Macey Gates: Sister Macey Gates // Week Twenty

This week was so interesting... but it was good! We met with Jesus cause he called us and really needed to meet with us, we found out he was meeting with us to hang out with us.. I hate that!!!! One day we were on our way to visit a family and i felt prompted to keep driving and turn down this certain street and then just stop at this certain house... It turns out it was a part member less active family. Blessings and miracles!! So Santoyo has been teaching me spanish songs:) And i write down the lyrics for language study as i listen to it. It has helped alot! Shes teaching me the bachata;) haha its the funnest thing! At lunch we make a gourme food and dance and sing to mexican music. I love it!!!! Vicente progressed so much this week and actually had the desire to read and meet with us and then he freaked out when he had his interview and so he is not getting baptized:( we have to drop him. But we gotta find people who are ready!! I had meatloaf this week, DAD;) i thought youd be so jealous, it was SOOO good. One night we met with a less active fam and then we were heading to the car and we saw a girl and her dad talking and the girl was crying, we asked if we could pray with them, they told us their situation first. All the kids in that family are spread out living with different people because they dont have a home, the dad when ever he gets money goes and gets a little food and delivers it to his kids. It made me so sad but after we prayed with them they said they felt alot of peace. I know we were there at the exact moment because they needed that prayer so much. Ive really realized this week that it really doesnt matter how many baptisms you have, its the peoples hearts that you touch. We found a family that we are teaching, we helped the kids who were struggling carrying a table in the rain and then they said they wanted to learn more! We also found a girl named Abbigail, she has been praying to be able to go back to church and learn. We prayed with her and now we are teaching her, but we have to do it in secret because her boyfriend is kinda crazy, but she wants it so bad. Galdina and Rafael our other investigators were like fighting its was ridiculous hahhaha i felt like a psychiatrist, but with gospel stuff haha but we are trying to get them married. Rafael kissed my hand after, because he said he felt bad for fighting in front of us. Man the mexicans here, even Santoyo said mexicans are weird hahha I also got proposed to this week, by vicentes friend. I told him i wasnt interest, hes not my type. SICK. And we got the Standard this week!!!!!!!!! We taught 31 lessons! So funny story. We were eating at a members house and she gave us tuna sandwiches.. Aqueroso. Ya gross. And im like eating it and i whisper to santoyo " is this tuna???" She said yeahhhh but i will finish your sandwich when i get done with mine. The members arent eating with us right? okay so when Magnolia the member turned her back i threw the rest of my sandwich on her plate, she ate it. THEN Magnolia gave me another sandwich........ Oh you have got to be KIDDING ME. I start eating it and Santoyo says to me that she will finish it when shes done with hers, so magnolia saw that Santoyo finished hers so i threw it on her plate and santoyo put ice in her mouth to make it sound like she was chomping on ice not my sandwich, And Im like almost barfing over her literally. So we thank her, share a message then leave, santoyo says to me when we get in the car" I think the grandma saw the whole thing.........." She was sitting on the couch watching us HAHAHHAHAHA HOW EMBARASSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I sure hope she didnt see us. Man we laughed the whole rest of the night and we were just sick from the tuna. FUN FUN FUN in the mission:) Well eventful week, im not engaged, and im alive. Wooohoooo!! I hope you all have a fabulous eventful week like me:)

Con mucho amor

Hermana Gates:)