Whoa! What´s up with the date in the subject line? Are you
trying to remind me how little time I have left?! Haha, no, I´m kidding
I can´t believe you lost faith in Madrid, Mom! I´m appalled! No,
I´m kidding. But I cannot even express to you how amazing that night was! I have
converted into a true Madrid fan. Before I didn´t really care too much, but the
excitement of being here in the city of both teams of the Champions final was
incredible! Actually, at first I thought it was over too. In fact everyone did.
They actually set off the celebratory fireworks in the Atletico stadium and
everything (we could see them from our apartment). Then. . . all of a sudden all
the Madrid fans below our window flipped out! It was crazy! So we knew they
scored, but then it got quiet for a awhile and we were confused. We finally
figured out they had gone into overtime and then we heard the screams for each successive goal. We were sure by the end who won. The fans were going crazy. I
can´t even imagine what the center of the city must have been like! They
started setting off fireworks right in front of our window and everything. I
was cheering too from the 3rd floor and waving my scarf around out the window. It
was amazing (I´ll send along some pics another day) And that´s how I am now a
diehard Real Madrid fan.
Sorry, there really isn´t much to tell work wise. Edgar is
from Bolivia. Sadly we found out he´s not married, so we´ll see about this
date. Also we had another lesson with him and we´re not too sure he understands
well our message. So we´ll see. I´m trying not to give up hope. Other than that
we are looking a lot and just not finding people who are truly interested and
we are having some trouble with the ward. The leaders are very hard to work
with. We´re going to shift our focus to working with the members now. The good
news is that Patricia and Joaquín are doing really great! Patricia was called
as the Relief Society secretary. She is a bit nervous, but not nearly as much as
she would have been when we first started teaching her. She has progressed so much.
Joaquín´s been having a hard time lately. Emilia´s health has been worse these
last few weeks. She also has been very different, more confused and depressed
almost, and she is in a lot more pain so that she can hardly walk. He hasn´t
been able to come to church for 4 weeks now. We finally asked the bishop yesterday
if we could just take him the sacrament. We had sort of a mini meeting. We sang and
had a prayer and gave the sacrament and a little message. He liked it, although I know
how badly he would like to go to church. At the end my companion asked if they
would like blessings. He gave Joaquín a blessing and then I gave one of health
to Emilia. It was a truly sacred experience. It was amazing to speak to her and
know that even if in her mind she couldn´t understand me, her spirit was
listening. I felt impressed to tell her that God was preparing her for the day
that He would call her back to him and that it would not be too much longer. I
blessed her that these last days with Joaquín would be some of the best and
that she would be at her best physically. At the end of the blessing she was
instantly her old self again. It was a complete change. She was happy and
amazed. She stood and walked around the room entirely on her own! She keep
saying how good she felt and asking what we had given her. I´ve never seen such
an instant and powerful reaction to a blessing. As I said it was a sacred
experience. I left their home in tears.
Well I have to go. That was what I wanted to share from this
week. Congrats to Sarah on all of her awards and to everyone for surving
school :) Thanks for keeping me updated. I love you all!
Elder Cousins
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