize someone that is almost 9 months pregnant. The good news is that we already have that figured out. We've been talking to some missionaries and the plan is to put her in a chair in the font and then just tip her back and baptize her while she's sitting. We're pretty excited for all of that.
Our next best investigator is Lolis. She is the wife of Jonathan a member. She just had a baby and is also reading and studying and learning really well. Our biggest problem with her is that her "spouse" Jonathan is not actually married to her. Surprise!!! OK, so they get married. Nope. The problem is that Jonathan is in the USA and he can't come back for a year and a half more. So the Law of Chastity is a bit of a problem. So as we've talked to our leaders about this. We have decided that if she really does everything and actually repents then she will be able to get baptized. So it's just a matter of repentance now and then get married as fast as is possible when Jonathan gets back. We'll see how that all works out and hopefully it all goes well.
So something that I find a little weird. There are public bathrooms here. But guess what, you have to pay 5 pesos to use them. Sometimes 4 sometimes 6. WHO KNEW!?!? You have to pay to use the bathroom. It's crazy but true.
Another crazy thing. There is no time change in the spring. They have one time change in November. One year forward one year back. So guess what, we are living at the same time right now. Yep who would have thought. Only in November.
I dont know if you have looked up Ebano on a map but it is a pretty decent size. We have officially walked everywhere just about. It´s much bigger than you would think. But we're enjoying it and my feet are feeling better today ;)
I love you guys and hope that you keep on doing the things that you know you should.
I love you
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