Hola Mamá! Things are going pretty good with a few of our investigators! This past week we only found 4 new investigators but its good! It’s rained every day this week in the afternoon and evening and is changing to the cold season here so every night and morning it’s cold!! Everyone keeps saying it’s only going to get worse too. I don’t remember it being so cold like this last year.
Monday we had to go to the Zone Leaders to pick up some things so we took advantage of being up by the center of Tula to go to a supermarket that’s a lot better than the one we have in our area. After emailing you and doing our wash, one of the appointments we had planned fell through but it was still a pretty good day.
Tuesday we had a district meeting and talked a lot about baptism and the importance of really helping our investigators prepare, how we can know if we have an investigator who is really interested, if they are going to progress and if they have a testimony of the Restoration. It was a really great meeting and great motivation. Later in the day we went to try and find two brothers who live far away. We moved them into the Former Investigators section of the area book during our first transfer here because we weren’t able to get ahold of them or find them in their houses. But one of the missionaries who was in this area before explained to us during zone conference what we needed to do to find them. We were finally able to find them and set an appointment to come back and teach them. How awesome!
Wednesday was a great and wet day. In the afternoon we had a lesson with Marcos, but when we were on our way to where he lives, which is pretty far to walk, it started raining. I had my rain jacket but my companion didn’t have a jacket or umbrella and it rained harder and harder as we were walking. We ended up running in the end to get to Marcos’ house because my companion was getting drenched and my pants were as well. We made it there though and had a super awesome lesson. He is such an awesome guy and participates in the lessons, is reading the Book of Mormon and the pamphlets we gave him little by little. He is busy with work and other things but is interested and wants to learn more so he is making time to read, pray and move things around with his work so he can come to church. I love this guy a lot. He makes me think of Victor from my last area in Villa del Carbón.
Thursday we had a lesson with Izabel and Gilberto. This time we mainly asked questions to get to know their needs so we can help resolve them and help them feel more sure that this is the right and only true church. Later we had a lesson with Jonathan and Lesli and we talked with them about The Family: A Proclamation to the World and really emphasized the importance of marriage. This time we were able to lead the discussion and include Lesli more. It was a really great lesson. I feel like we were able to help Jonathan realize why he has the doubts and fears he does about marriage and about the church. We still have to keep working with them both but in time, they will change. After that we had a lesson with a recent convert named Antonio and his family. They are a super great family, and not just because they gave us candy for Dia de los Muertos 😀, but because they have great faith and are working hard to prepare to go to the temple.
Friday was a really rainy and cold day which made it interesting but fun when we went to look for former investigators in La Romera where Marcos lives. Because we were close we decided to pass by his house to see how he is doing. He has been praying and mentioned to us that he feels like he is on the right path and wants to keep learning and progressing! How awesome! Right now he can’t come to church because he works on Sundays from 8 to 12 or 1 p.m, but he is trying to figure out a solution. When we got home we got a call from our D.L. announcing some new rules we have in the mission. Supposedly in all of Mexico we are not allowed to instant message with our families through Google Hangouts on Mondays any more. Another rule we have, just for our mission, is that our time to write President, check referrals and write our families has been cut down to 1 hour. I don’t know why it’s changed but I had a special calm feeling and prompting that I need not worry or get angry but that everything will be okay and I just need to be obedient. This was a very powerful feeling so I will do my best to be obedient to these new rules. - D&C 76: 5-10
Saturday we went to visit with Izabel about how we can help her prepare for her baptism that is scheduled for the 24th of November. They are a super awesome family and have been changing since their son Gilberto was baptized and has been serving a mission. In fact, he will get home this month on the 20th. Later we decided to visit Joel, Maria de Lourdes and the kids to see how they were doing and invite them to church. The kids told us they are super excited and want to go to church!!
That’s good that you got back from your trip in time to have the bonfire at the Zamoras! That is crazy though that there weren’t that many kids who went by for candy. Oh well, it’s their loss! Haha. I love that talk! (Try, Try, Try by President Eyring). Thank you for sharing it with me! I’m going to go back and listen to it! I love you so much! Have a great week!
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