Hola Mama! Como estas? The week
was good, Anaid got Baptized! And with cambios......more on both later…
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Wednesday was a pretty good day. In the afternoon we had an
appointment with Anaid to go over the baptismal interview questions with her.
It went really well! One part that was interesting though is that she told us she
got into a fight with the father of her kids a while back, he was abusive and
she has a hard time forgiving him. Luckily he isn’t in the picture with her anymore
and she is much happier. That isn’t anything that will impede her from getting
baptized. She is super funny because she didn’t want a lot of people to be at
her baptism or to see her be confirmed because she has a fear of being in front
of large groups of people. We can’t do anything for her confirmation because it
has to be during sacrament meeting, but for the baptism that doesn’t have to be
in front of a lot of people. The rest of the day was good because we were able
to find some good contacts and also talk and laugh about a bunch of different
things like food, our families, experiences we’ve had in the mission, etc. It
was good!
Thursday we went to see a new investigator, an 18 year old
boy named Marco. He went to church the previous Sunday but unfortunately, he
was busy, but he told us to come back on Saturday to talk/teach him, his little
sister and his mom too! We were able to find a few people that told us we could
come back another day and talk with them more. Elder Call and Elder Madden also
came to interview Anaid for her baptism and it went really well. She is ready
to be baptized now! Her parents didn’t really want her to join the church but at
the same time they know she is free to make her own choices, so they are
respectful and are going to support her and love her no matter what.
Friday we had intercambios with Elder Call and Elder Madden
in their area again. Elder Madden and I played baseball with our time we went
contacting. It’s actually really fun and goes like this: A single is if someone
answers the door and we set an appointment with them for another day. A double
is if we set an appointment and get their phone number as well. A triple is if
we have a lesson and make them a new investigator, and a homerun is if they
accept a baptismal invitation. There’s also a strike if no one answers and an
out if we get rejected. That part isn’t very fun but we both agreed that
whoever won, the other missionary had to buy something like ice cream or a
drink. We made it through I think 4 innings the whole day and no one actually
scored. We did find 9 new contacts for them to go back and visit and a few of
them are super solid. My legs were on fire by the time we got home.
Saturday was baptism day. After we headed to the church to
start the boiler and start filling the font we left to go visit a couple other
investigators. We were only able to find one who we invited to church on
Sunday. His name is Luis Hernandez and he is really awesome, humble and wants
to learn more about the gospel. He has been through some hard times with his
family but he believes if he starts coming to church with us and taking our
lessons that he will find the help and peace he needs and wants in his life.
For Anaid’s baptism we had a short program, then the baptism. Although it was
short, it was super powerful with the spirit and just overall amazing. Anaid
has been an investigator for around 5 years and it has been awesome teaching
her and seeing her grow spiritually during my time here. I’m grateful for the
help of the Elders in the past because they planted the seeds and I feel very
grateful and privileged to be here with my companion and baptize her.
Now back to
the news, hahaha. I’m getting transferred to an area called Villa del Carbón
with Elder Aguilar who is from Chile! Elder Rojas told me it’s really beautiful
there. I think that area has lots of trees. Tomorrow at 1 we head to the
offices. We have been washing clothes and packing up today. Elder Rojas is
going to another area and 2 new elders are coming to this area. It’s sad cause
we just barely found a couple awesome investigators, and have a couple others
as well who we were planning to baptize May 26th. God will take care of them
though, I’m just worried about them I guess. I actually have a really good
feeling about cambios.
I have to go now. I love you so much mama! Be safe traveling
and have a great week! I love you so much!
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| Anaid's Baptism |
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| Her daughter Yaretzy! |
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| Crazy storm that sent a river of hail and water down the street |
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