Hey family, we found out this week that the place that we have been meeting at for church no longer wants us to meet there. So we have two more weeks there. When they had looked for a place previously this is the only place they could find that would let us rent it for one day out of the week. Everything else we would need to rent permanently and the church is not sure that they want to do that. When we would only use it once or twice a week. So we shall see what happens. I personally don't think that the lord will let us be homeless:) So we will just have to see what we can figure out.
On Wednesday Lacy and her three kids came to FHE. She had been staying at a friends house for the last three days. She decided to go to an organization on the island that helps with abuse victims and they decided that the best solution was to relocate her. So she announced that she would be moving off island. She didn't know when or where, but they were going to move her. She expressed to us how important it was to her to get baptized before she had to leave the island. So we decided to contact President Haight and try to get him to the island as soon as possible to do her interview and then we would have her be baptized as soon as possible even if it was a small baptism. On Wednesday as she was talking to the group she said that even though she may be poor and have hardly nothing the worst is over and she can handle being a little poor. She seemed happy and relieved. We all had no idea what was going on, until it all escalated. We got to teach them primary last week, Angie, Ally, and Luke. Those three little kids have such sweet spirits. I really came to love them in such a short time and I am going to miss them.
So the plan was to have her be baptized here as soon as possible. But we were later told that she would be leaving really soon, she couldn't tell anyone where or when. So we are going to do the baptism where ever she is when she gets settled. We found out yesterday that she is now off island at a shelter somewhere. She wont be allowed to contact anyone for a while and we may never be able to know where she lives. They want to make sure that her and her three kids are kept safe. But in a little while she may be able to tell us what town she lives in so that we can get her connected with a ward so that she can be baptized. So we pray everyday that she is well and safe. I am not worried about it though. Definitely didn't plan out how we were thinking but she is safe and is in good hands. I realized that this was probably the Lord's plan. I don't think that she was ever meant to stay on this island. Maybe she needed the gospel at this time to give her the courage to get her and her kids out of a bad situation. So it has been quite the week but the church is still true and life is still good here on the island.
On Thursday we decided to go to the store to buy some paper for a project and we saw a woman that we had met on the ferry. Her and her husband are from Salvador and they have two kids. We asked if we could help her with her groceries and walked with her to her apartment. She invited us in and we visited for about a half an hour. And she invited us to come back. So Cool! So we went by yesterday and shared a little bit about the restoration with her and she invited us back again. We are waiting for some Spanish supplies. She speaks pretty good English but cannot read it. She is such a sweet lady and we are excited to get to teach her. We have been getting to talk to a lot of people on the bus lately which has been fun. They got us season bus passes which we were really excited about.
Many good things are happening here:) We will miss Lacy but all is well! Sorry that today is a short one. I hope that everyone has a fantastic week. The church is true! And I can't imagine life without it. I love you all!
Love Sister Abbey Lou Rushton
