Progress and Karla

This week we had another baptism! Karla Carbajal is seventeen years old and an amazing young woman. She is so happy to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and she has said she feels like she belongs here. It´s so great, because her mom was completely inactive, and now is supporting her daughter and completely inactive. They found her missionaries through facebook, too! It was really awesome. Gregorio was ordained a priest this sunday, and received the priesthood! Next week he will be able to bless and pass the sacrament! I´m so happy we found him, he is awesome and super faithful! He´s already a really faithful member. He needs more friends in the church though, because he only knows Estelita, the Bishop Chacón, and the ward mission leader, Brother Walter Olaya. We´re working on that. This week, we taught at the house of a man named Antoni. His mother´s name is Blanca, and they are both very good people.They went to church with us this Sunday! The story of how we met him is really interesting. Hna.Lagos and I were walking down Guayacanes (part of our sector), and we passed by Antoni. We walked a little further up the sidewalk, about twenty feet from him, when we both had a very strong, distinct feeling that we needed to return and talk with him. It startled us really, but we knew it was the spirit, so we stopped immediately, affirmed that we both felt it, and waited for him to catch up to us so we could talk to him. It was just a liiiiittle bit awkward, but we couldn´t deny such a strong prompting. When he caught up to us, we asked him to show us the way to an address, and then we started to get to know him as he walked us up to it. It was really weird, because he lived only a few houses away from it. When we asked if we could pass by and visit, he told us we could and gave us his address and phone number. I think this is really important, because we passed by the day before yesterday, and talked with him, his children, his aunt, and his mother. The family is so important to them, and apparently his other aunt, who passed away about two years ago, was also LDS. We talked about the family, and how they can be together forever, even after death, and gave them a Book of Mormon. That was really special to the aunt, because her sister had one too, and since her niece got everything after her mom died, it was like the aunt had a little something that reminded her of her sister again. It was really nice, and they´re excited to go to church! Oh! Also, I´m going to be teaching English to Antoni´s children. We also taught to another family, Consuelo and Jennifer. We need to teach them a bit more, but they went to church this sunday and are really amazing people! Jennifer is an artist, and also is very interested in learning English, so I´ll be teaching her too. She drew a picture of me while I taught her a bit! I can´t upload it today, because this computer doesn't have a drive to upload pictures, but next week I will. I´m really excited to teach them more! Well, that´s practically it. We continue to teach and help, and have the english classes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The rainy season has started, and the humidity is awful. Hnas. Lagos, Ocon, Lopez, and I went running the other day, and I felt like I was drowning instead of breathing. But other than that, I love it here! I miss you all, and send my support and love, and I pray for you all every day! I love you! ¡Les quiero muchísimo!!! ¡Tengan una buena semana!!! Love, Hermana Johnson