June 28, 2011 - Letter

Dear Mom,
I am going to apologize right off the bat if my grammer is bad, but I had a very VERY interesting weekend and I want to give you as much detail as possible! It started with Saturday.
In our wonderful ward Atlantida, we are without a ward mission leader, so Hermana Durham and I had a lot to do. We started the morning with a quick lesson with one of our investigators, Alan, because we really wanted him to come to the baptism, which he ended up not being able to do. But oh well. We then went to lunch with the family Martinez, and found out that they were unable to feed us that day. So we ran like crazy to the store to get something to make. So we got lunch done in a whirlwind, and then ran to make the program for the baptism. Which, as it turns out is really hard to do in Spanish!!! So that took about an hour and a half, a good hour longer than we were planning on. And by this point, we were in the middle of the siesta, so nothing was open where we could make copies! We finally found a place, and then hightailed it to the church! We got there just in time to get everything set up before people started to come. And then the miracle, people came! We had a good 20 people there! It was so great! We had a really really great service, and I sang at this one as well. Which may have been a bit of a mistake, I have had a lot more requests to sing now. And that was Saturday. But the more intersting part comes on Sunday.
Sunday started out pretty normal. We went to relief society and everything, no problems. And I sang in Sunday School per request of the teacher. And then sacrament meeting. I dont know if I have said before, but Damian has a very difficult time paying attention, especially in sacrament. He is very disruptive, and he likes to hit his brother all the time. This sacrament was the worst. And, right as he was about to get confirmed, a dog somehow made it into the chapel. So there was a good 5-10 minute period of time where everyone was chasing this dog around, thrying to get it out. So finally this dog gets out and Damian recieves the Holy Ghost. But then he started running around the chapel and misbehaving. It was unpleasant. And Hemrana Durham and I spent most of the time chasing him around and trying to get him to behave, because his mother didnt come to church. But the kicker is what happens after church.
All of the primary children here run around all the time, so we didnt think much of it when he ran off after church. But after a while, we simply could not find him. He had run part way down the block and found a part empty spray paint can and had spray painted his name on the side of a wall. Someone who was driving by called the police and that is how was found him. Surrounded by 2 police men and some of the ward members. It was...interesting. So we then spent the next half our talking to the police, the bishop, his mother on the phone, and the land owner. Thankfully, no charges were pressed, but how is that for a first confirmation on the mission story?! Talk about an experience I never thought I would have!!! Haha. Everything turned out okay, it just shows how much his family needs the gospel in their lives!!!
I am already out of time, I am sorry, but I did also send some pictures! I love you all so much!!!
Love,
Corinne