Dear Home,
Well this week went by fast...
We had a really awesome week. We
worked pretty hard and had some cool
things happen.
Mateo, the older gentleman we are
teaching, is doing really well. He
has been going to AA to help with his
alcohol problem and he has been
doing super well on reading the Book
of Mormon. It's been awesome to
work with him, because all the
changes he makes will not only affect
him, but his family. Right now, they
aren't really opening to listen,
but they are seeing the change in
him. He wants to do more service so
he can keep himself busy from alcohol
and temptations. Every Saturday
morning there are assigned members
that go clean the church and we
told Mateo he could go and help too.
And he went! It was kind of funny
for me to think that it can be hard
for the branch to get members to
help with the clean up but we had an
investigator want to help.
Later in the week, we had a family
home evening with Antonio and Angie
(elders quorum president and his
wife) and Angie's non member brother,
Rudy, and his girlfriend Fatima.
Which was a miracle that she joined
because Fatima is the one that's been
against the church. We taught
about the Book of Mormon and the
importance it has in our lives and
what it means to us as members of the
church. It was pretty nice to
see all the family together listening
and accepting the message. Then
we played a charade game, which was
pretty funny. Angie was pregnant
and was due for the 6th of February,
but she laughed so much that she
ended up having her baby this past
Saturday hahaha. But it was great
to be with them and feel the spirit
that come from being together with
the family. Antonio and Angie have
been a great example to me of how a
couple can be. (Plus, their last name
is Perez, so of course they are
great ;).
We also found an inactive lady that was
a referral from other
missionaries in the mission.
Ironically enough, elder Lane and I had
actually contacted her like the first
or second week we were together!
So we decided that we needed to visit
her. She is the only member in
her family, and she has quite a few
kids. She just moved from another
part of the mission to our area. Her
family was giving her and her
kids a pretty hard time about going
to the church which discourages
her kids a lot from going, except the
youngest one. We are pretty
excited to start helping them get
back on track. The youngest daughter
(10) is pretty sharp and almost got
baptized with her brother. So
things are going!
I feel like this week I need to work
a lot on patience and trusting
the Lord's timing. I think it will
help me a lot with having faith in
our Savior. Just really trusting that
the things I am going through
now, good and bad, are going to
result for the better if I do my best
to put in my part and follow the
Savior's teachings.
Love you!!
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