A Rough Week but We Are Going to Keep Trying...

Hola Hola! shoot yeah sorry about that. I keep thinking about spiritual thoughts and sending them but when I’m here in internet I forget because I get distracted, but I will do better at that. Last week was actually a rough week and ended terrible, but this week is a new week and so we are going to keep trying!

Monday after p-day we only ended the day with 2 contacts, which was rough, but what made the day super great was one of the Krispy Kreme doughnuts I ate :). Tuesday we had intercambios and I was with Mencia. We had a good day eating some super bomb tacos for lunch, getting lost while looking for a former investigator in a part of the area neither of us had been to, contacting people in the streets, and visiting some member families. Even though our lessons fell through, we did end the day with 8 investigators which was really awesome.

Wednesday we had a lesson with Isaias and it started out really great, with him, his wife, and their two oldest kids where we taught them about the Plan of Salvation. After we finished though they started asking us questions and arguing or talking really intensely about some things that weren’t true. I felt the spirit of contention during that and our lesson went way over so we were late to all other appointments and were only able to make two contacts that day. But one good part of the day was when we visited a contact name Cirilo, who told us he had been waiting for us and is very interested to learn more about the church.

Thursday when we planned to eat lunch we didn’t have four contacts yet so we continued contacting until we had to go to some appointments. Luckily and thankfully, one of the appointments we had was with Nicolasa who is super awesome and gave us food! Oh how grateful I am for all that she does for us. I like to think that I have a “mom” in every area I’ve been in and I like to think that even though she isn’t a member, she is my mom. After our lesson with her we went to a lesson with a 10-year old boy Elias, whose parents and 3 older siblings are all members but he is not. We got permission to teach him and put his baptismal date for February 2^nd. He has been to church more than is required in the past and knows a lot already so we are just reviewing the lessons and helping him prepare to be baptized. He wants his older brother Job to baptize him, which we think is a fantastic idea. Job just needs to be interviewed and then set apart on Sunday to be advanced to a Priest to so he can baptize him.

Friday we had a lesson with Jorge. He is a very smart man and remembers things he was taught by missionaries over 6 months ago. During our lesson about the Plan of Salvation he would participate by relating things we said to him and his own life. It was really surprising and really awesome. For lunch we went to the casa of a family and the wife didn’t have food ready yet so we offered to help and she taught us how to make sopes. It was really fun and they were really good. After lunch we went with the same member to visit and teach Elias. His baptism is next Saturday and we still have quite a bit of things we need to teach him before his interview. So we finished teaching the commandments and asked him the baptismal questions and he passed wonderfully. Also, we ended the day with 7 contacts and some really great lessons.

Saturday we were able to find 4 contacts before lunch! After lunch we were supposed to have a lesson with Edith and her son but they weren’t home either. So, we went to a meeting with a man who still is not an investigator, but he's very good. He is a Christian and has many questions but wants his answers only from the Bible. It is a bit difficult at times to answer his questions but thankfully we have the guide in the back of the Book of Mormon and also the footnotes in each of the Book of Mormon, Pearl of Great Price, and Bible. Because of these tools, we were able to blow his mind and prove that God talked with Moses face to face. A bit later we went to the casa of the familia Garcia Morado to have an FHE where we invited the mom of a member named Diego. Diego has been a member for 2 years and has a little sister named Melani who is 9 years old but isn’t baptized either. We had the FHE to talk with her about the importance of families and get permission to teach her daughter and also teach her to help their family become more united. She did give us permission and is interested to learn more herself. 

Sunday, we had had high hopes about church attendance because we called everyone the night before and they all said they would be going but it was an incredibly frustrating and disappointing day. None of our investigators came to church and we don’t really know why. We tried calling to see what was up and why they didn’t go and to see if we could passby but nada. I'm very sick of people not fulfilling their promises. That is one thing I have learned is to always keep promises.

Wow that’s crazy to me! and sounds like you guys have been doing a lot. Can’t they keep living there until I get back so I can live there? haha. Anywho, thank you for that quote and for your love and support! Thank you for sending the package as well! I love you guys and I hope you have a great week!

Yay for Krispy Kreme!!