Cinnamon Rolls Do The Trick!!

Pedro and Victoria.

Say No To Drugs, Say Yes To Tacos!

One of Krista's Dad's old mission
companions, Kevin Ferrin,
is in the ward Krista is serving in!!!

Holaa!!!!! :)

So last Monday we had FHE with Esmiralda and Christopher (the one who we made a cake for). It was okay.... they are such a great family.  We were trying to get her daughter to join in on the lesson but she wouldn't. Esmiralda had Lendy when she was 18 and Lendy had her first kid when she was 15!!!! and Lendy is now 26. CRAZY. We also have been meeting with this girl named Nancy, and I love her!!  She questions everything and claims that she is a pagan. but we just think she just says that because she likes the idea of it haha but she is the only person that actually keeps her commitments! I love it!  She prays every day and reads, too!  She is super smart and I love it!  We also have been teaching Pedro to read and we have also been teaching him to pray for over 6 weeks and he still has been refusing to pray out loud, but last night we got him to pray!!!!  Well, sorta.  We pretty much forced him to! While hermana flores kept trying to persuade him, I knew that wasnt going to work so I just got on my knees, and pretended he said "ok" haha so everyone else followed me, and waited and he still wouldn't, so Hna Flores said "repeat what I say" so she said "Dear Heavenly Father..(in Spanish)." "Now what are you thankful for.." and he just went from there!!!  It was so exciting!!! We also invited him to be baptized.. I'm not sure what he said, but I think it was along the lines of "eventually" ...we'll see.  Last night we also invited Sandra to be baptized... I'm not sure what she said either... I think she needs it to be explained a little bit better. I think she will though. she said "pues, si, pero, i was baptized when i was a baby in the catholic church,"  so anyways... we will explain it better next time.  We ran out of time because we had to be home, but that is exciting!  We also had to go on another transfer with an English sister which is sooo frustrating. because my companion knows just as much Spanish as I do, so in one of our lessons... well it was just really not good.  We had a lesson with this man named Dolores, and it did not go well, but we went back to teach him again and apparently we thought we told him that we were going to bring him a gift (a Book of Mormon) and he thought we were asking for an offering. oops. There is also another family, Joaquin and Brenda, they are not married, but Joaquin was baptized 6 years ago with his active family that lives next door. He is not active, so we have been teaching his "esposa" Brenda. And we got them to go to church on Sunday! It was so great! We brought them cinnamon rolls at 8 and they showed up at church at 9!  It was so perfect!  Hopefully our lesson with them tonight goes well.  Well that's about it.  We meet interesting people all the time... OH YEAH so we were waiting for a member who was coming with us to Brenda's lesson and guess who walked right in front of our car across the street!?!?! CARLOS!! We have been trying and trying to get a hold of him but he wouldn't answer or return our calls!!!! So I jumped out and yelled "Carlos!!!! (with a big smile of course!) Como esta!!?!?!" and he points at his watch and says something and keeps walking.... so I say NO NO!!! COMO ESTA! and I motioned for him to come over but he kept walking. REALLY?! I was SOO bummed. and mad. how rude! anyways. hahahah. i guess that's life. Sorry buddy! There goes your salvation. But yep! That is all I can think of for now. OH and on P day since it was a holiday we weren't able to email!!! So instead, we used that time and went to the bakery!! It was this HUGE building - kinda like a candy factory, but it was a bakery factory! with Mexican baked goods!!! It was so fun! Oh and a woman named Griselda got baptized! Hermana Flores taught her a little bit and then she was supposed to get baptized, but she went to Hondouras and when she came back she got baptized! So she is feeding us tonight.  Also, Elder Davis who has been here for like 9 months of his mission and baptized 10 members in our ward, is leaving today, so they had a party for him and forced me to eat SO much food. I was full for 2 days. The people here are so fun, I love them. I hope everything is going well! 

I love you so much! 

Sister Dedrick :)