Birthday Party

What a great week!! A family we are teaching had a birthday this week!! Christian turned 13 this week. Me and my companion went to the store and got some candy for him to give him a present and then went over to their house later in the evening. They fed us dinner and we had hot dogs. This family is so amazing!! They are so humble, They have very very little but were still willing to get a nice cake for their son and have dinner with us. They are so strong and so close together. I have learned from this experience that after everything they have gone through, family is what is important and matters the most and it's so true. We sang happy birthday to him and they did the Mexican tradition of shoving the cake in his face. It was super cool to see the tradition and be a part of it. This family is so amazing and prepared! When it came time to leave it was hard to let them let us go. They said we will be partying all night and the 7 year old, Carlos, even said "you guys can spend the night" I'll include a video below!! It was super fun to go celebrate with them and see the traditions and spend time with them.  That family has definitely been the highlight of the week! They are progressing a lot and working towards baptism soon!! It's incredible how the Lord prepares people and makes them open and willing to the gospel. Sunday church is at 9 am so we messaged the family and no one answered. We decided to go to their house and make sure they were getting ready and had a ride to church and it's a good thing we did. No one was awake but they soon were 😂. And they came to church for all 3 hours!! I haven't even been as excited and happy as I was for someone to come to church as I was when they walked in the door and sat down in the chapel. I went to class with Christian and they talked about families. I was able to understand mostly everything which is super cool.

Another thing that happened is we had a staring contest with a pit bull for 10 minutes. I have grown to like dogs less and less in the past weeks. Especially when the tiny ones chase you on the bike. (Sorry all you dog lovers out there; a mission isn't very dog friendly.) My Spanish has been getting much better and it's been really cool to meet everyone here in the valley. Hope you all are doing well with the start of school. 

Nurf gun war on p-day with my zone