This week was my birthday and I got absolutely spoiled. Last P-day, Ilia a young single adult in our ward who basically comes out with us every day and we love, took us out to eat at Chili's. It was so much fun! I remember that is sort of our "family" restaurant and it reminded me so much of eating out with Dad and the family. I ordered a mushroom burger in honor of him. Sister Krout is a great conversationalist and we just laughed and laughed all afternoon. I also got to hear to of my favorite bands on the radio. Maybe it is "worldly" of me but sometimes simple pleasures are the best. My birthday was great! Lucy, our investigator happens to have the same B-day as I and so we planned to surprise her with a birthday cake we made for her. It was fun to show up at her door with a couple from the ward with the cake in hand, but even funnier when she pulled out the cake she had made for me. It was a great to spend some time with her and her boys.
I also received many letters and packages in the office, which was really fun for me. I love the book that the ward Relief Society sent and it looks really good. I also enjoyed the hug which Emily sent!!!
This week has been absolutely packed and both Sister Krout and I are exhausted. She have found many key less actives and been working closely with a few investigators. We received an absolutely golden reference this week for Christina, a 20 girl who is positively searching for the truth. She seems like she is really dynamic and asks some of the greatest questions I have ever heard. Some of my favorite include "I believe in the Bible, but it is an old book. How else can we know the truth?" and "Why don't we have a prophet today?" Music to my ears. She learns very, very ,very quickly and I can see her progressing at in just the few days we have known her, but I am also aware that no one is with out trials or obstacles. I think our biggest difficultly is going to be time. She is involved in every club, group, activity on the island it seems and she is extremely talented in everything. We just need to help her stay focused.
We also had another interesting incident this week. Our baptism Richard and Aurea have fallen off the map. They did not show up to church on Sunday and we couldn't get a hold of them. When we went by later in the week we saw that they were getting into a bus for another church. Something has obviously gone wrong there.
We stopped by after they had left to try and talk to their neighbor, Hugo, who is one of our investigators but were bombarded and rudely turned away by the other neighbors, who told us we were a false church and that Richard and Aurea would no longer be with the Mormons. Hmmm. The situation is less that ideal, but I am hoping we can somehow continue to teach Hugo at least. Perhaps this was just a strange and mysterious way which the Lord has led us to Hugo? Things will settle this week.
And perhaps one the greatest highlights of the week was teaching a less active member Yoniel. To give you some background on Yoniel, he is a huge black who is obviously involved in weight lifting but is the nicest, sweetest guy. He is a little shy and quiet and it is difficult to get him to talk. But as we were visiting with him we somehow discovered that he speaks English--but with a perfect British accent. There is no hint of Puerto Rican when he speaks!!! Pure British. When we asked he told us that he learned everything watching BBC America and Doctor Who. He also owns the worlds fattest cat and lives in the only Victorian style home on the island of Puerto Rico. An interesting character.So much has happened this week but there is very little time to write it all down. This week was packed with appointments and surprises. Love you all. Thank you for your prayers and support.
Hermana Palmer
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