Vos Sos Mia

Martes 28 de Junio:

"Asì, como el señor vive, y como yo vivo, no descenderé hasta mi padre en Bakersfield hasta que haya cumplido lo que el Señor me ha mandado." 1 Nefi 3:15

There's some muchachas in our ward whose mother is pregnant but with a lot of complications, and she works full time too, and on top of that, they still haven't had water for about two weeks in their house. So the poor things came over and showered at our house, we have two bathrooms anyway. And we filled up some 2 liter bottles for them to take home and bottled water to drink.

I was thinking about how even during droughts, we've always had water. Like we knew that we should use it sparingly, but it was never like we turned the knob in the sink and nothing came out.

never like that.

Mièrcoles 29 de Junio:

"According to the OldTestament, things or places were holy that were set apart for a sacred purpose; the opposite of holy is therefore common or profane.

The Israelites were a holy people because they stood in a special relationship to Jehovah.

Under the guidance of the prophets it was seen that what distinguished Jehovah from the gods of the heathen was his personal character.

The word holy therefore came to refer moral character"

"The value of worship in the eyes of God depends upon the personal character of the worshipper."

We contacted a transvestite today. It was 9:00 but we had only contacted 7 people and we needed 8 so we walked around the block one more time and found Paula. Later, when we asked his full name, told us it was paulo. He was baptized a member of the church of Jesus Christ when he was 12 and distanced himself from the church when he was 16 or 17, and now he's 19.

He said he stopped going because of the negative comments from his own relatives that have been members for years. 

He says that sometimes he feels like he should go back, but everytime he gets close to the gates, he turns back around. 

Jueves 30 de Junio:

"A major difficulty in understanding the book of Isaiah is his extensive use of symbolism, as well as his prophetic foresight and literary style. These take many local themes (Which begin in his own day) and extend them to a latter-day fulfillment or application.

Consequently, some prophecies are probably fulfilled more than one time and/or have more than one application."

We contacted this crazy DJ from Guatemala he is so hipster it's nuts and he showed us some of his music and recorded me singing and told me he's going to use it in a remix. Definitely one of the most interesting people that I have met here. His artist name is Aviikell if anyone wants to check him out. I don’t recommend all his music, I’m pretty sure he just showed us some of the cleanest songs, but interesting stuff!

Viernes 1 de Julio:

La Tahzan innallah ma'ana - don't be sad, allah is with us.

I bought teatree mint shampoo and now my hurr is delicious minty fresh.

A lady gave us mangos the size of footballs (north american) and I almost ran into a parked bus waving happily at a person that I recognized. 

Sábado 2 de Julio:

"Y él dijo: Mi presencia irá contigo y te daré descanso

Y Moisés respondió: Si tu presencia no ha de ir conmigo no nos saques de aquí."

Exodó 33:14-15

It's interesting to see how many accounts there are of the Lord taking out or separating his people from the rest. But he wants a holy people, separated from what is common or profane. There has always been a need to be united, one heart one mind. 

So much of the gospel focuses on being able to work together in harmony.

I've also come to realize that exaltation is a team sport, not that I’m thinking too much on getting married or anything hahah but I do understand more that picking a good player 2 will help in the success I acheive. 

Hermana Elena just explained to us that the "bread con quesillo" (white cheese) that she gave us is "quesillo, like what they put on pizza? and bread" okay i would not have been able to guess that hahah

We had another lesson with hna Maribel (the one that was homeless for 6 years?)

she wants so badly to do the right thing, and wants to get baptized asap, but I told her that it would be better to wait until the 16th, but she's excited and ready to leave everything behind her, it's great.

oh and we had hamburgers for lunch! But seriously Im so happy we started eating lunch with fam vasquez, they're kids are adorable and the food is so sososo good. 

Domingo 3 de Julio 2016

Today at lunch with fam Vasquez, their little girl said,

 Hna Nelson?

 yes? 

vos sos mia 

alrighty then. jajaj but it is true that we play and laugh a lot, it's ok Eilene, I can be yours.

oh and while we were outside today I found a huge lizard with like this crazy crest on his head and I caught it! I was so proud of myself, my comp was grossed out, and the investigator took a picture, so Im gonna tell him to send it to me later because... i still don’t have a camera. 

Lunes 4 de Julio:

ummmm yeah there's gringos in my zone here but we didn’t do anything, we just played Monopoly for a little bit and then my companion and I went to Wendys but they only had vanilla Frostys, they didn’t have chocolate. 

happy fourth of July! #murica