Okay so this week-- we were trying real hard to get really great numbers because we have to work to win a trip to the temple. its like working and winning a trip to the Bahamas. we will do whatever we can. hah. But no really its because we are finding so many new people and we want everyone to have the truth. and there's so many neighborhoods and parts of the area that we haven't taught yet. We decided to change up the work a little bit.
First off we started teaching teaching someone named Juan Carlos. He works at a pizza shop. He's a great guy. He really makes us laugh and he understands the gospel really well. His mom is super catholic. and his dad is super Jehovah witness. so needless to say he knows the bible really well. He's really educated in religion and he has a lot of our basic doctrine as his background. But he's lost a lot of faith in our Heavenly Father because he is attracted to men. and has a boyfriend and feels happy. He knows its wrong and knows he will be tried for his sins. Its incredible because we have taught him twice before this week and he has always just talked about this point and we don't really get anywhere because he doesn't trust God because he feels Heavenly Father made him this way and that Heavenly Father should accept him like that. BUT this week we decided to take control and we decided to start and teach him like anyone else who has trials and problems in there life and who doesn't completely feel the love of our merciful Heavenly Father. This lesson was so incredible that he told us he would pray (which he's never done before). He said that all that we teach makes sense and has reason and so we have been able to help him realize the importance of ONE true church. I am so happy for him because I know that as he reads the book of Mormon and prays and goes to church he will see a difference in his relationship with our Heavenly Father and will gain a testimony and gain the faith needed to luchar contra cualquier desafio que tendrá en el futuro.
Okay So Antoni. He's reading and he's really understanding when we teach. He's been able to make progress really fast. One of the things that is exciting is that he made the hard decision and closed his negocio so that he could go to church yesterday. It was a really hard decision for him to make but then he went to church and felt the spirit so strongly that is was incredible. He is going to be closing his store on Sundays until after 12 so that he can go to church.. And soon i know that he'll close it the whole day to really keep the Sabbath day holy. He's going to be a baptism soon.
Okay Marielos!! I'm so excited for her! She went to church yesterday with Fabrizio and we had a lesson with her on Saturday. It was a great lesson. She now understands the importance of the book of Mormon and as i've been able to teach her about it, I have been able to find my testimony growing and growing. I know the book of mormon is true. Also Marielos is one of the only people that really makes me happy eating her food. Its like normal people food. We had mexican soup on Saturday and it was really good. i loved it. and i'll def be making it in our house.
Okay so on Friday I did Insanity. and then on Saturday we did Insanity. okay so my body is like jello right because i've run and all but not done stuff that has killed me so much like insanity did. So me and my comp are dead. We are at the end of the month and don't have that much money either and there are no buses on Sunday to an area where we had to go. So on Sunday this is what happened... we had to go to this area at 8 to wake people up and help them ride a taxi to church. its about 7 miles or so away from the house. and so we are dead.. and so we left at 6:50 and start our trek. We literally were blessed by the lord and i could only think of the movie from the doctrine & covenants- Only a Stonecutter, Because he didn't have a leg and he still did the work of the lord. So as we come to a hill that's steeper than steep we start praying (because we literally had no strength) and i don't know how, but we got up the hill in record time and we walked all the way there and made it there by 8 o'clock. Needless to say I am so grateful that the Lord gives us strength because then after church we had to walk all the way about 4 miles away to a visit and then walk back to make it to another appointment. The lord strengthens the weary. hah.
Okay so we are in a house reading the book of Mormon when a BAT enters and starts to attack us! it was so crazy flying all around with us screaming and the dad trying to hit it with the book of Mormon. it was a moment in my life that i will never forget.
We started teaching a jew on Friday. Its so fun. I love the work because he's started to see how his religion is like ours but that ours answers all of his questions.
We have been really blessed by the Lord this week and I know that he is with us. This is his will and this is his Work. and I know that the work here is progressing only because He has prepared the people and sent those missionaries before us to prepare these people too. This Sunday we got to see the baptism of the little sister of Catalina. Her name is Jennifer. She is so cute and so dedicated to the gospel. Her baptism was linda and her sister got confirmed and it was just a super special day for all of them.
Another thing is that at church with three of our investigators and there was also a lady and her daughter that came and we were so shocked because normally people don't just show up.. so we went and talked to her and she said that she was baptized 10 yrs ago. and that she saw that we've been visiting her neighbors and so she decided to come and she wants to become active again and so that her children can be baptized too. It was a miracle because we've never even seen her before and she just felt the spirit enough to come to church and return and that's something that is hard for all of us.
I love you all!!
Have a greattttt weeeeeeeeek!!!
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