Half way- the spiritual update!
We have had our first baptism since arriving in Aberystwyth ! The elders had met Marcela a couple of months before we arrived, but it didn't work out for one reason or another. But under divine orchestration, the elders ended up knocking on the door of Marcela's mother, and Marcela happened to be there. Marcela's mom ended up taking the lessons and was baptised this past January, just a week before we arrived. Marcela was attending the Monday night FHE and Wednesday Institute nights but was not taking the missionary lessons. One day as Tony & I were trying to find someplace for lunch, we ended up at 3-4 different places where the wait for a table was just too long. So we decided to go to the grocery store Tesco, where Marcela worked in the cafe so that we could have a tounch point with her. We ended up having lunch & a conversation with her that eventually lead her to offically take the missionary discussions! She has had quite the life for a young ...