56: SEMANA SANTA

Happy HOLY WEEK! This is typically one of the hardest and hottest weeks of the year, but this year the hermanas in the city are changing that. Hermana Bissell have been planning a challenge for our hermanas since two weeks ago. We want everyone to focus on the Saviors atonement by studying it EVERY DAY and searching for new lost sheep EVERY DAY. President Chase is focusing more on CONSTANTLY FINDING, so that is just what well do to remember the sacrifice and resurrection of our Redeemer Jesucristo.

Bad news, Karla feels confused and no longer wants us to visit her. She has a lot of things on her head right now, her boyfriend serving a mission, her mom not wanting her to get baptized, etc. Not excuses to forget everything, but we are giving her time right now. Its okay, another moment soon will be hers.

Lots of our investigators have left for vacation this week. But when I mean lots, I mean almost all of them. So we will be searching hard for new people all week! I love contacting, it will be great.

Saturday we participated in our wards talent night to celebrate fathers day. The Elders put together a skit - Nefi and his honduranean brohers getting the plates of brass. All thanks to the elders it was pretty funny! I was Nefi. The funniest part was that the word for "plate" in spanish is "plancha", as is the word for "iron". So the biggest joke was that we brought him an iron instead of the plates of brass. 

I was studying 2 Nefi 9 all week, about the infinite atonement of Jesus Christ. As I was finishing it, I was reading what Jacob says about having no fear of the judgement day. We want God to judge us with his all searching eye because he is the only one who can do it perfectly and justly. I am so grateful that he has those characteristics, and that even though I am not perfect, I can look forward to that day with gladness, with "a perfect brightness of hope" that comes from the grace fo our Redeemer and Advocate Jesus Christ.

And....an invitation to all to watch general conference this week! Invite your friends, but dont just invite them on facebook, invite them to your house! Testify of the truthfulness of the gospel! Testify of gods love manifest though a living prophet. 

Love you all! Have a great week!

1. Hermana Benson and Hermana Galster before they left

2. Brown bananas + no oven = stovetop banabread. Pretty decent!

3. Finishing divisions with La Esperanza in Gelateando :)

4. Okay this pictures needs explaining. The word for water is AGUA, so one time  we were all doing impressions of honduran people selling things in the street. Elder Cherry did the impression of how people sell water in the south, they will just leave of the first letter and shout what sounds like "GUA GUA GUA GUA". Probably funnier if you were there when he did it, but this sign made us laugh pretty hard.

5-6. Divisions part 2 with La Joya

7-11. Talent night in Barrio Prados Universitarios