Hola Mamá! This week was much better than last week. Monday after p-day was over we talked with a man named Pedro. It was a quick lesson about the plan of Salvation, but his 9-year-old niece was there too and she asked a lot of questions like who we are, if we read the Bible and where we are from. She is such a funny, sweet, smart and outgoing little girl. We weren’t able to talk to her parents but I gave her a Book of Mormon and she looked happy to receive it and hugged it. I told her she has to read it though and that if she does, she will feel more peace and happiness and so she said she will. We plan to pass by another day and see if she has read it and see if we can talk to her parents. After that we found 6 contacts who we feel were really solid.
Tuesday in district meeting we talked more about contacting and were given the goal of talking with at least 25 people daily. We are also doing a tournament daily with a point system to contact and find new investigators. We were going against our own companions the first day and then the second day against other missionaries. We also had a couple appointments, one was with Diego to teach his little sister Melani! We finally got permission to teach her! It was a really good lesson.
Wednesday we continued the competition from district meeting and this time my companion was against Elder Mencia. He was insanely motivated not to lose to him. :) In the afternoon we had a really awesome lesson about the Plan of Salvation with an older couple we found last week. Their names are Cirilo and Gloria and they are open to listen and learn more about the church. After that we went to visit Elias and finish the last lesson for him to be baptized. Now his baptism is set for this coming Friday, February 8.
Thursday was super rough but really good at the same time. It was rough because my stomach hurt like crazy during the night. We had interviews with President and Hermana Urrea as well as our teaching evaluations. In my evaluation I was better prepared than last time and got a significantly higher score! :) Then my interview with President went well because he told me about a really good report the ZLs gave about me. He also helped me know of some things I need to do to continue to improve. It was really great! Later, the sister that signed up to feed us brought us a pizza from Little Caesars, which I didn’t eat because of my stomach. Thankfully we went and visited Nicolasa and she gave me some soup and tea. We also had a super great lesson with a guy named Miguel Angel. He accepted a Book of Mormon and to be baptized. With him that made 3 new investigators for the week by then!
Friday I was feeling a lot better. My companion gave me a blessing the night before and I am grateful to him and the power of the Priesthood which God has given us. We had a few really wonderful lessons too. One of them was with an older couple who aren’t members, but the wife has a brother who recently moved in with them and he is a member. He is less-active and has been for a while but is interested to start coming to church. We taught them about the Restoration of the Gospel and then invited them to be baptized and they accepted! Later in the day we had a lesson with Luis, who is the husband of a member, about the Restoration. His wife Bernice helped us teach him. He knows a lot about the Bible and although he didn’t accept our invitation to be baptized now, he still wants to keep learning so we are going to keep passing by to teach him.
Saturday, all of our appointments fell through, but we were able to get four contacts before lunch. After lunch we continued contacting more and tried to visit people which took a lot of time cause we had to go from one end of the area to the other. When we got home we called everybody and quite a few people said they were coming to church but on Sunday, that was not the case. Jorge and his son Daniel went to church on time, which was great. Elias made it to church but he and his family came late. In order for him to be baptized this Friday, we had to have them go to another ward to partake of the sacrament. Also his older brother Job got advanced to a Priest so he could baptize him so that was good.
Sunday evening we went to visit Jose Antonio, who has not been baptized yet. He is the 10-year-old son of Bernice. He is super smart and knows a lot of things. Apparently when we asked him about being baptized he said he is already going to be baptized on the 23rd of February by his uncle. We still had to get permission from his mom for him to be baptized and will keep teaching him until then, which is great! We have cambios this next week so who knows who is going to stay here, but this area is going to have another baptism!
In total we have 6 investigators this week. It was a lot better than the last week. We had 4 investigators in sacrament meeting, and we are super excited. When we first came to this area, we literally didn’t have much to do. We had to find all of the investigators that we have now. We have been harvesting a lot and are starting to see some of the fruits of our labors.
I learned something, that if you don’t have anything when you go to a new area, you have to keep working and trying. Even if I get transferred this next week it’s okay because it’s important that I’m helping to find people and prepare them to come unto Christ. I may not see the end result but I’m here in the beginning which is super awesome. I know I’m still helping a lot of people. I have a testimony that you have to keep going, trying, working, praying and doing your best, those results will come.
I love the pictures you sent! That’s super awesome that Shawn got to baptize Millie. I’m sorry I don’t have pictures for you this week because I was sick (I am doing a lot better now!) and we were really busy, but I will send some next week! I love you guys! Thank you so much for your love and support! I hope you have an awesome week!
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