July 3, 2012 Hey, how do you walk? (Hola como andás) Aren´t literal translations SO fun? That means like whats up. How are you all doing? Happy birthday Mady and America! You all are having a crazy week huh? My last one was pretty good. I am writing today because there was an invasion from Chile and we all had to come to the offices. :) Chiste. We had zone conference all day and we had so much to talk about. We mostly talked about obedience which was long overdue but good to hear and be reminded of. It reminded me of a really cool scripture I found at the end of 1st Chronicles when David is giving his son Solomon the kingdom and the charge to build the temple---"Be strong...and do it!" There are so many opportunities for us to make decisions every day. There is not white to grey to black of obedience. President Avila made it very clear that there is just obedecer and desobedecer. Everytime we choose to obey, our self control strengthens, along with other God-like attributes like faith, testimony, and wisdom. I learned a lot, and so it was great. I have to tell you all about this last week! The Gutierrez Family. They were a reference from Hermana Adela, the bishop´s wife. She is SUPER nice and always has someone new for us to visit, along with a nice warm bolivian treat whenever we see her. Anyways, the Gutierrez Family is super hard to find, because they work very hard and are only home on Tuesdays and Thursdays and sometimes Saturdays in the night time. Well we went out on Tuesday and when we got there (about a 30 minute walk to the middle of nowhere) they said that they were just about to go out to take in the honey. I had no idea what that meant. But as Jorge (dad) gathered the firewood, I started to understand. We all drove out to this lone tree in their huge field of lettuce and tomatoes and then I saw the GINORMOUS bee´s nest. We were harvesting it! They readily accepted our offer to help back at the house before we knew what we were doing. When I saw the nest, I knew why. About 3 feet tall and 2 feet thick or wide, the nest was full of sleeping bees. Well we lit the fire to get the smoke which really handicaps bees, and as they started to fall off stunned, we started to cut the nest and collect the pure honey (Which tasted very delicious thank you Winny the Pooh). I didn´t get stuck once. Neither did my comp, but the youngest son, Juan Pablo got stung right on his neck, which is funny because he was farthest away from the nest the whole time. We had a lot of fun and definitely got the blood goin. We were totally not expecting that though! We just took off our sweaters and ninja-tied them around our heads to protect us. Well that was fun. Juan Pablo went back to the house and came back with a lighter and a flamethrower made from his Adidas body spray. He got his revenge... Anyways we got done and had a short, really great lesson with the whole family and the nieghbor that helped sacar the miel. On Thursday, we had a great lesson with them again, and this time the sister of the mom came and she liked to talk a lot and tried to bible bash but my momma taught me not to fight so she got bored and eventually quieted down. Saturday night came, and we had yet another excellent lesson with this divine family. We talked about who Christ was for each one of them, and something that He did that they liked. After talking, we brought up baptism, and every single one of the family (6 people) accepted without protest the challenge to be baptized on the 14th. When asked what quesitons they might have, the Hermana said, "well... will the water be warm?" And then she started laughing. (For all you who want to know, its winter time here, and the water will NOT be warm :)) Anyways, I just wanted to tell you about the one super prepared family that we have found thanks to a reference from a member! Think about that person in your life who you have doubts would accept the Gospel and missionaries, and pray about them. And then tell the elders about them! The Lord is ALWAYS preparing men´s heart to recieve the Good News! I love you guys and hope you are happy and lovin life. I pray for you Elder Daybell