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So, this week has been fun. 
First off, we were able to see a huge miracle this week - la Hermana Cuca descended into the waters of baptism! She's a sweet old lady who's friends with a member, and we've ben working with her for quite some time nad she's had thte desire to be baptized since basically the first week we tuaght her, ther's just been one problem this entire time. SHe has alzhiemer's, and she would forget every lesson her desire to follow Jesus Christ which has been a very iinterestign lesson in patience and Christ like love as we would teach her the way we would teach a smal child and then repeat the lesson the next visit. But every single thign we explained to her she accpeted and had the desire to learn and we couldn't just leav her alone becasuse lthough right now sh'es in this emntal state, she has other past sins and she needed baptism, so we talked to our leaders, talked to President, consulted with the Lord and finally came up with a game plan. In the baptismal inteview, the Elder was goign to teach everythgin, then ask the intervire question right after, then teach the next thign and ask the question and so on and so forth, and it worked. 
the funniest part was probably the day of her baptism, because we got to her house nad brought her breakfast and helped her pick out clothes, and she asked us what the occasion was and we said "it's your baptism!" and she goes "oh, yes? yes, yes, yes..... MY baptism?" and then got a little smile on her face and since her baptism was scheduled for right after church, she had already forgotten again, so she got changed and just kind of rolled with it again nad it ttok a few tries, but she finally got baptized and it was really neat.


Con mi amor eterno,
hermana Rawlings

pics- Cuca's baptism
WE climed a giant hil as a zone ft. my very used and abused misioanry tag (is that what they're claled in English? who the heck knows.)




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