Carrying the Banner: Chapulines

Hola mi familia!

I seriously don't think I have ever had a bad week on my whole mission. I am so blessed! I love it here! This week we had a lot of fun and saw good progress, so it was definitely a success.

On Sunday, two of our investigators, Daniel and Maria, showed up to church! It was the miracle of the century. We have been teaching them seriously for a little over a month now, and they are incredible. They sell amazing Mexican food out of the back of their house, and do fairly well. Daniel is about 20 years younger than Maria, he is about 40 and she is about 60, but they are a hilarious married couple. Love has no age boundaries. Haha. Anyways, their progression is hilarious. Throughout every lesson, they go back and forth multiple times between "oh yeah, we need to step it up and do this and this," and “we're already doing so good though! We’re good!" The Spirit is strong every time, and they feel the Holy Ghost pushing them to do more. By the end of our last lesson, they decided they needed to come to church…..but somehow made the conclusion they needed to go to their old Catholic Church??? Not sure how they got that... Haha. But anyway, on Sunday we had a HUGE surprise when they walked into the chapel! They haven't had a Sunday off working in years and years; so it was a BIG deal for them to take time to come to church. The branch went crazy and really welcomed them. They loved it and are going to come again next week! Woohoo!

On Monday, we went to dinner at Mimis and Rocio's house with their brother, Ernesto! Last week Ernesto told the elders that we should all come over and try chapulines. We had no idea what it was, but you know I'm always up to try new foods. At their house they hand us plates with eggs and beans, and tortillas, and then tell us to prepare ourselves for the chapulines, and to promise them that we would eat them... Mimis then brings out the chapulines.... Translation: GRASSHOPPERS. So we ate grasshopper tacos for dinner! Mmm… Grasshoppers. They were crunchy and had a little bit of a sweet/bitter after-taste, but really were pretty tasty.