Familia Mia!
This weekend was the wedding, baptism, and confirmation of la
familia bayona benites!!!!! The wedding of Olga and Bernabé was so
sweet, and the reception was such a fun experience! We helped set up,
take pictures, and serve the food. EVERYONE takes a turn dancing with
the bride and groom one at a time. It took so long, but I loved it!
There was so much joy and we had so much help and support from the ward
members. There were so many details, especially with setting up the
music, cleaning the church, setting everything up, preparing the food,
and somehow it all worked out! I know it was the hand of the Lord
because there is no way hna rosas and i could have done it on our own.
They had 5 cakes (tortas) and after the individual dances probably
danced for 4 more hours. We of course had to leave for that part, but it
made us so happy that everything turned out! I have some pretty great
pictures hopefully I will be able to send them soon.
The baptism the next day, saturday,
was super special. The one request from Olga was to be baptised in warm
water. haha That is pretty much not a possibility here, but Hna Rosas
and I were determined to make her happy. We brought our little stove to
the church in the morning when we had a meeting, and after our meeting
we went to the house of Hno. Salinas to get a Texas sized pot. Well when
we returned to the church it was locked and everyone was gone. oops.
haha so we went back to our room adn realized we didnt have a way to
cook our food.(we normally eat with members saturday
for lunch but this week we were not scheduled) so it was kind of a
funny situation but luckly fanny, the daughter of hno. salinas was super
nice and let us come over to eat. Well after this we went to the church
but the baptism was about to start in like 20 minutes, and so we didnt
have time to heat up the water. We thought, well we will just heat up
one pot full. We sure had a lot of faith that this one pot of boiling
water would warm up the whole font. Well it ended up doing nothing. haha
anwyays I think it was more of the thought and the important thing is
that Olga, Bernabé, Jhairo, and Gustavo are now baptised! The water was
freezing and they were shivering, but the spirit was so strong! I could
not stop smiling as I saw each of them be baptized. They were all so
happy and their testimonies afterwards that they shared were so
powerful. Especially Bernabé. He has so much faith and he already is
such a force for good in building up the kingdom of God! Their
confirmation sunday
was special as well, and Olga said she felt a warmth that she could not
explain. Teaching them and seeing them grow in the gospel has been such
an incredible experience and I am so thankful the Lord blessed me with
the opportunity to get to know them and to see his work in action.
Im super excited for general conference! The session for relief society saturday
was so great! I loved the talk on convenants and how to relieve your
burdens, keep your covenants! Powerful stuff. I cant wait to hear the
words of President Monson and the apostles this weekend! It is kind of
like Christmas! Does everyone have their brackets for the lineup?
The music class kind of stopped. haha We ended up only having 3-4
students keep coming back and realized it wasn´t the best use for our
time right now, and it was hard to coordinate getting the keys for the
church and picking up the piano from the members house and everything.
We are helping a little with the music for the primary program the end
of this month so that will be fun!
I made french toast the other morning for hna rosas because she had
never had it before. I made the syrup with the maple flavoring alan and
lisa sent (it was super delicous!!) Anyways hna rosas took one bite and
then said, ¨¨Quiere mi pan?¨¨ haha in other words she didnt like it at
all. ha thats ok.
Love you all so much! Have a great week!!
Hermana Garlick
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