We set two baptismal dates at the beginning of this week! I
am so excited for both of these two incredible women. They are both from China
and have been here for a few years alone away form their families. They both
have gained a love for the scriptures and are so open to feeling the spirit and
changing their lives through making covenants with God. It's truly
wonderful.
On Thursday night at a less active families house (we go see
them every other week for dinner and a lesson) we had a very interesting
experience... The husband (the only relatively active member of the family)
gets up after we have finished the first course of pasta, and brings out a pig
leg... Just a straight up pig leg. He then proceeds to start hacking off the
skin and getting to the "cured" (which basically means they smoked it
for like 2 seconds) (so it was raw) meat and starts putting chunks on our
plates. He saw both of our faces and asked us if we were afraid. We very
politely smiled and sheepishly said yes... But we ate it anyway. Ahhhh the life
of a missionary in a foreign country. So different. So strange.
Sometimes you have a hard week and you get a cold, pull a
muscle, and get lice within about 4 days. So it was one of those weeks.
But I'm grateful for a wonderful companion that is willing
to help me deep clean and sanitize the whole apartment and then pick through my
scalp for two hours twice a day.
The work is moving forward. Hopefully next week, I'll be lice free.
Love you all.
Sorella Tokarski
