Week of Miracles

Ok so the rainy season has started up. Here in Costa Rica, there are about 3 or 4 months (May to July mas or menos). I've had to buy a strong heavy duty umbrella and take extra precautions to protect all of my stuff from water. Everything in my backpack is in a ziplock bag and I carry around plastic grocery bags incase I ever need to throw them on over my shoes, yup, that's how it's been the last couple of weeks.
 

Well this week has been incredible and a lot of stuff has happened. As the title of this entry says, it's been a week of miracles. The first miracle that I've got to tell you guys about happened this last Wednesday. We were just walking down the street and this teenage kid stopped us and asked us when we were gonna come by his house to teach him. Yeah, straight up just like that. Shocked, we set an appointment to swing by his house and teach him a lesson. The next day, in our first lesson with him, the spirit was SO strong and we set a date for him to be baptized on the 20th of June, which he accepted whole-heartedly.
 

Do you guys remember Yaslin? She's that girl that we challenged to be baptized during the baptismal service we had for Omar and Ezequiel in front of the whole crowd. Well we had her baptism this Saturday and it was beautiful. She ended up inviting all of her non-member friends which was great. They were all super interested in everything, and we ended up getting a bunch of references out of them.
 

Ok so Omar... we baptized him like 2 or 3 weeks ago and he has just been progressing and progressing ever since. Well the biggest miracle of this week happened on Sunday. Yesterday our friend and our brother Omar received the Aaronic Priesthood. This was such a special event for us and for him. Omar truly loves this gospel and wants to do everything he can to show his love for God. We are working with him and preparing him to one day enter the Temple and receive even more blessings from the Lord.
 

Well other than that, Costa Rica is better than ever. Rain Rain Rain but it's all good. I've always loved the rain and it doesn't bother me one bit. My time here in Limon is most likely coming to an end, and the Lord may have plans to send me to another city of this beautiful country. My love for these people and this language grows more and more every time I step out the door of our crappy little appartment. I know I'm supposed to be here, I know this work is a blessing.
 

Keep On Keepin' On...

- Elder Willis

Pura Vida

Yaslin