Dear everyone who reads my
epistles,
First off, M. and R. got baptized this weekend!! Yay! It was an awesome baptism! At the
end, R. (11) shared his feelings after he got baptized. I think he described it
perfectly when he said "I felt like I was in Jesus' arms and he was taking
care of me." He bore a super awesome testimony. His mom didn't because she
said she would have cried too much, but it was still cool.
This week was pretty hectic due to
meetings and such we had. I am still amazed at how much goes into missionary
work! We had a meeting with our stake president, his
councilors, President Becerra, and the East LA south zone missionaries. It was
very cool. The Stake President is such a good man. He is so humble, but has such
an awesome vision and drive to move missionary work ahead in the stake.
President Becerra told us he is the best Stake President in the mission. And I
can tell that they have a good relationship because they go and visit people
together and take on East LA hahah. So I am looking forward to being able to
work this closely with them more often.
I also got to teach my first
zone meeting this week... :o. Something I still can't wrap my mind around is
how I am supposed to help all these missionaries who have been out way longer
than me, are older than me, more experienced, and probably have a better grasp
of what they are doing than I do. But nonetheless, I felt like it went pretty
well. I was really nervous and anxious beforehand so I prayed a lot that I could
simply just be a tool and say whatever God wanted them to hear. The whole time
I was up teaching and such, I felt the Spirit, so I felt a lot more
comfortable. As I went on a trio exchange later that day with a companionship
in my district, I asked them how they thought it went. Elder C., a
trainee with a very bubbly personality said (specifically about when I bore my
testimony at the end) "I don't really remember what you said, I just
remember how I felt." I think that is the best way I would put it as well.
I don't quite exactly remember all I said (I have notes so don't worry) but I
remember exactly how I felt. So I am looking forward to the next time I get to
teach a zone meeting.
This week has been pretty cool with
finding new investigators. Elder B. talks to just about everyone and
I've started doing that a lot more consistently so we find a lot more. On
exchanges, Elder C. found this really old guy. So the next day he went
and taught him (we split up to go and teach more people). He didn't even
formally invite him to church or to read or anything, but as a member was
taking us to church, we see this little old guy walking with the sister
missionaries to church... This little old guy was Jesus Rodriguez!! (that's the
guys name) Jesus is an awesome little old guy. He is 87 years old and got on
the bus on his own and would have gotten lost if it weren't for the sister
misssionaries getting on the same bus he got on. And on top of that, he already
started reading the Book of Mormon. During church he was taking notes and
everything! Such a cool guy. The only setback is that we think he is out
hunting for a wife as well and has a few chastity problems... But we will
figure that out hahaha!
So far, all is well in Arroyo. I am
loving the opportunities I get to serve! Love you all, thank you for all the
support you give me!
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