Hola Mamá! Muy bien
gracias! Y tu, como estas? It was super awesome to be able to call you guys
last week! After we were done with calling we went and visited Jorge and Daniel
to see how they are doing and to remind Jorge to be strong and resist drinking
so he can be baptized on Saturday. He seems to be doing good so far!
Tuesday we had
interviews with Presidente and Hermana Urrea and teaching evaluations. I was
also able to weigh myself when I talked with Hermana Urrea and I can’t believe
how much weight I’ve lost! 30 pounds since I first got to the field!!!
Holy Fetch!! After interviews, which went well, we had a lesson with Miguel
Angel where we took some time to answer questions he had and taught him the 10
commandments. He told us he has been studying or researching about the Word of
Wisdom and found some cons for the 5 substances, and he is starting to accept
and apply the Word of Wisdom into his life.
Wednesday in
district meeting we talked about working with ward council members to get their
help with investigators so they can progress more toward baptism. We’re going
to have the leaders come visit people to get to know them and we’re also going
to call a leader every day to offer to help them so we can try to build up a
trust relationship with them. Later we had a lesson with a woman named Cristina
Ruiz who is super nice lady. This was the first lesson we had with her and
it went really great. She didn’t accept our invitation to be baptized but we
will keep teaching her and pray a lot for her!
Thursday we had
a lesson with Jorge and Daniel and beforehand we decided to be very, very
direct with them, especially Jorge, about the Word of Wisdom, so that’s exactly
what we did. We shared scriptures and did our best to explain to him why he
needs to not drink and to explain the benefits that will come as well. After
that we talked about faith by sharing scriptures and experiences and asking
them to share their own experiences with us. We then asked them to both take a
step of faith to be baptized this Saturday. We told them they may not know and
understand everything but that is why we are here and those things will come
even more so after they get baptized and receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost. It
was a very powerful lesson and Jorge agreed to not drink and do everything
possible to stay sober and then they both accepted our invitation to be baptized
March 23!
Friday we had
intercambios and I went with Elder Mencia. It was an awesome day because we
went to eat lunch at a street taco place that has some of the best tacos I have
eaten! Also because I was able to improve with contacting people in the street.
Elder Mencia is very smart and direct so I was able to learn some things I can
do to improve.
Saturday we
started out by looking for references that had been sent in Referral Manager on
the Internet but we didn’t have much success because the addresses were not
good. But we were still able to contact and that went really well. Later we had
a lesson with Antonio Juarez, his wife Magdalena and his daughter Ameyalli. We
had a really great lesson and at the end my companion invited them to be
baptized. It took a bit of work explaining but we finally got them to accept a
baptismal date for 25th of May!
Sunday was
fantastic because Jorge, Daniel and Miguel Angel came to church and there were
many members greeting them and helping them feel welcome. I love this ward
because the members are very united and also very willing to help us and
support us in so many different ways! Not only us but the investigators that we
bring to church and visit them with us during the week. After church we went to
see Jorge and Daniel. We are going to have an FHE in the house of the Familia
Angel Gutierrez Monday, we also went to see Nicolasa to find out if she is
closer to getting ready to get married and then with Abraham and Concepcion to
teach them about the Plan of Salvation. It was a really good day!
I have to go
but I will call you later ok! I love you!
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