Week 83- March 16, 2015- El Molino 4

Dear Home,
Transfer calls came this past week and we didn't get a call. I'll be
staying in El Molino with elder Stuart for another transfer. That went
by pretty quick! This transfer is only a 5 week transfer so I can only
imagine how fast this one is going to go.
This week I learned a lot about fellowshipping.
Luis, our recent convert, has tried going to the young single adult
Ward in our stake but really doesn't like it. Mainly because all the
people that go are poncho and won't speak Spanish in any of the
classes or talks they give. And luis doesn't understand English or
speak or haha (we've gotten him started on english class though).
Anytime he would come back from an activity or church there he would
be pretty mad at how it went. But the cool thing is, that there is a
new 24 year old RM from Guatemala that just moved into our area. He's
a pretty spunky guy, so we decided to bring him to a lesson with Luis.
Right off the bat they got a long super well and we're making a bunch
of jokes and all that. It was pretty entertaining to watch them just
talk. We shared the family : a proclamation to the world with him and
really helped him set a long term vision for himself. Randy
(Guatemalan rm) pumped him up a lot about going to the temple and
being obedient to the commandments. Luis committed to talk his boss
about getting Sunday's off. Just like that, his desires to progress in
the gospel went up.
The other great example was with Lupita. She's been doing great in
going to church. She hasn't missed church in like 7 weeks. But she
didn't really have a solid fellowshipper or someone to help her along
the way. We had tried a good mix of people, but never found a click.
Then about 2 weeks ago we found it in an unexpected way. We were
shuffling on out from sacrament and then all of a sudden this really
small, old, energetic el salvadorean lady in the branch goes up and
gives her a hug. It turns out they had known each other for a while in
some old lady club or something haha. But it's great because Hermana
Pastran (that's her name) will call Lupita like every day to check up
on her and they really look forward to seeing each other at church and
lessons. It helps a ton, especially since Lupitas understanding still
isn't too great. These two experiences really helped me understand the
importance of just being a good friend to someone.
Rudy and Fatima just had a baby a few days ago, so they have been a
little under the radar now. Mateo is doing pretty well, too. We are
not 100% on the date he has for now, he may need a little more time.
But we have found some pretty cool new people that we are excited to
work with as well. Onward and upward
Love you!