Hola!!
Well everything here has been getting better. I´ve had a few rough days this week because I just feel the burden of this area on my shoulders. I just don´t feel quite ready to introduce this area to someone new. It really scares me but what ever it´s fine everything will work out. I had a mild break down last night as we were walking from an appointment but I have an awesome companion and we sat down and talked for awhile about what is going on and how I just need to have more faith.
Well Saturday we had Gloria´s baptism and it was crazy!!!!!!!! And I mean crazy, Hermana Quartino said that it was the craziest baptism she has had in her mission. Well we woke up and were studying and around 10 the branch president called us and was like "I have a surprise for you guys!!" We thought it was food or something . . .then he said "the water it shut off to the chapel because I forgot to pay the water bill" He sent us running to all the different fire stations throughout Encarnacion trying to find one that could come and fill the baptismal font for us. Well we found one that would do i for cheap and then all of their water trucks are in Asuncion right now and so we couldn´t use them. They told us of a different station on the opposite side of our limits and so we headed off basically running. Bought some Empanadas on the way and ate them while we were running. We got there and they said that it was 180mil to fill up the font wilt 1000 liters of water. Just so you know it´s 4mil to a dollar so you can realize how ridiculous that was. So we were like alright well we are going to have a branch building activity of everyone bring buckets and such and coming to our apartment and carrying water a block and a half to the church until the baptismal font is full. We called our district leader so that he could come and help and he called our zone leaders. Well they then called us and said that they were going to try and find something else to do because carrying water to the chapel was going to take all day. So we waited a while while they talked with President Callan abut what we could do. Well they called us and said that the mission was going to pay the passage for everyone on the collectivos to go to rama 2 which is about a 10 to 15 minute bus ride. So we hid that from the members because we knew they wouldn´t come if they found out that they ahd to ride a collectivo there. We called Gloria and her mom and they were fine with it. Well we got everyone in teh chapel and then we told them we were headed to rama 2 and well all the adults besides our branch president, and his counselor and the mom of Gloria stayed all the other adults, "oh I have a different commitment, sorry" Well we headed off with about 10 youth and these three adults. We called the elders to let them know we were coming and they said that they had just seen a miraclc because they had been in the chapel for the past 5 hours trying to get their font to fill up and then they discovered that the pipes the fill the baptismal font are completely rotten and nothing can pass through them and while they were trying to think of what to do the font started filling up and we had water. It was yucky green water, but hey i was water. Well we all got there. the baptism went great, ate some yummy cake and had a fun time and then headed off to catch the collectivo home. Well we walked from about 10 minutes to the bus stop and waited about an hour and it wasn´t coming and it wasn´t coming and it wasn´t coming. Then all of a sudden all we could see all these cop cars and stuff a ways off and we were trying to figure out what it was. Well it was a huge marathon, and so we watched a marathon while we waited and that was quite fun to sit and cheer these people on. Well after about an 1 and a half of waiting we decided to just start walking. So we headed out. It took about an hour to walk home but man it was beautiful, most of the walk was over this bridge that goes over part of the Parana River. We could see Argentina with all of i´s lights on one side, we could see the San Pedro Neighborhood behind us and then Encarnacion in front of us. It was beautiful. We finally made it home about 10 at night. We were way late, and way exhausted but it was worth it. Gloria was super super happy and that is all that matters.
Then Sunday was also really good. We had an attendance of 35 people we were way excited!!! At the end of the meeting one of the ladies that was visiting came up to me and gave me a big hug and with pain in her eyes she asked me to go and please continue to pass by her son and daughter-in-law they were baptized about two years ago and are now less active with 9 children. She just came to me, gave me a big kiss on the forehead because i was playing the piano and could giver her a proper greeting and then just said "please, PLEASE don´t forget about my son. Those are my grandchildren" She started to cry a little and I just watched as her heart broke in front of my eyes. We have stopped passing by this family because we have passed by so many times and every time they hide from us. But now I Have a new desire to pass by and to try to share with them. It was a pass oh so familiar that I say in her eyes, It really made me think of mom and I don´t want this mom to feel the pain that mom feels and so I´m going to work my hardest to try to help this family find the true path again. But that was a way good experience. It´s just amazing how the Lord works, he has ways of telling us what we need to do. I now know that I need to help this family. We just have to figure out a way to get in their door now.
But yeah that is about it this week. Oh and my hope in the ward, the one youth that has a huge desire for the work and wants to help moved yesterday. Pati Ayala, she is like my best friend here, I´m really sad about that!!! But oh well her family needs her more than I need her. But yeah that was about it. OH this week was thanksgiving, well me and Hermana Quartino had way big lans but we were both sick and couldn´t eat anything so I think I ate some toast and drank some water and that is about it. It was quite depressing we were excited for our thanksgiving adventures but oh well. I´m just glad we are better now. Oh and mom don´t worry we are eating well. the branch members love us and so they feed us almost everyday now. We have found our branch grandma too, there is a grandma that wants to take care of you in every branch or ward here and we have found her, our dear Palerma Ayala. She is a sweetheart, she is always bringing us little snacks to eat. And we usually eat at their house on Sunday but they were traveling this Sunday after sunday school and so she brought dinner to us in the chapel so that we could have dinner Sunday it was really fun. and it was delisos also!!!
Oh mom thanks for telling me when Tanner s coming home, you read my mind because I really wanted to know because i was gong to send him a letter but I think I´ll send it to his house now because I doubt he will get it. So will you get me the address to his house please!!!
Well thats all folks!!! Keep praying for me and for the people here in Encarnacion because they need your help always!!!
Love you guys a lot!!
Hermana Hubbard
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