Happy Easter:) First before I forget, please email a photo of our family all together (maybe the one from vacation in Utah before I left) to the office elders on the gmail, they asked for a photo of everyones family in the mission, and I don't have anything digital to send one. Thanks!
First to answer questions, ya, theres 2 wards and a branch in this little town, but the wards have each about 40 people attending and the branch half that, so they don't technically count as wards haha. They were at one point organized as wards, but have since fallen a lot and rumor has it our branch will be dissolved in a matter of months. In the stake there's probably under 400 active members, SO...we're going to try and change that.
We travel all by bus between the 3 cities. There is only passenger railway in the south of the country. Everything is by bus. Most are way nice buses though and super cheap, so I can't complain!
Easter was FANTASTIC! We are working hard to contact and visit every family we see and have found some good people. The branch has only one active couple. The rest are single moms and kids. One the 7th, the Durè family will be baptized and he's such an incredible man he'll probably be the new Branch Pres. within a short period of time. I LOVE this family they are sooooo great. They have been some of the most prepared people to hear the gospel I've ever met. He's also a singer and we are organizing a talent show for the 6th, and he is going to bring his murga group.
Another man we are working with that is less active cam for the first time in 20 yrs last week, this week he brought his wife and she loved it. We challenged her to baptism, and this week they are going to pull out a marriage date. Its nice to be here at this time in my mission because I'm guessing I'll probably finish here and see all these great things! Behind him lives another couple we found this week, he whos military and got back last month from a 6 mo peace mission in Haiti (military here means peace service in Haiti or the Congo, they haven't been involved in a war in many many decades). We taught on families and they are really excited to progress.
We are also working really hard with the family of a 29 yr old man that got baptized a few months ago and seeing a bit of progress. Elder Schumann has a really good relationship with them and has been working with em for like 5 mo or so. His mom came to church this last week and we after had a really good lesson with her, and his 40-something yr old sister. Lots of miracles!!!
Yesterday we caught a huge tarantula, and today we are going to buy this resin that you put it in to embalm it like those see-through bug paper weights you see for sale. An investigator knows how to make those and is going to show us. We took a funny video of it. Theres some cool bugs here that all come out when it rains. There was a pretty crazy storm here the other day. I also heard that theres been some crazy tornados in the states! End of the world!!! hahaha :)
Nope, they don't have easter bunnies, just really expensive big chocolate hollow eggs. We hid some in our house and the other elders in theres and had a little search. It was fun :)
That building across from the terminal is for the 2 wards, we meet at Rivera y Tala in a little building.
I'm jealous of all the good food! Here they don't eat red meat this last week so we got a bunch of fish. Fish empanadas, fish pizza, fish burgers, etc... It was....fun ha
Well, we are working really hard and having lots of fun. I love the work, it's progressing and I'm greatful for it. Vamos arriba!!!
I hope you took advantage of the opportunites Easter brings to share the gospel! If not, go out and preach the restored gospel!!! This week almost 2000 years ago, all the apostles but Thomas were running about sharing the good news with everyone! Don't forget the tomb is open!!
Loves,
Elder Magnusson
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