Chinches/Bedbugs

This week.... We had chinches aka bed bugs. Not fun at all. So we slept at a different place while the pest control guy sprayed, he told us we could stay at our place that night as long as we didn't step on the carpet. So... we did but we kept getting bites. He came back to spray again and informed us that he had mixed up the sprays and used the "mild" one instead of the super strong one. After three nights of still sleeping there. Haha but it's all good. I have so many bits probs like 17-20 on my face, a bunch on my arms and legs, even some on my stomach. Hopefully they will go away soon!!! 

This week was very similar to last week. Mostly trying to get to know the members of the Spanish ward here, Madera 3rd. Also we are trying to talk to anyone and everyone that will listen to us. We are finding more people that don't want to listen to us haha but that's okay. It's interesting because a lot of the people here are Catholic but when we try and ask them what Christ means to them, or what they believe, they basically just say that it's just what they believe or it's just God. We want them to see that they can have a relationship with God and that our message can help them in everyday life. They just don't really see it that way, but it's okay! We can only help them if they are willing to listen and act. 

But back to the ward. The ward here is so great. They are so sweet to us. All the women are super motherly and just want to take care of us. Many of them are super willing to help us find people to teach or come with us to lessons. They are also fabulous cooks. I'm definitely going to try and get them to teach me. 

There's this video that was made a long time ago by our Church, it is called "They gave up their Christmas" and you remember the Church's vineyard I was talking about last week? Well the video is literally about the vineyard here in my area and the people in the video, the spanish ward they talk about is literally the ward that I am serving in right now. Like most of the people in that video are probably still here. https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2011-05-01-they-gave-up-their-christmas?lang=eng Here is the link to the video if you want to see. So cute. Love these people. 

Me encanta mi tiempo aqui en el campo y tambien aqui en Madera. Se que Jesucristo es nuestro Salvador y podemos sentir paz en nuestras vidas cuando oramos, leemos las escrituras y sirvimos otras personas. Espero que hagamos algo este semana para crecer mas cerca a Dios. Se que recibira bendiciones mediante sus esfuerzos. 

Pics: Huge mango the size of my face, me and my companion (Hermana Malmstrom, from Utah), mis picaduras de chinches (my bed bug bites). 

Love yall!!!!