Happy Fourth of July (week 25)

Hey Fam and friends!

Thanks for all of the love and support through your emails!  Well this week was sooo awesome with so many miracles in the mission and in our area.  We Baptized 4 people this week and it was sooo awesome. My comp had the chance to baptize all of them lol but i confirmed 2 of them in sacrament meeting. It was huge pressure confirming them in front of everyone but the spirit was super strong and it was good.  

Well, the miracle of the week for the mission was in San Blas.  The zone leaders went to the house of one of the chiefs of an island to talk to him and convince him that he should allow missionaries on the island.  When they got to his house he was out fishing in the middle of the ocean and so they were just small talking with the fam. While the chief was out fishing a black butterfly landed on his hand and in the Kuna culture and beliefs that’s a direct sign that you are going to get pure wisdom from god soon.  So he flies back to shore in his boat right after the butterfly landed on him and went straight to his house and the missionaries were there unexpectedly.  It freaking turns out that this syla (chief) just got elected to be the head syla of all the islands in san blas (350).  So he talked with the missionaries and believed everything they said and now he’s convincing all of the other chiefs to allow missionaries on the islands that we couldn’t preach on before.  So that was dope and sooo many missionaries are now in San Blas and are baptizing like crazy….super dope.  

We also had changes this week and I’m now in Tocumen, Panama.  It’s an hour and a half outside of the city in some ghetto.  It’s actually an awesome area and I’m super excited for this fresh start but I’m going to miss my old comp a lot too…he was the man!  I’m a bit disappointed because I’m with an American comp now and I really wanted another Latino comp again for the Spanish but its alright.   My new companion leaves the mission this next change so in six weeks I will have a new comp.  My new comp seems like the man though and I’m super excited to work with him. 

So that was my week.  I’m having a great time working my tail off.  It’s suupppeerrr hard work all of the time but its so worth it and I love it.  Moving to a new area in the mission is hard but I hear the people here in this area are great too.  

Much love and peace to all!

Pics-

1. new crib…its a dump (expected nothing less)

2. new comp (sorry only pic i took)

3. saying bye to last comp

4. Last Sunday dinner in area…by far my favorite members in Loma Coba…going to miss them sooo much love them to death.  If I come back to visit panama they will be some of the first people I visit.  Their other daughter just left on a mission last month to Honduras.

5. Family we baptized. super awesome love them too sooo much

6. girl we baptized…we reactivated the whole fam and baptized her…super inactive before

7. just your classic pic of me in front of the church