Hola Hola! I’m sorry I didn’t write yesterday, there was problems with the website but yeah we have a little time to write right now! This past week we were able to find 3 new investigators, one of them is Esteban, more on him later but he is a super awesome guy.
Tuesday - Holy fetch it’s 2019!! So many things happened this past year, I can’t even believe it. I was able to end the year with 12 baptisms, one for every month of the year! That makes me super happy. I was also able to meet some super awesome families and other people in general. I had some tough times with companions, the language, quite a few things, but I’m grateful I had the opportunity to have those difficulties and learn and grow from them. Thankfully, I still have time left in my mission to keep learning and growing, I just need to be more diligent and try/do better and harder!
Wednesday we had a lesson with Nicolasa that went super good, well until the end. We taught her about the Word of Wisdom and she agreed to what we asked her to do. We also taught the law of Chastity and she accepted to live by it, but then she told us that she isn’t married to her “husband”. They have two daughters in their 20s and have been living together for a long time, but aren’t married. She is such an awesome lady so we are going to keep teaching her and try to see if we can convince her and her “husband” to do what they need to do to get married, so she can be baptized. We also were able to find 9 contacts by knocking on doors that day.
Thursday we were able to make Esteban a new investigator! We believe he understood everything we taught him in our lesson about the Plan of Salvation. We explained all about baptism, how it is done and what it means to be immersed in the water then to rise out of it; and after we explained it, he gladly accepted to be baptized on the 2nd of March. It was super awesome! We also met with Alfredo, Linda and Angel to make sure they are continuing to grow their testimonies.
Saturday most of our citas fell through but we were able to find 8 contacts. It took time and perseverance as it always does but thankfully we were able to find them. One man we talked to told us after we introduced ourselves as missionaries “No thanks, I’m an artist.” So we said well we are here to share a message about Jesus and his restored gospel to which he replied, “No that’s all lies.” And then shut the door. That was the most interesting rejection I’ve gotten but oh well. At least we gave him the opportunity to choose.
Holy smokes Sunday was a fantastic day and it was all because of a surprise visit I had at church. We walked in and I didn’t notice them at first, but my companion was behind me and told me to turn around and look in the corner. So I turned and saw Vianey and Victor! I wanted to yell in excitement but I refrained. It was fantastic to see them. Victor even brought me tacos! I shared them with my companion later that night and oh man they were so good! Their visit made up for the fact that none of our investigators came to church. Nicolasa did but went to a different ward that started later but at least she went to both hours of church. The surprise visit from Vianey and Victor was super awesome though!
Wow that’s awesome you had so many people for New Years! Did you guys light off fireworks too? Did Shawn put on a show? Any who thank you so much for the email! I don’t have a lot of time to write so I wasn’t able to write everyone. Tell them I’m sorry!
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| Me with Vianey, Victor and Elder Hernandez |
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