Week 39 - Todo bien!
Buenos dias! Another great week out here in the mission. We had both amazing and tough experiences this week but that's just the mission life I guess! :)
To start off, last Monday we had the baptisms of Sahori and Samuel. They are two young kids in a big family. We have plans to baptize the parents and the rest of the kids in these next few weeks, but they first have to make marriage preparations! They all are reading the Book of Mormon and despite difficult challenges are going to church weekly and their testimonies are growing super fast.
This week we had a super powerful lesson with a lady and her grandson. My comp and I both acknowledged afterward that it was a lesson full of the Spirit. We taught about the Restoration of the Gospel, and they were extremely receptive and they accepted everything. They then committed to be baptized! Knowing that something or someone could get in the way of their spiritual progression, we warned them specifically that Satan will put people in our path - even members of our own family - to say things that aren't true and convince us not to go to Church. The next day we passed by to see if they were still good to go for Sunday, and the grandma told us no. Apparently, a member of the family started to go off about "the mormons" and now they no longer want anything to do with us. This is exactly what we were warning them about. I was so bummed. But we did everything we could and hopefully one day they will be able to accept the message.
But now for the good stuff! We are teaching this older gentleman whose name is Magdaleno. Wow this guy is hilarious! He just says the things how they are if that makes sense. He is about 70 years old and his wife died only a month ago. He has been sad and lonely lately but we found him sitting alone out in front of his house and decided to talk to him. We taught him the Plan of Salvation and how he will be able to be with his wife again one day. He told us the next day that he wanted to be baptized. He came to church with us yesterday and he loved it! He is trying to stop smoking so that he can be baptized on the 18th of May. Two weeks ago he was feeling alone and sad, but now he feels the hope that the Gospel brings! I don't know if I have said it enough but the Gospel changes lives!
I haven't been this tired in all of my almost 9 months in the mission but its great! Hope you all have a great week and a fantastic Mother's Day! Nos vemos!
To start off, last Monday we had the baptisms of Sahori and Samuel. They are two young kids in a big family. We have plans to baptize the parents and the rest of the kids in these next few weeks, but they first have to make marriage preparations! They all are reading the Book of Mormon and despite difficult challenges are going to church weekly and their testimonies are growing super fast.
This week we had a super powerful lesson with a lady and her grandson. My comp and I both acknowledged afterward that it was a lesson full of the Spirit. We taught about the Restoration of the Gospel, and they were extremely receptive and they accepted everything. They then committed to be baptized! Knowing that something or someone could get in the way of their spiritual progression, we warned them specifically that Satan will put people in our path - even members of our own family - to say things that aren't true and convince us not to go to Church. The next day we passed by to see if they were still good to go for Sunday, and the grandma told us no. Apparently, a member of the family started to go off about "the mormons" and now they no longer want anything to do with us. This is exactly what we were warning them about. I was so bummed. But we did everything we could and hopefully one day they will be able to accept the message.
But now for the good stuff! We are teaching this older gentleman whose name is Magdaleno. Wow this guy is hilarious! He just says the things how they are if that makes sense. He is about 70 years old and his wife died only a month ago. He has been sad and lonely lately but we found him sitting alone out in front of his house and decided to talk to him. We taught him the Plan of Salvation and how he will be able to be with his wife again one day. He told us the next day that he wanted to be baptized. He came to church with us yesterday and he loved it! He is trying to stop smoking so that he can be baptized on the 18th of May. Two weeks ago he was feeling alone and sad, but now he feels the hope that the Gospel brings! I don't know if I have said it enough but the Gospel changes lives!
I haven't been this tired in all of my almost 9 months in the mission but its great! Hope you all have a great week and a fantastic Mother's Day! Nos vemos!
-- Elder Jake
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