Elder Jakob Lutze: Semana 27 (Don't Drink the Lemonade... It has Turned!)

Buenas!!!

This week was pretty good! The bucket showers are still going strong, and the stars are still shining brightly! Life in good old San Felix is slow, but it's a good life!

One of the highlights this week was that a lady gave us strawberries! I can't remember the last time I had eaten a strawberry. The frozen ones she gave us were absolutely delicious. Just about what I'd imagine the fruit in Lehi's dream tasted like.

There was also a child selling lemonade. Her mom came up to us, and was giving us this big old story, and we couldn't refuse the little girl. So we ended up buying some lemonade that was given to us in some very sketchy plastic cups. I was pretty sure I was about to be poisoned by an 8 year old, but there was nothing I could do. Did I have some digestion problems after? Yes, yes I did. But I made a little girl 25 cents richer. So worth it.

Also the digestion problems I mentioned occurred on our way back from district counsel. Ya know on the 1.5 hour bus ride. HaHa! I thought about going to the bathroom before we left, like your parents tell you to do before a long trip, but I didn't. I should have learned from all the long car trips I've taken. Anyways, I slept most of the ride, but then I woke up with about 15 minutes left of the ride, and I literally have never had to go to the bathroom so badly. That little girl's lemonade really messed me up. It was probably the longest 15 minutes of my life. Very painful. But, I made it back ok. I couldn't stop laughing about the whole experience.

Then there was Bonifacio this week. Bonifacio is a recent convert of about 10 months or so. Elder Benitez and I were just chilling in our house at night, and suddenly we just heard a voice, and someone walking very slowly into our house. This was the second time I about crapped my pants this week... it was literally so scary. He just walked into our house. He asked, "I have a little question, can I borrow your phone?" Then he called his "friend." (We are pretty sure it's his girlfriend.) Idk. The whole thing was weird. But I love that guy.

Something exciting this week - we put Clemira on date to be baptized! She will be baptized March 18. She is a pretty old lady, but we've been working hard with her, and she is just a light. I love her a lot. She is the lady that gave us the strawberries! We are also teaching some other pretty promising people! So we'll see what happens in the coming weeks!

On Saturday we had the tarde blanca mission wide! My good old friend Juan got baptized!! The tarde blanca was pretty cool! We went to David with our friend William, who is a member, and just got to watch a ton of people get baptized. It was pretty awesome! We didn't have anyone being baptized, but it's always fun to support! The mission Panama is literally the best mission in the entire world!

As for my spiritual thought, I'd like to share an experience I had on Sunday. The traveling APs came to spend the day with us. So we planned a crazy day. I went with Elder Castillo. He's a pretty awesome guy. We were teaching a man named Daniel. For a good chunk of the beginning of the lesson this man had about a -5 interest. It didn't help that he was a bit old either. However, I started to share and testify about Joseph Smith, and never have I seen such a quick change in anyone. The Spirit truly just took hold of this man. By the end of the lesson he had a date to be baptized, he wanted to come to church,