Two Months In the Field

Things are going good here. Just learning lots and lots and trying to teach the gospel! After I emailed last week, we went to visit the investigators we had planned but they were either not home or busy. We decided to go contacting down one calle and every house we knocked on either no one answered or if they did answer they didn’t want to talk to us. We were pretty discouraged but luckily we have an awesome district leader who helped encourage us and reminded us that hard times will come but we always need to stay positive and have faith.

We had a lesson with Brenda, who’s husband is a member but she is not. She has received all of the lessons and has been going to church with her husband and little daughter for a few years! After we reviewed all the lessons with her and shared our testimonies with her, we asked her to be baptized and she said Yes! I could feel the spirit so strong and I know she could as well! I know that Heavenly Father and her husband will help prepare her for baptism - January 19, 2018. She has a strong desire.

On Friday our landlord brought us food! She brought us fried chicken, rice, beans, tortillas and soda! The fried chicken was my favorite part. It’s a good thing there’s not a KFC around here because I would probably eat there every day! :) We also had another cita with family Juarez. They had some more questions that we are going to research and get back with them on.

Also, I’m helping my companion with his English by using a study book he has to quiz him and then grade him on. He can actually pronounce most basic words and phrases really well. What’s funny is that he learned a lot of English from listening to American music! Too bad for me that in pretty much all Spanish songs, the singers talk really fast and I can’t understand them to help me learn Spanish… None of our appointments that we had scheduled on Saturday were home, again; so we went to visit the family of Alisson because they were having a big fiesta for one of her uncles. We didn’t eat any food because we started fasting after lunch but they were kind enough to give us some of the really good looking and smelling food to take home to eat Sunday.

I’m super excited to say that Sunday marked 2 months in the field! Two of our investigators showed up to church; also to our surprise, Presidente Urrea showed up too! It was great to see him at our church building. The teachers for Gospel Principles weren’t there, so we ended up teaching that class. Although it was a little difficult for me, we still taught a great lesson! And I found out during lunch that I don’t like Nopales (cactus). After lunch, we went to visit the familia Juarez and we were able to have a lesson with them. We asked if they had any questions or doubts and the questions they had led us into a 3 ½ hour lesson on the Plan of Salvation. It took so long because we (Elder Anastacio) explained the parts very slow and as clearly as possible, stopping every now and then to make sure they understood, and it was a great lesson! They are progressing so much! Overall, things are going pretty good with our investigators! Alisson is slowly progressing but at least she is progressing!

I love you so much Mama! Thank you for everything!