We had a kind of heartbreaking experience this week. We went to visit with an investigator named Martha who has been praying about the church for quite some time. We taught her about humility and that we need to be willing to accept the answers that the Lord gives us, even when they aren't exactly what we want. The lesson went well and she seemed to understand, but when we asked her about how her prayers were going she told us that she had received her answer. That's usually a good sign...unless you're Hermana Larsen. She said that she was reading the bible with the question of why there have to be so many churches (which we've explained a trillion times) and she read a scripture that said something about how God is the God of everyone and that He is everywhere. So she said that her answer was that since God is everywhere we don't have to go to church to be able to worship Him and that He will still bless her if she stays home and reads her scriptures on Sundays. That she doesn't have to chose one church. Wow... Then she said something that really bothered me. "I have the answer that I want." We had just spoken about receiving the answers that the LORD wants for us and not what WE want so I asked her, "So is this just the answer that YOU want or is it what the Lord wants for you?" She is convinced that it is the Lord's answer and that she doesn't need to get baptized again. (She's been baptized in three different churches and feels like she is disrespecting God if she does it again.) I cried when we got into the car after that lesson. It's so sad how successful Satan is in deceiving the hearts of people. They have the gospel right in front of their noses and they don't see it. It's really frustrating sometimes. Anyway, I pray that Martha will have an opportunity again in the future to receive the gospel and that her heart will be softened enough that she will recognize the truth that it contains. In the meantime, I'm just going to have to be humble enough to accept that the Lord's answer to my prayers for her baptism is "no". After all, how am I going to teach that to someone if I'm not willing to apply it to me, right? Here is the new weird food of the week. Mondongo. A.k.a. Menudo. If you don't know what it is, I'll give you a hint. It's very chewy, rubbery, slimy, and any other disgusting texture words that you can come up with. Any ideas yet?...That's right, COW STOMACH. Yum???... It was in a soup that a member gave us. I knew that I had heard the word before and that it was something I didn't want to eat, but I didn't know exactly what. I made sure to eat it all first before asking what it was. I tried chewing the little chunks, but didn't get very far, so I started swallowing the pieces whole just to get through it. Afterwards, I found out that Hermana Basurto had a hard time with it too. Haha! And I thought that she would have liked it. She said she was amazed at how quickly I ate all of mine and she was wondering how I did it. I told her that I swallowed everything whole and that, luckily, I only had like four or five pieces in my bowl. She said, "Lucky! I had a ton in mine!" We had a good laugh about it after and prayed that we wouldn't get sick:) Don't worry, we didn't. I just hope that I don't have to eat it again! I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week! Love,Hermana Larsen