Dear home,
Transfers came this past weekend and elder Merrill and I got
called to
stay together in Pomona as ZLs! I am officially the ZL with the
most
time as a ZL in Spanish work... I think I might be getting
old... I
hit my field mark this week as well!
This week we had some awesome miracles! Firstly I will start
with
Rigo. Last week we had set the goal with him to get rid of his
Santa
Muerte. We found an awesome fellowshipper for him named
Berenice.
Berencice has been a member all her life but went inactive for a
long
time. She was a chola that went to jail, did a lot of drugs, has
a
bunch of tattoos, and was even homeless at one point! But she is
an
amazing member with a super strong testimony. She clicks really
well
with Rigo and they stay in good contact.
We went by on Thursday
to get rid of the Santa Muerte, but Rigo didn't feel ready. We spent
about almost 2 hours trying to help him, but he kept saying he didn't
feel strong enough. We decided to go inside his house by the idol and
after
a few minutes, even our spirit got drained and we got super
tired and
weak. At this point, not even elder Merrill and I had the energy
to
get rid of it! It was so crazy because we literally could feel
those
idols draining us. So we set a date for the upcoming Saturday to
get
rid of it. Due to some bedbugs in a sister's pad, we had to
split up
with our district leader, elder Tovar, to clean the pad. So I
went
with elder Tovar on Saturday morning to help Rigo get rid of his
idols. We were prepping a lot as we walked to his house. We
knocked on
the door and when Rigo opened the door, the big Santa Muerte
statue
wasn't there!
This was such a big miracle and surprise! He told
us he
knew or was time to let it go so he gave it away. So all we had
to get
rid of were the smaller idols and junk he had. So we gathered it
all
up and drove to Sodom and Gomorra (Los Angeles) with him to get
rid of
it. We had to go to a special idol store where they sold a bunch
of
idols and demonic stuff. We quickly dropped the stuff off and
ran out
of there. The people that worked there looked enslaved by the
devil,
it was pretty sad... I could start feeling our spirit being
attacked,
it was crazy! But there was a huge difference in Rigos house
after,
his parents seemed happy that he got rid of it . So things are
going
awesome with him, he should be able to go to church this Sunday.
This week we saw some miracles of finding a really humble
family, and
some unexpected people going to church. Someone that elder
Mathews (my
trainer) taught over a year ago and wanted nothing to do with
the
church (his wife is a member) came! After working with him for
the
past months, his heart has been softened a lot. As well as a
pother
returning members' father (non member) who didn't really want to
change, went to church as well. He is a bit older, so lessons
are
kinda hard with him, but he went to church, so that is cool.
We
also found a lady who moved to our area about a month or so ago from
a
close-by. She actually had some member friends and listened to
the
missionaries for a little bit, but nothing big came out of it.
But we
taught her for a short 15 minute lesson for the first time on
Saturday
and the whole lesson she was crying. The next day she went to
church
and brought her daughter with her. I had to leave after
sacrament
meeting to do an interview with our district leader in another
ward so
elder Merrill took care of our investigators. He said that after
sacrament meeting, she was crying the rest of church. So we are
really
excited to continue the work.
Obedience brings blessings.
Exact obedience brings miracles! Love you all!
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