Sister Macey Gates // Week Sixty-One // "FELIZ NAVIDAD!!!!!‏"

MERRY MERRRY FELIZ NAVIDAD, como estan?? This week was CRAZY busy stressful amazing. So on wednesday, we had the opportunity to teach the bible class, we did it on Luke 17. Its super hard for me to teach that class cause the bible is harder to understand, and its in spanish, but it was amazing:) Me and Hermana Lindsey definitely had the gift of tongues that night. I felt like words just kept coming to my mind and i was learning new things, and making new connections as i was teaching. The spirit was so strong. So about our Lesbian investigator... she is still in love with her girlfriend, and just super confused about everything and so thats cool. haha i have no idea how to help her not like another girl and live the law of chastity. We just pray for her and try to bring in the spirit the best we can. We had a miracle this week. We were going to visit one of our investigators and she lives in an apartment. So their neighbors thought we were knocking on their door. So this girl comes to the door, looks at us, goes back inside, and then comes back to the door and starts freaking out. In a good way. She told us that some missionaries had taught her before, but she moved and then came back. She said she has been looking for us. So we had a lesson with her. She just barely stopped doing drugs, she said that when she was doing them she forgot about christ. It was really hard for her to tell us that. She wants to be baptized and start again. Saturday we had our ward christmas party, its was so fun:) they did karaoke and danced, we watched:) its sometimes hard being in  a spanish ward cause they dance all the time and it just makes you wanna dance. But we contained ourselves. Sunday was probably the most stressful day of my life. So Gloria still had to be confirmed, her husbands been keeping her away from church so we have been praying she would come. Right as they announced her confirmation she walked in. Miracle number one. She was so happy as she walked back to her seat. She has been faced with lots of opposition this week so we had to get her right back on track. Every time she prays she prays for us and calls us her Mis Hermanas:) Instead of las hermanas which is the Hermanas. Its just so cute!! Then i had to go flip pages for the bishops wife as she played for the choir, she only speaks english and they were singing in spanish so I had to sing it in english where ever they were at in the song so that she could play the piano along with them. We made it through the song haha. Miracle number 2. Then we did a little musical number for the relief society, we had Hermana Lindsey play her violin and Elder Mock play his uke, we sang far far away on Judeas plains and they rest of us sang:) We did it beat too! Miracle number 3. Then we showed up to the stake center for Juan and Elizabeths baptism and nothing was ready. So we have people who get it ready for us, and it takes an hour to fill up the font. The other sisters gave us the wrong people to call so the right people were actually out town. And the baptism was supposed to start in 30 min. I almost started crying haha and before that Hermana Lindsey had a breakdown about authority again so i was stressed out anyway. But we called the zone leaders to open the font for us and they actually started filling up jugs of water in the kitchen to help it go faster. And then the whole family shows up in regular clothes and they were helping out with the program. Then we got in trouble cause the first counselor said they cant help out if they are in regular clothes. But the last miracle did happened.... Juan and Elizabeth got baptized:) They were the happiest couple in the world. And thats all that matters. Yesterday i learned to have so much patience and even when things go wrong, you can look for the good in any situation. I love this work, can you believe its christmas again and i get to talk to you??? And see you??? We had the chance to read and finish the gospels before christmas, Its amazing to me how much love christ had and has for everyone. Never ever forget him!! I love you all so much!!!!!!!!! FELIZ NAVIDAD!!!!!!!!!!! Prospero ano, felicidad( I figured out that it means that we prospered a year hahaha)

Hermanita Gates:)