hello everyone!! happy late christmas and new years!! i hope you all had great holidays, i sure did!! topped off by our sweet neighbors offering us champagne to cheer in new years (so glad they didn't get offended when we told them we don't drink)
ok lemme tell you guys a little bit about my new area paso carrasco:
the people here are insane.
i'm half joking but also not really; everyone here has the absolutest craziest backstory. either they were deep in drugs or they escaped from the law into another country or they were detained by the dictatorship when it governed Uruguay. and if they weren't any of these things, one of their family members was. it's just in the right spot (out of the big city but not into the residential neighborhoods) that makes for peak craziness. i love it. i'd like to introduce some of my favorite friends:
Juana: we knocked her street one day because we felt like we should, she let us right in and told us she'd been taught by missionaries years ago and only couldn't get baptized because she smoked. then smiled a huge smile and said she doesn't smoke anymore so there's nothing stopping her from joining the church!! she'd been having some family problems and we stopped by right at the exact moment, a miracle for the both of us.
jose: very precious elderly man, we met him one night looking for a house number and he proceeded to hop on his bike and search the whole street for us. he went to church the first week we invited him, the only problem is that we can never find him to have a lesson bc he's always on that cursed bike!! helping people!!
agustin: a young guy that's been taught by missionaries for a few months now (hiiii hna fife) and i constantly forget that he's not a member. can't be baptized until march for some super unjust problems in his life but i've loved seeing how the gospel brings him happiness!! his family has seen the change as well, we're gradually starting to teach his mom!!
not a friend but a story: this week i was stung by 3 wasps. my ankle was the size of two of my other ankle. i'll put a picture.
in the past few weeks i've seen in very obvious ways how the Lord is constantly involved in our lives. i've seen clearly how experiences from before my mission were all a part of God's plan for me, and i've been able to use them to help the people we teach and contact. God answers our prayers, and sometimes at the same time he uses us to answer the prayers of others!!
have a great week!! les quiero!!
💌hermana webb
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