Dear everyone,
I don't think I have
ever finished a week so tired as I did this week. I ended each day just
completely pooped. But it was a great week!
We had an exchange
this week with the Fletcher (Glendale) district leader, Elder F. I got to
go to his area with him. Elder F. is this tall, blonde, blue eyed guy from
Alabama. He came out about 3 months before me and had a bit of a similar
situation as myself, he was made district leader right after he finished
getting trained. He actually swims for the BYU swim team too. Super great
missionary. So we made a plan to go by some of the prospective elders in his
area.
The first person we got to was not there, but his son who had never heard
of us was, so he let us in. He was a 19 year old guy
who seemed to be pretty receptive and was full of great questions. But we
showed him a picture of a lady praying about the Book of Mormon and here things
took a turn. He started questioning us and trying to make us trip on our
beliefs. But elder F. and I stayed super firm and bold. I think he saw we
weren't going to budge and he actually offered us a position at his church
(Christian) to be a paid pastor. Which we turned down. I am going to spare the
rest of the details, but in short, he didn't receive the message as well as we
thought, and ended up not phasing us at all.
Although the lesson didn't turn
out quite how we would have liked, Elder F. and I talked about it and we
knew we came out with solidified testimonies of what we know to be true. It
felt pretty cool.
As for our investigators,
there is some cool stuff happening. We should be having a baptism this weekend
of a member who lost her records (yay Spanish work). But she actually was
inactive, so it works out. Her recent convert husband Sergio, will be baptizing
her. They are a young couple in their lower 20s. It's going to be very cool.
The week after, March 9th, Jesus
R. is getting baptized. He is the 87 year old man I was telling you
about. We had a lesson with him in which we talked about repentance,
specifically for him to help him get rid of some less than appropriate magazines
he had. Right when we mentioned it, he said he has already thrown those
"porquerías" away and wants to change his life for the better. I was
very impressed by this man who has such a desire to change at such a late stage
in his life. It really is never too late to change! And now he won't stop
talking about how excited he is to get baptized hahah.
There was one other investigator I
wanted to highlight that reminded me a lot of my dad. His name is Martin G. and is 19 years old. We met him on the street a while ago and I actually asked
if he could come to church with us the next day and give us a ride, and he was
going to! But he had a bit of an emergency. We lost a bit of contact until a
few nights ago when we went and visited him. His parents are very catholic, but
he knows it is false. He understood everything so well and even started talking
about the plan of salvation without even knowing it! So awesome! But
unfortunately, his parents recently told him to stop talking to us, so we will
see what goes on there. His parents are very devout Catholics....
Life has been going pretty well
here. Although I'm always exhausted, I am also always happy. Elder B. is
on his last week right now. It feels very strange to see how fast this has been
going, so I am doing my best to enjoy this while I can. Love you all!!
-Elder Perez
Sent from my iPad
Something really interesting
president Becerra told us is that he hastening of the work of salvation doesn't
just start with us as missionaries, but we learn to be those members that are
needed in this great time
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| Elder Perez y don Jesus |
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