Week 67

Mid-July heat in the south:P
Bonjour!

This week was great! We worked HARD... We saw a lot of people this week and we got a baptismal date!! Yay! His name is Lalo. He is nine:) and he has the most solid spirit ever! He stays at Paola's house on the weekends and has been coming to church. He set his own date for August 8th. I hope o can stay in this area long enough to see it:)

So this Monday we went over to one of our members house who's name is Yelina. We got there and she announced to us that she had been invited to sing the Nacional Anthem at a Peru celebration at the White House this week!!! She had just a day to accept and she wasn't sure if she was going to do it. She had never sang the Nacional Anthem and so she asked us to help her learn the pronunciation. She did a great job, and in the end she accepted:D she was so exited and she sounds fantastic! Apparently she used to be a famous singer in Peru a while back.... Sometimes I feel like everyone in Nashville is some kind of undercover famous/supper talented person!!

The rest of the week was pretty normal. We finally got the car by Wednesday only to have it taken away again for a "safety recall" Saturday morning. The car has been in the dealership shop since and we hope to get it back tonight... Only to get it taken away again Wednesday morning. I feel like we never have the car:(

This Saturday I met a lady who was from San Luis Potosí. She had her family still living there and as we talked it sounded like they lived pretty close to where my grandmother lived. This lady was Christian though and she told us her story about how she converted after so many years of being a devoted catholic. It was a great story! She had a lot of knowledge about the Bible and was all about Jesus, but she was so closed off by her knowledge she just wouldn't listen. I hope I never get to that point. I love knowledge but let us remember that God is the only one that knows everything. We need to be humble because you never know when God will show you a truth you didn't know before.

This morning we went fishing:) Hno Rene let us borrow his four fishing poles and we went out at around 9. We only stayed for a couple hours by 11 the heat was getting too uncomfortable. :P Hna Rudolph was the only one that was able to catch a fish and I vowed to never go finish again without an experienced fisher to guide me and put the worms on the hood for me. Before leaving though, Hno Rene taught me how to tie the hooks and all the other things on. So I guess I'm learning:) a little at a time.

This is the last week of the transfer. Sister Gus' last week. We are going to see if we have time for a Nashville trip today. This Saturday I will find out if they (and by they I mean HF) let me stay in this area for the last six weeks. It is my dying wish! Please pray for me!:)

Love, Hermana Orellana

PsI'm sorry if I haven't been able to get to everyone's email or letters:( there isn't enough time in the one P-day a week that I have but I promise to try my best:) please forgive me and know that I keep every single one of you in my prayers.


Also PS my mission address changed! Now it is.

****1646 Sunset Road Brentwood TN 37027*****

Don't send them to the old address of they won't get forwarded to me. Unless you have my actual address then I am still there for at least another week:P

The pictures:
This is Rachel and Gabriella:D
Hna Rudolph in Nashville;)
When Natalie stuffs church:P
At Daysi's:D