Some fun pictures of all the Zone Leaders in the El Salvador San Salvador Mission
Hola familia!
Como están??
Thank you all for emails
and pictures that you sent me this week! I loved the pictures of Kortnee and Dylan's engagements! They are so awesome!! I especially like
the one with the skis that they sent me! It's funny because I know that Kortnee had to have been absolutely freezing!! haha also the house must
have been really full this last weekend! Hannah, Lizzie, and Kolby all
over for Easter, eh?? That's cool!! Sounds like some fun for Easter!! We
had a good Easter here as well! They don't really do anything in our
church here. They did have a really good sacrament meeting with talks on Christ though!! That was wonderful! But the main thing that they do
here is with the Catholic Church! They have whats called "la semana
santa," or the Holy Week. They have celebrations all week long and have
parades carrying crosses and fake casket-like things. It's weird to me but it's
a tradition down here! It is all supposed to represent Christ, so that's
good! I loved focusing on Christ's resurrection though, it was much
better!!
Also, these are supposed to be the hottest weeks of
the entire year! This last week it had to have gotten up to 100 plus
easily. While hiking up to the top of a mountain in church clothes to
visit someone, 100 degrees is really, really hot! haha But it's all good! The rain will be starting next month!
Other than that, this week we've been working with a
lot of new people! It's really cool because they are progressing well! We
had several people at church on Sunday, too! It is sad though; some of the
people we were teaching before made choices like working on Sundays and
things... so we aren't teaching the Bolanos family and the Rodriguez
family and the Perez family as much anymore, but they can change at any
minute! It's hard to see people not make the right choices when you know
what will be best for them! I just wish they would all follow Christ!
haha but it's good, no problems! Jael is still doing really well and she
came to church this Sunday! Woo!!! We are planning a baptism for her at
the end of the month!
Oh! So I want to tell you all about a crazy girl we
were/are teaching! Her name is Alejandra. I think I may have mentioned
her before! Well, we found out that she is actually a little crazy! She
goes from ward to ward talking to each of the missionaries and trying to
get them to teach her, but she is already a member!! She was baptized
two years ago! It's crazy though because she seems to be a bit schizophrenic (I think that's what it is called - someone who twitches
uncontrollably) but anyway, she is loca! We are trying to get a picture
and stuff to share it with the Mission President so that she can't do it
to any other missionaries! We've been like doing detective business this
last week! haha making phone calls, doing name checks to the records of
the church! But it took a member from her ward to fully confirm that she
is a member! haha She is crazy! (But not dangerous at all, just a bit
twitchy! haha) We are trying to help her to not lie so much though, so
hopefully she won't do it anymore! haha
Anyway, that's about it! It's been a good Easter here! I miss you all!! Stay safe! Be happy, as Bob Marley says!
I love you all!!!
Love,
Braden
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