We had a wonderful district meeting with the elders from Vecindario and Telde on Wednesday. I am always very inspired by the testimonies of the wonderful young men. Elder Larsen gave us a wonderful message from a talk by Elder Bednar, "Converted to the Lord," about the difference between having a testimony of Christ and truly being converted to Christ. I will share just one line from that talk. "Conversion is an offering of self, of love, and of loyalty we give to God in gratitude for the gift of testimony." I think we were all very inspired by Elder Larsen's message.
And after the spiritual feast, we had a temporal feast of apple pork chops, baked potatoes (from the potatoes that we bought from the local farmer), green beans, and a favorite, Jewish Sweet Bread, topped off with chocolate cake. I love these missionaries!
Elders Dyer, Gentry, Rawlinson, and Poulson
These happy missionaries are holding their portion of the leftover Jewish Sweet Bread.
Elder Poulson is holding some vanilla extract that he asked for.
We had a wonderful day on Saturday. Elder Poulson and Elder Dyer, from Telde, had asked us if we could meet with an investigator couple, Maria and Ignacio. A couple of weeks ago, when we were with the elders, everyone was speculating as to who would be transferred next. Elder Poulson has been here a long time, and I am very sure he will leave us on the next transfer. He doesn't want to leave, so he made a friendly wager. He heard that I had made an apple pie for Hermana Grover's birthday, and he asked if I would make one for him if he stays. If he gets transferred, he is going to send me something valuable from the States, when he gets home, (something precious like brown sugar, chocolate chips, or some cans of green chiles!) Anyway, I had offered to bring a dessert to the investigator's house and decided I could make an apple pie and that way Elder Poulson could have some, even though he is most likely going to be transferred. Was I ever surprised when we pulled up to the church in Telde and Elder Dyer walked out with Elder Gentry! Elder Poulson had to go to Vecindario to give an interview to an investigator.
We had a wonderful visit with Maria and Ignacio. They are such a friendly couple, even though Ignacio does not appear friendly on first sight because of his size. Maria had fixed a huge pot of paella, and we also enjoyed her homemade mojo sauce. It was all delicious. Afterwards, we enjoyed some watermelon, and then somehow found room for the apple pie. Elder Poulson was lucky that there was a piece left to send home for him.
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