Cinco de Mayo

Today is Cinco de Mayo! Nothing is really different except for when we went to go buy our food today there were tons of people in the grocery store!

There are tons of holidays here it seems like, or maybe they are all bunched together. So far there has been Holy Week (Easter), Labor Day ( or something like it), Childrens day, this week is mothers day, and I think there was another one. 

This week was really hot, a member told us it was 52 degrees celcius!!!! Which is about 120 degrees Farhenheit. I believe it. We were sweating tons! But then the rains came!!!!! It rains really hard, but the people tell us that this is nothing, and there are hurricanes in june and july and all the streets fill with water. I think we will be fine. One day it started pouring so we took shelter in someones garage, the people who lived there (who we didnt know) invited us in their house. The rain didnt let up, but we had an appointment and they gave us umbrellas to use! The people in Campeche are really just so nice. I love them. This week we are going to return the umbrellas, and try to share a message with them, but you can tell a lot of people here are really catholic. You go in there house and they have virgin mary shrines all over the place. There is really no use trying to keep sharing the gospel with them after a couple times, because they are pretty set in their ways. 

Another thing, there are lots of Jehovahs witnesses. And they are always out and about. One day we went to go visit one of our investigators, only to find her sitting in her living room having a lesson with 2 Jehovahs Witnesses!!!! Caught red handed. 

Somedays spanish just comes out of my mouth without thinking! Those are good moments. However sometimes I still struggle with it, but I am definitely improving.

We have a baptism planned for our investigator Candy this week!!!! We are so excited. Candy is really awesome and we know that the gospel will be such a blessing in her life. She has gone through a lot and we have already seen how the gospel of Jesus Christ has been a light in her life. 

One thing that we have seen is that when people are starting to know the gospel, they face hard times, because Satan does not want them to make these choices. But some of our investigators have so much faith, they are great examples. 

We are helping one of our investigators, Cristina, to marry her boyfriend that she lives with so she can be baptized soon! She is so awesome and already has a testimony of the gospel. So we will probably be planning a wedding this month as well.

People really do change through faith and repentance, and following Jesus Christ. 

What a blessing this gospel is in our lives. We talk about eternal families so much, and it makes me miss each one of you! Hope you are having a great week!

Love you tons and tons and tons!

Hermana Stacie Fleischer