Cambios

The Lord loves to spoil me and my comp. We love it here in San Carlos and more than that we love working together. we are twins in every aspect. hah. So our prayers were answered and I got to stay for this next transfer!! 

Easter was great. people told us it'd be hard to find people to teach because here Easter is a week vacation and is a time to party (its like spring break. hah) but its been a week full of success. 

1. Catalina was baptized! im so proud of her because she knows and is understanding so much of the book of mormon and really she is learning. Her little sister and her mom are preparing to be baptized.. I think Cesar (who was baptized last week) will be baptizing her little sister this coming week!!

2. We have these things called LPEs. right. well i like to be the best and i talk big.. so i might've accidentally started a competition with the assistants (who are the best elders in the mission). Humbly i'm here to say that i have lots and lots to learn from them because at the end of the week when we got 130. i thought wow!! We have to have won! The mission standard is 70. But as we asked the first pair of assistants they said... 145 and then the second pair of assistants said 251... i don't know how but we are working really hard this week to get 300.... i want to be the very best. like no one ever saw... yes this is part of the pokemon theme song but its the only way to express the feelings of my heart. 

3. One story super awesome with that LPE.. we were walking and talking to everyone and we pass a guy on his cell phone.. we were like okay lets go talk. So we walk up and start with a stupid question (because its the easiest way to break the ice). So i'm like where is the cemetary?... he's like oh look you can see it from my porch. So we go and we talk and it's just awesome because he starts telling how he walked out of his house because he wasn't feeling well. He was feeling really sad and alone and then we show up and testify of Christ, giving him a Book of Mormon. He held that book like it was worth more than gold (which it is.) and just kept saying with tears in his eyes "thank you".  I know that he will be baptized in three weeks time. because he is really prepared for the gospel at this time.

4.Otra LPE. okay so Antoni's story- We love smoothies. They are just so yummy. so we go and we always pass by this same smoothie place and once in a while we love to treat ourselves and buy a smoothie. This day we go and we buy a smoothie and start talking to the cashier and well my first joy was that he said my accent sounds like his friend from Brazil and he wanted to know if i was Brazilian. hahaha. I was like why thank you i try. hah Then we start talking for real and a light appeared in his eyes as he gives us our smoothie and we gave him a Book of Mormon. and invited him to church. Okay well this morning at 8 am we went a gave him a lesson because it was the only time that he could have us over. So we teach him and it is just incredible the spirit in this lesson. He wants to learn more before accepting a date for baptism. but i have no doubt because he's already reading so much of the Book of Mormon that he will be wanting to be baptized so soon. 

5. Luis Gerardo, a friend of one of our members,  just showed up started reading the book of mormon. told us he's ready and wants to be baptized. He came to church and loved it. He is deciding to move here because he lives 4 hrs from here and wants us to teach and baptize him as soon as possible. I love working with the members!! 

6. Mama de fabrizio. okay so she is the funniest person alive. I love her. We are like best friends even though she's older. So we teach her a lesson and the interaction between her and Fabrizio is the funniest thing in the world. She acts like the teenager and he acts like the parent. He tells her she will be damned because she's not baptized and she sticks her tongue out and says "that's fine i'm not holy enough to make it to heaven anyways". But their bond is so strong because she's divorced and he's the oldest child. It was just a really spiritual lesson. In the end we challenged her to baptism and at first jokingly she said.. i LOVE to swim, I love the beach, I love the water. I would love to go into your font right now and be baptized by Fabrizio. haha, But then she got serious and said "if Heavenly Father tells me i should do it, i know that its the right path and i know that i should do and i will do it and I know that i will feel something i've never felt before". it was amazing. i'm excited for her and her son because he gets to help his mom receive the truth. 

7. Hna Zapata and I had 130 lps with 47 lesson and we really were just blessed by the lord. One night walking and talking in a desolate highway we were praying that we could make it to next appointment on time and ... magically a taxi appeared and gave us a free ride. i know that the faith and prayers of two people with the same purpose and firmeza are always answered. i love working with her and i couldnt be happier here. The work is moving forward and nothing can stop it. 

 This is the true Church of our Lord and Savior. He organized a church when he was here. And this church and organization is PERFECT. there is not one thing that isn't how it should be so that we can progress and become perfected. I know that my Savior and My father love me so much. That this love that they have for me is power because I know that through faith and obedience to them I can do anything. I have no doubts. and I have no fears about what is to come because I know that the test ahead of me is nothing in comparison to the power behind me.  I know that the savior heals the broken hearts that sometimes we have. I know that through his power i can better my weaknesses and make them strengths. I know that I am a Daughter of a King and with that I am endowed with Power from on high. I know that the book of Mormon is the word of God and that as we read this book we also receive more power. I have never been more sure of the book of Mormon than I am everyday as I read from its pages and apply what I learn. That is the way we should study the scriptures. applying what we learn. I love this gospel. I am so happy here in the mission even if I have to walk miles and miles everyday with a super heavy backpack full of book of Mormons because I want everyone to receive the happiness and joy that i have and I will do what it takes to help them receive it. 

Love you all!! 

Keep the Faith.

Never Give up. He is with us. 

Hna Coburn