Dear everyone,
This week was not the most eventful
of weeks, but we still had some pretty cool stuff happen.
We started teaching our neighbors
the other day and they are awesome. They are a young couple (about to
get married) with a 1 year old baby. By first seeing them, I don't think
many people would consider them
the "gospel type." The
guy has tattoos all the way from the top of his head all the way down to his feet
and has been in and out of jail a few times. But it turns out that
they have actually been looking for a
church and a good place to go to
especially for their daughter to grow up in. They were really receptive
and excited to learn when we went over. So we are very excited to
continue teaching them. Cholo people
are the coolest.
We also found a lady named Erika.
We talked to her on the street, and it seemed like she was not
interested at all. She actually even tried to give the card I gave her back to
me, but I wouldn't take it. After
talking for a bit, she agreed to
have us over at the shoe store she works at, but she still didn't seem
all that interested. The time for her appointment came and we talked
with her in her store. It turned out to be an awesome lesson! She
started crying when she prayed asking God for guidance and if what we
shared is true. She told us she wanted to go to church the upcoming
Sunday. The only thing is, it turns out she lives in the El Molino branch
area (Pasadena/El Sereno area). So we gave her the Pasadena building
address and all the details. Along with that, we gave the el Molino
missionaries a call so they could keep an eye out for her. We called
later on Sunday, and it turned out
she did go to church! And on top of
that, she brought someone with her as well! Even though she is not in
our area, i am very happy that we were able to find her and help her
out. Can't wait to see the el
Molino missionaries teach her and
baptize her.
Another cool person we found was
one of our member's good friends. The Giron family is the member family
and they are awesome. We have been taking out the son, David, to
lessons a lot and is really excited about missionary work. David is in
his early 20s and is married with a kid. Anyways, David invited us over
to his house along with his friend Carlos. Last week, Carlos messages
us on Facebook off of David's
profile asking a lot of questions
about the church. He was kind of rude about the questions, so we
weren't super excited to go over and meet him face to face. But he
turned out to be a super awesome guy. He
reminded me a lot of one of my
friends from back home, it was kind of cool haha. He was really receptive and
it all clicked for him. He talked about how he was looking for
the truth and felt confused and lost for a long time now. He said
he has been thinking a lot about this kind of stuff recently and has
been feeling certain impressions and feelings to not do certain bad
things. In other words, he was feeling the spirit guide him to not
do dumb things.
So I guess the moral of the story
for this week is to not judge a book by its cover. Although first
impressions do last, it doesn't hurt to get over them and really get to
know people.
I am grateful that the spirit has been guiding us to these
great people and also that it has helped us guide these people back
to their Heavenly Father.
The church is true!
Love you all!!
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