Aloha!! (Thought I'd change up my normal greeting for the day!)
This week has been going well. Lot's of stretching and growing, but
it's been good. Probably not my favorite part of the mission, the
growing and stretching, but it's been good. It's interesting to see
how much there is to learn - always!
Felicidades a Cody!!! I'll bet he's really excited!! And learning
Portugese as well? Way cool!!! Elder Jones has done some reading in
Portugese, though it doesn't actually sound too different from
Spanish, just a lot more 'j's or something.
That "Bike around the Buttes" sounds really fun! When was it? If I was
there, I'd definitely bike it with you!! And sorry if I can't get all
my responses into this e-mail - Could you send this e-mail by mail to
me? There's a lot of stuff going on over the next few weeks, and I
want to make sure I still have it written down. That'd be great!!
So, after about 4 weeks, the Andrade family came to church again! They
left after sacrament meeting, because he has to work Sundays right
now, but I'm glad they came. They're doing well, and we're still
working on their divorce. I hope things can move along quickly!
They've been really ready for a while. There are still a couple of
more things that they need to keep as commandments (getting married
being the biggest one, but also keeping the Sabbath Day holy), but
other than that, they're doing very well.
The Gutierrez family has started progressing again!! She has a lot of
doubts about leaving her old church behind (Catholic), but she has
been reading. The thing that really got us and kind of made us laugh
was that they didn't come to church on Sunday, but they did drop a
member off at church who lives in their complex. Now, they just need
to stay!!
We also have been trying to get ahold of someone named Pablo. We found
him probably about 2 transfers ago (a whole 12 weeks!), and since
then, have been trying to sit down and teach him. He worked on a ranch
a while ago for a branch president, and the Stake President lived
there, too. He has a Book of Mormon, and has read from it every now
and then. Finally, we were able to sit down and teach him last night.
And right in the middle of our 10-minute first lesson with him, we had
the impression from the Spirit: Extend a baptismal date. It's
interesting to be trying to think of the next part of the lesson, what
he needs to learn, and to just have the thought come into your head:
invite him to baptism. So we did, and he accepted without
reservation!! His baptismal date is set up for the 28th of May, but
we'll see if we can move it any closer, because he's attended church
before in the past. I'm super excited to work with him!!
Well, this is short, but I just wanted to finish with my testimony. I
know that this work is true, and I know that Jesus Christ leads and
guides us. His Spirit is the most powerful and helpful tool that we
have as missionaries, and it is even stronger when together with the
Book of Mormon.
I love you!! Have a great week!!
El Devinator
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