Bueno Bueno Bueno!!!
Really good week here in the
place where there are speedbumps instead of speed limits! A week full of
lots of work and a great baptism!
On Wednesday
after a district class, Elder Cassat and I had all of the district (and
us) go to the area of some of the sisters that have been struggling a
lot to find people. They have been super discouraged so we had everyone
go to contact in their area for an hour and a half and then send all the
references to the sisters when we all met back together. It went super
well! We ended with 9 new investigators for the sisters so hopefully
that will boost them up a little bit. It was cool to see the district
work together to help some of their fellow sisters out.
Sunday
was definitely the best part of the week! First of all, we had an
investigator named Alma come to sacrament meeting. Alma is the coolest
person, and has such a great faith in Christ! And this past sunday was
fast sunday so during the testimonies, I invited Alma to come up with me
to share her testimony, and she accepted! She went up and shared how
grateful she was the God sent the Elders to her house to help her get
closer to him. and many other things that were just so special to hear!
It definitely made my day. All of the members afterwards were telling us
that we have an investigator of gold hahaha. If she gets baptized, she
could very well be my best convert.
After
sacrament meeting, Elder Cassat and I finished the 5 hour preparation
for the baptism! It also takes forever for the boiler to heat up the
water haha. But we got everything ready and the baptism started (even
though the baptismal candidates arrived thirty minutes late to their own
baptism haha)! It was such a cool program stacked with people from the
ward and friends of the sister! The people who were baptized were Karen
and her two kids Andres and Camila! I sung a musical number with the
family who gave us Karens reference. It was also Karens birthday so it
was cool to realize the significance of being born on her birthday and
reborn on her birthday 30+ years later!
In Acts
it talks about persecution that the apostles went through while
preaching the gospel after Christ died. In a specific chapter it talks
about this persecution and how a couple of the Apostles were "Expelled"
from the city and rejected by the people. But then it says something
that I just love. "But they shook off the dust of their feet against
them and came unto Iconium.. And the disciples were filled with joy, and
with the holy ghost."
This is exactly the attitude I have
strived to have in the mission! A few days ago, for example, we knock on
a door and a guy answers yelling "ATHEISTS ATHEISTS ATHEISTS" and then
slamming the door on us haha. But we just shook the dirt off and moved
on to a different place! I love the example we can get from the Apostles
in Jerusalem and the ones now adays too! Its the best thing we can do
to be filled with joy and the holy ghost.
Hasta la proxima!!
No comments:
Post a Comment