Dear everyone,
Sorry I wasn't
able to write last week, we had to help with an ET. But everything is good
now.
This week, we had MLC with
President Villanueva. He has a really great vision for the mission and is
really excited to be here. I wish he could teach in Spanish, though. It's
almost like he is a different person in English than he is in Spanish since he
can't quite fully express himself. But when he speaks Spanish, he is hilarious!
He has a really good sense of humor and a very Mexican accent to back it up
haha. We had a good zone meeting afterwards, as well. We did a lot of role
plays which turned out to be pretty fun and a good learning experience. We
focused on companionship studies and the preparation to help others. Brother
Elieson's quote about preparation came to mind: "When the time for
performance has arrived, the time for preparation has past." Something
like that!
This week as we visited Rigo, we've
seen a lot of progress. We set a date (this Thursday) with him to get rid of
the Santa Muerte along with a baptismal date for September (he has to go to
work one more Sunday). It's crazy how much progress he's been making and
without being able to go to church! He and we are very excited for him to go so
he can continue to progress even more. Other than that, he has been doing well
with reading and understanding the lessons. He's a funny guy. He's cholo
looking, but he's very sincere. It's funny because a lot of times when we talk
to him he always catches himself when he's about to swear and switches his
words real quick. Eg: "there is so much crazy sh-stuff happening"
haha. But I think he is learning a lot from the spirit, which is the best way
to do so!
Elder Merrill and I have been
working really hard on getting help from The Lord these past few weeks. We have
been finding a lot, and at the same time, dropping a lot. So we are continuing
to be diligent in our work so that we may find the elect investigators who are
ready to change.
We also started a 40 day fast to leave behind all the things
that could be holding us back from having the spirit more. That has been hard,
not going to lie haha. But I know it will be worth it when we find more of
those elect people. So, something I read that I wrote down in the MTC a year ago
(crazy!!) is: el milagro es algo que resulta naturalmente cuando aplicamos
verdades eternas correctamente. I don't know how to translate it without
butchering it, but that idea has been helping me a lot. Love you all!!
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