Hola Mamá! ¡Me va muy bien! Y tu? Last Monday after p-day we
were able to have a lesson with a new family of contacts and teach them about
the restoration and them make them new investigators. We had 5 new
investigators and it was only Monday!
Tuesday, we had a couple lessons with recent converts to see
how they are doing and to start teaching them the missionary lessons again to help
them continue to progress and grow their testimonies. Luz Maria was one of them.
She got baptized the Saturday before my companion and I got here. She is in her
30’s and has 4 kids. She is now separated from her husband and it’s a tough
situation, but we are going to do our best to help her and the family. Another
recent convert is a 9-year-old boy who is just hilarious. We’ve been to his
house before to eat lunch with his family. They are such a fun and awesome
family so the lessons we have are always entertaining. Humberto, the
9-year-old, and his little sister call us their uncles! I like that a lot.
Wednesday we went to an appointment we had with Marcus. He lives
in an area we had never been to before and honestly, we didn’t know it was part
of our area. Any-who, Marcus is a really cool guy who has dreadlocks and has
worked in construction his whole life, helping his dad when he was younger and
now starting a business with some family members. He believes in God and Jesus
but isn’t in any religion. The lesson we had with him was just super awesome. We
taught him about the Restoration, asked him questions throughout and gave him a
Book of Mormon and invited him to read it, pray about it and the lesson. Then
we invited him to be baptized and he accepted! The baptismal date we put for
him is December 1st and he seemed really okay and happy about it!
Thursday we had a lesson with a couple named Jonathan and
Lesli. Jonathan is an inactive member and has been for 15 years. Lesli isn’t a
member but is very interested in learning about the church and even wants to
get baptized. The only problem is that they aren’t married and he doesn’t want
to get married. He doesn’t think it’s necessary but also is afraid of divorce
because he has seen many people in his family get married and then later get divorced.
He is a very cool and nice guy and doesn’t want to change from being a member of
the church but is very confused in many aspects of the church and doctrines. He
told us his "wife" can come to church if she wants but she’s not going to
progress because he doesn’t want to get married. He also told us it will be
rough for her to understand what we teach her, but he doesn’t give her the
credit she deserves. So for them, we first have to help Jonathan to get Lesli
but at least for now we are going to continue lessons and try to get her to come
to church.
Friday we had a short lesson with the son of a woman who
owns a small tiendo named Ismael. It was short. He hasn’t been progressing and
told us he wants to learn more about our church and the word of God but that he
doesn’t want to get baptized and change his religion. We are going to pass by a
couple more times to see if we can change his mind, but if not, we are going to
have to drop him. Then we went to visit an inactive girl named Tania. I think I
wrote about her before but she is from Idaho and grew up mainly in the US. She
hasn’t been active for a while and has been in Mexico for 5 years with her
husband and 2 daughters who are super adorable. She’s is stuck here in Mexico
because her papers and ID got stolen a couple of years back but she is working
with her parents to get whatever documentation she can so she can go back to
the states. We are trying to help her start reading the Book of Mormon, pray
and come to church to re-activate her.
Saturday we went to see Joel, Maria and the kids. At first
we were just talking outside with Joel and it wasn’t going good. He told us he
doesn’t like reading the Book of Mormon because it is the same story over and
over again and he doesn’t understand it (even though he’s only read 1st
and 2nd Nephi). He only reads the Bible. He also said he doesn’t
need to go to church or talk to anyone to get the help he needs because he has
Jesus to help him so that’s all he needs is Jesus and the Bible. We were all getting
frustrated, until Maria came out and told us God told her she needed to come
out into the cold and talk with us to hear the Word of God. We decided to go
into the house and say a prayer so we could talk more calmly. In the end we apologized
to each other and he told us that he and Maria would be at church Sunday with
the kids. Maria is a really special woman and I feel bad for a lot of things
she has been through in her life.
Sunday was great! We had 6 investigators during sacrament
meeting! Izabel and Gilberto, then Maria with her 3 kids and Joel came! Joel doesn’t
count for us because he is a member but it was still super awesome he and Maria
were there with the kids and also Izabel with her husband Gilberto. We also had
the primary program and it was really cool and fun to see.
So I’ve been thinking a lot about families and found some
quotes I want to share with you about family and marriage and how it is the
little things that keep us happy together. They are some lessons I want to take
into my future marriage, when I get back from the mission haha, and some
different and fun ideas to do!
"I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the
love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that
makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your
companion's joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and
soften the sorrows of your companion." Henry B. Eyring
"True love blooms when we care more about another
person than we care about ourselves." Jeffrey R. Holland
"A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers."
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| With my amazing Halloween package! |
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| One of the fun "Coco" cookies in my package |
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| Sharing treats with my district |
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| Another fun "Coco" cookie |
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