Week 30

Ahh this week was great!! 

 

Jose´s doing super well!!! Man he´s been through a lot with his ex-girlfriend and other things in his life. We brought him to an elder´s baptism and it was legit!! Preparing for his own baptism on the 14th!! Super receptive to the gospel and has incredible faith in Jesus Christ. Hoping to start teaching his brother and mom too:)

Andres. He was a contact in Pueblo Joven, back when Hna. Allred was in my area for the intercambio. It was such a goldmine area on that Saturday morning!! He´s almost 18 and studying accounting. Came to church for the 1st time yesterday and it went really well, 14 for his baptism too.

Luis. We watched the Restoration video with him, but he still doesn´t think or have faith that Joseph Smith truly saw God and Jesus Christ....and couldn´t come to church yesterday:( ughhhh he has a lot of potential, but just having a hard time recognizing the spirit. 

Maria Mendoza. Waiting on her parents to come to a decision about her being able to be baptized or not...patience hna boody, patience. I´m grateful that our recent convert, Eduardo is an awesome example to her!! they´ll be great buds in primary together.

Speakin´of our younin´, Eduardo is writing and practicing his testimony for next sunday´s primary presentation. We helped him brainstorm and write a draft. and he´s been practing it with us. so precious! for real. Eduardo´s the greatest!! and his mom´s making an exception to come to church next week to see it!! (normally she´s always at the store sunday mornings). 

As I´ve mentioned, we´ve been teaching a lot of less-actives and seeing the fruits of our labor. We went out delivering treats this week with the Bishop and some of the ward council and it was successful, just need to leave earlier in the evening so we can hit-up more.

Well yesterday morning was seriously INCREDIBLE!! we called all of our investigators and less-actives to remind them about church/coordinate to pick them up, but a lot of people didn´t answer and I thought we were gonna walk in empty-handed. But we picked up Jose, then Andres, then Brillit and her sister. Then on the way to the church, up ahead we saw Eduardo with his grandmother and other members. And Indirah joined us too, in a skirt that I gave her too:) man it was just beyond words amazing. the picture doesn´t do it justice! haha we walked in the chapel with about 8 people trailing behing and Brillit and her boyfriend Dasly got to talk with the bishop. Rescuing souls and surely seeing the blessings from doing so!!!

Saturday night, after we started our fast, we were gifted lots of sweets from an investigator that was celebrating her 10th birthday. haha of course the night that we can´t eat any of it is the night that everyone´s all generous:) haha 

This Wednesday we have a multi-zone and Elder Grow will be speaking with us!! Super excited, we´re gonna be there from 7:30-9pm and we´ve been told to be prepared to give a short talk about the plan of salvation too. wahoooo!! 

Thats something that I´ve been studying a lot about and it simply fascinates me!! Its incredible that we lived with God before our time here, in the earth. and that one day we´ll be able to return to His presence. truly incredible. 

I know that Jesus Christ is my Redeemer and Savior, that only through Him and the Atonement I can be saved and forgiven for my sins. Its all about love, love for the children of God, love for His father, and its through love that we can come to know Him as our personal Savior. And its by love that others can learn of their true identity as children of God. 

Mission´s crazy hard over-all, but also the absolute most incredible and rewarding time of my lifeeee!!! Truly, thank you so much for all of your encouragement, thoughts, prayers, and kindness. Makin´me strong!! take care and happy December!!