Woohoo!! Batismo!!

Helloooo all the way from Itacolumí!!

This week was an adventure for sure! By far the highlight was yesterday at church. We had a baptism of David, a 14 year old boy and he really is a miracle. I'm so happy for him because he's had a bit of a rough home life and the gospel is going to make all the difference in the world. And years in the future, he's gonna look back and see how his life changed because of the gospel. I'm just so happy to have been a part of it and I'm so grateful for this opportunity.

Also, at church, all the talks were about or mentioned in some way the word of wisdom and the investigator that we brought to church, Regina has a problem with smoking. She commented in Relief Society that after today, she will stop smoking. She made up her mind and that was that. She had listened to people testify of how they broke habits they'd had for 30+ years and their testimonies were powerful. Truly, the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ is real and we can overcome habits, addictions, and truly become new people with His help. It is nothing short of miraculous. I was so grateful for the way the Lord worked that day and how the Spirit touched her heart. His hand is in all things.

So, we had a pday with our zone last week and made churrasco (barbeque) (pic below). AND I had it again yesterday in a member's house. Oh! And I had coracão de galinha (chicken heart)! It was good! I wasn't a huge meat eater before the mission, but I totally am now because we have it so much and it is dang good.

My companion and I fixed our shower so now we have hot water again! There were a couple of cold showers but it was just like camping so I was chillin'. Our shower head has this space in it with water and a u-shaped metal coil and that's how it's heated (pictures below) and we had to replace the metal coil because it had come undone at one end and so the current was broken. It was an adventure and I was way proud of us for figuring it all out.

I went shopping and was trying to decide which milk to buy (the cartons were two different colors) and saw the fine print that said 3% gordura (fat) vs 0% and Sister Workman and I immediately thought of the movie Napoleon Dynamite ("I see you´re drinking 2%, is that cuz you think you´re fat? cuz you could be drinking whole if you wanted") and we laughed.

It was a good week, full of adventures and miracles and lots of walking. I love you all!!!

Sister Dobbs