Week 65 - Bonaire

Hello Everyone!!!!

SOooooo last week i totally forgot to include something sooo awesome that happened! We contacted this man named Segundo one night and he seemed pretty cool and pretty open to the message. We had actually contacted someone at that same house already named Keiler, and so Segundo told us that he would just come to the appointment that we had with Keiler! Well, we went to the appointment and he was actually there! Keiler was busy at the beginning so we ended up just talking to Segundo for a while and we were just asking him about this beliefs and stuff, and he started the lesson by saying that he wanted to keep his religion a secret... RED FLAG. I whispered to sister Burrup in English that that either means he is a less active member or part of some cult. Well, we continued on with the lesson and everything he was saying just like such sound church doctrine. I kept asking sister Burrup if she thought he was a less active member!! It got to the point that we finally just asked him if he had been baptized in our church......and he said YES! We found out that he is from Peru and that he has lived here for 8 years, meaning that he has not been active for at least that amount of time. We also found out that he served a mission in Colombia and is even sealed to his wife in the temple AND that he has a son born in the covenant who is 16. Our jaws DROPPED! Such a cool experience. The Lord totally guided us there because we literally had no reason to have that kind of conversation the day we met him. 

Anywayyyy this week was great! LUIS CAME TO CHURCH!!! Such a wonderful day! Fasting works people! As well we had dinner with Sister Scott (former senior missionary couple from last year) and it was just soooo fun to see her and be with her! I love her soooo much! She also came out teaching with us which was soooo fun! We went and visited a young man, Aury, who is about to leave on his mission...TOMORROW, and it was so awesome (see picture)! Aury's mom is Pilar and that lady is something. Her memory is like a steal trap and she is just so funny. She is married to a man named Pedro who is a returning member (see picture)! Last time i was here he was TOTALLY less active and now he is just so firm! His dad is Andres who you have all seen some pictures of. Andres kept falling asleep during our lesson this last week and we were just trying sooooo hard not to laugh but we failed. We died hahaha!

This week we also taught a newly found less active named Vinicio and he has soooo much potential to come back! He kept telling us that there is NO valid excuse for not going to church! It was so awesome to hear him say that! He really does want to come back. 

We hiked a little hill, I'm sorry - i mean the highest point of Bonaire today as a district activity as well! So fun! it was SOOOO WINDY AT THE TOP HOLY COW!!! 

Wellll that is all I have from this last week! I hope you all have a wonderful week!!! I love and miss you all!

-Sister Woodbury