Another week in Nicaragua

So I´m out of time this week but it´s been pretty slow anyways. Everyone´s started the Christmas fiestas, haha. Lots of lights and decorating and parties. Christmas here is basically the same, but lots more Catholic statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary. The norm.

I´ve been falling in love with teaching, and just helping people understand the Restoration and the Plan of Salvacion. Especially the Restoration. Just going over it over and over again really helps me understand it better and gain a testimony of how much God loves us, and how inspired everything about the Book of Mormon, the Restoration, and everything is. I love it so much. I also read 2 Nephi 9 this week in my studies, and It was so powerful. I hope you all get a chance to read it and ponder it. It´s kind of long, and it covers a LOT, but take it piece by piece, and it´s a really beautiful and wonderful chapter of the Book of Mormon. 

 

We had an interesting experience this week. We were looking for a reference, and we contacted a house to ask for directions. My companion said, "Sorry to bother you sir, but..." and he´s just like "No, it´s no bother, the word of God is always welcome." and went inside to pull out chairs. We´re just like, well cool. Guess he was ready for us, haha. Turns out he was very very drunk, and basically cried and told us that he was struggling to stop drinking, and that we were his angels sent to save him. We said a few things, gave him a pamphlet, and promised to come back later when he wasn´t drunk so we could actually teach him a lesson. But we went back and he was asleep, and we haven´t been able to visit him since. But we felt in the moment we contacted him that we were supposed to meet him. He turned out to be the brother of the person we were looking for, and so we´re definitely going back again. The Lord definitely knows how to guide us when we´re working under his authority. I´m so glad to have this opportunity to help his children learn about the plan he has for each one of us.
I hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving, and I hope your preparations for Christmas go smoothly, and remember to keep Christ in Christmas :) I love you all, feliz semana!

Att. Hermana Oliphant