The great search for Hermana Moody's pants 10-14-13

Alright, milhojas. First off, I am just going to tell you the truth. 

NO BAPTISM.

Yep, we cried.

Xiomara's parents decided to take her and her brother to live with them in Spain now. So I guessssss her dad might baptize her there. In any case, they called on Friday and said she isn't going to be baptized here. There was mucha tristeza en nuestra casa for a few minutes. And then Hermana Moody reminded me that there are no coincidences, and Heavenly Father knows what He is doing. He really, truly does. We said a prayer asking for comfort and the ability to keep working, and since that afternoon we have felt strengthened despite our afflictions. We got to take a picture with Xiomi at church yesterday and tonight we are going to visit their family here and have a little farewellish thing.

Let me tell you something.

We are currently teaching SIX DIFFERENT ADULTS who ALL want to be baptized but need to change their living situation first. These two Hermanas are praying our guts out for miracles to happen.

So, good things and less good things. But all will be consecrated for our benefit and that of others if we are faithful and obedient. 

I KNOW THIS.

Crazy things that happened this week:

-In two consecutive days we had two very awkward experiences with two different barrachos. 

NOBODY PANIC THEY DIDN'T TOUCH US THEY COULDN'T EVEN SEE STRAIGHT.

But they both wanted to hear about the word of God. And both times Hermana Moody said of course we could talk to them about our loving Heavenly Father...when they were sober and could actually understand what the heck was going on.

Well...those encounters both ended really anticlimatically. 

murmurmurmurhuh?qué?klañshei robnjdaf dsi tioh ijadkf jhewrigkadshbvañeritoea

Well okay señor talk to you later RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

-A young child ate a roll and drank some juice and continued to run around with his friends until moments later he pleasantly bent forward and rejected his stomach of the nourishment it was about to receive. All over the FRESHLY WASHED DIRT FLOOR AWWWW DARN IT

-We heard approximately seven stories about wacky dreams that people had here. Peruvians dream a lot, which is freaking awesome. The only problem is when they decide that they are having manifestations from angels every time they dream that their dog is writing in the clouds.

-OH HEY WE ARE IN A VIDEO THAT FIVE COUNTRIES ARE GOING TO WATCH SOON. Elder Alarcón of the Area Seventy came to our ward to film a consejo de barrio (ward council) for this whole amazing new Work of Salvation thing and interview us missionaries. So that's no big deal I guess. We asked if he was doing this in a lot of different places and he just looked at us blankly and was like...nope...only this ward...

#jefes

Our bishop told us that apparently our ward is progressing disgustingly fast, and Elder Alarcón wants to show everybody what that looks like. Welp, we'd better keep running.

-In the Sunday School lesson the teacher said we need to have power like buffalos. I'm going to be honest with you all right now.

I don't know what she was talking about.

-We met a hyperventilating cockeyed Shih Tzu named Baby Blue. We're just going to say it was the most gorgeous creature I have ever witnessed.

SURPRISE IT'S OPPOSITE DAY

-As we walked back to our house after a nice long day of lessons, we passed a father rocking his baby in his arms. Awe how sweet. Then we looked down at the curb to find his wife, holding out her toddler son sideways in the air like an over-sized, dirty pair of sneakers and encouraging him to continue PEEING IN THE STREET.

OH MY GOODNESS WHY.

People just do that stuff here. 

Sometimes we just can't believe Perú could get any less classy. But then it turns right around and DOES IT AGAIN.

-We, the missionaries of the Estaca Puente Piedra, put on a talent show to kill the beat. Some people sang, yours truly sang, some more people sang...just kidding we didn't ALL sing. But I did play the one song I have ever written for the guitar and that was alright. And Elder Crozier blew our minds with that business. And there was some Backstreet Boy action going on that we're not even going to discuss. All in all, it was absolutely excellent.

I will explain trifle NEXT WEEK.

Quote of the Week is of our companionship, trying to see if Ines was in her house when she didn't come out:

"Hey, did you know that this is frosted glass?

They must have made a mistake, cause..........

we can't see a dang thing."

Oh yeah, also, Hermana Moody lost some pants in our tiny room and for three days we were searching and couldn't find them. We thought someone was breaking in, and then...we found them in an inexplicably likely place. 

THE DRESSER

Love you all. Thanks for your prayers. Please be safe.