Week 35 "I'm back in Nicoya"

This week Lij said his Mission President brought him back to Nicoya.  After almost a week of being gone, he is excited to be back.  He is working with a few families that are progressing and is suppose to have a baptism soon.  He is grateful to still be with companion, he calls him his "hijo" and he loves him.  We love this boy and we are grateful for how hard he works.  

Week 34 "We are opening a new area"

Elder Larson and Elder Arriola got a call Monday morning telling them that they need to go to Huerca, which is on the coast to find housing for themselves.  They are going to open the area that has never been successful.  It was opened briefly last year for 6 weeks, but was immediately closed.  It sounds like they have quite the challenge on their hands.  

Lij told us that he tried coffee for the first time....actually cafe de maiz.  It's what the church gives to investagators to replace their regular coffee habit.  He said it was delicious!  hahaha....he wants us all to try it.  

He was a little bummed this week.  He and his companion went and bought $80.00 worth of food.  They hadn't had that much food in awhile.  They were a little disappointed after a long day to come home and have more than half of the food covered in ants.  Lij said that his companion almost started crying. 

He said that he will miss Nicoya.  He loves it there.  He loves the investigators and especially his cook and her family.  He said he will really miss them.

Week 33 "I love Nicoya"

Well I never told you how bad the excema is, basically the doctor told me that he can't cure me, and that it was pretty serious! I went and got needles stuck in my behind, I'm on pills for 21 days have a cream I have to use everyday till I get home from my mission andI have an emergency cream!

Todays the first time I've woken up without bloody eyes/arms in a long time! I'm feeling better.   The doctor told me that both of you have to have had excema genetically for mine to be this bad!  He said that his goal is to control it till I get home and then it will be fine!

This week I served in the most dangerous part of Costa Rica, its called the Carpio.  I basically didn't get to work too much because I had to go to San Jose for three days so that I could go to the doctor.  I taught a family and they all started bawling because I listened to the spirit.   Other missionaries visited this family over a year ago but never invited them to church, and the lady broke down and said "I have prayed everyday since I was nineteen that the Lord would send me someone, that He would answer my prayers but no one came until you all.   Why didn't anyone come?" and she sobbed sobbed and sobbed she is 65 and it was sad.