We Contacted A Man Named Satan

Dear everyone,

I hope all is well. Here's a quick update on my week:

Last week we went to La Sabana Park and played baseball. It was a lot of fun, but I got quite sunburned! Our neighbor, Will, is from Philly, and he invited us to watch the Super Bowl with him and some of his friends at a bar. He jokingly said that if anyone tried to make us drink, he'd "beat them up." We declined but told him maybe next year. He's a cool guy and said he'll go to church with us one of these Sundays before he moves.

One of our friends disappeared for around 48 hours. We said a prayer, and he showed up that night. My testimony of prayer has grown so much, and I have seen so many miracles. With school starting back up here, the traffic has been crazy. Our trips to Carpio sometimes take 20-30 minutes, but now they have been almost 2 hours, so we are considering only going once a week. One member gave us a gallon of soup and expected us to finish it in the 20 minutes that we were there!

We have been taking the future Elders out on visits with us, and they are getting some great experiences. We run into pastors quite often. Oscar and Josue got baptized on Sunday! Josue will get the priesthood soon so that he can baptize his mom in the future.

As for the title of the email, one of the media references that we got wants to be baptized, and we got to meet his dad. He was very drunk and started by telling us that his name was "Satan" and that he could see bad spirits coming for him. He could hardly walk and smelled pretty bad. It was quite the experience.

Yesterday was interesting. We had a conference with Elder Olsen of the Seventy, then had interviews with the president. Afterward, we came back and helped Hermano Guillermo clean the chapel because he is the only one that does it and is there for almost 5 hours without any help.

Overall, it was a positive week. I'm looking forward to next week and what it may bring.

Best regards,
Elder Kirby

Photos: 
Last moments with Elder Scott in Costa Rica 
Cat named Panda
Almost the whole zone 
Cool 
Josue and Oscar
Speaks for itself
.5 from the bus from Carpio 
Art? 








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